Turkey gets its chance to shine at Thanksgiving, so for Christmas, ham, cornish hens or beef tenderloin is the main attraction at our house. I like to present different meat selections to shake up the menu each year, but the dish that receives the most praise is beef tenderloin prepared with a mushroom gorgonzola sauce. One […]
A few side dishes and desserts always make it to the table on Thanksgiving day, but I’m not one of those cooks who have a menu that never changes. I find it helps keep the occasion fresh to mix up a few new recipes with the old standbys. Most sides I’ve prepared in the past […]
Eyes with pinpoint pupils gaze at diners on this Halloween night. An appetizer plate presents bat meatballs with their purple cabbage wings spread wide, as if to fly off the table. Miniature spider webs, ghosts and jack-o-lanterns glow in their warm orange pumpkin sauce dotted with black olives. And for dessert, a werewolf paw makes […]
Cream cheese. Toasted pecans. Praline Frosting. You get a triple whammy of decadence with this cream cheese swirled, apple spiced bundt cake. I love apples throughout the year, but this cake is perfect for autumn entertaining with spices like nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon scenting the moist batter. And the praline glaze is heavenly. It drizzles […]
Product: Yoplait Splitz Birthday Cake Yogurt Size: 3.25 ounces Price:$3.49 for a 4-count container Available: Most grocery stores You can have your cake and live bacteria, too. Yoplait’s new Birthday Cake Splitz yogurt brings on the flavor of vanilla-scented birthday cake without all the fat. Each container is just 90 calories, 1 gram of fat, […]
Product: Nestle Toll House Dark Chocolate Morsels Size: 10 ounces Price: $3.84 Available: Most grocery stores Dark chocolate chips from Nestle Toll House was a treat I couldn’t pass up. At 53 percent cocoa, the morsels are larger and pack more of a chocolate punch than any I’ve tried. These are so good that […]
Product: Classico Traditional Pizza Sauce Size: 14 ounces Price: $1.50 Available: Most grocery stores Intense tomato sauce, basil and other savory herbs give traditional pizza sauce a more sophisticated taste and texture than other similar sauces I’ve seen in the grocery store aisles. I like a sauce that is less sweet and more intense, and […]
Sandstone Gardens is not only a shopper’s paradise and gardener’s delight, but it’s also a treat for a foodie set in a luxurious bistro atmosphere. I have eaten there many times and I’ve yet to be disappointed with the seasonal delights set forth by cooks who serve entrees and desserts from scratch. The Starbucks tea […]
Pop, crackle and patriotic food. This menu sounded a little challenging, but I think red, white and blue came together to form a colorful Fourth of July palette, and Pop Rocks candy provided the necessary sound effects. For the main dish I chose a flat iron steak and topped it off with roasted red peppers […]
Homemade Dog Treats Get Paws Up Gurgle. Belch. Growl. These are the sounds my dog Rudy’s stomach made last week. They sounded just like a human stomach when it’s distressed. Hmmm. Could this be because he has shared a spot at the dinner table as devourer of scraps? Dr. Willard Bratton, Rudy’s veterinarian in […]
