In Defense of Iceberg Lettuce – the perfect salad for spring
Think for a moment about the salads of your youth… The leaves at the heart of a head of iceberg lettuce have a delightfully crunchy texture & silky feel Whether you poured on the blue cheese...
View ArticleA Guilt-Free Chocolate Milkshake ~ Light Lucious Refreshment for a Hot Day
Ice ~ Key to making this drink cool! Phew! Yesterday was the start of the official start of the “summer season, ” and Mother Nature is definitely getting into the spirit of things. The high today was...
View ArticleFrozen Pina Colada Pops Recipe ~ a low-fat way to beat the summer heat!
It’s summer and time for frozen treats, like these frozen Pina Colada Pops! Frozen Pina Colada Pops If you are avoiding ice cream because it is also time for bathing suits, then you are going to love...
View ArticleSoft-Shell Crabs Sauteed in Butter & Olive Oil – simple, delicious, summer
Fresh seafood ~ This is yet another reason why I love Chinatown. Yesterday, I went to Chinatown for lunch and afterwards went to see my favorite produce vendor. Soft Shell Crabs were $12/dozen On the...
View ArticleBaked Stuffed Pork chops w Spinach, Sweet Potatoes & Mushrooms
It is fall, and I have a new love who I just adore cooking for, so stuffed pork chops seemed like the next logical step. So, I went to Fairway and bought two 1 3/4″ thick pork chops. Baked Stuffed Pork...
View ArticleMexican Hot Chocolate-Style Chocolate Pudding – Fast Easy Delicious!
I decided to make chocolate pudding from scratch last week when the only chocolate pudding mixes in my local grocery store were for instant pudding (blech! blah! patooie!). Mexican Hot Chocolate-style...
View ArticleChuck Eye ~ A Steak for Ribeye Lovers
For all you lovers of well-marbled steak, for all of you who know that “fat = flavor”, for everyone who would choose the ribeye or Delmonico as your favorite steak, do I have the steak for you!...
View ArticleFresh Green Tomatillo Sauce
If you ask a farmer at your local farmer’s market, or if you have a well-stocked produce section you might be lucky enough to catch the last tomatillos of the season. Tomatillos grow on bushes similar...
View ArticleA Simple Recipe for the Perfect Roast Chicken
BuzzFeed held a contest between eight famous roast chicken recipes to find out which method really is the best. Here are the results. (You’re going to want a roasting rack.) Justine Zwiebel / Buzzfeed...
View ArticleThe Perfect Slow Roasted Boneless Leg of Lamb
My two favorite things about a boneless leg of lamb are that you can remove the netting and spread your seasoning all over the meat (before rerolling it and putting the netting back on) and that it...
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