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Caramelized Chicken with Apples

Caramelized Chicken with Apples

This is such a fabulous way to cook chicken and so simple. Caramelized Chicken with Apples is quick enough for a midweek meal and fancy enough to serve to special company. Continue Reading →

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Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup

The name Italian Wedding Soup is a reference to the marriage of greens and meat in the soup. A favorite in our house and it is truly bliss in a bowl. Continue Reading →

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Spicy Tomato Salsa

Spicy Tomato Salsa

This Spicy Tomato Salsa is bursting with tons of fresh flavors and couldn’t be any easier or quicker to make. Just put everything into a food processor and pulse to your desired consistency. Then sit down with an entire bag of tortilla chips and a bowl of this salsa and watch them both disappear. It’s amazing how quickly that can happen, right? Continue Reading →

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Apple Puffed Pancake

Apple Puffed Pancake

This impressive golden puff of a pancake is baked in a cast iron skillet in a very hot oven. It will fall a little as you carry it, still in the skillet, from oven to table and it should be eaten right away. While this Apple Puffed Pancake only needs a generous dusting of confectioner’s sugar, it is also very good with maple syrup. Continue Reading →

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Seared Scallops with Teriyaki Salad

Seared Scallops with Teriyaki Salad

You just got home and you want a healthier answer to lunch or dinner than prepared foods or take out, but what to make? These Seared Scallops with Teriyaki Salad are a quick, fresh and flavorful dish using healthy and delicious ingredients to add to your repertoire. Continue Reading →

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Mini Salmon Burger BLT with Jalapeño Mayo

Mini Salmon Burger BLT

I have a thing for salmon burgers-they’re light and flavorful, easy to make and a nice change from your traditional ground beef burgers. They can work wonders to brighten up any mundane day (they sure do for me). These Mini Salmon Burger BLTs with Jalapeño Mayo make great finger food in the summer, by a pool, with a cocktail. There’s just something about mini food items isn’t there? Continue Reading →

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Buffalo Chicken Wings

Buffalo Chicken Wings

Devilishly spicy, super saucy and almost virtuous Buffalo Chicken Wings in three steps. Napkins anyone? Continue Reading →

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Root Vegetable and Barley Soup

Root Vegetable and Barley Soup

You can never have enough warming soups in your repertoire. No bacon? Add some cooked sliced sausage to this Root Vegetable and Barley Soup. Either way, this is a satisfying and comforting way to reward yourself at the end of a chilly day. Continue Reading →

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Crab Imperial with Red Pepper

Crab Imperial with Red Pepper

Being an Alaskan fisherman I have had my share of Crab Imperial. I have also experimented with making them. I love this recipe for Crab Imperial with Red Pepper because you can taste the crab. Ole calls this dish crab pudding and requests it all the time. It’s creamy, decadent and will be enjoyed by the entire family. Continue Reading →

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Halibut in Parchment

Halibut in Parchment

Cooking Halibut in Parchment or foil is a wonderful way to get the best results and add a dramatic flair to dinner. The paper or foil holds in the moisture, concentrates the flavor and protects the delicate flesh. The fish essentially steams in the oven and in its own juices. Follow the folding and cooking instructions carefully. The “foil” packets can be cooked in the oven or on the grill. Continue Reading →

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