Recipes
Mexican Picadillo
This Mexican picadillo is so versatile. It can be served with a side of beans and rice for a complete meal, or serve it in a burrito, in hard shell tacos, or over nachos.
Prawns Provençale
I learned how to make this prawns Provençale recipe working for a caterer back in the 80s. Be sure to season the bread crumbs well. Butterflying the prawns takes time, but practically everything except the baking can be done ahead. Serve them with any number of dips (like lemon aioli) or just a squeeze of fresh lemon.
Greek Couscous Salad
This hearty Greek couscous salad uses Israeli couscous. So delicious!
Red Pear Pomegranate, and Gorgonzola Salad
A simple vinaigrette graces this lovely salad topped with pomegranate arils, looking like little jewels. Add sweet, fresh red pear slices, some pungent Gorgonzola crumbles, a few lightly toasted walnuts and chopped scallion to a bed of greens, and you'll be enjoying this salad in about 25 minutes!
Apple Spinach Salad
The addition of nuts and fruit makes this salad extra special.
Turkish Pasta
This Turkish pasta recipe features a sweet paprika yogurt sauce, ground round, and fusilli pasta.
Pizza Stuffed Crescent Ring
This pizza stuffed crescent ring is packed with sausage, pepperoni, cheese, and olives just like a supreme pizza. It's cheesy on the inside, and buttery and herby outside. Serve with extra pizza sauce for dipping.
Coronation Chicken
Coronation chicken is a British creamy chicken and mango salad with a spicy curried mayonnaise dressing. It is something fresh and different that always brings interest and recipe requests. Serve cold with a crisp garden or rice salad. This also makes a wonderful sandwich filling.
Authentic German Potato Salad
This is my mother's recipe for authentic German potato salad. Everyone, German or not, loves it. It is easy to double the recipe as well. I often bring it to potlucks, and we also have it at home on special occasions. There are usually no leftovers, but if there are, they don't last long!
Nashville Hot Turkey Legs
These Nashville hot turkey legs are breaded, deep fried, then doused in hot, spicy oil.
Ground Turkey and Vegetable Stir Fry
This ground turkey and vegetable stir fry is colorful, saucy, and tasty. Once you start cooking, it goes very quickly, so be sure to have everything ready to go. It’s especially good over steamed rice or cauliflower rice.
Jazzy Stuffed Peppers
These jazzy stuffed peppers are a “jazzed up” but simplified version of traditional stuffed peppers, using ground turkey and New Orleans-style dirty rice mix as the filling for a perfect balance of spices. Serve with toasted bread rounds
Cedar Plank Grilled Salmon with Garlic Lemon and Dill
Cooking a lemon and dill seasoned whole salmon fillet on a smoldering cedar plank adds a touch of smoke to a beautiful fish!
Roscoe's Chilaquiles
Roscoe's chilaquiles are a stunning Mexican breakfast of crisp tortilla chips in a traditional salsa roja, topped with a fried egg, crema, and avocado.
Simple Turkey Brine
This simple turkey brine works overnight to ensure your turkey is moist, juicy, and full of delicious flavor! Use this easy brine on a fresh turkey, not on one already injected with any other brining solution. This recipe makes enough brine for a turkey in the 15- to 20-pound range.
Leftover Turkey Fried Rice
This turkey fried rice is a quick and easy recipe for leftover turkey. It conquers that need for something different after a day of roasted turkey and the fixin's!