TL/DR – Tomato Snap Pea Salad with Basil Pesto Vinaigrette. Take the ingredients for pesto sauce, add balsamic vinegar and toss with cherry tomatoes and snap peas. An easy and most flavorful side salad for a weeknight dinner! – My neighbor was the inspiration for …[read more]

TL/DR – Zucchini Waffles. There is too much zucchini. Use it for these waffles. Double the batch and freeze for easy, go-to breakfasts. – I was agog at how quickly the zucchini grew this year. And how BIG it is. Frankly, these squash are a …[read more]

TL/DR – Lemon Basil Ricotta Ice Cream! No eggs, just simmering milk with basil and lemon zest, then straining, adding sugar and cooling the milk before putting it in the machine. Worth any labor involved. Off the chain good, easily scoop-able ice cream. – This …[read more]

TL/DR – Lemon Herb Grilled Wings! Marinate overnight in a buttermilk marinade, grill, and serve with an easy buttermilk dressing with lemon zest and fresh herbs. – If you have not grilled chicken wings yet this summer, then now is the time to do it. …[read more]

TL/DR – Pasta with Spinach Herb Sauce! Spinach, parsley, fresh oregano, parmesan, lemon zest, white balsamic. Not a pesto just a really good green sauce. Easy weeknight pasta. – It is such a wonderful feeling to look out into the garden and realize that there …[read more]

TL/DR – Feta Yogurt Sauce! Amazingly easy sauce, healthier than mayonnaise, goes with a ton of things. – This is something I developed on the fly to serve on top of Sage Garlic Lamb, but then I discovered that it is delicious with a variety …[read more]

TL/DR – Zucchini Lemon Layer Cake! Paul Hollywood is a silver fox, this cake isn’t “claggy,” notes on layer cake best practices, perfectly imperfect is OK. – Ah yes, August again. My birthday isn’t for a few days but, well, I feel like this year …[read more]

TL/DR – Sage Garlic Lamb with Feta Yogurt Sauce! So easy. Brown lamb, drain fat, add tons of sage, garlic, stewed tomatoes, beef stock, simmer ten minutes, make the easiest sauce ever, your guests will love this. – It’s the last day of July, 2020. …[read more]

TL/DR – Chive Mashed Potatoes! Not low calorie. There is a trick for fluffy mashed potatoes. Salt a little, then add more. – Chive Mashed Potatoes are one of the favorite foods of my picky eaters, (yes, even with the chives!) This recipe uses red …[read more]

TL/DR – Dill Tuna Melts. Liven up plain tuna salad with fresh dill, lemon zest and pickles. Melt on rye with tomato and muenster or havarti. – July of our first socially distanced summer is almost over and my porch pots are kicking out all …[read more]