Good food feeds the soul
Summertime! Warm days finished with flashes of lighting and loud cracks of thunder. Gem-colored petunias heavily scenting the air on my balcony, cascading in a riot of color over the railing. People splashing in the pool and the smells from the grill wafting gently up …
I love starting out the day with delicious little bites of food. It just gets me going to open the day with wonderful tastes and flavors. Recently I tried the souffles at Panera Bread and thought them to be quite yummy. So yummy, that I …
We love tapas! Lovely little bites or small plates of food that just explode with multiple flavors when you pop them in your mouth. Tapas can be made of anything, they’re just complete bites of food, kinda like horderves. Tapas are served in Spain at …
It’s hard to believe Memorial Day is already here. My hubby laughs every time I say “it seems like this year is flying by.” But it does! The end of May is almost here and I feel like the year just got started. It’s almost …
It’s springtime and one of my favorite springtime dishes is new potatoes with fresh garden peas. The freshness of these two together just reminds me of spring and newness. It makes me miss home at times because here in Denver, I am just starting to plant …
I just love looking at all the beautiful pictures in the holiday editions of Food & Wine, Bon Appetit and the many others that appear in the mail this time of year. And let’s not even get started on my FoodGawker looking. At this point …
I’ve probably mentioned this before but I love muffins for breakfast in the mornings. Especially ones that are moist and not dried out and filled with yummy combinations of fruit (and of course I won’t turn down chocolate if it’s involved). I was originally going …
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 …
My hubby and I are at it again. We’ve been trying out veggies that we have hated for years due to how they were prepared for us as children. This summer we started out working on the dreaded beets. I grew them in our garden …
I can’t believe that summer is almost over and Labor Day is here already. I know everyone says that it seems like the year has flown by and it’s so cliché but this year really does seem like it went by fast. Probably because this …