Ingredient: extra virgin olive oil

Getting My Greek On–Crock Pot Souvlaki

Crock Pot Souvlaki is an easy way to get your Greek on any day of the week! Juicy, tender, and packed full of Mediterranean flavors,...

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,...

Swiss Chard Pesto Bruschetta

Bubbly. Creamy. Toasty. Sweet. Garlicky.  Sound like something you might gravitate toward?  Yeah, me too.  As many of you know, I am obsessed with all...

Popeye’s Garlic Spinach Pesto

Quick question: What was the one green vegetable that we all had a horrible experience with as kids?  I’ll bet the answer is SPINACH.  But...

Pesto Party! Arugula Pesto

Have you heard?  I’m having a Pesto Party!  I’m making pesto out of just about anything green I can get my hands on.  Well, anything...

Pesto Party! All About Those Greens

When you were a kid, what came to mind when you saw the color green?  Dinosaurs? Oscar the Grouch?  The Wicked Witch of the West?...

Jamaican Pork, Mon

Where do you get most of your recipes these days? Other than on my blog (I mean, riiiigggghhhtttt???  Ha ha), probably mostly online in some...

Mini-Caprese Salad w/ Arugula

Sweet tomatoes.  Fresh basil.  Creamy mozzarella.  Rich olive oil.  Oh man, do I love a good caprese salad.  Nom nom nom.  Never had it?  Well...

Stewed Sausages with Fennel Tomato Sauce

I love my pot. No, not the leafy, green stuff.  I love my big, red, 8 quart Martha Stewart cast iron dutch oven pot.  First...