Lately I find myself looking for all kinds of excuses in the kitchen to use the rosemary that is still thriving in the huge pot it’s been planted in for the past 3 summers. When the weather turns cold here I take my perennial pots from the patio and move them into our garage for…
Jazzed Up Peas, Lemon, and Pearl Onions
Over a month ago Southern Living Magazine contacted me for confirmation to print a recipe of mine in their February issue! I was shocked, wondering what recipe they were interested in, and how it happened that they found it, and me! Here’s the story… About a year ago I submitted the recipe for Jazzed Up…
Meyer Lemon Curd Tartlets
One of the things I love to do most in the kitchen is to take left-overs and re-purpose them. In other words, use it in a different way than originally intended. Case in point: the Meyer Lemon Curd Tartlets pictured above. I love making Meyer Lemon Curd whenever I find Meyer lemons available. A small…
Giusi’s Ragu
I’ve really been enjoying The Tuscan Sun Cookbook by Frances and Edward Mayes this past week. So far I’ve posted the Chicken with Olives and Tomatoes recipe which includes the Roasted Tomato recipe. Now I’m sharing with you Giusi’s Ragu. Giusi is one of the authors’ close friends whom they met early in their move…
Easy Pizza with Roasted Tomato Sauce
Remember that Roasted Tomato recipe featured in the previous post for Chicken with Olives and Tomatoes …here’s another delicious way to use it other than as a topping for bruschette, in a frittata or risotto. Use it as a topping on a quick pizza. Yesterday I found I had some whole wheat pitas (from Trader…
Chicken with Olives and Tomatoes
Much has happened this past week. Last Friday our home officially went on the market. Beginning then and through the weekend we had realtors bringing clients to show the house which meant my husband and I were “out of here”…prospective home buyers don’t feel comfortable looking at the house with the home owner within earshot,…
Pasta with Roasted Caulifower, Sage and Walnut Sauce
Okay, so you may not have been asking where has Dinner at Sheila’s been these last few weeks, but I have been asking myself that question, and there is a legitimate excuse for my absence of blogging. We have been readying our house for its upcoming listing. I mentioned in my Thanksgiving post that we…
Roasted Applesauce
This Roasted Applesauce recipe I discovered last week when I was about to make applesauce to go with my latkes for a party I was hosting. I had been cooking all day, and although I love my go to applesauce recipe, I was looking to avoid using the food mill, and started checking out some…
California Toffee Butter Crunch
Between Christmas and New Year’s most of us find ourselves snacking on the abundance of cookies, cakes, and candies, which throughout the rest of the year are not as easily within our reach. But during the holidays it seems even the diehard dieters give themselves a bit of a reprieve. After all it’s the season…
Peppermint Brownies
These peppermint brownies are perfect for holiday entertaining. I served them recently for dessert at my annual latke lunch I’ve been hosting for my aerobic dance class the past three years. It is a moist rich chocolatey brownie with a pronounced peppermint flavor. Peppermint extract added to the batter along with the sugar that has…