When you live in a beach town, and they close the beach for the holiday weekend, it's a bit of a bummer. Sigh. We received a last-minute invite to stay with some friends in the desert this weekend, and although it is 104 degrees, it's nice to have a change of air after being in the same ...
Grilled Cedar Plank Salmon With Lemon-Mustard Dressing Recipe
You know when a recipe comes into your life and then it all of a sudden becomes your favorite? You start making it once a week for dinner and then it becomes your go-to when you have friends over? It's easy and dependable and everyone flips for it. That's the perfect recipe. This cedar plank ...
Dinner Planner – Week of June 29, 2020
While I was watching the news this week about cases spiking across the country, specifically in California, make that Los Angeles County, I heard one pundit say that the combination of gatherings for Memorial Day weekend, graduations, and protests have led us to this place. Darn. So no big plans ...
Farro Chopped Salad with Orange Juice Vinaigrette Recipe
This post is sponsored by the Florida Department of Citrus. All opinions are my own. When the school year ends, my brain shifts from making breakfast-lunch-dinner mode to wanting to have my friends over for dinner all the time! I stop thinking about sheet pan dinners and batch cooking minestrone ...
Dinner Planner – Week of June 22nd, 2020
If you don't know what you're making for Father's Day, check out last week's dinner planner for some inspo and get on it! My older daughter is coming home on Sunday for 10 days and I can't wait. We will all be together again even if it's for a short bit. This is an amazing time of year for ...
Market Salad with Avocado, Corn, Radishes and Lime Vinaigrette Recipe
This is my new salad of the season! I have had friends over on several occasions over the last few weeks and I keep making this salad. It's BEYOND delicious! Lime speaks to me. I actually like it and use it more than lemon. It reminds me of summer because my parents used to have ...
Dinner Planner – Week of June 15th, 2020
Mr. Picky finished school a few days ago, so we are officially in summer mode! Normally I would be celebrating the fact that I don't have to make school lunches for the next 10 weeks and that I don't have to wake up at the crack of dawn Monday through Friday, but that's the mode we have been in for ...
Dinner Planner – Week of June 8th, 2020
Hello, Friends. This has been an emotional week. I needed to go inward for a few days and start my process of learning. Thank you to those of you who have stuck with me. I value all the members of my community and I am hopeful for the future. I am eager to make my own personal progress, but I ...
Dinner Planner – Week of June 1st, 2020
I don't think I realized that March 11th was going to be the last in-person cooking class that I would likely teach in 2020. I also never thought I would film Episode 75 of Quarantine Cooking on my Instagram (which I just did on Friday.) Wow. My daughter Anna is back home after her virtual ...
Cookware 101
This blogpost is updated from one I wrote many, many years ago. I want to be able to have a place where I can direct the same questions I receive over and over again. I am happy to answer those questions, but it is more helpful for people in my community to be able to have a reference. A very ...
Dinner Planner – Week of May 25, 2020
Memorial Day usually brings to light the men and women who have died serving our country and protecting our freedom. This year, I also want to honor those who have been on a different type of front lines. All the essential workers who have lost their lives due to this epidemic are in my thoughts ...
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