My favorite pickle are either Bread and Butter or Sweet Pickles. The two pickles are very similar-- the only difference is that Sweet Pickles have a bit more sugar. That's it! I love adding them to sandwiches. They also taste great chopped up in Homemade Potato Salad. Which pickle camp are you? Dill? Bread and Butter? I'm one of those folks who evicts dill pickles from my burgers. Sorry! I'm
Perfect Charcoal Grilled Shrimp Skewers with a Spicy Lemon-Garlic Sauce
Grilled shrimp is a easy appetizer, or main course meal, for your summer grilling. Peeled shrimp are closely skewered together, to prevent overcooking. It takes just a few minutes, until just barely cooked. The shrimp is finished cooking in heated sauce of butter, lemon, garlic and red pepper flakes-- and some fresh parsley for a pop of color. Really delicious! (Yes, you can adapt this for a gas
Santa Maria Style Pinquito Beans
Santa Maria Style Pinquito Beans are a smoky and flavorful a classic side dish, traditionally served with Santa Maria Style Tri-Tip Barbecue. The beans are slowly cooked with bacon and ham, spices and tomato puree. This recipe has layers of smoky heat from ancho chili powder, and either Anaheim or Pasilla Chili peppers (very mild). Pinquito beans are a small pink bean, native to California. You
Banana and Cream Cheese Lasagna Dessert
This Banana Cream Cheese and Lasagna dessert is a recreation of a “retro” dessert I fell in love with at first bite. The dessert “casserole” had a pecan shortbread layer, sweetened cream cheese layer, sliced bananas, homemade vanilla pudding and is topped with billowy whipped cream. Heaven! Instead of using boxed vanilla pudding, I made pudding from scratch. I also switched out the non-dairy
Restaurant Quality Seared and Roasted Halibut with an Orange Beurre Blanc Sauce
Perfectly seared Halibut is served with a velvety smooth Beurre blanc sauce. Translated from French as “white butter”, is similar to a Hollandaise sauce-- except there are no eggs added. The warm sauce is made by reducing white wine and vinegar with shallots. Gradually, chunks of cold butter and heavy cream turns into a delicious emulsified "sauce". This sauce sounds fancy, but you can easily make
Strawberry Swiss Roll with Cream Cheese and Whipped Cream Frosting
This Strawberry Swiss Roll with Cream Cheese Whipped Cream Frosting fancy schmancy looking dessert isn't super complicated to make. The cake batter is a vanilla cake, slathered with a cream cheese frosting and layered with fresh summer strawberries. It's rolled into a beautiful cake, and topped with more whipped cream. Not only is this a show stopper dessert, it is incredibly delicious-- not too
Quick Tagine-Style Chicken with Morrocan Flavors
I don't own a tagine, but you can make this delicious recipe in a cast iron or non-stick pan-- with great results. The blend of spices is what gives this dish an aromatic Moroccan flavor-- cinnamon, paprika, cumin, coriander, turmeric. The contrast sweetness of the dried fruits works beautifully with the aromatic spices. Best of all, this meal can be on the table in about 30 minutes, without
Rigatoni with Spiced Beef Ragu (In Red Wine)
Slow braising boneless short ribs in a tomato and wine sauce is one of my most irresistible ragu sauce. This recipe adds extra "zip" by adding Chinese Five Spice and Porcini mushrooms. Served over rigatoni pasta (or even polenta) this is a hearty meal that is perfect for a cool fall or winter night. Let's be honest, this dinner is perfect for any night of the year! I love my pressure cooker.
Sesame Noodles with Chicken and Asparagus
You'll love the Thai-Asian flavor of this really quick dinner. Most of the "Asian" ingredients are easy to find at your local grocery store. This is a perfect work night dinner, as it only takes about 30 minutes from start to finish. The sauce has a little fresh ginger-chili-garlic kick with a savory sesame peanut sauce. When I started this blog in 2008, I had been using a printable recipe
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