One-Pot Spanish Chicken with Chorizo and Potatoes

One-Pot Spanish Chicken with Chorizo and Potatoes

Don’t you just love one-pot meals? I know, I do. Easy clean up and so much flavor packed into one dish. Which is why I know you’re going to love – Spanish Chicken with Chorizo and Potatoes. And how can you not love the simplicity 

Fall Harvest Bisque

Fall Harvest Bisque

It’s the last week of October and time to start thinking about cool weather and the upcoming holiday season. Denver is finally cooling off, it’s been unseasonably warm but we have frost in the forecast for tonight. Fragrant rosemary, lemon scented geraniums and the fluorescent 

Smoky Tomato Bacon Jam

Smoky Tomato Bacon Jam

Figuring out what to do with 22 pounds of organic tomatoes before they go bad is always part of the fun of cooking and enjoying the awesome flavors of summer through the winter. Hubby is a little perplexed that I felt the need to buy 

Bourbon-Glazed Turkey from Food & Wine

Bourbon-Glazed Turkey from Food & Wine

I love Food & Wine magazine with all the beautiful recipes and wonderful cooking and entertaining tips, not to mention the wine. So when this year’s Thanksgiving edition has the recipe for Bourbon-Glazed Turkey with Pearl Onion Giblet Gravy, I just had to give it 

Kale, Butternut, and Chicken Pot Pie

Kale, Butternut, and Chicken Pot Pie

Kale, Butternut, and Chicken Pot Pie is the perfect food for when the cool, crisp air starts arriving here in Denver. Warm days, leaves changing, and fall vegetables are in the farmers markets. Plus, when it cools off, I start baking and roasting more. Cooking 

Sausage Hobo Dinner for Camping

Sausage Hobo Dinner for Camping

I grew up camping with my family. My dad thought there was nothing better to life than dragging his whole family on two-week camping trips into the middle of nowhere. We would sometimes hike in for days without ever coming out of the woods along 

Sweet & Zesty Ginger Orange Glazed Acorn Squash

Sweet & Zesty Ginger Orange Glazed Acorn Squash

I was looking for an interesting side dish to go with the grilled pork chops I was making the other night and decided to use up one of the beautiful acorn squash I had lying in the bin.  I love the earthy sweetness of acorn 

Spicy Mustard and Lemon Glazed Pork with Roasted Veggies

Spicy Mustard and Lemon Glazed Pork with Roasted Veggies

After all the fattening food from Thanksgiving, I was looking for something that tasted wonderful (in remembrance of all those wonderful Thanksgiving flavors) but without the heaviness and fat.  I also wanted to use a beautiful pork loin roast I had in the freezer from a recent 

Beautiful Centerpiece Roast Ideas for the Holidays

Beautiful Centerpiece Roast Ideas for the Holidays

Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is on the way and although it’s a month away, it’s time to start planning the Christmas menu.  While surfing for new recipes, I’ve come across some beautiful roast ideas for the Christmas roast and thought I would share the 

Elegantly Easy Cornish Hens

Elegantly Easy Cornish Hens

 Sometimes I get tired of roasting a turkey for Thanksgiving every year (I know…gasp…sigh…how can I not roast a turkey?!) or I just don’t need the amount of meat a turkey gives.  A nice alternative that usually goes on sale at the same time of