Adventures in cooking and baking.
This Spaghetti with Breadcrumbs, Garlic, and Olive Oil is a rustic and wonderful take on the classic dish spaghetti aglio e olio, or spaghetti with garlic and oil, from Naples, Italy.
This pasta dish is pure comfort in a bowl and is wonderful served as a simple and romantic dinner for two along with a salad or a vegetable.
This corn sauté with pancetta, potatoes, and peppers is a hearty side dish that goes perfectly with fried chicken, fish, or a juicy steak.
This sautéed corn is so savory and buttery. You can serve it either hot or at room temperature, making it great for potlucks, picnics, or barbecues. You will definitely not regret making extra.
This pineapple and avocado salsa is so simple to make and wonderful for dipping, adding to tacos and nachos, and totally refreshing for topping grilled fish such as salmon or halibut.
I've tried this pineapple avocado salsa four ways. First, with homemade tortilla chips for dipping, later for topping pan seared cod, and with sourdough toast, like dressed up avocado toast, for breakfast. Finally, I stirred a little into some scrambled eggs. Everything was totally tasty.
Bouchon Bakery Shortbread Cookies - they are so simple, yet they can be so elegant, and they are perfect for a simple dessert, a snack, or for gifting.
These shortbread cookies are a magical combination of flour, butter, sugar, vanilla bean paste, and kosher salt. You can make the dough in advance and refrigerate or freeze it, making baking ahead that much easier. The baked cookies can also be frozen.
With just a few ingredients, you can make this butternut squash and sausage soup in your slow cooker.
You can prep the ingredients in the morning and serve this soup for lunch by noon. Start a little bit later in the day and you can enjoy this soup for dinner. The spicy sausage, combined with the butternut squash, brings so much flavor to this easy soup.
This Black Bean Salad with Corn, Avocados, Tomatoes, and Red Onions is a hearty main course salad or side dish that is both refreshing and filling.
I originally served this salad with cornbread aebleskivers and the combination was great. If you don't want to attempt the aebleskivers (they require a special pan), you conld serve these with a hearty and cheesy cornbread and a green salad.
Making homemade caramel popcorn is a fun project that results and a sweet and crispy snack that everyone loves.
This caramel popcorn (caramel corn) is such a treat and is totally hard to resist. It stays crispy and fresh for several days, and is pretty enough to package up for gifts or party favors.
