Menu ideas and recipes for chicken, mushrooms, greens, cabbage, cauliflower, speckled sea trout, and striped bass Chicken Marsala and mushroom casserole Last Sunday, I made a chicken Marsala and mushroom casserole, a recipe that’s evolved over the years. 8 ounces (or more) elbow macaroni (regular or wheat) 3 tablespoons butter and/or olive oil 1 to …
Menu ideas and recipes for jalapeños, cilantro, black drum, chicken, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts and cabbage Green goodness for black drum fillets I love finding a new sauce for fish. Although this one might be meant for tacos, we loved it on baked black drum fillets: creamy jalapeño sauce. I used Vietnamese coriander instead of …
This healthy cole slaw delivers southwestern flavor without the heaviness of mayonnaise. ~~~ If you’re looking for a dish to bring to a 4th of July cook-out this weekend, I’ve got a contender for you—Southwestern Slaw. Even if someone else brings cole slaw to the party, theirs will probably be full of mayonnaise and not …
It’s the second week of our winter CSA from In Good Heart Farm. We’re getting a share every other week. Here’s what I’m thinking about doing with our bounty. Kale I haven’t made a Caesar salad with kale in quite a long time and just looking at the photo of the kale and romaine Caesar salad …
It’s the last week of our fall/winter CSA from In Good Heart Farm, but the winter CSA begins next week so we’ll still be in the green, and red, and black, and orange… Kale Last night, for the second time, I made Braised Chicken and Kale with Paprika and White Wine from Sweet Sugar Bean. …
Now that the holidays are over, our CSA from In Good Heart Farm is back. Yay! Take a look below at what we got this week. Tatsoi If I pick up scallops at the seafood market, I might make something like this recipe from Cooking Light: Sea Scallops with Sautéed Tatsoi and Bacon. Otherwise, this …
Tis the season for a festive tablecloth! This week, our CSA share from In Good Heart Farm included some old friends (hello, tatsoi) and a bunch of new pretty little thangs. Kale and Tatsoi Last night I made a polenta, cheese and collards recipe something like this one from The Splendid Table. Instead of following their …
Look at our tatsoi bouquet. Is that wild or what? Tatsoi I don’t know if anything can top the creamed tatsoi and kale I made last week, but I’m always game to try new recipes. Normally when I’m in the just-get-it-done mode, I sauté some onion, maybe some mushrooms and/or sweet peppers, add garlic, red …
I’m still cooking with beer in the Grabbing the Gusto kitchen. Just like wine, broths, juices and vinegars, beer adds flavor to a dish. And with dozens of beer styles, you have a large selection of flavors to choose from. It’s a cooking ingredient as well as one of my favorite beverages. That’s why I …
Grabbing the Gusto 