I don’t remember when or where we made this recipe first. But I do know husband loves corn and at some point something possessed up to try making our own creamed corn. I printed the recipe we started with from food.com on 10/29/2012 so we’ve been making and tweaking it for almost 4 years. I’d call…
Warm Potato Salad with Bacon and Corn
My husband has been traveling to Denver a lot from work and although I love food and hearing about new restaurants, I have a hard time getting him to tell me in the amount of detail I want about where he went to eat and what the food was like. Then he goes to Earl’s…
Caprese Panini
I’ve written before that fresh mozzarella is one of my favorite foods in the world. I love how creamy it is and how perfectly it melts on pizza and pasta. But it’s also good cold in a caprese salad with sliced tomatoes, fresh basil and drizzled with balsamic vinegar. What if I were to combine…
Sour Cucumbers
In my hometown of Ely, we like to ‘sour’ things. It can be lettuce, cucumbers, peas and more. Sour food is basically like a simple quick pickle that generally has nothing more than oil and vinegar. I’m not sure what part of Ely’s heritage it comes from or if it just became popular locally. Sour…
Roasted Red Pepper and Zucchini Frittata
Believe it or not, it wasn’t until earlier this year when I had a frittata for the first time. It was something I’d seen in cookbooks, cooking magazines, and cooking shows; most often billed as a great brunch food. But for whatever reason I hadn’t ever tried one. Then we went out for breakfast at…
Blueberry Crumble Bars
During blueberry season I am always looking for new blueberry recipes to try – and even after blueberry season because if it’s been a good year then I have a freezer full of blueberries. The beauty of these bars is they work great with either fresh or frozen berries so they are flexible for any…
Grilled Chicken Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette
Last summer we went out for dinner with my parents for their anniversary back in our hometown. We loaded up on appetizers including this giant platter of chicken nachos, so when it came time to order our entrees a salad sounded just perfect for me. I ordered a chicken salad with a blueberry vinaigrette and…
Lemon Chive Grilled Foil Packet Potatoes
This is a version of my classic method for foil packet potatoes Grilled Dill Potatoes. It’s one of our favorite ways to make potatoes in the summer on the grill because the foil packet makes it so easy and there is little clean-up to do. We often use the herbs on our deck as a…
Avalanche Bars
These bars are supposedly a copycat of a famous offering from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, but I’ve never had them there. I made them the first time to take to Derek’s Aunt’s house for game night – maybe over New Years a few years back. I had just found a recipe online at Cookies…
Grilled Teriyaki Shrimp & Pineapple Skewers
Grilled shrimp skewers are quickly becoming one of my favorite things to grill this summer. Something about them just seems light and summery to me. I also happen to love grilled pineapple so this variation that involves putting the two together was a natural combination. Serve these with a light salad or if you want…
