I told you about the salads right? Yes, I am certain I did. But what I did not tell you, is that it reminded me how fabulous a good salad could be. No matter if it is a simple salad or quite ornate, a good salad might just make you exclaim ‘Booyah!’ at the table….
Superfoods Baby Spinach & Kale Salad with Avocado and Chickpeas Recipe
A Day In The Life: Christmas Break 2012 Trip to New Hampshire
Twice a year, we get the honor of getting the cousins together to play: In the summer, family comes to stay here near the beach and in the Winter, we go to the snowy hills of New Hampshire. Since Storm Freyr was threatening to ruin the trip on the Thursday after Christmas, we shifted plans around…
Kale, Mushroom & Bacon Optional Quiche Recipe
Yesterday, I held back a bit of information: What I didn’t tell you about was that I dropped by Kim #2’s house New Year morning following the International Food Fest. As I arrived in her kitchen, she was putting a quiche in the oven (in addition to making pancakes, bacon and more). I was all…
New Year’s Eve 2012 & The International Food Fest
Happy 2013! I am not sure what you did on New Year’s Eve 2012, but we were lucky enough to be invited to the International Food Fest. This food fest was not held at the local civic center, mall or casino but at Kim #2’s house. I hope you remember my Kim #2 story Each…
Top 10 Recipe Blog Posts of 2012
I tried to resist doing a top of 2012 post. I really did, but I went about thinking about what recipes I wanted to work on over the next few months so I looked to see what you were all interested in for recipes. That led me to Google analytics and so, below I present…
New Year’s Party Finger Food Menu: Gluten Free & Vegetarian Choices Too!
Happy (almost) New Year 2013!! We are snugged up at home with the fire going while Storm Freyr is busy outside creating a wintery landscape. While sitting here, we are thinking about New Year’s Eve and since you may in the food planning stages as well, I wanted to offer some celebratory nibbles for you…
New Year’s Party Finger Food: Skinny Roasted Red Pepper Pesto Dip Recipe
I spied a new snack chip option while I was skating around Stop & Shop the other day. This new option is called ‘Dippers: 3 Seed Veggie Dipping Chips’ by RW Garcia. It made me want to eat chips & dip. I made a dip. I ate it with chips. They were a non-GMO corn…
New Year’s Party Finger Food: Mini Grilled Cheese with Roasted Red Pepper & Pesto Sandwiches
As we wrap up 2012, I am pondering all kinds of finger food deliciousness that we can share with our friends……..or not. I began with peering at the leftovers in the fridge and spied the Lemon Artichoke Pesto and my mind began churning. Then I saw a Facebook update by a fellow food blogger, who…
Christmas Morning Breakfast & Brunch Recipes
I hope you are all ready for Santa to make his visit tonight. Don’t bother fooling yourselves that the kids will sit down and enjoy the breakfast you have planned…..until they rip open the gifts waiting under the tree. In case you have not decided what to have yet, I thought I would share some…