Cuisine: Home Style

Mashed Garlic CauliTatoes (Cauliflower & Potatoes)

Quick food quiz:  Which of the following is NOT an actual hybrid vegetable or fruit? Broccolini Tangelos Pluots Caulitatoes Apriums All of the above–Dee Dee’s...

Flaky Fiesta Fish

A perfect healthy–and pretty!–meal for any day of the week, this Flaky Fiesta Fish will have your family in party mode at dinner in no...

Baked Sweet Potato Fries

In this week’s evolving theme of comfort foods done healthy, I decided to talk about french fries.  You know, another comfort food that calls to...

Crock Pot Baby Back Ribs

RIBS.  Grilled.  Smoked.  Roasted.  Pulled.  BBQd.  They are what’s for dinner in this house if my husband is left to his own devices. Beef or Pork–he...

Building an Ark–Fisherman’s Stew

If you have read any of my previous posts about living in Texas, you will know that there are 3 things that I dislike about...

Ugly is Beautiful, and Tasty! Mexican Stromboli

So do you ever have one of THOSE days?  One of those days where nothing in your closet seems to fit or looks good on...

Little Food, Big Flavor–Braised Beef Cheek Sliders

Small plates.  Appetizers.  Starters.  Noshes.  Tiny bites.  Tapas.  Whatever you call it, I love the idea of grazing around a buffet table.  Pick a little,...

Fading Summer? Panzanella Bruschetta

It’s September.  It’s the middle of September.  Where I grew up, by this time in the month we were already wearing long pants, light sweaters,...

In Desperate Need of Comfort Food–Pork & Veal Ragu

Comfort food fills your tummy, and your soul, and this Pork & Veal Ragu is just the dish to make you feel good inside.  Rich,...

Bacon-Stuffed Waffles

Bacon.  It’s what’s for breakfast.  And lunch.  Or dinner. That salty, fatty, savory, luscious treat that can be eaten at any time of day, and...