Lime Chicken with Fresh Peach Salsa gets a double boost of flavor from juicy lime marinade and a sweet ‘n spicy peach salsa. I am always looking for a different flavor profile for grilled chicken. Â The secret to great tasting, flavorful chicken is the marinade. This lime juice based marinade works well for chicken, meat […]
Easy Sour Cream Cornbread
This is the story behind Easy Sour Cream Cornbread. Recently I started writing a recipe column for my neighborhood magazine. Every month I feature one of my neighbors making their favorite recipe at home. This week I had the privilege of meeting my neighborhood police and firemen and seeing them in action in their kitchen. […]
Salted Caramel Brownies
 Salted Caramel Brownies are special event brownies! These are Mother’s Day, special event brownies. (But after all, isn’t every day special?  I like to think so…) I really tried to make a no mixer required, one bowl version of these brownies. But after extensive research, I have concluded that it takes a few mixing […]
Strawberry Rhubarb Shortcakes
Biscuits + Fruit Compote + Whipped Cream = Strawberry Rhubarb Shortcakes Why are biscuits called shortcakes ? Britishfoodhistory.wordpress.com explains “the large amount of butter is what makes shortbread (or shortcake) short: the term short, when applied to biscuits and pastry, means crumbly, like shortcrust pastry should be.” Homemade shortcakes or biscuits provide the  dessert base for […]