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Mini Polenta Pizzas

If there’s one meal where you can’t go wrong and that everyone can agree on, it’s homemade pizza.  Seriously, is there anyone who doesn’t like pizza? Here I’ve taken another favorite food, polenta, and turned it into crusts for these mini polenta pizzas. Mini Polenta Pizzas With some planning ahead, […]

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Roasted Garlic Confit

If you have been wondering how to fill your home with the wonderful smell of roasted garlic, read on.  This is a simple way to make roasted garlic in the oven and come away with a batch of garlic infused olive oil as well.  It’s a great building block recipe […]

Crispy Breaded Pork Chops
Main Dishes

Crispy Breaded Pork Chops

Every now and then I get a craving for some home cooked easy comfort food.  Nothing infused with a cilantro-harissa chutney.  Nothing from a celebrity chef.  Nothing requiring a terrine mold. Just something simple like these crispy breaded pork chops. The kind that still has a little bit of oil […]

Breakfasts, Kid Friendly

Quinoa Egg Cups with Spinach and Ham

If there’s one thing I love in the morning, it’s a hot breakfast involving eggs, meat, vegetables and a side of fresh fruit.  However, I don’t have that kind of time and really love finding easy breakfast ideas with eggs.  These quinoa egg cups are also sturdy protein breakfast muffins […]

Kid Friendly, Lunches

Loaded Veggie Quinoa Sliders

If you spend much time poking around in the food blog world, you may come away thinking that January is National Quinoa Month.  I’ve noticed that, in particular, there are a lot of vegetable quinoa burger recipes popping up. Great idea, I thought.  What I tried to take away from […]

Beef, Sauces

How to Make Chimichurri Butter

[Originally published on Jan 31, 2013 – Updated with a new technique and recipe] When it comes to steak, I’m a purist and like to go solo.  Hold the sauces, the grilled onions and the crumbled cheese, please.  Just the big beefy flavor of a properly seared & grilled steak. […]

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Homemade Ginger Ale Recipe

Wondering what to do with a SodaStream Carbonator, other than making a lot of fizzy water?  Unless you have been successful at recreating the Coca-Cola secret formula, I suggest starting with something simple like this homemade ginger ale recipe. Ginger syrup for making a homemade ginger ale In this particular […]

Smoked Salmon Rolls with Cucumber, Red Onions, Avocado and a Compound Butter
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Smoked Salmon Rolls with Cucumbers, Red Onion and Avocado

This recipe is definitely on the other end of the scale from “simple”, however it still qualifies for “awesome”.  Think of these Smoked Salmon Rolls as a dinner party plate – since the prep and planning required disqualifies them from the “easy weeknight dinner” category. The long description, as if […]

Sauces

Homemade Italian Pizza and Pasta Sauce

While I’ve never done a blind tasting, my guess is that 10 out of 10 people would be able to tell the difference between jarred pasta sauce and homemade pasta sauce….and prefer the latter.  So if you’re looking for a recipe for homemade pasta sauce from scratch, keep reading. This is […]