With summer laying on the heat, sometimes dinner preparation gets chased outdoors, where the heat can escape without cranking up the air conditioning. And pizza is one dish that requires a lot of heat! So tonight it’s pizza on the grill. I’m using my Neapolitan style crust, which holds up to heat well, makes a … Continue reading
Sometimes dinner at our house just means repurposing leftovers into something new and delicious. Tonight’s dinner was just that. This quesadilla, cooked on the grill, made from pizza topping and steak leftovers and a few slices of cheese, made an incredible new family favorite dish. Steak And Mushroom Quesadilla Flour tortillas Grilled steak, cut into … Continue reading
Here is a great low-sugar, high-fiber, antioxidant-rich simple version of the classic PBJ. Almost every morning for breakfast, I have a single slice of peanut butter toast and a couple of ounces of orange juice. But when strawberries are in season, I can’t help but make what I call the Real Deal PBJ. It’s quick … Continue reading
Here in Northern California, we are blessed with some of the best corn ever. Hailing from the farms of Brentwood, this corn has got to be some of the sweetest I’ve ever had. But how can you bring out the very best of the fresh corn flavor? Grilling it in the husk! That’s right. I … Continue reading
Just when you think I had jumped the shark with my Combo Pizza Pot Stickers, I bring you another crazy fusion dish – Fudge Wontons. This fudge isn’t anything fancy, just the regular recipe off the back of the Kraft marshmallow crème container. You could always use store bought fudge if you don’t feel up … Continue reading
Last night I was baking cookies with my friend and neighbor, Mary. We made some traditional chocolate chip cookies, but also some butterscotch chip cookies. Both were grubbin’! We split the batch. Tonight, only about two +/- of each were left. I couldn’t let them go to waste but knew the quality would degrade over … Continue reading
Okay, I know, it’s from a blue box, but even pre-packaged foods can be elevated and made more nourishing with some imagination and a handful of stuff from your fridge. Today I had what was left of some sad looking mushrooms and a few strips of bacon, all of which had to be eaten. Enter … Continue reading
Sometimes cooking food on the BBQ just seems to make things better. Like tonight’s garlic bread, which was cooked on the grill – I swear it came out better than oven baked. Crisp outside, soft inside and a great melty, garlic butter flavor. What other delicious grilled things have I been missing out on?!? Garlic … Continue reading
I just had to share – this white bird of paradise gigantis was gifted to me from our dear friend Victoria at The Halau nearly a decade ago. For a while it was a very manageable sized plant that lived out front in a pot. Then, deciding it needed more room to grow, I put … Continue reading
Either way, the names say it all. I happened to have some leftover fresh pita and thought – maybe I can stuff it with cheese and cook it like a grilled cheese sandwich. And it worked! There are no special tricks here. Simply preheat a pan to medium heat, cut off the end of a … Continue reading
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