Southern California Easy Pea Salad for Labor Day This Easy Pea Salad is a perfect side dish for your Labor Day Weekend grilling. It is refreshing and tasty. Make it ahead and chill in the refrigerator. It will be ready to eat when the grilling is done. Take a look at the other recipes for…
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Better Than Take-Out Any Day
Any Town, USA MAPPING THE DAY The thought of take-out Chinese food always sounds like a good idea to me. I love Asian cuisine, the convenience of not cooking and eating at home. Plus, it always sounds so romantic in the movies or in Sex and the City reruns. Trouble is, I have yet to…
Happy 4th of July
Love that we are having a patriotic fruit salad for brunch this morning courtesy of guest blogger Marie Lett.
Red, White and Blue Strawberries for 4th of July
Southern California By Guest Blogger: Marie K. Lett: Foodie, Pastry Chef, Beer Ponger www.marieklett.com Red, White & Blue Strawberries Fourth of July has always been my favorite holiday, especially for desserts. The farm fresh fruits of the season scream summer and their vibrant colors lend themselves to a firework-worthy treat. For this recipe, I used…
Pantry 101: “House Spice Blend”
Southern California Every kitchen of a successful home cook is stocked with flavor-building, go-to ingredients. Spice blends, both store-bought and home made, are an integral part of our pantry. In many of our recipes, we refer to our “House Spice Blend”. Here’s our recipe, but the fun part for you will be when you start experimenting with…
Extra Crispy Potato Bites – A Perfect Side Dish to Our Ahi Tuna Burger
The classic fish and chips menu is updated in our Ahi Tuna Burger with Tangy Tartar Sauce and Extra Crispy Potato Bites menu. The preparation of these potato bites sounds crazy, but when you “rough up” the par-cooked morsels, craggy edges become extra crispy in the oven. Extra Crispy Potato Bites [button…
Pop’s Favorite Potato Salad
A perfect side dish to Red, White and Blue Burgers is our potato salad. We call it Pop’s Favorite, because he could not get enough when we served it. And, he always insisted on taking a care package home with him for the next day. That’s the ultimate compliment for a home cook. POP’S FAVORITE POTATO…
Berry, Apple, Berry Tart: Red, White and Blue Dessert
Finish your Red, White and Blue menu with a festive, eye-popping dessert. It will certainly grab the attention of dessert lovers. Top with a little fresh whipped cream if you want.
Our Kitchen Secrets #1: Fresh Herb Barrel
FROM OUR KITCHEN Fresh herbs brighten recipes with flavor, aroma and texture. Buying them for one recipe in the grocery store is expensive and often wasteful. Our simple solution is a small herb garden in a barrel in our backyard. We went to our local big box home improvement store garden shop for all the…
Empanadas: One of the World’s Perfectly Wrapped Gifts of Food
Southern California MAPPING THE DAY Wrapped up like a present, there are certain foods throughout the world’s cuisines that entice you to take a bite to reveal the secret filling inside. Tamales, lumpia, éclairs, raviolis and gyoza are just a few of the neatly wrapped gifts of food that the world has to offer. Recently, empanadas have…