Menu ideas and recipes for crab, shrimp, calamari, garlic bread, corned beef, cheese danish, Christmas cookies, sticky toffee pudding, amberjack, snapper and burgers Holiday seafood dinners The highlight of our holiday feasts was creamy baked crab cannelloni on Christmas Eve—a Giada recipe. Wow wow wow, it exceeded my expectations. On the side, broccoli roasted with …
If you need to decompress and chill out, I highly recommend getting into the kitchen—as long as you go easy on yourself. Even those of us who have been cooking for decades still learn something new almost every time we cook or bake. That’s a nice way of saying we make mistakes but they’re no …
A sweet and savory, ham and cheese French toast (sub rolls here), a breakfast of dreams, perfect for Valentine’s Day breakfast. Ham and cheese with onion, garlic, maple syrup, brown sugar and cayenne–swooningly delicious. ~~~ On New Year’s Day we woke up hungry. New Year’s Day is also my honey’s birthday so I wanted to make a …
This Dutch baby recipe will soon become a favorite in your house–it is in ours. Imagine cranberries, orange zest, sliced almonds and chocolate chips in a baked puffy pancake. Hey, little Dutch baby, welcome to our lives. We’re so happy you’re here. I have a feeling it will be a while before we see pancakes on …
On Sunday, I wasn’t in the mood for a regular breakfast. Lurking in the back of my mind was a recipe I saw on the Witty in the City blog – baked bacon-wrapped banana. Banana, potassium, right? Oh, and bacon. Well, we had some bacon we needed to use up before it got too old …
Foodies are a fickle bunch. They latch onto something, overindulge, grow bored, and then move on to the next greatest thing. Bacon, kale, and quinoa have all had their day. Cauliflower seems to be the latest darling thanks to the paleo crowd. And pumpkin is bringing out the haters. Perhaps that’s no surprise since, in the …
Grabbing the Gusto 