Tag: Food

Great Summer Side Dish:  Watermelon, Feta, and Arugula Salad with Balsamic Glaze

Great Summer Side Dish: Watermelon, Feta, and Arugula Salad with Balsamic Glaze

It’s another rainy summer day but that doesn’t mean we can’t dine on quintessential summer foods like WATERMELON! To me, there are few foods that encapsulate summer better than a juicy slice of watermelon. Here is a great salad with watermelon, feta, and baby arugula.  

Frittata with Asparagus, Tomato, and Fontina

Frittata with Asparagus, Tomato, and Fontina

Looking for a Sunday brunch recipe?  Here is a delicious and easy frittata!  I made this last Sunday for Tim’s family and everyone seemed to enjoy it. I doubled the eggs and whipping cream — I had made the recipe once before and it really 

Grilled Pizza with Eggplant, Green Olives and Provolone

Grilled Pizza with Eggplant, Green Olives and Provolone

I love pizza but no one loves pizza more than my mom!  We had pizza every Friday night growing up and my mom is always on the hunt for a yummy pizza pie.  So when I knew that she was going to be visiting, I 

Betty's, Buckles, Cobblers, Crumbles and Crisps…oh my!

Betty's, Buckles, Cobblers, Crumbles and Crisps…oh my!

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a crisp and a cobbler?  What about brown betty’s and buckles?  (To be honest, I don’t think I had ever heard of a buckle until I found this recipe.)  The one commonality I do know is 

Summer Barbecue Menu: Spiced Butterflied Leg of Lamb, Zucchini & Orzo, and Roasted Red Peppers with White Beans and Mozzarella

Summer Barbecue Menu: Spiced Butterflied Leg of Lamb, Zucchini & Orzo, and Roasted Red Peppers with White Beans and Mozzarella

We had Tim’s family up to the Berkshires this weekend.  Tim’s parents and the dogs arrived on Friday and Tim’s brother, his wife, and baby girl came on Saturday. We had this delicious and surprisingly simple barbecue menu on Friday night!  I love grilled lamb 

Orzo & Zucchini Salad

Orzo & Zucchini Salad

Here is a wonderful way to put fresh zucchini and basil to work — a tasty and healthy pasta salad dish for the summer.  I did add an extra clove of garlic to the recipe.  I also added crumbled ricotta salata cheese for some additional 

Summer Barbecue Menu: Spiced Butterflied Leg of Lamb

Summer Barbecue Menu: Spiced Butterflied Leg of Lamb

One of my favorite summertime barbecue treats growing up was butterflied leg of lamb.  My dad would butterfly the leg of lamb himself and grill it to perfection!  SUPERB-O! I am not the butcher he was so when I ask a butcher to butterfly the 

Summer Barbecue Menu: Roasted Red Peppers with White Beans and Mozzarella

Summer Barbecue Menu: Roasted Red Peppers with White Beans and Mozzarella

To accompany our grilled leg of lamb dinner, I made #54 on Mark Bittman’s 101 Simple Summer Salads.  The “recipe” is below: “Slice roasted red peppers (if you must use canned, try to find piquillos) and fresh mozzarella. Toss with cooked white beans, olive oil, 

Meatless Mondays: Vegetable & Cheese Quesadillas

Meatless Mondays: Vegetable & Cheese Quesadillas

Yes…you caught me again.  We actually ate this on Tuesday! But I like the title and plan to make “Meatless Mondays” a weekly post.   I pay homage to my former vegetarian ways by not eating meat one or two days a week, so I 

Linguine with Mussels & Fresh Herbs (Courtesy of the High Line & Chelsea Market)

Linguine with Mussels & Fresh Herbs (Courtesy of the High Line & Chelsea Market)

We live in a great neighborhood!  Yesterday afternoon Tim and I took advantage of the newly opened High Line as our means of walking to Chelsea Market.  What a civilized way to travel to buy groceries and wine! Walking on the High Line is particularly