The Covered Dish: Spinach Salad
Well we’ve made it over the first hump, now we just need to welcome in the New Year! Then, like the commercials on TV, the new weight loss programs hit. Like many of you; I’m looking forward to 2018...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Simple Creole
Like many, I’m headed into a new path for 2018. Revised dining plans and healthier eating is at the top of the list. Change takes time, I keep telling myself this over and over! Gradually I plan on...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Chicken & Dumplings
Like many, this time of the year, I find myself reaching for one-dish meals that warm the soul and body. You just cannot go wrong with a hearty batch of chicken and dumplings. Especially if you’ve...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Artichoke-Bacon Bruschetta
I’ve been off work one week and it already feels like time is speeding past. With the big football game just a few weeks away let’s look at some new possibilities. Most people adore all kinds of...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Wild Rice Soup
Still hanging on to the ‘Super Bowl’ theme with the wild rice soup recipe. If you happen to have my first cookbook, ‘Simply Yours’, you may think you have this recipe already. Nope, this one was...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Smoked Gouda Dip
This is the closing week of recipes and dishes for Super Bowl 2018. As we often find in life, it’s the simpler things that often contain more appeal. When we’re hosting a foodie event there are a...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Raisin Bran Muffins
During the winter months it’s common for me to make at least one batch of long-term muffins. Sometimes it will be traditional Bran Muffin, other times it will be the Raisin Bran or a multi grain...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Egg Strata
There are recipes in our lifetimes that we will memorize over the years; due to the frequency in which they are used. This week I’m including a very simple ‘Egg Strata’, which will be extremely...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Nothing beats the freshness of a zucchini cake whether it’s chocolate or regular zucchini. In fact, I think zucchini makes its’ best presentation in baked goods. I enjoy sautéing the vegetable and...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Faux Lasagna
After a warm holiday in Florida, with my family, its back to work we go. Our resort in Orlando was beautiful and it’s wet my appetite for more ‘holidays’. The men in our group enjoyed the Daytona...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Blonde Brownies
Probably my favorite brownie recipe of all times is the blond brownies I’m featuring this week. At the close of the recipe you’ll find the history behind this palate-pleasing dessert/snack. My dad,...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Guinness Stew
This week has been tiring yet exhilarating, all the way around the horn. Silver Dollar City’s Culinary School is ready to open, Wednesday, March 14th. The groceries are on the shelves, and the chef...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Sausage Kugel
Cabbage is still on sale at the local grocery stores so why not take advantage of this wonderful cruciferous vegetable and make a hot dish. Those from the North will recognize the term ‘hot dish’....
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Chicken Avocado Salad
Time to shake up the dining on the home front and something outside the box. Chicken salad always holds an appeal, mostly because it’s more task intensive than tuna salad. This time I’m taking a...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Spinach Curry Rice Bake
This past week a good friend brought me a copy of the original Stephenson’s Restaurant cookbook. Stephenson’s was originally an orchard and later around 1945 they started a small restaurant/café. It...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Avocado Ranch Dip
I can remember how excited I was a year or so ago when our son, Phillip, decided he liked guacamole/avocados. Excitement abounded because it meant I could start using it more in our daily diets. For...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Cheater’s Peach Cobbler
Before diving into the April 16th column I’d like to re-visit the April 9th column featuring a new healthy avocado dip. This past week I found myself purchasing packages of the pre-packaged avocado...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Lemon Chicken & Spinach Pasta
One of my all-time favorite recipes from the year 2009 was the recipe I’m featuring today. Whenever I offered to prepare a meal at the culinary school, this was the requested menu. The general idea...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Italian Beef Salad
As the temperatures continue to lift the grilling season shifts into full speed ahead. The feature recipe this week is one that I wrote around 9-10 years ago. My guests found it quite yummy and I...
View ArticleThe Covered Dish: Macaroni & Cheese
As this past week wrapped up I looked at one of my good friends and said: ‘How can it be Mother’s Day next week?’ How did we just plop into this month already? Last time I checked it was still...
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