A perfect antipasti option for any time of the year! Is it just me or does everyone like those little jars of marinated mushrooms from the fancy grocery store? Pre-covid times, you could sometimes find some at the Safeway "olive bar" sometimes, too. So yummy!! They are my go-to appetizer, midnight snack and picnic treat.… Continue reading Tarragon Marinated Mushrooms
Tomato, Mozzarella & Pesto Sandwich
Drooling yet? This is the. best. sandwich. If I'm being completely honest... I'm not the biggest tomato fan. Don't come for me!! I'll eat them, but I don't crave them like some of you do. So how can it be that THIS is my all-time favorite sandwich? It's more about the seeds than the flesh… Continue reading Tomato, Mozzarella & Pesto Sandwich
Pork Tenderloin
This meal feels super fancy, but once you get the hang of it, it's really fast and easy to throw together! I don’t understand how pork tenderloin is such an inexpensive cut of meat. I can get a 1 1/2 pound tenderloin for $5 at Winco and it's enough to feed all four of us.… Continue reading Pork Tenderloin
Almond Crusted Trout
I have always had a love-hate relationship with trout. The flavor is usually bland to fishy, there are ALWAYS a zillion little pin bones... it's really greasy. My hands smell like fish for hours later. And all of that was especially true when I cooked them using my husband's favorite recipe. Paul is a fisherman,… Continue reading Almond Crusted Trout
Curry Chicken Salad
I served it in these pretty little jars with some chow mein noodles on top - SO GOOD! I know this isn't a very fancy, but it IS delicious. I buy or cook a whole chicken a couple times a month - I know you do too! - and sometimes my boys just don't eat… Continue reading Curry Chicken Salad
Carnitas Verde (aka: green piggie meat)
A few weeks ago while planning for a work function, one of my co-workers requested I make “something yummy and pork”. I’ll admit that I was at a loss for ideas, but ultimately decided to make a taco meat version of my very simple and delicious Pozole Verde recipe. It was a hit with friends… Continue reading Carnitas Verde (aka: green piggie meat)
Tuna Tarragon Pasta Salad
Welcome to your new favorite pasta salad... I was sooooo bummed to hear about the Sweet Tomatoes restaurant chain closing down in the pandemic. I'm overall a huge buffet person (picky eaters, UNITE!), but I really loved going to Sweet Tomatoes with my mom when I was in high school and college. It was a… Continue reading Tuna Tarragon Pasta Salad
Fried Clam Strips
We have been bay clamming for a couple years now and we love it! We get loads of humongous cockels which I make into succulent chowder and tender clam strips. Many of our friends have casually mentioned that, while that's all well and good... we are missing out on the most delicious Pacific NW clam… Continue reading Fried Clam Strips
Egg Flower Soup
I'm a little under the weather this week and one of my all-time favorite "home-healing" meals is this beauty - Egg Flower Soup! I usually just pick up a vat of it at our neighborhood Chinese restaurant, but during "the quarantine times" I thought I'd give home made a try. I've made it a few… Continue reading Egg Flower Soup
Buckwheat Banana Pancakes
Buckwheat Banana Goodness Have you ever made or even eaten buckwheat pancakes? I have recently learned that not everyone has! My mom used to make them for us, but so did our Aunt Charlotte. I don't remember loving them as a kid, but as an adult...different story. I worked in a restaurant in New York… Continue reading Buckwheat Banana Pancakes
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