Americanized Greek Salad

This salad is the evil bastard stepchild of a true Greek salad.  A true Greek salad is simply tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion dressed in extra virgin and oregano. 
The inspiration for this salad comes from a local restaurant ran by this awesome Greek family who on Saturday after leaving the Farmer’s Market we decided to stop by and eat at.  If you […]

Chicken Quarters with lemon and rosemary

First off before I start rambling I have been seeing a lot of bloggers out there posting pictures of their gardens and I felt left out.  If you don’t know I love to garden in fact it is one of those things I look towards every year spring.  This year I had in my front […]

Olive Oil Cupcakes with Lemon and Thyme

 
I wish my whiteboard had a reminder beep like my Outlook decides to do to me every time I am about to miss a meeting.  This way when it is getting close to a deadline I am not once again frantically running around like a madman trying to throw something together. 
This is my Taste and […]

Basil Pesto

I love basil pesto not only does it make the perfect appetizer on some grilled bread but hey for a quick and dirty meal cook up some pasta and toss it with that.  You could mix in some sun dried tomatoes and stuff it in a chicken breast or pork tenderloin or just take a […]

Spaghetti Alla Carbonara

I have a confession I hate writing about classic Italian dishes.  I love to make them but making an entry about them seems to draw out every Internet troll to tell you how far off base you are.  For some reason there is not a cuisine on the face of this planet that will be […]

Cherry smoked pork chops, caramelized onions, roasted poblano, and cheesy polenta

While wandering through the local butcher shop I had to stop and double look because there was some beautiful thick cut pork chops staring at me from behind the glass.  Since currently I am lacking in the pork chop department (3 freezers full of meat and a pork fetish you think I would have pork […]

Herb grilled chicken

This dish is what happens when you walk into your herb garden and see an over abundance.  Instead of trimming back the herb plants and throwing the trimmings into the compost bin I just decided to start throwing it together into a marinade. 
For this marinade you will need:

Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup of white wine
1 […]

Portobello Mushroom Pasta

So my goal when making this dish was I wanted something light and easy for dinner.  1 stick of butter later I was thinking before bed I need to lace up running shoes, grab the MP3 player, and run a couple miles.
This dish is also moving close to that dreaded vegetarian line that I have […]

Lavender Sorbet

Mike over at Mike’s Table had to go ahead and throw down the gauntlet again and this time his poison was frozen deserts.  For those who don’t follow Mike’s Blog he is pretty much the ice cream guru in my book and is always doing something cool and exciting with his trusty KitchenAid.
So when he announced […]

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