This Seared and Baked Salmon recipe is so quick to make and the results are truly restaurant-worthy with its crispy, tender deliciousness. About Seared and Baked Salmon I’m really a fan of salmon. It’s almost decadent, it’s so rich in flavor. I suppose I should back up and say I’m really a fan of…
Dinners
Oven Fried Chicken
This Oven Fried Chicken is sure to be one of your favorite go-to recipes because of it’s crispiness, it’s juiciness and it’s flavor. Oven fried chicken has been my favorite chicken recipe since I first discovered it in Rosie Daily’s cookbook, “In the Kitchen with Rosie”. If you don’t know who she is, she was…
Easy Tex-Mex Chili
This Easy Tex Mex Chili is full of rich flavors from the Anaheim chilies, onions, tomatoes, black beans, garlic and the special smoky Chipotle Chili sauce. I love this Easy Tex-Mex Chili for so many reasons. It’s simple to make. It happily cooks all by itself in the slow cooker, while you’re busy doing other things. And mostly…
Chicken Tacos with Avocado Salad
These Chicken Tacos with Avocado Salad begin with cooked rotisserie chicken. They’re really easy to make and are totally delicious. When I was growing up at Lake Tahoe, there was a taco stand that was absolutely fabulous. Jim Boy’s Tacos. These drippy, totally delicious tacos were made even better because after frying they were coated with…
Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin
This Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin has flavors that I learned from the Culinary Institute of America that makes this Pork tenderloin absolutely outstanding. Pork tenderloin can be cooked in so many ways, but the best combination of spices for pork I’ve found was when I attended a Food Writer’s Conference at the Culinary Institute…
Crispy Roasted Chicken
This Crispy Roasted Chicken uses a different cooking method to make this totally delicious dish, juicy and flavorful from the garlic butter sauce. I love this technique of roasting chicken from Ali at Gimme Some Oven. She roasts the chicken breast side down then finishes it breast side up. She said she actually got…
Shrimp and Spinach Cobb Salad
About Shrimp and Spinach Cobb Salad What’s better than Cobb Salad? My Shrimp and Spinach Cobb Salad. I love Cobb Salad for so many reasons. First, I guess it’s because it just has such symmetry. Each ingredient is carefully laid out on a bed of greens and the effect is sheer beauty. I love the…
Pork Fajita Quesadillas
Pork Fajita Quesadillas combine fajitas and quesadillas into one delicious dish with all the flavors of Mexico – Smoky, Savory and Spicy. About Pork Fajita Quesadillas Pork Fajita Quesadillas always remind me of Cinco de Mayo. When we were living in Scottsdale, Cinco de Mayo was a very big deal.Parades, mariachi music and the food….
Easy Pork Schnitzel
This Easy Pork Schnitzel is tender, juicy and extra crispy with its Panko topping, but without deep frying this recipe is much lower in calories without losing any of its wonderful flavor. About This Easy Pork Schnitzel This Easy Pork Schnitzel comes from a very old recipe that has been passed down generation after generation….
Lite Shrimp Gumbo
Lite Shrimp Gumbo is lower in calories, fat and sodium but is wonderfully rich in flavor with spicy chicken sausage, vegetables and shrimp. About Lite Shrimp Gumbo I can’t remember the first time I tasted gumbo, but I do remember how good it was and that I needed more and more of those flavors. And…
Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu
Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu is super simple and yet has all the flavors – chicken, ham, Swiss cheese, a crunchy exterior and a bonus of a creamy Dijon sauce. About Chicken Cordon Bleu Chicken Cordon Bleu. This interesting dish has been around for over 50 years. Why? Mainly because it’s so good. It’s a perfectly…
Sole with Creamy Pesto
Sole with Creamy Pesto is deliciously mild and tender with just the right amount of creamy flavor. About Sole with Creamy Pesto Sole with Creamy Pesto is light, easy and totally delicious. I’ve always loved fish -all kinds of fish. I think this stems from the fact that I was lucky enough to have both…
Easy Arctic Char
Quick seared and oven finished Easy Arctic Char recipe is so quick to make and the flavor is absolutely restaurant worthy. Easy Arctic Char Iceland is an amazing country. Roughly the size of the state of Kentucky with a population of only 350,000 people, this wonderful country boasts some of the friendliest people on earth….
Bow-ties with Seafood, Halifax Style
About Bow-ties with Seafood, Halifax Style I ran across a photo the other day from a memorable trip that we took to Halifax, Nova Scotia. This picture wasn’t of the wharf, or the museum or the beautiful churches. It was a photo of a fabulous lunch. This may not be surprising to you, since you…
Chile Lime Chicken
This recipe for Chile Lime Chicken blends the great flavors of Mexico, smokiness of street cooking, spicy chiles and fresh limes and into one fabulous dish. About Chile Lime Chicken It’s interesting how recipes come together. Chile Lime Chicken came about with the discovery of a new spice. Just one more spice I had to…
