Welcome to summer. It is time for vacations and day trips and spending fun days outside. Admit it or not, we all cook and eat seasonally and now is the time for salads, grilling and lots of veggies. Oh, and cold cocktails.
I had been longing for a big summer salad with grilled meat. Sound good? [Read more…]
Some days, cooking dinner gets in the way. Do you ever feel that way?
I love to cook and honestly, would go into the kitchen to cook anytime. What would I cook? Anything! [Read more…]
Spring! Here in Kansas City, we were teased with weather that felt like spring in January and February. Roller coaster weather with ups and downs kept us on our toes and made us long for one season or the other. Finally, this week, it looks like spring is really here to stay. I love celebrating Easter with a perfect dose of spring weather.
It is amazing how just a slight change in the weather makes our taste buds go through seismic shifts. Just a couple weeks ago, on a cold, rainy day, I made another batch of soup to chase away the chill. Finally, we can look forward to egg salad and deviled eggs from all those Easter Eggs, ham dinners, roasted asparagus, fresh salads and now, a luscious Lemon Blueberry Pie as a spectacular Easter dessert. [Read more…]
St Patrick’s Day means it is time for Reuben’s. Gotta have it.
OK, so you may be having corned beef and cabbage on the day—but then, hallelujah, make way for the Reuben! [Read more…]
Do you ever come across a recipe or you see something on the menu and your taste buds say, “Nope! Not for me?” It might sound a little odd, strange or just weird, and you don’t want to taste it.
And then, you finally taste it and absolutely love it!
That doesn’t happen to me often but it is true confession time. That really was me recently. [Read more…]
