Recipes and in my kitchen
Here are posts that will take you to recipes on my blog
Breakfast and Brunch
- Apple pecan pastries
- Breakfast blossoms (eggs in puff pastry with cheese and bacon crumbles)
- Breakfast sandwich - my go-to for a healthy start
- Breakfast stromboli
- Ceviche
- Chocolate-dipped spoons
- Cottage cheese with oranges and pomegranate seeds
- Cranberry oat scones
- Egg, fried in sweet bell pepper ring
- Eggs, fried with melted cheese and sliced tomatoes in my cast iron skillet - “Comfort food for breakfast”
- Egg, poached on whole grain toast with avocado
- Egg, soft boiled with bacon
- Egg white omelette with spinach and tomatoes
- Espresso with chocolate-dipped spoon
- Granola with mixed nuts and coconut
- Granola, Megan’s with dried cranberries
- Granola with mixed nuts and coconut, update!
- Greek yogurt with granola and fresh berries
- Jam, plum
- Pain au chocolat
- Pancakes, Aunt Janet’s
- Pancakes, oven with fresh fruit
- Plum jam
- Quiches, mini with spinach, sausage and mushrooms
- Strawberries with Greek yogurt and toasted coconut
- Stromboli, breakfast
- Toad in a hole - Don’t skip breakfast. It’s good for you.
- Yogurt parfait at Cannon Beach plus This photo shoot’s for the birds
Beverages
Appetizers
- 7-layer dip
- Baby baguette slice with cream cheese, cucumber, smoked salmon and caper
- BLT bites
- Brie cheese with sliced pears and crackers
- Bruschetta
- Buffalo chicken bites
- Ceviche
- Chicken satay with peanut dipping sauce
- Crab rangoon
- Cream cheese penguins
- Crispix mix
- Crostini, polenta
- Crudites (“snacks”)
- Deviled eggs for Halloween (spiders)
- Easy blender salsa
- Eggcellent mushroom (hard boiled egg with tomato cap and dots of mayo)
- Firecracker shrimp
- Guacamole
- Hummus
- Mac and cheese bites
- Mini corn cakes with spicy mango salsa
- Mini corn dogs
- Parmesan crisps
- Parmesan puff pastry straws
- Pigs in a blanket
- Polenta crostini
- Potstickers
- Pretzel bites, soft
- Queso fundido
- Rice cracker topped with red pepper jelly and Jarlsberg Swiss cheese
- Roasted garlic
- Salsa, easy blender
- Shrimp in ice water - ready for shrimp cocktail!
- Smoked salmon on bread rounds with cream cheese and capers
- Smoked salmon spread
- Smoked salmon spread in little cucumber cups
- Soft pretzel bites
- Spinach puffs
- Sticky wings
- Tex-Mex shrimp cocktail
- Tortilla de patatas “bites”
- Tzatziki
- You look like I need a drink (not a recipe, but fun never-the-less)
- Veggie zombie!
Salads
- Avocado, hearts of palm and shrimp on spinach with honey Dijon dressing
- Beet salad with oranges and feta cheese
- Black bean and barley salad
- Cabbage salad, Oriental
- Cauliflower and herbed barley salad, warm
- Chicken yakisoba salad
- Chinese chicken salad
- Citress vinaigrette
- Cobb salad
- Coleslaw - back to the basics
- Eggcellent mushroom (hard boiled egg with tomato cap and dots of mayo)
- Fruit romaine - a salad recipe from my friend Candy
- Fruit salad with dragon fruit
- Grapefruit segments with pomegranate seeds and citrus vinaigrette
- Honey mustard dressing
- Iceberg lettuce wedge with Russian dressing and crispy bacon bits
- Janet’s spinach salad with oranges and crispy bacon
- Lime and cilantro chicken salad
- Oriental cabbage salad
- Parmesan crisps
- Potato salad, Sue’s
- Roast chicken and bow tie pasta salad - picnic fare
- Romaine with shrimp, avocado, tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, Thousand Island dressing and capers. Yum!!
- Salad with warm goat cheese
- Shrimp in ice water - ready for shrimp cocktail!
