Recipe Box, Mushroom Toast with Rosemary and Sea Salt

I am addicted to the Rosemary and Sea Salt bread from the Fresh Market Don’t worry, if you can’t buy it, I will show you a quick way to make your own Toast bread slices and saute the mushrooms in a little butter and olive oil Add rosemary and freshly ground black pepper Deglaze the … Continue reading

Recipe Box, Asiago Cheese Grits Cake topped with Sauteed Mushrooms and Roasted Sprouts

The kitchen is one of my favorite creative playgrounds, and I often get inspiration from reading restaurant menus.  Las Vegas is now known as much for the restaurants and incredible hotels as it is for gambling HH and I visited Las Vegas several years ago and dined with Emeril and Mario Batali…well, sort of, we … Continue reading

Take-out Tuesday, Chicken with Sherry Mushroom Sauce

This IS the easiest dinner you will ever make… If you are a super foodie, or an “anti mushroom soup snob,” do not read any further…sorry…but this is just too easy and too good not to share~ The prep might take you 5 minutes Okay 6 Saute sliced mushrooms in butter and olive oil and … Continue reading

Take-out Tuesday, Sesame Crusted Spinach & Prosciutto Pizza

I have a confession to make… sometimes I get off track…sometimes I get so off track that I’m in another neighborhood altogether… such is the birth of this awesome, you’ve got to try this pizza! My inspiration was from a dish on the January Paint Bucket, my monthly bucket list of recipes to try, called  … Continue reading

Recipe Box, Bleu Bacon & Pecan Dip or Stuffed Mushrooms

Last weekend we had an impromptu group for football watching and I had to come up with a dip at the last minute My fridge usually is stocked with bacon, cream cheese, bleu cheese and sour cream.  I get quite jittery if these ingredients aren’t in there…   If you have these things, you can … Continue reading

Secret Recipe Club, Baked Gnocchi with Mushrooms and Vodka Sauce

Today’s the day for my group’s Secret Recipe Club Reveal~it’s kinda like a monthly party where everyone gets a secret Santa present! My “secret blog” assignment for September was BRKLYN Locovore, “One Brooklynite’s adventure of eating, cooking and living local.” I was thrilled to “meet” Melissa, who is an advocate of the local food movement, … Continue reading

Recipe Box, Mushroom Pockets

The inspiration for these Mushroom Pockets came from a recipe I remembered from long ago that used mushrooms and crescent rolls that literally melted in your mouth I brought out a few of my favorite ingredients to spark things up a little, bacon and Vidalia onion Cook the bacon in a skillet because you are … Continue reading

Take out Tuesday, Create A Casserole

I have been going rogue from my meal plan lately, can’t seem to stick with what I had originally decided, sometimes you simply change your mind and aren’t in the mood! When I got home from a busy day it was already 3, and I decided to “create” something for dinner.  This is a little … Continue reading

Party Panache, Sausage, Mushroom & Kale Dip

We had this for an Alabama Game recently. Our game day parties always feature at least one dip, the guests love milling around and grabbing a nosh of some kind all through out the game.  I saw this dip featured on the Martha Stewart show recently…yes, I turn it on occasionally when I’m working in … Continue reading

Take out Tuesday, Savory Ricotta Pie

Heading into the Holiday season things get pretty busy in my studio.  Take out Tuesday began last spring when I was helping my son and his family while his wife was on bed rest expecting their second child.  I  cooked them a meal every Tuesday while I babysat for their son Super Boy.  Now New … Continue reading