I had friends over for a 4th of July cookout and swim; it was a fun filled day with good food and great friends. I wanted to make a quick fresh mozzarella and tomato appetizer, but I didn’t have any fresh tomatoes yet, so I used oven dried tomatoes from the freezer and fresh basil. [Read more...]
I was picking rhubarb in my neighbors, Howard’s, garden and noticed a beautiful batch of purslane. He confirmed that’s what it was and with all the rain it was lush. Well, most of us in the states consider it a weed. I have seen it in my herb cookbooks but have never tried it. My [Read more...]
This Father’s Day I had my Father and my Godfather, my Uncle Wayne was visiting from Texas, over for what I thought was going to be a Father’s Day Perch dinner. The Lake Erie fish is cleaned, put in freezer bags, covered with water and then frozen. The bag wasn’t marked, surprise it was Lake [Read more...]
I created this quick pasta recipe using oven-dried tomatoes from the freezer and fresh spring herbs. The tomato plants I started from seed are growing well and I can’t wait to eat the first tomato of the season. Until then I have to wait, so good thing I still have some oven-dried in the freezer. [Read more...]
The last couple days I had a few friends ask me about their parsley. It’s getting a thick stalk, starting to flower and they want to know what do with it (see pictures above). Depending on what you want, there are few options for you. Parsley is a biannual, meaning it produces lush leaves the first year [Read more...]
Is everyone ready to fire up the grills this weekend? Hopefully it won’t be raining, but I’ll grill in the rain with an umbrella either way. You’ll have to try this Pineapple-Kiwi Salsa that I created it will go great with your grilled meat. I made jerk pork chops and we topped it with this [Read more...]
Artichokes are still in season and we have been enjoying them weekly. I created this yogurt dipping sauce for the artichokes instead of using melted butter. Or try dipping other veggies in it such as grilled asparagus. I also use it as a salad dressing. I just mix the ingredients in the salad bowl, add [Read more...]
It was my lucky, lucky day! My neighbor Bob went Morel hunting and shared half of his finds with me. Thanks Bob! Those of you that have seen Morel’s available at a farmers market know what I mean. They are very expensive and you almost have to have a source to obtain them. I started [Read more...]
I haven’t made chicken in parchment (papillote) in a long time and every time I make this I always wonder, “Why don’t I make this more often?” It is so easy, has a ton of flavor and it’s very moist. It will make your taste buds sing and dance, trust me. I will tell to [Read more...]
These fish tacos are delicious, light and zesty. They remind me of fish tacos from taco trucks or the tacos I had in California. I used fish but you can try shrimp or scallops and they would be equally delicious. I always see cilantro and radishes as a topping on tacos. I combined the radishes, cabbage, [Read more...]