- Shrimp in grapefruit
- Shrimp, grilled with avocado, tomatoes and cucumbers on lettuces with lemon vinaigrette
- Spinach salad with pears, candied walnuts, feta cheese and balsamic vinaigrette
- Tangy salad with artichoke hearts and crispy bacon
- Thai chicken and noodle salad
- Thai noodle salad - a late night craving
- Tossed salad with sliced string cheese
Fruit
- Blueberries in my pail
- Citrus rainbow
- Citrus still life
- Grapes, multi-colored from the market yesterday
- Orange slices on our cocktail bar
- Orange Valentine
- Raspberries, frozen from last year’s crop
- Raspberries with white chocolate chips
Vegetables
- 8-foot tall cherry tomato plant
- Fried green tomatoes
- Carrots from the farmers’ market
- Cherry tomatoes from the garden
- Crookneck squash from the garden in my copper paella pan
- Green beans and tomatoes in my enamel bowl - picked fresh from our garden
- Green beans - ready to pickle
- Green beans - sweet and spicy
- Homemade potato chips
- Only 2 things money can’t buy - true love and home-grown tomatoes
- Peas at the Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain
- Love the radish - radishes from our garden
- Radish salad
- Tomatoes, fried green
- Sugar pumpkins - how to roast
- Sugar snap peas, stir fry in spicy sauce
Quick breads, muffins and coffee cakes
- Baking powder biscuits
- Baking powder biscuits, heart-shaped with butter and raspberry jam (picture)
- Banana bread, Paige’s astounding and more pictures! (featured in tumblr FOOD)
- Blueberry lemon bread
- Blueberry lemon bread (picture)
- Blueberry muffins
- Blueberry sour cream coffeecake
- Bran muffins
- Cappuccino chocolate chip muffins
- Corn bread, perfect
- Corn bread, zucchini
- Cranberry oat scones
- Crumb cake
- Pumpkin bread
- Rebecca’s crisps
- Tortillas, corn
Yeast breads
- Amazing no-knead bread and pictures and more pictures
- Bagels, homemade
- Bagels, homemade onion
- Baguette with avocado (picture)
- Bread machine hamburger buns - not just for hamburgers!
- Cinnamon swirl bread
- Curly breadsticks
- Dutch crunch rolls
- Estonian Kringel
- Pain au chocolat
- Parmesan puff pastry straws
- Pita bread
- Potato rolls
- Rosemary focaccia bread
- Stromboli
Sandwiches
- Avocado and mozzarella sandwich
- Bagel with cream cheese, sprouts, and cherry tomatoes
- Bagel with cream cheese, sprouts, cucumber, tomato and avocado
- Bagel, whole wheat sesame with cream cheese and sliced apples
- Breaded chicken cutlet sandwich with pesto and marinara sauce
- Breakfast sandwich - my go-to for a healthy start
- Croque Monsieur
- Ham and Fontina cheese with Dijon mustard and lettuce on homemade Dutch crunch roll
- Homemade pita bread
- Hotdogs, Sonoran (Hebrew Nationals wrapped in bacon)
- Laura’s sandwich with fresh pesto mayo
- Meatloaf sandwich
- Peanut butter, sliced bananas and honey on whole wheat sourdough toast
- Rib sandwich with coleslaw
- Sandwich under construction - avocado, sprouts and shredded mozarella
- Shrimp sandwiches, open-face with cheese
- Sonoran hotdogs
- Stromboli
- Turkey burgers
- Turkey club
- Turkey reuben sandwich
- Whole wheat sesame bagel with cream cheese and sliced apples
Soups
- Black bean soup
- Black bean soup with sliced avocado
- Chicken noodle soup
- Chicken soup with homemade udon noodles (picture)
- Chicken tortilla soup
- Chili, spicy chicken
- Lentil vegetable soup
- Mushroom soup à la tango-mango
- Potato soup
- Pozole
- Roasted cream of pumpkin soup
- Thai shrimp bisque
- Tomato soup with orzo and grilled cheese croutons
- Tomato soup (using Parmigiano Reggiano rind) with pizza croutons
- White chili with chicken and cannellini beans
- Wild rice soup with mushrooms and chicken
Sides
- Black beans and rice
- Green beans - this was my lunch today
- Homemade potato chips
- Jeweled rice
- Onion ring addiction
- Potatoes Anna, mini
- Potatoes, mashed Yukon golds
- Roasted rosemary potatoes
- Sausage and rice stuffed acorn squash
- Smashed new potatoes
