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Thanksgiving Mash
It may be “thyme” for butternut squash but it’s also a “sage” adventure to tweak the traditional herbs used in cooking butternut squash. Colorful and uniquely shaped winter squashes abound locally in autumn and hold well throughout the winter season. Bring several...
Cheesy Cannellini Bean Bake with Tomato Paste & What is Tomato Paste anyway?
I just happened to have a can of white cannellini beans in the cupboard and some tomato paste when I read Ali Slagle’s recipe Cheesy White Bean-Tomato Bake in a recent New York Times. The discovery was that the Tomato ingredient was Tomato Paste. (Luckily, I had...
Orange Lightening Cake —A Perfect Match for a Tampa Bay Breakfast or Dessert
Orange LIghtning Cake Soon after moving to Dunedin, I learned that Tampa Bay was dubbed the Lightning Capital of North America. After observing several lightning storms and doing a little research, I now understand the sea-breezes that develop on both coasts of...
A Cute Card— A Handwritten Comedic Quote —A Wonderful Birthday Gift
Inside this cute card is a sentence surrounded by Quotation Marks and attributed to Unknown. Whoever sent this, took some time learn about my promotion of vegetables. Here it it:" Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a Fruit Salad." On...
Glamorous Cocktail at Home for Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine's Day
Rhubarb Surprise—A Strawberry Rhubarb Birthday Pie
It arrived a day early. The more I thought about it, the more I reasoned that the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie would make a delightful Birthday Breakfast. And it did. So if you like Strawberry Rhubarb Pie and don't want to bake it, order it up from "Bake Me a Wish"...
Valentines Quick-Fix Dinner for 2 at Home
Valentine’s Day Dinner is one of the biggest restaurant days of the year. If you want to avoid the crowds and create a memorable meal for 2 at home, read on. Sheet pan suppers are all the rage, mainly because they are time efficient to make and fewer dishes to wash. ...
Valentine’s Dessert—Pot de Creme au Chocolat
Pot de Crème au Chocolat Traditionally, French Pot de Crème is a rich baked custard. My version is actually a dark rich chocolate pudding with no eggs, no heavy cream and no baking in a tiresome water bath. To entice cooks to be more careful about dessert calories and...
Time to elevate underrated Celery
Try this No-Cream Celery Bisque for lunch or a dinner starter. No Cream Celery Bisque Celery Bisque offers a sublime pale green color, a deliciously creamy texture and slight celery flavor making for a special lunch or cozy first course soup. Insisting on a Yukon gold...
Peppedew Peppers from South Africa to Amazon (the shipping company)
Curious about a new item a few years ago in the grocery store "Olive Bar", I did some research. Peppadew is a trademarked name for small sweet piquant whole red pickled peppers, grown in the Limpopo province of the South African Bush. Discovered by businessman and...