Tag Archives: gluten-free
Instant Pot Broccoli Cheddar Chicken Soup
Fall has arrived! Along with all the turning leaves, pumpkin spice, and the uncontrollable urge to don a sweater, it is officially the start of soup season. As the weather starts to cool, a comforting bowl of something warm and soothing really hits the spot. All the better if it’s easy to prepare and, hey, […]
Chopped Thai Salad with Peanut Sauce
Home. Certainly, it’s the place where you live, but more importantly it’s the community around you. That place we all call home. This week’s recipe is a shout out to local farmers. They feed us and share what they grow with the community and for that they deserve some love. Earlier this year, we […]
Instant Pot Enchilada Chicken with Homemade Enchilada Sauce
Home cooks unite! Every time you cook you join forces with millions of others, all of us stirring, simmering and making meals with the common goal of feeding our families. You may be spending time with your family all day, but you’re not really together until you gather around the dinner table to eat. […]
Apple Crumble
Cooking at home full time these past 6 months has been an endurance sport, but if these times have taught us anything, they have taught us to endure. To be resourceful. To use what we have and make the most if it. And to celebrate. Right this moment is a good time to enjoy […]
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
I have been trying to crack the PF Chang’s Lettuce Wrap recipe for a very long time. I have small bits of detail, but the actual recipe is a closely guarded secret and what little I’ve learned is as cryptic as the clues to the DaVinci Code. I am not subtle when I inquire about […]
Northwest Niçoise
In these pandemic times, shopping, cooking, and planning have the added challenges of out of stock, expired, and someone ate it. The green beans you are hoping for from the market are gone. Your pantry yields a can of something way past its prime. Or, maybe someone ate the very last of whatever it […]
Caprese Salad and BLT Bar
Menu fatigue, heat, plus the endless parade of dishes may have you feeling a little less than enthusiastic about cooking this week. Tomato season to the rescue! Whether you visit a farmers’ market or mask up and trek through the store, you can be sure tantalizing tomatoes await. Make the most of what mother nature […]
Christmas Cake
My mantra: Happiness now. Why wait until tomorrow if you can have happiness right this minute? This recipe contains two things you need for happiness now: a little Christmas spirit and a lot of brandy. Sure, the rest of the world is grilling corn and flipping burgers. Let them fawn over summer fruit. We […]
Ice Tray Cheesecake Bites and Chocolate Magic Shell
Never mind the heat, it’s all about staying cool. Here are two chilly desserts that are fast, fun and easy to make right at home. Nothing says summer like ice cream and who doesn’t love a dipped cone? Here’s how to bring a little of that vacation ice cream shop to your kitchen. If you […]
Blueberry Clafoutis
Once blueberry season begins, “pick blueberries” stays on my to-do list until the berries and I both give up and call it quits several months later. There are so many things to do with these summer jewels that it’s hard to decide what to make first. Pies, buckles, cakes, muffins, and crisps have their merits, […]