I can say without a doubt that just a few years ago I would not be talking about let alone making and eating raw fish. This is my first time making a poke bowl and it was SO good. I am looking forward to making it again. So are my husband and daughter; we all really enjoyed dinner the other night. I fried up … Continue reading Tuna Poke Bowl
Procrastination is the word of the weekend! I feel like every time I go and do something on my list I have a “squirrel” moment. We were all going to a pool party yesterday afternoon. Brings me back to my youth; I wonder if that is where my love of parties comes from hmmmm interesting. I was going to write my blog, pack the cooler, … Continue reading Sheet Pan Chicken and Cabbage
Mary Mary quite contrary how does your garden grow? I would say; if asked that it is doing OK; just OK because somethings are doing way better than others. I would argue that it’s more the weathers fault than my own; how could you dispute it? July was the rainiest on record, August has been hazy hot and humid and still a bit damp. Later … Continue reading Spaghetti with lemon and summer cherry tomatoes
I am curious how many people that took up gardening last year because of Covid are still gardening this year? I do know that my local gardening store was a little more prepared for it this year; unlike last year when they were out of just about everything. We have had some sort of a garden for well over 30 years now and it … Continue reading XL Zucchini go-to’s – lemon zucchini tea cake and zucchini bread
I hope you have a wonderful day! When I initially share this recipe back in 2016; sounds forever ago I know but this is a fantastic salad that comes together very quickly and is great to share with family and friends. If you have a vegetable garden you probably have almost everything right outside your door. Back in 2016 everything you see here was … Continue reading Summer Garden Salad
How many times have you had something stick to your grill, oiled and or hot enough not it happens. I do not proclaim to be a grill master by any means. I have always used a gas grill so it goes without saying that if I were to grill on charcoal flame it would take some adjustment on my part. Who knows maybe some … Continue reading Grilled flounder with a tarragon (mostly parsley) lime Escabeche
This recipe is a slight collaboration between my daughter and I; since I work from home my job was to make the marinade and add the steak to it so it had time to gather all the yumminess – which for only marinating for a couple of hours had a ton of flavor. This is another recipe from one of her favorite cookbooks Aloha Kitchen. … Continue reading Meat Jun with Somen Dressing Chopped Salad
For those of you who know what Lumpia is bare with me as I share my story. Firstly I did not make them and I do not have a recipe to share per say. Lumpia is a Filipino spring roll that one of my daughters co-worker; when he found out that she had been to the Philippines and loved the food he shared some of … Continue reading Lumpia – taste testing
We do not have tomatoes from our garden yet but there are fresh tomatoes to be had out there and this recipe; for the best flavor; needs to have fresh tomatoes. You are not cooking this so fresh is best; actually that is the only way to make this very simple, very quick meal. hopefully a short story to why I even tried this for … Continue reading Summer Tomato Sauce with Fusilli
Happy Independence Day America!!! Here is NH it is not BBQ weather by any means. We were just sitting out on the porch in our fleece and with blankets on. It is cold, rainy and just plain raw out there. Stark difference from last week when we were in the 90’s. I think it’s like 52′ out there now and supposed to reach a high … Continue reading Steak and Salad
