I found myself wanting to make lemonade, but I was short of lemons. Limes, however, had been on sale 8/$1.00 this week, and I had bought extra limes for the express purpose of putting them down the garbage disposal (at 12 cents a lime I can afford that luxury!). But on a whim [...]
Even a simple everyday salad can be punched up by quick and easy homemade croutons. An excellent use of leftover bread, these little toasty pieces can be stored in an airtight container for several weeks. Use a smattering of your favorite herbs and spices – fresh chives baked with the croutons are great [...]
What is better in the heat of summer than pasta salad. Ice cream, maybe? But that’s not appropriate for dinner. You can make a great pasta salad by just cooking tri-color pasta, draining and rinsing, and then tossing it with halved cherry tomatoes and diced bell peppers. A bit of fresh [...]
These delicious fish cakes are a good way to use any sort of white fish – the original recipe called for catfish, but I used haddock instead. They are most and flaky. Although the original recipe called for them to be panfried in oil, I just lightly seared both sides and around the [...]
These cupcakes were for a picnic on the (rainy) 4th of July this year. But even if we had to sit inside, the cupcakes were delicious! All the fruit is local and fresh, from a farmers market.
Strawberries are juicy and they will leak if you slice them and put them directly on the [...]
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