I planted my tomato seeds last week.
I have 16 little pots of red, white, yellow, green and orange tomatoes. I wasn’t able to find all of my favorites at the garden stores last year, thus the seeds.
Of the 16 plants: 3 are Roma … Continue reading.....
Did someone say Burgers?
It’s summer….
It’s time for burgers….
In winter we love meatloaf; in summer we love giant stuffed burgers.
You could make smaller burgers, but we like the big one.
Cut it into wedges and let the cheese ooze out of the … Continue reading.....
Two potato recipes in one week?
Get over it….. There are more pressing issues to concern yourselves with.
This is another recipe that I have been making so long the origin is lost.
I prefer it to the traditional gratin potatoes. With out the milk … Continue reading.....
Smoked pasta?
You’ve never had smoked pasta?
It is, without a doubt, the best dish of summer.
We’ve been making it for years and it’s better each time.
I make it for guests…. They are always skeptical at first, then amazed at how fantastic it … Continue reading.....
I am such a bad blogger.
I have a habit of reading other food blogs (that’s a good thing), finding recipes I like (also a good thing), forgetting where I saw the recipe (that’s a bad thing) and deciding to make it anyway as best … Continue reading.....
I originally made this gratin with spinach – frozen spinach, actually. I always keep a bag of frozen spinach in the freezer and this is a perfect quick vegetable dish when the fridge is empty.
Then I branched out… and discovered it works with any … Continue reading.....
When I first started making this I used regular, baked ham, ground, in equal amounts to the beef.
I also made it big enough to serve 12 or 15 people.
Now I just make it big enough for the two of us to have for … Continue reading.....
The spring garden is being slowly replaced by the summer garden.
We ate the first of the summer squashes and I pulled up some of the lettuce and all of the spinach before we left for Spain.
Most of the spinach was turned into soup.… Continue reading.....
Did I mention that the chard is exploding?
I was paying such close attention to the lettuces and spinach that I ignored the chard.
When I looked the chard leaves were rather large…..
I prefer smaller chard leaves and stems – for everything but stuffing.… Continue reading.....
This is my summer version of Potatoes Savoyard. It's cooked on the barbecue grill, wrapped in foil.
It's a favorite of mon mari and we have been making it often, every summer, for at least a million years.
Use sweet onions if you can … Continue reading.....
