Massaged Kale Salad with Delicata Squash & Smoked Gouda I see my friend Rebecca every few weeks, and after catching up on family stuff, we usually jump right in to recipe ideas. Rebecca is a serious Pinterest explorer, and one day she started telling me...

  Mexican Spoonbread with Poblano Chilis & Corn with Fresh Tomato Salsa Do you ever have one of those recipes in your head you’ve heard about and that sounded droolingly delicious, but you’d never even tasted it before? Such is the case with yours truly...

  Mushroom & Barley Risotto with Italian Parsley Pesto There’s still enough of a spring chill in the air to enjoy a hearty, comforting, and cheesy supper. If you’ve been reluctant to make risotto using the traditional Arborio rice thinking it sounds too...

  Mushroom Barley Soup There’s just something about Mushroom and Barley Soup that let’s me know it’s winter. Creamy, filling, and deeply satisfying, it’s hard to beat on a chilly day or evening in front of the fire. Be sure to grab some crusty bread when you...

  Nutty Milk Chocolate and Hazelnut Bars It all started because I needed to come up with something fast for our first football tailgate gathering of the year. Hmmm…thoughts circled around a bar cookie of sorts, but it had to be something I could tuck into a...

  Old Fashioned Potato Salad for a Crowd I’ve been making this Potato Salad for over forty years – yikes! It has gone through several variations (don’t get me started on the olive and grated cheese renditions), but I really think less is more here. This is...

  Oven-Fried Picnic Chicken with Lemon Zest & Herbed Panko With all of those sunny holidays on the horizon, my thoughts turn to picnics, and then jump straight to chicken. Here we have the ultimate crispy picnic chicken – not fried, but baked in the oven...

  Parmesan Zucchini Planks with Herbed Ranch Dip Here is my tale of the long and winding road to these Parmesan Zucchini Planks with Herbed Ranch Dip: Zucchini and I had a rough start in the garden this year. All the seeds I planted decided to be stubborn and...