By Jeanie Rose | Berries
You can hardly find a more delightful way to add fresh fruit or vegetables to your menus than with salsas. If you have not tried a fruit-based salsa before, strawberry salsa may strike you as being off the wall. Actually, it is a lovely mix of flavors. A splash of vinegar on freshly chopped strawberries […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Beets
If you eat with your eyes, you will love this beet beauty. It is basically a crustless quiche, filled with color and flavor. I got the original recipe from Martha Rose Shulman at the New York Times. Don’t you love her articles? She provides so much education on how to handle food. It’s like having […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Nuts and Seeds
If you have already developed a taste for tahini, also known as sesame seed butter, then you will love these cookies. The recipe comes from the splendid cooks at The Armenian Kitchen. This site is a gem of a find, loaded with authentic Armenian recipes. Armenian cuisine falls into the category of “Mediterranean healthy” with […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Peaches Plums Apricots
One of our culinary goals is to include more raw produce into each of our meals. If you are like me, you didn’t grow up with this kind of food on the table, so this has been an on-going adventure. Our adventure led this week to try a fresh cherry salsa on pork tenderloin chops. […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Cucumber
This wonderful salad is so easy, the compliments it brings are almost embarrassing. Serves: #4 Cucumber Salad with Sour Cream Ingredients 5 cups of tender young cucumber slices Sour cream, about 1 cup of sour cream to 5 cups of cucumber Freshly minced garlic, 2-3 cloves per 1 cup of sour cream Dill weed, fresh […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Greens
This is a recipe from Greens, Glorious Greens caught my attention early on. The title was Uncle Eddie’s Spiral Meatloaf with Mixed Greens. According to the introduction, Uncle Eddie had been an army cook. My Uncle Eddie was a Navy cook. We loved him dearly. It is a strange connect, but I just had to […]
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