It’s hotter than blazes again this week! I am in dire need of an icy cold, refreshing cocktail to end this week. Just so happens I have some Lime Basil Sorbet in the freezer and a super easy and fun cocktail in my arsenal. Continue reading
Key Lime Basil Sorbet
Do you think I planned to make the Lime Basil Sorbet this week when I saw the weather report? You bet I did! 95-100 degree weather begs for this kind of relief. And I am going to use it 2 ways this week to get the full bang for the buck….it’s just a few bucks to make this so it’s really a bang for the bucks in terms of fun! Continue reading
Raspberry Peach Sangria – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!
Mother’s Day is this weekend and you have just enough time to get your sangria fruit macerating. Yeah, that’s just a fancy word for bringing out the love in the fruit and marrying it with the wine. Such a happy bit of matchmaking! Continue reading
Grilled Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus with Herb Goat Cheese
Sometimes an appetizer is so incredibly great you consider having everyone’s portion all to yourself for dinner! That’s this one! Words can’t fully convey what the palate experiences but here goes. When you take the first bite, you feel the snap of the asparagus, a crunchy salty bite from the prosciutto and then the herbed goat cheese oozes out and your mouth is in heaven. It’s even better than that so you’ll just have to try it for yourself! Continue reading
Iced Mint Green Tea – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!
We’re having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave! Living in southern California we are used to the Santa Ana winds picking up and making the temperatures spike but this week has been in the high 90’s and the wind has been ferocious! I really needed something to cool things off and this iced tea sounded like just the ticket. With the green tea, mint and honey, it’s down right healthy! Continue reading
Cajun Jambalaya
Girls night out! It certainly has taken on a different meaning than it did 20 years ago but I still look forward to it just as much, if not more. We have mellowed and the nights are more about sharing food and drinks at new local restaurants, an occasional play, catching up on our lives and the latest books we’ve read and always lots of laughing! My girlfriends Amanda and Heidi and I have made this a monthly event and we rotate on who is in charge of next months night out. Continue reading
Crock Pot Asian Pork Loin Bowls
I’m crazy for food in a bowl! I don’t mean cereal or the usual stuff that goes in a bowl. I mean making a meal that could be served on a plate but instead you stage it in a bowl. For me that adds an element of fun and makes it so easy to mush all the flavors together. Somehow it just tastes better!
Asian flavors really resonate with me like a comfort food. Every once in awhile I make something that knocks my own socks off and this one did that to me! Continue reading
Cucumber Lemonade Cooler – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!
Arrggh…….it’s income tax time again! I really do hate this time of year! I’d rather have a root canal! The dinning room table and floor are covered with paperwork, all sorted into neat little piles. The calculator is on fire, the spread sheet is starting to fill in, the brain is spinning, I think I’m going to scream! Continue reading
Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Lime Agave Vinaigrette
I’m usually surrounded by people who adore food but I do have a few picky eater friends and family. Brandon, you know who I mean! Well this salad is quite the little eye catcher so when I was having this for lunch one day, it attracted the attention of my dear friend Brandon, the aforementioned picky eater. I must say he was intrigued and I asked him if he’d like to give it a taste. I think the combination of flavors and textures is what wows you and it was enough for him to give a slight nod and say, “I’d eat that salad”. His wife Kathy could not believe he said that because squash is on the Do Not Eat List! Continue reading
Dancing Leprechaun – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!
I hear the mischievous spirit from traditional Irish folklore knocking at my door. Is it really that time of year again? Thankfully yes, and I am pulling out my favorite St Patrick’s day party gear and getting ready for the corned beef, the singing and a wearing of the green.
Whether you believe in leprechauns or not, a couple of these and you’ll be dancing like one! Continue reading
