Oh rain, rain ~ go away, but if you must stay, at least give me something warm to eat… Today it will be chicken posole and grilled tacos, followed by grilled nectarines and angel food, drizzled with a honey yogurt sauce! BRING ON THE RAIN!! I usually put a pot of beans(black or…
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Getting ready for a Sweet Valentine’s Day!
Nothing like getting back into blogging ~ I have managed to maintain only one of my New Year’s resolutions… now to slide back into the cyberworld… Nothing like a little chocolate offering! (my way of asking your forgiveness!) I was recently asked for this recipe ~ one of my kids’ favorites! Cream cheese filled cupcakes…
Processes and Progresses
 Late last year, Tony mentioned that he wouldn’t mind getting the P90X! Dear friends from RAF Lakenheath, Sean and Audrey Murphy let us borrow their copy while we were stationed there… ok, now in all honesty, we watched one video. Yes, watched one video! We sat in the living room one night when Tony…
Potato Gnocchi
In a medium saucepan, combine 100 g of gorgonzola and 200 g of heavy cream, heat over medium-low heat. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine 50 g room-temperature butter, juice of 1/2 lemon, 1 T parsley, 2 cloves of minced garlic, salt and pepper to taste and a dash of crushed red pepper flakes….
sharing tamales ~
i lived in santa fe, new mexico until i was in 4th grade ~ it wasn’t so much a city to me, but an expression ~ an expression of color, cultures, cooking, an expression of sharing all of this with those who were around you ~ my first taste of tamales was in santa fe….
pumpkin gnocchi
This weekend, my son Toren and I made pumpkin gnocchi (pronounced: nyokki) ~ we first had this delicious dish at a favorite restaurant “alla fontaniva” in Italy ~ they served it with a pear and walnut sauce, we did ours with a buttered apple-pecan sauce ~ either way, a sure treat ~ happy fall! pumpkin…
zucchini bread ~
I have fond memories of my Grandma Birch making toasted zucchini bread ~ the taste of warm zucchini bread, just crisped on top, covered with REAL butter, hmmm ~ I thought zucchini bread was perfect as it was, but toasted? Man, oh man! Now I take it a step further ~ zucchini bread french toast…
pizza ~
in a recent post, i showed the bountiful harvest of our pizza oven, and failed to provide my pizza dough recipe ~ i am human after all! Mrs. Christine Da Bramo, this one’s for you ~ ps ~ we’re doing well and excited about being able to have our family and FRIENDS visit (hint, hint)…
Cream puffs ~ easier than pie!
No, really! The hardest part about making cream puffs is the elbow grease it takes to incorporate those little hen gems (eggs) into the batter! A dear friend, Susan Santos discovered a treasure at a little book store on a family day out ~ Vintage “cordon bleu monthly cookery course” magazines! The “number…
Pizza for … three?
Ok ~ as most of you who have ever been to a Lombardo Pizza Party know, there are a lot of choices to be made:  pizzeria lombardo traditional wood-fired pizza pizza margherita tomato sauce, mozzarella & basil pizza del pastore olive oil, mozzarella, zucchini & goat cheese dama bianca olive oil , mozzarella &…
with love…from the kitchen
i love a hand that meets my own with a grasp that causes some sensation ~ s. osgood don’t you just love when you meet an old friend ~ you grab hold of each other’s hands, almost as if to melt away the time that has passed since the last moment you connected? you can…
Hot Chocolate
~ What? Hot Chocolate? Is she nuts? Doesn’t she know it’s like an inferno here? ~ Come on, admit it! That is exactly what you’re thinking! It may be 109 degrees with 99 % humidity where you are, but in true English summer fashion, it is a cool 42 degrees and raining this Monday morning,…
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