When you're searching for a creative dinner idea but don't want to grocery shop, open the frig. and you will find plenty of material to work with. These pre-cooked, once perfectly delicious, but now, slightly less appetizing items are called leftovers. Does the thought of rubbery pasta and unsatisfying microwaved results discourage you from … [Read more...]
Caribbean Inspired Ban-ango-nut Bread
Chef Dawn Buchholz You see them getting ripe. You smell them. Beautiful, yellow, organic bananas destined to grace your granola or top your peanut butter toast. And then, well, they're riper than that now (a bit more fragrant) so ... they'll sweeten up your smoothie. But what about the rest of the brown-spotted bunch? Time goes by and Oops! … [Read more...]
Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp Bars
Just because the weather is warming up, doesn't mean you have to give up baking. The Cuisnart CSO does a great job of baking without heating up the entire house-imagine that? Cookies in the middle of summer-Yum! And with the warmer months comes lots of produce. One of my favorite vegetables to bake with is rhubarb (yes, it's a … [Read more...]
Leek, Ricotta and Mushroom Frittata
I love breakfast, so I am always looking for new dishes to serve. And of course, there is nothing like breakfast for dinner (did your mother ever do that for you when you were a kid?). Unlike most of my posts, this is a savory recipe-I couldn't resist!! I came across this recipe recently and gave it a try. Oh my! It was so easy, baked up … [Read more...]
Chocolate-Bottom Banana Bars
Besides banana bread and smoothies (and of course the remarkable one ingredient ice cream), what can you do with over ripe bananas that just don't look appealing? Did I hear you say, "Chocolate-Bottom Banana Bars, April?" Well, probably not, but this is certainly a delicious way to use up those over ripe bananas! I love reading mysteries, … [Read more...]
White Chocolate Dream Cookies
I love baking cookies! I would say, "who doesn't?" but I know there are people (my friends included) who would rather someone else bake their cookies for them. I scour cookbooks and magazines when they feature cookies of any kind and save the ones I like to make. Years ago, while looking at Christmas cookie recipes in one of the women's … [Read more...]