Eggplant. Love it? Hate it? Feelings about this funny-looking vegetable seem to be all over the board. If you love it, you happily gobble up garlicky Baba Ganoush or Caponata; you savor creamy Moussaka or veggie-filled Ratatouille; and you adore eggplant Parmesan. . . But if you’re not a fan, you may object to its…
Pumpkin Muffins
This week we navigated Tropical Storm Eta’s gusty winds, sideways-hitting rain and all-around gloominess. It was a yucky week, but we made the best of it, even visiting the beach to see the HUGE waves and happy surfers that looked like seals in the water (no pics because it was too wet). Here I am…
White Beans with Pancetta
Temperatures dipped in Florida this week, so I opened the windows and started making soup, cookies and casseroles, because I love having something in the oven or simmering on the stove when cool weather arrives. I also dug through cookbooks for inspiration and found a recipe in Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home: A Cookbook…
Miso-Garlic-Soy Chicken Thighs
There’s a salad recipe on my blog with kale, cabbage, scallions, parsley, cilantro, cashews and sesame seeds, inspired by a dish I had in Napa Valley. But it’s the DRESSING that makes it special, and every time I serve it, it’s a total wipeout. What’s the key ingredient? Miso. . . I may have lost some…
Veggie Fried Rice
When I was a kid, going out for Chinese food was a big deal. Back then, there wasn’t a Chinese restaurant on every block, but in the suburbs of Boston, we knew where to go, and after 40 years I still remember the aromas that greeted us at the China Plaza. The place was decked…
Greek Flavored Fish in Parchment
If someone said to me “I’ll pay you one million dollars to tell me your one favorite ethnic food” I’d be hard-pressed to answer, because I have two favorites — Italian and Greek. Basically, I’m putty in your hands if you give me a slab of lasagna, a bowl of baked Ziti, a plate of…
Mushroom & Leek Galette
If you don’t like mushrooms, you may want to move on from this post, because it’s all about the delicious fungi, and I simply cannot hide my adoration for them! But if you decide to keep reading, that would really be great 🙂 In my effort to reduce meat intake, I’ve been poring through vegetable-forward…
Strawberry Banana Yogurt Popsicles
The first day of Fall is next week, but that doesn’t stop me from making one last ditch effort to highlight a treat that’s fruity, COLD and fun. Now, I’m not one to have lots of gadgets in my kitchen, but I recently bought a $10 popsicle mold. Just for fun. Because, well, the pandemic. I’ve…
Roasted Stone Fruit with Orange & Vanilla
Sigh. . .stone fruit season is coming to a close! We’ve had a good run, but Fall is fast approaching and we’ll soon be focused on apples and hard squash. If you still have a bunch of peaches, plums, nectarines or apricots, but aren’t sure what to do with them (other than making cobbler or…
Field Trip Friday – Nokomis Beach
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you.) Today marks 30 consecutive mornings of beach swims at Nokomis Beach! My hubby and I started this effort to shake up our daily routine, and found ourselves swimming in all sorts of conditions, having tons of fun, and thankful…
Muffin Tin Herbed Potato Stacks
Have you heard of “COVID Cooking Fatigue”? You may not have heard about it, but I bet you’re feeling it! That’s because many of us these days are preparing 3 meals a day at home, 7 days a week. I don’t know about you, but it seems like whenever one meal is finished, I’m already…
Pasta with Cherry Tomato Sauce
Remember January, 2020, when anything was possible, we made resolutions and travel plans, and blissfully steered toward the road to adventure? We now have new routines, and what was mundane back then seems exciting today, like getting out of the house to visit the grocery store 🙂 My daily routine involves diving into work and…