Dressing For SuccessSummer Orzo Salad with Lemon & Champagne Vinegar Vinaigrette Salad Or, shall I call it a Flexible Summer Salad? The salad ingredients are only a suggestion as everything can be substituted with what you have on hand or like best. The only non-negotiable element as far as I […]

Healthy and Delicious Red Lentil Soup with Saffron Soup After opening the tin of saffron that my friend Joanne brought back from Dubai to make the Roasted Carrot and Saffron Risotto, I needed to use it up fairly quickly before it lost its flavor. Fortunately for me, Eating Well magazine […]

Comfort Soup Barefoot Contessa’s Chicken Pot Pie Soup Soup and Salad This soup recipe from the Barefoot Contessa’s latest cookbook, Modern Comfort Food, is silky, creamy deliciousness. An explosion of flavor from the leeks, carrots and fennel combined with fresh tarragon, cream sherry and a Parmesan cheese rind tossed in […]

Piquant Potato SaladPotato Salad with Lemon, Rosemary & Pancetta Soup and Salad When it comes to potatoes, there aren’t many tuber techniques we won’t at least try once.  That includes one that has become a summer side favorite over the years … Potato Salad with Lemon, Rosemary & Pancetta.  This […]

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Irish Amy’s Potato Leek Soup Soup and Salad My mom’s nickname was “Irish.” Her father was Emerson Carey, how much more Irish is that? She told us she was 95% Irish and 5% Scottish, and I know her favorite holiday was St. Patrick’s Day. When […]

Chase The Winter Chill Away Soup Mushroom Leek Gruyère Soup with Puff Pastry Top Soup and Salad As soon as the calendar said it was winter, Tom started begging me to make soup. Mushroom Leek Gruyère Soup is a recipe I haven’t made in some time, but it is a […]

“Deliciously Decadent” Soup Roasted Butternut Squash Bisque with Star Anise Soup In Tom’s prior life (the one where he earned money … I miss those days), he wrote for a number of magazines. Every January, one of the associations he worked with held what could only be called an extravaganza. […]

Yell A Little Loudah For My New Favorite Chowdah! Corn and Clam Chowder Soup As the long hot summer faded away to autumn, I was looking around for inspiration when I came across this chowder recipe from Boston chef Matthew Jennings. Once I read it included bacon, corn, and jalapeño, […]

Polish Potato Salad Perfection Ania’s Polish Potato Salad Side  Our recipe is courtesy of a former co-worker, Ania, who brought this to a potluck 25 years ago.  It was one of the best potato salads I had ever tasted, but it was different from most potato salads I grew up […]

It’s All In The Dressing Mr. C’s Creamy Coleslaw Side Here is another fabulous recipe from my late stepfather Mr. C. This dish pairs perfectly with his Grilled Flank Steak with Chile, Cinnamon, and Cumin Marinade. I wish I had more of his recipes, but this is the last one […]

Soup’s On! Cream of Celery Root and Fennel Soup Soup & Salad After a whirlwind 2019 trip to Montreal and Quebec City (Tom is finally back at the computer after knee replacement surgery and will resume the trip report this week), where a chilly autumn had arrived early (33°F in […]

Scrumptious Summer Salad  Watermelon, Feta, Mint, Arugula Scrumptious Summer Salad  Soup & Salad Watermelon, Feta, Mint, Arugula Salad is one of my favorite go-to salads for summer.  Recently, we fired up the BBQ and invited some friends over for grilled corn on the cob and Mr. C’s Flank Steak.  To […]

Amy’s Soup Ham, Cheese & Potato Soup Soup & Salad As some of you may know, I lost my mom earlier this year.  A few days after Christmas, she had a heart attack.  I flew up to take care of her and made a pot of soup with her left-over […]

Stupendous Summertime Salad Summer Tomato, Strawberry & Mozzarella Salad Soup & Salad In 2014, in anticipation of our 20th Anniversary trip to Paris, Tom and I took a beginning French language class at Le Petite Ecole Française. Our instructor, Caroline, who was French, was excellent and very patient with us […]

Strawberry Fields Forever Strawberry and Arugula Salad with Fried Goat Cheese and Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette Soup & Salad Nothing says spring has sprung more than when those first big, delicious strawberries start appearing in the market.  And, when I saw the strawberry vinaigrette recipe in Southern Living, I knew exactly […]

There’s The Beef! “Melt in Your Mouth” Beef and Barley Soup Soup & Salad In December I went to visit my dad in Northern California for the weekend, I decided to make a batch of my favorite soup to take to him from my favorite soup cookbook, Sunday Soup, by […]