Roasted Carrots with Feta Cheese makes a delicious and attractive side for your Thanksgiving Feast or anytime.
Sides
Pomegranate and Roasted Corn Salsa
The flavors of sweet roasted corn, tart pomegranate arils, crunchy jicama and rich pine nuts meld with honeyed ginger and lime in delicious Pomegranate and Roasted Corn Salsa. Served with plantain chips it makes a beautiful appetizer.
Warm Zucchini Salad
I’m late. I know. Fall is almost here and I am just now able to prepare this wonderful recipe for garden fresh summer squash. The thing is, my summer squash have only been producing well in the last week or two. Finally I have a number of tender yellow summer […]
Wilted Arugula
As summer settles to a close I am holding on tight. I can’t help feeling we have missed something here in the Pacific Northwest. There have been few hot days and far fewer warm evenings. My zucchini plants have yielded only a few small zucchini and even my cherry tomatos […]
Lemon Rice Pilaf
Lemon Rice makes a great summery side dish for many different entrees. It goes great with baked chicken but it is also a tempting accompaniment to salmon or pork…
Kentucky Country Ham and Red Eye Gravy
When I want a menu that tastes like home I cook Country Ham Steaks drizzled with Red Eye Gravy. Serve alongside Southern Style Green Beans, and mashed potatoes or Cheese Grits, then finish with a slice of Derby Pie, for an authentic taste of the Bluegrass region.
Roasted Fruit Salad with Cinnamon Croutons
Built in 1874 in the Gothic Revival Style, Grace Church is filled with beautiful stained glass windows and appointed with dark wood furnishings. As if that weren’t enough to recommend it…
Recollections: Hot German Potato Salad
Reading my home county’s history society cookbook lends me a sense of that peace. Interestingly those stories tend to be tales of success rather than woe. In retrospect many sad stories have a silver lining. These people learned from their struggles and took lessons from hard times into the future…
Tropical Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes are one of my favorite vegetables. Nutritional powerhouses, packed with vitamins B6, A and C as well as potassium and even fiber, they are bright and cheerful, sweet but with a hearty, earthy savor. Sweet potatoes have so many associations they are almost bound to tell a story […]
Roasted Dijon Potatoes
January is a great month for getting back to basics. After a season of celebrating and expansive entertaining it is something of a relief to organize and simplify. After packing away the Christmas decorations I turned to my kitchen to strip it of superfluous items. It is almost calming to […]
Southern Style Green Beans
While they take their own sweet thyme getting ready, the wonderful old-fashioned flavor of Southern Style Green Beans is worth the wait. Just put them on early and let them simmer slowly on the back of the stove. They are quite simple to put together and they go with almost everything.
Slow Homemade Apple Butter with Maple and Cardamom
de in a slow cooker, Homemade Apple Butter, spiced with cardamom, allspice and cinnamon, is a wonderful treat on a cool autumn day. The process of making it is so simple, fragrant and delicious that it just might turn into a treasured family tradition.