Happy Holidays! Christmas dinner planning is upon us so I thought I’d share another festive holiday recipe with you. It’s called Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Crumble and it’s really good, especially with turkey! I make it with my Thanksgiving dinner but I imagine many of you also prepare turkey for Christmas. If so, this is […]
Happy holidays! Last weekend we visited some friends for the weekend and I needed a holiday-inspired hostess gift. So, I decided to bake my favorite Christmas Cookie Recipe, Pecan Snowballs. They are similar to a shortbread cookie; rich, buttery and delicious! And they are so good it is impossible to eat just one. So, let me […]
Hello friends, Yesterday I attended a very special Holiday Brunch. It’s an annual get-together of about a dozen of my college sorority sisters. It’s something that I look forward to every year because I cherish the wonderful relationships we have forged over, dare I admit, decades of friendship. We grew up together in college, attended each […]
Hi there! OK folks, this recipe for Pizza Bianca is not really a traditional pizza. It’s actually more like a really, really special Quesadilla. In any case, it is really, really good! Chef Julian made it as one of 4 outstanding appetizers for our recent girl’s night. I think it would make a great holiday appetizer. […]
CEVICHE ON CORN CRISPS WITH AVOCADO AND RED ONION Hello! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. In this time of Thanksgiving I want to express how grateful I am to you for following my blog. THANK YOU! Our Thanksgivings just keep getting bigger and better! I am so happy that 2 of our 3 […]
Hello! As Thanksgiving nears I am pulling out all the stops to share my favorite turkey day recipes with you. Today I’m preparing this delicious and healthy Acorn Squash and Sweet Potato Bisque. It is one of the many do-ahead recipes that is perfect for Thanksgiving, and will taste even better in two days when I […]
Holiday greetings! I know it’s coming down to the wire but I couldn’t let another Thanksgiving go by without giving you one of my all-time favorite Thanksgiving side-dish recipes. It’s a Parsnip, Carrot and Leek Gratin that is a staple in my Thanksgiving recipe repertoire. It’s crunchy and creamy at the same time, with a […]
Hello there! Last weekend Brad and I were invited to a neighborhood party at the home of a family that just finished remodeling their 10,000 square foot mountain home. In our resort town over 50% of the homes are vacation residences, used only part time by the homeowners. Typically speaking the “locals” tend to socialize […]
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