Tag: Gluten Free

Brie and Pear Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette

Brie and Pear Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette

Creamy Brie and sweet slices of pear are perfect with roasted chicken. The tart dressing compliments the dried cranberries and pears but sweeten it up with a little more honey if you prefer. Serving size will determine if this is lunch or dinner!

Spiedini, Speducci, and Spiedies

Spiedini, Speducci, and Spiedies

These classic Italian street foods essentially lead to the same type of meal. Meat on a skewer or stick. There are as many ways to cook Spiedini’s as there are to serve them. Simple and delicious, marinate or not, no recipe is necessary.

Italian Salad Dressing (and Salad)

Italian Salad Dressing (and Salad)

Reminiscent of Italian Pizzeria’s, this dressing is as close to the bottled salad dressing that we grew up with; only it has a much better olive oil, so a much better taste. It mixes up in minutes with dried herbs and no sugar as often…

Chicken Curry

Chicken Curry

Curry leaves or powder may be included in a curry dish or not. “Curry” by definition is a sauce with seasoned spices, associated with South Asia and India. The spices in the curry are many, and not only vary from region to region, but from…

Gin and Sage Chicken

Gin and Sage Chicken

We have cooked with wine before but never with gin! This very soft and buttery sauce is drizzled around the crispy chicken rather than on top of it. Meyer lemons are sweeter; if that can be said about a lemon.

Pina Colada

Pina Colada

Dreaming of a sunny vacation in the middle of winter? Make a Pina Colada and explore the options. One being Puerto Rico where this sweet, ice-cold drink originated. We had no fruit to garnish our drink. It was a last minute decision to make a…

Bacon, Egg n’Cheese Sandwich

Bacon, Egg n’Cheese Sandwich

Throughout New York there are carts in all 5 boroughs’ making this iconic breakfast sandwich. A splash of hot sauce really does make a big difference!

Rotel Tex Mex

Rotel Tex Mex

Rotel Mexican Style Tomatoes date back to the 1940’s. Available now in various spice levels, the original recipe with zesty green chilies and spices does heat up a dish! Rotel Tomatoes are not the same as salsa and soon became a famous addition to queso.

Roasted Halibut with Lemon, Olives and Rosemary

Roasted Halibut with Lemon, Olives and Rosemary

Halibut is one of our favourite fish, and this dish adapted from the New York Times and inspired by dishes from Southern Italy easily feeds a crowd.

Russian Dressing

Russian Dressing

This mayonnaise based dressing got its start in the early 1900’s and its name “Russian” because the original recipe had caviar in it, a Russian staple. However, it was created in New Hampshire.