Adventures in cooking and baking.
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.
This parmesan thyme popcorn with browned butter recipe is a great way to dress up plain popcorn for a party.
This popcorn is lightly buttered with browned butter flavored with minced garlic and fresh thyme and then tossed with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
These whole wheat rolls are wonderful dipped in soups and stews. They also are great for making mini sandwiches and sliders.
These rolls, despite being loaded with whole wheat flour, are amazingly light and airy, and they have a pretty complex flavor. They are faintly sweet, and also have a hint of sourdough.
