Italian Sausage Rosemary Ciabatta Galette

Here I go with the savory galette recipes again.I just can’t get enough of the perfected pie crust: perfectly dense, insanely crunchy-crusty-chewy, and incredibly delicious. And, formed into a galette, rather than a pie, it just feels more satisfactory, contained, warming, and “single serve” 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂. Galette is a term used in French cuisine to designate…

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Chicken & Spicy Tomato Saffron Jam

Saffron is truly a treasure.It’s sweet, aromatic, citrusy – and simply lovely.Use in sparingly and savor every bite! “Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the “saffron crocus”. The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring…

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Buttered Tomato Tortellini

Well, it may be a little bit of a “cheater” recipe, but it’s still really, really fantastic! And, homemade tortellini is so much work, right? So, we can now classify this as “an easy weeknight meal.”Simply pick up some pre-made spinach tortellini from the refrigerated section of the market, some butter, and some heirloom cherry…

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Meyer Lemon Tomato Cherry Jam

While jam is typically described as a “sauce” made by boiling fruits together with sugar, this recipe does not truly fit that bill.In fact, no sugar is involved at all.But, it’s not really a chutney or technically a compote either.“Sauce” isn’t really a sexy title either, so I’m stuck with “jam.” Any other suggestions? In…

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Tomato Balsamic Curry Compote

Compote or compôte is a dessert originating from medieval Europe, made of whole or pieces of fruit in sugar syrup. Whole fruits are cooked in water with sugar and spices. While certainly not considered a dessert in the traditional sense, I’ll bet you money that this sweet citrusy and aromatic sauce would be thoroughly enjoyed…

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Special Dinner – Friends and Family

Despite how much I love to cook and nourish the mouths and souls of others, I actually rarely entertain at home. I like my space. I like my habits. I like my routine. I have a very generous heart, but when it comes to my space and my place, I’m rather protective – very particular….

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Tomatoes, Figs, Rosemary, & Lemon Stilton

In my neck of the woods, our tomato harvest comes late…very late in the season. But when the bunches, bundles, and bounty of tomatoes arrives, we are all looking for ways to savor in the sensual, salubrious crop. Now that fall is in the air, adding a touch of fig and rosemary to those tomatoes…

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Ginger Buttered Tomatoes & Pounded Sesame Flank Steak

I believe I saw a recipe in Bon Appetit recently for five ingredients or less ~ or a few of them. Fantastic. That’s my kind of cooking, really. As exotic as some of my recipes seem, I try not to go overboard with too many extraneous items in the mix. Ginger buttered tomatoes sounded pretty…

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Cumin Cayenne Tomato Jam with Fresh Herb Ricotta

  The tomatoes just keep on coming. And that’s simply okay with me. It seems the tomato crop in this neck of the woods is always awfully late. Better late than never, I say. And, reduced into a spicy jam, these ta-maters made my heart smile…and my eyes water too. Oh, with creamy herbed vegan…

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