- Spanish Omelette (tortilla de patatas)
- Spinach puffs
- Sue’s twice baked potatoes - loving every bite
- Sweet potato fries
- Texas rice
- Turkey and mushroom risotto
- Twice-baked potatoes, Sue’s
- Wild rice with butternut squash and leeks
- Zucchini cakes
Pasta
- Asian chicken noodles
- Barbecued ribs
- Bucatini with pesto and sauteed cherry tomatoes
- Butternut squash macaroni and cheese
- Fettucini with tomato cream sauce
- Fiore rigatoni with browned butter
- Homemade noodles
- Mac and cheese bites
- Manicotti
- Ribs, barbecued
- Roast chicken and bow tie pasta salad - picnic fare
- Scallops, sauteed for one
- Shells, large stuffed in individual gratin dishes
- Shrimp and pasta in rich vodka sauce
- Shrimp Primavera
- Thai noodle salad - a late night craving
- Trottole pasta with creamy pesto sauce
- Udon noodles, homemade with Mimi (picture)
Main dishes
- Asian chicken noodles
- Butternut squash macaroni and cheese
- Carbonnades à la Flamande, (beef and onions braised in beer) and served in martini glasses with mashed potatoes
- Carnitas with fresh corn tortillas
- Cheese pizza with cherry tomatoes and fresh basil
- Cheese pizza with topped with homegrown tomatoes - our go-to dinner on busy summer nights
- Chicken cordon bleu - blue ribbon cooking at home
- Chicken cutlets, breaded
- Chicken lettuce wraps
- Chicken Piccata
- Chicken, raspberry balsamic glazed
- Chicken satay with peanut dipping sauce
- Chili, spicy chicken
- Enchiladas
- Enchiladas Suizas
- Flautas, oven-crisp
- Homemade noodles
- Homemade noodles - drying in the sunshine
- Kung Pao shrimp
- Lettuce wraps, chicken
- Mac and cheese cakes, mini
- Manicotti
- Marinara sauce
- Meatloaf, world’s best
- Pad Thai chicken
- Pad Thai, shrimp
- Pizza, deep dish
- Posole
- Potato “lasagna” from Delishytown
- Pumpkin shrimp curry
- Quiches, mini with spinach, sausage and mushrooms
- Quiche, spinach
- Raspberry Balsamic glazed chicken
- Sausage and rice stuffed acorn squash
- Shrimp cakes, Thai
- Shrimp fried rice
- Shrimp, marinated and grilled
- Shrimp, crispy panko crusted
- Shrimp Primavera
- Spicy chicken chili
- Squash blossoms, filled and deep fried - the process and recipe
- Squash blossoms, filled and deep fried with marinara sauce (picture)
- Stuffed shells in individual gratin dishes
- Teriyaki grilled salmon
- Thai basil chicken, 1st version
- Thai basil chicken, 2nd version
- Thai shrimp cakes
- Turkey broth - make it ahead of time!
- Turkey burgers with cheese
- Vietnamese salt and pepper shrimp rice noodle bowl
- Vodka sauce with pasta
- White chili with chicken and cannellini beans
Cookies and brownies
- Brownie sundae
- Brownies, browned butter
- Brownies, Ed’s Favorite Blondies
- Brownies, Jackson Pollock with mint buttercream frosting
- Brussels cookies
- Buttery spritz cookies with chocolate drizzle
- Chewy amaretti cookies (recipe) and Chewy amaretti cookies in my favorite Ball jar (picture)
- Chocolate caramel thumbprint cookies
- Chocolate chip cookies from The New York Times
- Chocolate shot cookies
- Christmas sugar cookies
- Ed’s Favorite Blondies
- Fortune cookies
- Halloween finger cookies
- Jackson Pollock brownies with mint buttercream frosting
- Kiss pies
- Lemon bars
- Lime meltaway cookies
- Lime zinger cookies
- Rosemary shortbread
- Shamrock sugar cookies with buttercream icing and sprinkles
- Sugar cookies with lemon buttercream frosting
- Sugar cookies with lemon buttercream frosting (picture)
- Twisty cookie
- White chocolate chunk cookies (giant) with toasted pecans
Desserts, cakes and other sweets
- Apple pecan patries
- Broken glass candy - Halloween cupcakes
- Candied orange peel
- Cheesecake with raspberry sauce
- Cheesecakes, mini cookies and cream (Oreo)
- Chocolate buttercream frosting for Sue’s chocolate cake
- Chocolate cake, Sue’s
- Chocolate-dipped spoons
- Chocolate frosting (on a Saltine cracker)
- Chocolate leaves and flourishes
- Crumb cake
- Cupcake, chocolate birthday cupcakes for Katie!
