Recent Recipes

Hawaiian Pizza: Friday, May 24, 2024

Hawaiian Pizza: Friday, May 24, 2024

It’s Pizza Friday! I find this combination of toppings very satisfying. Refreshing Hawaiian Pizza with thin ham slices and fresh pineapple is headed to your table. Use Canadian bacon or plant-based ham slices for this crowd pleaser. Cheers!

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ASPGY Pasta: Thursday, May 23, 2024

ASPGY Pasta: Thursday, May 23, 2024

ASPGY?  That’s not a typo. It’s simply the acronym for Apples, Spinach, Pine Nuts, Gorgonzola and Yogurt Pasta. It’s a delicious, and not too rich, yogurt-based Gorgonzola pasta. The sauce cradles baby spinach and Granny Smith apples.  It’s topped with toasted pine nuts and fresh tomato.  OMG it’s good! 

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Dinner Salad with Salmon, Quinoa and Asian Dressing: Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Dinner Salad with Salmon, Quinoa and Asian Dressing: Wednesday, May 22, 2024

As the days grow longer and warmer, put a little “spring” in your step with this salmon dinner salad. This one has a chorus of textures and flavors. Tonight crisp fresh lettuce, crunchy cucumber, popping cherry tomatoes and chewy sliced fennel harmonize with zingy mango. The salmon delivers a melody line to savor while the Asian dressing provides a memorable accompaniment.

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Grilled Polenta with Puttanesca Sauce: Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Grilled Polenta with Puttanesca Sauce: Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Puttanesca sauce is a favorite in my house. Puttanesca is usually a spicy sauce using seasonal vegetables. We get many of tonight’s “seasonal” vegetables year-round in our supermarkets.

This version of Puttanesca sauce also has some plant-based Italian sausage thrown in to ratchet up the spicy element.

We’ll use leftover polenta and marinara sauce tonight.

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