Grilled Panzanella Salad is a nutritious and delicious summer dish. Grilling the vegetables and bread amps up the flavor of this great salad. Perfect for a quick weeknight dinner. For this post I’m offering a quick and easy summer recipe. Since I had several 1/2 loaves of bread left over from my White Sandwich Bread …
This is the perfect White Sandwich Bread. This soft white bread has milk and butter in the recipe. It’s the perfect loaf for your next BLT or PB&J. To celebrate the sandwich I’m offering a recipe for quintessential sliced white sandwich bread. Though I often prefer a whole wheat or rye bread for the flavor …
Grilled Potato Salad is my favorite summertime potato dish. Microwave the potatoes first then grill the them for great color & smokey flavor. I have so much great produce to work with at this time of year and it’s fun to share all the ways we enjoy the fresh veggies. We’ve been getting a rainbow …
This Blueberry Cheesecake Tart gets an extra special flavor and crunch from the cornmeal crust and richness from the creamy cheesecake filling. This is the perfect summer dessert! We can never have too many blueberries recipes, can we? I just love the combination of blueberries and corn. They’re both at their best at the height …
Heirloom Tomato Pie is one of my favorite ways to use luscious summer tomatoes. Layers of vine ripened tomatoes with fresh herbs and goat cheese. Summer dinner perfection! This pie is usually the first dish I make when the summer tomatoes start rolling in. It’s my husband’s favorite, it’s fairly light and is just as good, …
Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread! With so many zucchini bread recipes out there I debated if I needed to send yet another out into the world. I have already posted a Chocolate Orange Zucchini Bread recipe, Lemon Zucchini Bread and a Zucchini Yeast Bread recipe, not to mention recipes for Zucchini Biscuits, Zucchini Muffins and Zucchini Pie. But, …
Zucchini Biscuits with Basil and Parmesan is a great way to use excess zucchini, and there’s always excess zucchini. When I want to create a new recipe or a twist on an old favorite there’s sometimes a bit of trial and error involved. I start by looking over my own recipes and/or looking at favorite recipes …
Blueberry Crumb Cake! Soft blueberry buttermilk coffee cake crowned with brown sugar crumb topping. It’s all about that perfect crumb topping! As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, after years of thinking about, baking, decorating and delivering cakes for a living about the last thing I want to bake and eat at home is cake. But …
Save the taste of summer with home made blueberry lemon preserves. Think making homemade preserves is hard? Not at all. All you need is a big pot of boiling water and the proper canning jars. There are certain experiences in my life I think of as “food memories”. Those are the times when I’ve tasted or …
Barley Salad is a healthy and hearty dish that can be adapted with the veggies you have available in your kitchen. Yes, this is a baking blog but I feel it’s my civic duty to occasionally post a more healthy recipe. I honestly feel no guilt about eating delicious baked goods made from fresh ingredients. But in …