TL/DR – Cantaloupe Pepperoni Salad with Lemon Basil Buttermilk Dressing. Try this amazing flavor combination, which is as tasty as it is weird. A perfect summer dinner salad! – As odd as this flavor combination sounds, it is the best thing I’ve eaten this summer. …[read more]

TL/DR – Grilled Squash with Basil Lemon Buttermilk Dressing. A great way to use up all of the squash from your summer garden: grill it and serve it with a creamy, tangy homemade salad dressing! Your squash will thank you. – Here we are again …[read more]

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 – 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]

It is mid-July and the basil threatens to go to seed unless it is snipped. The oregano is starting to really wild-out with it’s fragrant tentacles. It’s time to make a quick and easy Summer Chunky Marinara. This is a 30 minute recipe, (slightly longer …[read more]

TL/DR – Citrus Basil Beet Salad. Beets are great to roast on a weekend and use in salads! This citrus basil vinaigrette is easy and compliments the beets wonderfully. Beets are really not a bother. In the time it takes to roast beets, so many …[read more]

TL/DR – Beet Caprese Salad. It’s a delicious Caprese salad… with beets. Added nutrients, beautiful marriage of flavors. Done. – Until very recently, beets weren’t a big feature in my kitchen. But I had a revelation this week when I went off book at the …[read more]