Toasted Steak Sandwich with Pesto Mayo

To toast or not to toast was a question on my mind this weekend. I’ve been craving steak lately and decided to combine several of my favorite flavors to create this hearty sandwich. I really wanted something I could truly devour with manly force. I actually made two versions of this sandwich on two different [...]

Cool Pesto Dipping Sauce with Toasted Pita

I long for the days when I can clip basil in my backyard. Thankfully the ground hog didn’t see his shadow this month. That means my desire for truly fresh herbs will be satisfied in the very near future. Until that time arrives, quality jarred pesto will have to serve as a suitable substitute. I [...]

Pesto Pea Pasta Salad

I totally enjoy reading and making Ina Garten’s recipes. Even as I write this post, I’ve finished watching an episode of her popular Barefoot Contessa television show on the Food Network. Her food has great flavor, beautiful visually, and extremely easy to prepare. But there are times when I feel like her food tends to [...]

BLT with Pesto Goat Cheese

This sandwich is, by far, one of my all time favorite lunches.  The picture says it all.  It’s so easy to make.  It’s packed full of fresh flavors.  It’s just darn good.  Enough said! BLT with Pesto Goat Cheese 1 loaf herbed focaccia bread, about 8″ square 2 – 3 oz. Pesto Goat Cheese, plain [...]

Pesto Goat Cheese Stuffed Tomatoes

This was the appetizer for my Saturday Dinner Party After a brief tour of the house, our guests gathered in the dining room where white wine was chilling and the red was breathing in an elegantly shaped decanter.  The aroma of lemon and rosemary danced above me as I emerged from the kitchen with a [...]

Saturday Dinner Party

Someone once told me being invited to one of my dinner parties was like finding a golden ticket in a candy bar.  That has been one of the loveliest food compliments I have received in a long time.  In reality, my dinner parties are nothing more than larger servings of recipes I make every day.  [...]

Pesto Pasta and Tomato for One

Brent is in Miami this week for work, which means I am left here all alone with my pots, pans and TV remote.  Now…Now, my life isn’t really that simple.  I have other things to fill my free time besides cook and watch TV.  I can’t remember what any of those things are right now, [...]