dessert

just when you think it can’t get any better.
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arborio rice pudding
because when it comes to cheesecake, all you really need is a bite or two…
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Blackberry Brambles
brioche caramel croutons & vanilla ice cream
cinnamon creme brulee
Citrus Juice, Citrus Zest
coveted, frosted sugar cookies
creme brulee
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 9 [of 10] DOLCI
dessert first?
Eggnog Pound Cake
First Birthday Tart
Flourless Chocolate Cake.
I heart cookies. I heart you!
nanaimo bars
Need an easy, impressive fall dessert?
Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust.
rustic pie crust
skip dinner: go straight to dessert.
Snowball Cookies
Spotlight: Rhubarb.
Tongue Twister: A Bowlful of Blissful Brownies
Tuscan chocolate cake
Upside down… pear and caramel cake
Want an easy recipe for Tiramisu?
whiskey bread pudding
you are just 6 ingredients away from the best-ever Tiramisu.

dip, sauce & syrup

because it really IS all about the sauce.
a trio of DIPS for your holiday vegetable platter
Basic Tomato Sauce
basil simple syrup.
best ever oil & balsamic dip
blue cheese dressing. aka blue cheese dipping sauce.
Borrow these Thanksgiving Recipes:
Chipolte Aioli
cooking maniac. (plus recipe for basil oil)
feta blue cheese spread with sweet wine reduction and pistachios…
fish cakes… with chipolte aioli & pomegranate corn relish.
FIVE FABULOUS, easy-to-make sauces that will ROCK your daily taco.
Jarring: Brandied Fig Jam
Nuovo Olio in Tuscany (new oil, old oil and oil tasting)
peppery shrimp with cilantro coconut sauce
pesto now & later
Seared Soy Orange Salmon, with…
Simple Syrups
some baked-in science, and a little mustard magic.
They eat MAYONNAISE with their fries.
tomato feta olive sauce
tomato sauce
Tzaziki: dip, condiment or chutney?
Upside down… pear and caramel cake
Voting open: help me SALSA my way to the next round.
you know you have a problem when…
you quesadillas will never be the same: green chili chutney.

entree

the big enchilada…er, tomato.
a good rub.
A Sliver of Soy Maple Salmon
Amazing Macaroni & Cheese
At last, chicken curry I can trust.
Bacon Tomato Sauce & Pasta
Blueberry Chutney (and pork chops)
braised beef with red wine, onion brulee served on chive sweet potatoes
buttermilk parmesan chicken tenders
Chicken Enchilades
Chickens & Goats
Crab Enchiladas with Bacon and Orange Sauce
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 7 [of 10] SECONDI
default dinner: brown butter sage ravioli
default dinner: Hoisin Ginger Pork
default dinner: Italian sausages & sweet roasted peppers
default dinner: sausage & pasta
default dinners: my top 5 go-to recipes.
delicata squash ‘pasta’ ribbons with chanterelle mushrooms
fish cakes… with chipolte aioli & pomegranate corn relish.
flank steak: tucked and rolled.
for my exam: Chicken Chardonnay
I can do it in 3 ingredients…
I could eat a Goose Moose Burger
Italian layered dish
Malabar Hanger Steak & Ginger Carrot Puree
Mario Batali's Chicken with Cooked Wine
Mario's meatloaf
mmmmmmm… ragu.
mushroom lasagna
Mushroom Risotto
my entree is glowing! (recipe: Coq Au Vin)
my son cannot sleep: he received fungus in the mail.
On Top of Spaghetti
Peanut Saucied Chicken
pecan & sage crusted lamb
peppery shrimp with cilantro coconut sauce
Pesto round 12: Pesto Halibut
pork: sugar and spice and everything nice.
Rib rub…
Salmon in parchment
Sausage Cream Pasta
Sausage stuffed Bell Peppers.
Seared Soy Orange Salmon, with…
secret lasagna recipe
Sometimes we are crabby.
soy balsamic flank steak
stackable, stage-worthy Eggplant Parmesan
swimming RAMA.
To pork. To pork!
to start: shrimp cakes
tortellini: Peas, P's, Please!
Veal Scallopini w/lemon & capers
Whole Roasted Chicken with Fennel, Potatoes and Kalamata Olives
wild boar sauce (cinghiale ragu)

libations

fun cocktails, whimsical drinks, new twists on old faves.
12 drinks of Christmas
a New Year's toast: with my favorite drink.
a new year’s toast: new york style (think manhattan).
after school snack: smoothies
Amaretto Sweet, Amaretto Sour
Barefoot Bubbly, coffee and tequila… piqued your interest?
Beer so far.
blackberry lemon drops
blood orange kazis
bloody mary.
Brandied Berried Sangria
Christmas Kazi
Cocotini—as in coconut.
Drunken Pear.
Fancy, summer water.
Gingersnaps
Halloween drink: Maggotini
Halloween Party 2006: Drinks
How to make Brandied Cherries
it's that BOOtiful time of year again.
Italian Sodas: not for kids only
Italian spritz.
January hot drink
Limoncello
Liquefied Ghost
Mixing Mojitos
Mummy Juice
Pom-tinis & Dropping pombs.
Purple People Eater
Reminiscent Rumminess.
sangria, and the pitchers they live in.
Silky Pear Cocktail
sledding in winter—and sipping summer
Snobby Iced Coffee
things to do today: make eggnog
when life gives you lemons… make limoncello!

