Herby Flatbread for the Grill!
We love this! It does take a bit of finesse to cook the flatbread over a fire, and we are not always successful, but it’s a fun project to do while the BBQ’d meat is resting and the coals are…
Category: Side Dishes
Too Many Tomatoes? Roasted Tomato Sauce!
Are you being overrun with homegrown summer tomatoes yet? Then you need to make this sauce! Freeze it, and you’ll have little portions of summer to use as needed in any tomato based dish! After defrosting, the sauce can used…
Coconut Shrimp
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,…
Roasted Broccoli with Parmesan and Lemon
I love roasted broccoli, in fact it’s the only way I make it now. If I want something a bit over the top, or if I want to show off a bit, I make Roasted Broccoli with Parmesan and Lemon.…
Focaccia
When my kids were little they used to call this “salty bread”. When Abby’s college friends asked for it they called it “Fa-fa-fa” (this was before Focaccia was a “thing” in the US). I’ve been making this for years, from…
Tomato Cucumber Salad
It’s so easy to overlook a simple salad. For all those home gardeners or Farmer’s Market shoppers, this is for you! At some point in the summer, we all end up with an overabundance of our fancy, heirloom tomatoes and…
Street Corn Salad/Elote
I’m sure you’ve seen, or at least heard of, the Mexican street vendors—the ones selling hot corn-on-the-cob on a stick? It’s quickly rubbed with mayo, then rolled in Cotija cheese, sprinkled with lime juice, and topped with a bit of…
Onion Rings
There are a lot of bad onion rings out there—I know. If onion rings are on the menu, I will find a way to order them, but I rarely order them a second time at the same restaurant. There used…