caprese bites

Ready for another delicious, easy appetizer? This is a wonderful, different way to use up some of those garden tomatoes! If you like caprese salad, you’ll love this! cherry tomatoes fresh mozzarella cheese 1/4 cup real mayonnaise 2 Tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves fresh garlic small, fresh basil sprigs Hollow out the cherry tomatoes and…

dinner in a popover

This is such a fun, delicious dinner to make when you’re getting tired of the same old thing week after week. I’ve made this with sausage, ham and bacon and served it as a main dish for a brunch gathering, but most of the time I make it like this… ~ preheat oven to 400…

crunchy peanut apple salad

Yum yum yum! This salad is one of my favorite picnic/potluck dishes. When we’re at home we serve it in teacups. When we’re out and about we put it in Mason jars and pack the jars in ice until we’re ready to eat. This is crunchy, peanutty, sweet and fruity. It so good it could…

BLT bites

These are SO easy and delicious! Gluten free, low in carbs and they taste just like a BLT without the bread. cherry tomatoes bacon, fried until crispy and broken into 1-inch pieces mayonnaise mixed with garlic that has been sauteed in olive oil little pieces of arugula or baby lettuce freshly ground black pepper Wash…

grilled salmon scampi spaghetti

This is such an easy, elegant dinner to put together if you have really good quality, pre-made scampi sauce on hand. My friend Gary, the creator of Pomodori Foods Gourmet Sauces, makes a fantastic one and you can order it by clicking on this link. Otherwise, I included a simple scampi sauce recipe in the…