Mangos are in season! Mangos are in season! Shout it from the rooftops…or at least from your computer. While you’re at it, you can also decide if you like it spelled with or without an
Pinterest. Or as I like to call it, Six Degrees of Martha Stewart. Are you hooked yet? If you’re into food, recipes, pictures of food, pictures of gardens, pictures of Robert Redford, etc. you’ve probably
Spring Strawberry Cake. If you don’t mind me saying so, it is a thing of beauty. If you’re not ready for spring, this cake should do the trick. It will magically get you in the
Maple & Almond Granola. Scrumptious Maple & Almond Granola. I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about a recipe that didn’t contain chocolate or bourbon. Hands down, this is the best granola
Blueberry Coffee Cake. Hold the coffee. Please pass the herbal tea. Add a streusel topping for some sweet crunch and maybe a few extra blueberries on the side for me. Cut a slice for yourself
I don’t know about you, but I always seem to have a few gnarly bananas lying around the kitchen. Banana Bread or Peanut Butter Banana Smoothies are my usual go-to items when the bananas start
Gingerbread Date Cookies. Date as in the dried fruit, not the social event. Although I think these cookies would be a great reason to date someone. True Story — when I first moved to Florida,
Brown Juicy Pork Chops. Tart Plump Cranberries. I’ll be honest, if my friend Wes of Caesar Salad Recipe Fame hadn’t cooked this dish for me, just reading the recipe, I probably would have skipped it.
Applesauce Spice Cookies warm from the oven. These cookies just say Autumn to me. If you’re lucky enough to be “up north” in a good apple producing region, you should get all over these cookies
Can you handle one more recipe in our Fig-a-thon? How about chicken breasts, pounded thin, stuffed with creamy fontina cheese and dried figs, all rolled up and covered in a savory sauce? Yes, I thought
Tropical Quinoa Salad. The most difficult thing about cooking Quinoa is knowing how to pronounce it. Forget the Q, the U, and the O. It’s pronounced Keen-wah. Don’t ask. I have no idea why. I
Remember our friends the figs? The Secret Ingredient for our fabulous Fig & Rosemary Pork Tenderloin? Well, these fantastic funky fruits are only available in their fresh form for a very limited time. So while
Fig & Rosemary Pork Tenderloin. Good food. Really good food. But first, a quick story…. A couple of weeks ago, shortly after the first anniversary of Idiot’s Kitchen, my husband Jim and I were chatting
Do I need to give you reasons to make these cookies? I can totally do that if you need me to. I’m very good at justifying things as delicious as Double Dark Chocolate Cherry Cookies.
It’s not very often that I get excited about cookies that don’t contain chocolate. But these little Lime Meltaways are the exception. They’ve got that sweet and tart thing going on in a big way.
