Panzanella Salad
Any recipe whose star ingredient is french bread is a winner if you ask me. Maybe that is why I just absolutely adore this salad. It’s the dish I love to ...
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Crockpot Barbecue Brisket
Summer to me means barbecue. Texas is known for its barbecue beef so I grew up loving brisket. Making a good smoked brisket takes more equipment and time than I...
Grilled Cedar Plank Salmon Tacos
I love a good fish taco, but usually when I eat one they are made with a beer battered fried white fish, so when I came across a recipe for salmon fish tacos I ...
Black Bean Salad
When you really love a restaurant you come to know its best dishes. The things that make you want to come back and if you really like that menu item, every time...
Chicken Chasseur from My Beverly Hills Kitchen by Alex Hitz
The 1990’s boneless, skinless chicken craze brought with it many recipes that I call “chicken with sauce” because the sauce usually felt like ...
It Isn’t Easy Being Green
It’s not easy being green Having to spend each day the color of the leaves… It seems you blend in with so many ordinary things And people tend to pa...
Black Bean Soup
When it comes to cooking five years ago I felt guilty “just adding water.” Now I want to bang the food against the counter and have a five course me...
Not Your Usual Suspect Sweet Potato and Spinach Enchiladas
I think most cooks have a list of usual suspects that their family members aren’t so sure about. Most often in our house those suspect dishes are vegetabl...
Chimichurri Beef Kebobs
While I have had some great meals in Chicago there are certain Houston specialties that I miss. I love latin American food and I miss Michael Cordua’s res...
Greek Lamb Burgers
My family and I have enjoyed the spring like weather we had before the snow and cold came again last night. The warmer Chicago temperatures had us wanting to gr...