"It's all about the recipe!"
Coconut Shrimp! Where this sudden obsession came from, I have no idea. I have no warm memories of Red Lobster and their sea captain’s rum enhanced Coconut Shrimp, much less any memories of seaside tiki bars, drinks with tiny umbrellas,…
Photo: I forgot the chives, so had to sprinkle a few green onions on top 🙂 The recipe below is for four 5oz salmon steaks. These days though, I cook for one. So I make the Lemon-Ginger-Chive-Butter, using what I…
I think this is one of my most popular recipes, and it’s certainly one of my favorites. It’s a fabulous oven roasted crab, which only takes about 20 minutes to pull together—after arriving home with a few cracked and cleaned…
Like tossing into a salad, putting in a tea sandwich with cucumbers, as a retro shrimp cocktail appetizer, or to serve as an appetizer with toothpicks and a favorite sauce or dip 🙂 The recipe and accompanying photo is from…
I think we’ve pretty well established that pasta can be an easy, quick, flexible and satisfying meal, right? Well, ever had one with 3T tequila? No? Well, here you go! With freshly made pesto, too! And you should be able…
Not every published recipe works, and that’s a pet peeve of mine. Recently my Cookbook Club received the galley proofs for a soon-to-be-published cookbook. We cooked 19 recipes from the cookbook. Not one worked as written! Not one! Quantities didn’t…
Every once in awhile you run across a recipe that changes everything!  This is one of those recipes.  Cooking salmon in the microwave, with veggies.  How simple is that? How convenient is that? This main dish is simple, delicious  and…
Whooooa Nelly!  Crab and Brie Macaroni and Cheese?  Over-the-top decadence in a comfort food?  YEP! And the decadence makes the comfort food even more comforting—like ‘died and gone to heaven’ comforting!  Yet another winning recipe from the Better Homes and…
