Remember the wonderful combination of goat cheese and cherries? We’re going to revisit that duo in the form of a salad. A warm goat cheese salad with cherry vinaigrette. Make your salad the main entree for dinner with a few added touches. The cherries are pitted and placed in the blender. Then, they are blended with some extra virgin olive…
soup’s on
Cherry soup. Maybe those aren’t two words you think of together. The cherry can carry a completely different flavor as a soup. A cold soup. It’s the perfect dish for a scorching summer night. This cherry soup, a crisp salad, and a rustic loaf of bread, are a menu you should have in your recipe box. Cherry soup is a…
cherries and chops
Pork pairs well with fruit. It’s just one of those combinations that works well together. Today, the cherries turn into a salsa for thick, center cut pork chops. With just a few tweaks, the combination that worked for the bruschetta and pound cake can highlight the flavor of grilled pork chops. An important step when grilling any meat is letting…
a better bruschetta
Bruschetta is one of the simple pleasures when dining. Chopped tomatoes, combined with garlic, and olive oil. A few leaves of fresh basil. The bruschetta is actually the grilled bread. The topping of tomatoes and other ingredients has come to be known as bruschetta. This is a variation of bruschetta featuring our food of the moment. More…
cheery cherries for dessert
Maybe you don’t think of using your grill for dessert. You should. There are all sorts of irresistible combinations that only get better on the grill. Take a classic combination of pound cake with a fruit compote on top. Perfect for a summer night of outdoor dining. A compote is made when fruit is stewed in a type of…
june is busting out all over
There’s your musical theater reference to kick off the month. Do you know what show has that song in the score? (Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” in case you’re wondering.) Last Saturday we were bundled in the stands watching big brother’s track meet. Today, one week later, it was 93 degrees in the shade of the stands. The month of June…
baseball, dandelions, and croissants
I can remember some soggy Memorial Day weekends. But a cold holiday weekend? This was a first. My little guy and I shivered at his brother’s track meet. We tried to duck the winds and clutched our styrofoam cups of hot chocolate. It rained on and off. After big brother won first place in the 100…
chimichurri in a hurry
Another busy weekend. My older guy ran for the track team and did his first 800 meter for the season. That probably had something to do with him asking for steak for dinner. The botanical garden, in the neighborhood, was having their annual plant sale. The guys wanted to “surprise” me for Mother’s Day. When it’s plant…
corny april treats
Play ball! As April is known to do, it teases us with warm weather one moment, and then changes in an instant. My guys get tired of the “Do-I-need-a-jacket-today?” morning check-ins. April means it’s time to get the fishing gear out. The guys like to head off to some of the local ponds and see what they can catch….
paas – itively delicious easter brunch
There’s the dining room table. It tends to get buried under a blizzard of school notices that come home in backpacks. Really buried. We decided that brunch worked well for everyone for Easter. We would go with Eggs Benedict with the “Holidays” sauce. You read the last post, right? As I said before, I was hoping my…
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