salad

the green and not so green.
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arugula, white bean and tuna salad
coleslaw resurrected: crispy, pungeant, healthy.
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 5 [of 10] ZUPPA & INSALATA
feta beet salad with fig sherry vinaigrette.
marinated zucchini
Pecan Blue Cran Salad
Pesto Pasta Salad & Pesto Spinach Salad.
question: what do a salad, a wedding and my son have in common?
Salad Dressing: Shaken, Not Stirred
Sizzling Goat Cheese Salad
some baked-in science, and a little mustard magic.
Walnut Grape Salad
Walnut Pear Endive Salad
What to do with a jar of fig spread.

snacks

must have morsels
A slinky, a birdhouse, a pile of rocks and a plate of cookies.
after school snack: smoothies
arms full, pocket stocked.
Cherry Almond mini muffins.
Chicken Curry & Raisin Wraps
cooking school: week three
Ginger Sugar Pecans
Grilled PB&J
I made pop-tarts today!
Jack 'o' lantern cookies
lunch box cookies
m ‘n’ m holiday cookies.
Matiz, my sweet torta.
Nuts about Nuts
pie dough surprise
skip dinner: go straight to dessert.
snacks revisited
Special K Bars
stealing deviled eggs
the gamut on granola
truffle popcorn.
What’s circular, dotted with holly, and green all over?

soups

bring out the spoons.
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a perfect soup to usher in fall: sherry brie & mushroom
Alcohol Cabinet Soup.
beige in a bowl.
Black Bean Soup
Curry Carrot Soup
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 5 [of 10] ZUPPA & INSALATA
good soup. of the pumpkin ginger variety.
quinoa, red bean and yellow pepper chili
Ribollita!
Start Thanksgiving with: Fennel Pear Soup
Tex Mex Cuisine
tomato soup.

starch

tummy-warming piles of pasta, risotto, potatoes.
Amazing Macaroni & Cheese
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 6 [of 10] PRIMI
facing my fear of yeast.
gnocchi. and why it is your friend.
gorgonzola ravioli
how to make focaccia
how to make polenta
make your own tortillas
Mushroom Risotto
Pesto Pasta Salad & Pesto Spinach Salad.
Potatoes [Pommes] Anna
risotto. with winter vegetables.
roasted sweet potatoes with blue cheese
Roasted Vegetables: Spicy Sweet Potatoes
Sicilian arancini
starch-fest in my kitchen
Summer is coming: Gratin Be Gone
thanksgiving dish re-invented: sweet potato goes gnocchi
Thanksgiving Orange Rolls

starters

noshes and nibbles.
"I love happy hour" says my 10 year old.
12 Days of Christmas: 12 Easy Appetizers
a trio of DIPS for your holiday vegetable platter
Asian fare: spring onion pancakes
Assembly only: appetizer with pesto, pine nuts, goat cheese
Aunt Vicki's Cheese Ball Appetizer
bacon wrapped, cheese filled figs
bacon wrapped, cheese-filled figs.
baked brie with fruit and nut topping
balsamic fig & kalamata tapenade
can you say amuse bouche?
chorizo empanadillas
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 4 [of 10] ANTIPASTI
dessert first?
Easy eggplant appetizer
Eggplant Bites w/Red Sauce
Figgy Toasts
ginger and goats: no prep appetizer
how to roast garlic. and why you will want to.
Just skew It: summer appetizer on the fly.
list of holiday appetizers
Minted Pea Puree (topper for bruschetta)
Mozzarella Prosciutto Skewers
New favorite appie: with Red Pepper Jelly
Nuts about Nuts
quick appetizer—of the restaurant variety
Six Simple Summer Tapas
spicy, salty cashews
spinach artichoke dip
stealing deviled eggs
stuffed tomatoes.
Sundried Tomato Dip… or puke?
to start: shrimp cakes
Tuscan white bean spread
What to do with a jar of fig spread.
Zucchini Blossoms

vegetables

front and center.
and a side of onions, please.
baby artichokes
Blue is the New Yellow (Broccoli inspiration)
Brussel Sprouts for "non-brussel sprout eaters"
coleslaw resurrected: crispy, pungeant, healthy.
delicata squash ‘pasta’ ribbons with chanterelle mushrooms
Easy eggplant appetizer
Eggplant Bites w/Red Sauce
Famed Family Corn.
fava beans
find out what to do with 2 fennel bulbs.
Green Pea Smashers
Grilled ‘candy’ Tomatoes
Italian mish-mash
Lemony Green Beans
Malabar Hanger Steak & Ginger Carrot Puree
marinated zucchini
oven-roasted broccoli
Pecan Crusted Sweet Potatoes
radicchio made easy.
risotto. with winter vegetables.
Roasted Vegetables: Spicy Sweet Potatoes
sautéed edamame
side dish twist: roasted pepitas and cauliflower
Slow Roasted Romas
Spotlight: Rhubarb.
The same yet different: Green Bean Casserole
Tomato Eggplant Gratin
turning a new leaf: red chard.
Wax Beans and Bacon
what's for dinner? carrot chips.
what’s the answer? it beets me.
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