One friend and one cake Saturday and another friend and another cake on Sunday! If you ask me, that's a pretty sweet way to spend the weekend. The first one, an orchard-fresh chunky apple cake and the second one, a fruit filled sugary plum cake. Sure, both were baked in spring form pans and made ...
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Eggplant Tendonitis
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Eggplant tendonitis . . . yum . . . Sounds like some kind of phenomenal new dish, doesn’t it? Well, maybe not. But yesterday as I was cooking with friends, my physical therapist friend Suzy diagnosed me with tendonitis on my right wrist and since we were making baked eggplant I thought it a ...
Meatless Monday
Oh lovely eggplant sliced thickly, marinated in olive oil and garlic, breaded in an herbed panko and baked to crispy perfection, let me top you with some shaved parmesan at just the last moment! Come hither my dear brussel sprouts, allow me to slice you in half and toss you in a touch of lemon ...
Celebrate National Oatmeal Day with my Breakfast Cookies!
In honor of national oatmeal day, I'm going to share my breakfast cookie recipe with you since it's loaded with oatmeal -- the best kind -- Quaker Old Fashioned Oats! Though I call it a breakfast cookie, it's usually my mid morning snack cookie after a workout. It's certainly healthier than a ...
Mini Lobster Pot Pie Bites
This creamy, delicious lobster pie filling when topped with a flaky puff pastry crust will make an impressive and sophisticated appetizer or main dish for a dinner party. You can make them in mini muffin pans to serve as an elegant cocktail party appetizer. They freeze beautifully too, which makes ...
Crispy Tortilla Flutes
What do I think of (or picture rather) when I’m sautéing ginger and garlic for my chicken empanadas or roasting broccoli or cauliflower for dinner? I wish I could say it was the magnificent sun setting over turquoise water in the Caribbean, but welcome to my reality! It’s the sandwich my 16 year old ...
Asian Cooking Party
I’m excited to teach a group of women how to make dumplings, Asian salad and fried rice this evening. Cooking parties are the new girl’s night in, where women put on their aprons, gather for wine and learn how to cook something new. It’s a refreshing change from the same old night out in a ...
Small Plate Cooking Party
I’ve been busy this week planning and prepping for the cooking party I am running this evening. (That explains the Friday blog this week.) I’ll be teaching, cooking and having fun with 14 women, most of whom I’ve never met! It’ll be a small plate/tapas evening with multiple courses, fruity sangria ...