Category: Recipe

I have been on a tinkering quest with this morning muffin. You know the one, with the pineapple, coconuts, applesauce, carrots one? Yeah. That one. Well, I think I have tweaked it enough to satisfy enough nutritionists on the West Coast, to say the least. Here is what I have decided is delicious and nutritious.…

Remember that Nutella Day……..MONTHS ago??? Yeah, I don’t think I had ever heard of Nutella day and had never even ever purchased some until the beau brought some over one day. Hmmm, it was good, but I wasn’t sure how technically healthy it was.  As you may know, I don’t keep too much sugar and…

Summer arrived ………with a BANG. Finally….uh-oh! Nothing like a 15 degree temperature rise! This QUICK and oh so perfect salad was one I will be making a lot this summer and most likely right into winter. It took no time at all, especially if you make the quinoa ahead of time (early in the morning)…

Found yet another great party dip on tastespotting. Yes, I fell off the vegetarian band wagon again, but when serving my carnivore guests, need to give them something they will happily dive into. This was a huge hit! For the Fourth of July weekend, I just HAD to make something small and different in addition…

Yep, I was beat. And I was craving really nice home made bread. After having guests for a few days I was too exhausted though to really want to make bread. So I thought I would try something that one of my favorite bloggers is always pitching. Salad-in-a-jar blogger is one to use her bread…

Michael was coming over for dinner…….and why I keep making the Cheesecake Man …..Cheesecake I’ll never know. But I am beginning to wonder! It’s his favorite, but he has only ever praised my carrot cake. You’d think I would pick up on this but I keep trying. Hence, I spotted a neat idea in the…

Yes, it’s summertime all right and nothing like making a fresh pasta salad. I should call this Greek Pasta salad or something fancy  but personally I will call it kitchen sink salad. It was not that I was cleaning out the fridge or anything like that, it was that we just kept adding…….so many good…

I can’t even remember who I got this recipe from, but it has been taped to my kitchen cupboard for about 4 months. You’d have thought I would have been bored just looking at it, but my long row of kitchen cabinets makes it kinda like looking at all my recipes in the works.  Quite…

Jessie and Happy wanted me to make some treats for the dog park mommies so I rose to the occasion this morning after finding this Puuuurfect Park recipe. With dogs bouncing all around I wanted to give Emma’s Mom, Bonnie’s Mom, Ozzie’s Mom, Dakota’s Mom and Omar’s Mom a nice thank you for all the…

Many years ago I had a phenomenal meal at a restaurant in South Park. Though the restaurant is long gone, ever since that one incredible Pasta and Pear dish, I have loved using blue cheese and pears in my pasta dishes. One in particular. Fresh sage too if you have it! I found this recipe…

Picked up a nice batch of strawberries this week and thought I would try to find some other recipes for them other than my Power Shakes.  My favorite way to cook with strawberries are in pies or jams, but I am thinking I need to expand my repertoire of this beautiful fruit. Growing up in…

Don’t you just love a fruit that can be eaten ripe or rotten? Not too many fruits you can say that about either. The ever wonderful banana is in a league of its own. Just love bananas and I buy them all the time to put into my power shakes. Since I ran out of…

Yesterday was the day to bake something sweet (ya think!).  I was needing a bit of the tender side of life and this ditty I found on Tastespotting.com from Christy at “the girl who ate everything” blog,  truly fit the bill. The story was darling, and one of my favorite aspects of baking something is…

My dear friend Tony was moving back east and I headed over to his place to send him off and say my farewells. Tony is a misplaced Massachusetts man who decided he had had enough of the left coast. Well, yes there is more to the story, but for this blog we will suffice it…

While the holiday weekend was approaching, easy breezy meals were in order. Also, the summer like weather which I was just getting used to seemed to get back under the covers. I wanted to warm up my home slightly, so baking was a good idea. At the markets this week I picked up some great…