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Bagels, Bananas & Honey
I love blogging about food. After slaving to get the right picture to make your mouth water, I get to eat the subject.
I discovered this week the delightful combination of cinnamon raisin bagels, cream cheese and honey. Not too much honey, just a light drizzle. I use the banana slices to sop the [...]
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Do you ever have those days when you deeply crave dark chocolate surrounded with brown sugar? Where all you want is simple, straight forward chocolate surrounded in a soft dark brown sugar shell, i.e. a big honkin’ chocolate chip cookie.
HERE’S WHAT REALLY HITS THE SPOT
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 [...]
Creamy Penne Pasta and Chicken
This creamy penne pasta and chicken was a HUGE HIT with the family, particularly my picky daughter. After two bites, my son asked if there was enough for leftovers. That should count for extra points, right?
The picture above shows the adult dinner; topped with sliced grape tomatoes and sprinkled with red pepper flakes. Naturally, I [...]
Hummus is Yummus
Don’t you want to run your finger through that bowl?
My girlfriend, Donna needed a break, so I offered to take her kiddos for the afternoon. Our kids are best friends and get along wonderfully. (It’s actually a bonus for us both.) Donna happens to LOVE hummus. As an extra treat, [...]
Grape Tomato Feta Salad
Longing for a summer salad in February? This grape tomato and feta salad is light, zesty and perfect next to roasted chicken. Heck, it's perfect right out of the container with a few crackers on the side.
HERE'S ALL YOU NEED
1 pint grape tomatoes
2 tablespoons finely chopped purple onion
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon extra [...]
Roasted Chicken Salad
Oh yea? Well, pack THIS in your lunch box!
I've just finished roasting up a batch of chicken breasts for the week ahead. I had a little red bell pepper and salad greens leftover from the Chicken Rollups dinner, so I put them together for lunch.
I roasted the chicken breast my usual way, except I [...]
Chicken Rollups
Just to keep you in the know, Simple Daily Recipes is spreading like a wildfire and growing intensely every day. I have hired my first Intern to help me keep up, Anna L. You will see her name pop up at the end of emails and later show up in contributing posts. She and I [...]
Butter Users Anonymous
Setting: Steaming hot kitchen, in the back there's a circle of chairs filled with secretly, happy cooks.
Me: (stands up) Hi, my name is Jill. I cook with butter. Support Group: Hi, Jill.
Me: I've been using butter in my cooking for the last three years. It started out as a simple curiosity, really. [...]
World Nutella Day
I heard of Nutella for the first time, about a year ago. I had watched some program about International Chefs cooking in fancy restaurants, but still having to offer condiments that are below Foodie par. There was an Italian chef in California who offered Nutella on toasted baguette slices. He said, "Nutella to Italy [...]
Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
There is nothing difficult about making REAL sour cream chicken enchiladas. Every phase of the preparation is really easy. They simply take time and a love for Tex-Mex cuisine. I highly recommend you make two batches of enchiladas; one to eat, one to freeze. This recipe will fill two 13×9 inch casserole dishes.
HERE’S ALL YOU [...]
This is the kind of thing I love to take for lunch. I can make it right there at ...
This is a simple, comfort soup. Perfect for folks under the weather who just need something warm & mild ...