- Cupcakes, chocolate with cream cheese icing (mini)
- Cupcakes, chocolate with chocolate buttercream (mini Halloween)
- Cupcakes, chocolate zucchini
- Fancy pretzels
- Homemade marshmallows dipped in chocolate with crush graham crackers
- Homemade marshmallows dipped in chocolate with sprinkles
- KC orange cake with orange filling
- Kiss pies
- Lemonade roll
- Orange cake with orange filling
- Plum cake, the recipe
- Plum cake, picture with vanilla ice cream
- Rainbow JELL-O
- Raspberries with white chocolate chips
- Raspberry sauce over browned butter brownie
- Raspberry sauce over vanilla bean ice cream
- Salted caramels
- Strawberry rhubarb pie
Miscellaneous
- Balsamic syrup
- Candied walnuts
- Cranberry sauce
- Crispix mix
- Granola with mixed nuts and coconut
- Halloumi cheese, the other Greek cheese
- Megan’s granola with dried cranberries
- Melted chocolate for Brussels cookies
- Plum jam
- Pretzel buttons
- Raspberry vinegar
- Ricotta cheese, homemade
- Salty dogs
- Turkey broth - make it ahead of time!
Kitchen tool review
- Tools and gadgets from my kitchen - an introduction to the weekly kitchen tool review
- Heart-shaped cookie/biscuit cutters by RSVP International
- Vintage flapjack turner bottle opener
- IKEA bread pan
- Herb scissors by RSVP International
- Individual gratin dishes - perfect for stuffed shells, manicotti, macaroni and cheese and enchiladas
- Julienne peeler by Zyliss
- Eiffel Tower cheese graters
- Wooden tasting spoons
- Honey sticks
- The thrill of the hunt - old copper pan
- Groovy tool
- Pizza cutter by RSVP International
Here are photo posts on my blog that don’t include the recipe
- Avocado still life
- Bagels, pictures of the process
- Cheese enchiladas in gratin dishes
- Cheese plate - Barcelona, Spain
- Chocolate caramel thumbprint cookies
- Chocolate in our house right now
- Chocolate I bake with
- Christmas sugar cookie
- Deep dish pizza pictures
- Eggs, farm fresh from Lake Grove outdoor market
- Egg salad sandwich
- Egg shells - working on a quiche
- Fresh picked fruit in my copper bowl
- Fruit salad à la tango mango
- Grilled shrimp with cannellini beans and cherry tomatoes on romaine and watercress
- Katie’s sandwich
- Lavender shortbread cookies at the Beaverton Farmers’ Market
- Lime - vodka tonics tonight
- Mashed potatoes and gravy
- Moonlight Chocolates - an assortment of the best
- Oregon’s Dungeness crab
- Onion blossoms at the Mt. Angel Oktoberfest
- Onion rings, pictures of the process
- Orange supremes
- Pastries from Gerard Mulot pattisserie, Paris, France
- Pickled and briny vegetables
- Potato chips - folded chips
- Pulled pork sandwiches
- Raisin Rosemary Crisps from Trader Joe’s
- Rum cakes, mini
- Roasted rosemary potatoes
- Rosemary shortbread - cookies for Santa
- Saltine crackers with chocolate frosting and peanut butter
- Sea salt ice cream with caramel ribbons from Salt & Straw
- Square hard boiled egg
- Squid ink pasta with butternut squash
- Sweet peppers stuffed with shrimp and pork
- Tea time - glass teapot
- Toffee-coated truffle pops at Portland’s ChocolateFest
- Vegetables from the Beaverton Farmers’ Market
- Vietnamese salad with shrimp and crispy scallions
- Whipped cream
