30 Friday Oct 2015
Posted in Comfort Food, Gluten Free Option, Main Course, Make Ahead
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béchamel sauce, cheese, Corn, fish, mashed potatoes, Mushrooms, onion
I was going to call this fish pie, but that seemed misleading; there’s no crust. And when most people hear “pie” they expect crust. But most everyone knows that shepherd’s pie is a mixture of meat (in this case, fish) and vegetables topped with mashed potatoes. And most everyone knows that Neptune was the Roman God of the Sea…hence, Neptune’s Shepherd’s Pie seemed more accurate. Continue reading
23 Friday Oct 2015
Posted in Comfort Food, Gluten Free, Make Ahead, Soup
Do you ever forget about a recipe, then run across it, or find something that reminds you of it and you think, “I love that and had forgotten about it. I must make it NOW!” Well, that’s what happened to The Goddess last night. Continue reading
26 Saturday Sep 2015
Posted in Gluten Free, Main Course, Poultry/Chicken
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cheese, Chicken, cream, ground chicken, herbs, Lemon, Mushrooms, white wine
This is a lovely entrée for family or a dinner party. I’ve haven’t done this in years and decided it was thyme…er…time. The thigh-drumstick combo can be stuffed with a bread stuffing, but I’m using ground chicken with herbs and other good things. Continue reading
22 Saturday Aug 2015
Posted in Fish, Gluten Free, Main Course
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cream, Ham, herbs, Mushrooms, Onions, Shrimp, Swiss cheese, Tomatoes, white fish
The recipe title is quite a mouth-full, isn’t it? We enjoyed this wonderful dish, at a dinner party in Puerto Rico, over 25 years ago. From the first bite, I was completely smitten with the flavor and the texture. It was creamy, salty, all gooey with cheese and truly delicious. It was about the best fish I had ever eaten. The hostess told me she would gladly give me the recipe. I don’t think she wanted to share the recipe, but I was bulldog-tenacious and wouldn’t give up. I begged and begged her for months, until we were down to pretty much the day before we were leaving the island, when she finally relented. Sometimes Goddess’s have to be persistent. Continue reading
18 Saturday Apr 2015
Posted in Gluten Free, Main Course, Make Ahead
This is Venice, in all her glory. She’s old and she’s beautiful. Venice is a model of early engineering…well engineering, period. This is man-made, and the beginnings of Venice date back to about the 5th century! Isn’t that just astounding? And the food is pretty astounding, too. Venetian Chicken (implying this is the only way one would prepare chicken in Venice!) has all of the best aspects of Venetian cuisine, but with a twist! Continue reading
09 Thursday Apr 2015
Posted in Gluten Free Option, Grain, Main Course, Make Ahead, Soup, Vegetarian
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The winter is almost behind us and along with it, the soup pot on the back burner will disappear in favor of quicker, greener and cooler soups. Before we retire the soup pot and since there’s still some snow on the ground, I thought we should have one last comforting bowl of the winter elixir, that is soup. Continue reading
08 Sunday Mar 2015
Posted in Gluten Free, Herbs, Sauces
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cream, eggs, herbs, lemon juice, lemon zest, Mushrooms, pasta, Shallots, tarragon
Thomas Jefferson (or “Tee-Jay”, his lesser known rapper name), from his travels in Europe, brought the Colonies the lovely flavor of tarragon. He was a Francophile in the largest sense; if it was French, it was good…and tarragon is very good, indeed.
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10 Saturday Jan 2015
Posted in Gluten Free, Soup
This is not-your-mother’s-chicken soup, but a Coq au Vin-ish type of soup; it’s rustic, earthy comfort food at it’s best and easiest. It takes about 30 minutes to make and with some minor changes, this can become a stew. How flexible is that? Continue reading
28 Sunday Dec 2014
Posted in Beef, Comfort Food, Gluten Free, Make Ahead, Vegetables
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For us, pot roast is winter. It offers such a bang-for-your-buck flavor-wise, with its warm, rich flavor, its rib-sticking meatiness and it’s just so simple to prepare. It is truly the perfect Sunday dinner, on a cold winters day. And not to be forgotten, the house smells fantastic and you can spend the afternoon doing a jigsaw puzzle. Continue reading
21 Sunday Dec 2014
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cheese, guava paste, herbs, Melon, Mushrooms, olive oil, pineapple, prosciutto
There was a request for some quick and easy hors d’oeuvres for the holidays, so the Yankee Cuban Sandwich will have to wait until tomorrow. Here are some quick and tasty hors d’oeuvre options, Prosciutto-Wrapped Fruit, Katie’s Roasted Mushrooms, and Romeo y Julietas. It’s always good to have these hanging around in your repertoire. Continue reading
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