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Find here a lot of recipes created by home cooks—plus, menus with dinner ideas, holiday meals, and party food ideas.

Burgers, Soups, Salads & Drinks…

Burgers

• 4th of July Grilling Everyday American Classic
• Summer Grilling! Tequila Lime Burger with Mango Pineapple Salsa
• A warm grilled Roast beef Burger & Ceasar salad with red-pepper mayonnaise, caramelized onions and blue cheese
• Muffaletta or Muffuletta! – My homemade version of the great New Orleans Sandwich
• Super Bowl, Super delicious Hamburger skewers, with a Real barbecue sauce
• Super Bowl Sunday – The Extra juicy Cheeseburger, with caramelized onions
• Spectacular BLT sandwich, with an Italian Twist… Bacon, mozzarella, arugula, prosciutto
• Time for a delicious burger?! The Farmer’s Chicken Burger…
• All American Classic Cheese Burger! with ground Angus beef, cheddar, avocado & caramelized onions.

Salads

• Memorial Day Fresh Potato Salad
• Summer Fresh Watermelon Salad
• Sweet and Salty Meli-Mélo Melon Salad
• Ultra fresh melon Salad with grilled chicken
• The Tasty Spring Roll Salad
• Tastes of Fall: Whole wheat Fusilli Salad with radicchio, apples, blue cheese, bockwurst in a creamy apple cider vinaigrette
• Endives and Pears Salad, with roquefort, shaved comté, warm walnuts
• French Bistro – Délicieuse Warm Frisée Bacon Poached Egg Salad – Salade Frisée aux Lardons
• Bietolina: The Beets and Goat cheese salad
• Fresh Spring Ceasar Salad
• Spicy Watercress, spinach & strawberry Tuna Salad
• La Belle Salade de Tomates de Monsieur Seguin – The delicious Tomato Salad à la Seguin
• Fresh Summers Salads! Grapefruit, Feta, Quinoa Taboulè with garden herbs

Drinks

• My take on the Sunny Sangria
• Cocktail Mimosa
• Red Big Kiss… a wonderful drink!

Everyday – very fast everyday recipes…

• Eggs with tomato and spinach, truffle salt
• Tarragon, Onions, Balsamic Chicken breasts with Jasmin rice
• Savory Baked Tomatoes, or Tomates Farcies
• Honey and Spicy Chicken Breasts
• Healthy Fall Carrots Velouté
• Veal or beef stew in white wine sauce – an after Thanksgiving meal
• Chicken cordon bleu…plenty of delicate flavors on your plate!
• Orange Glazed Coho Salmon with a Kick…! sweet and spicy
• Superbowl Snacks: 3 Quiches! Classic Mini Quiche Lorraine, Mini Quiche Florentine, Southwestern Hot&Spicy Mini Quiche!
• Superbowl Snacks: Sweet and Spicy Chicken Wings, 2 glazes
• Breakfast: Eggs Mexicano, crunchy prosciutto bits, cheesy black beans
• Monday Pasta – Maccheroni con chorizo, hot sausage, ricotta dollops
• Simplicity: Perfectly grilled NY Strips steaks, herbs and garlic seasoning!
• Festive roasted pistachio, parmesan spring asparagus with a sauce mousseline!
• The Quattro Stagioni Frittata! Ricotta, potatoes, mushrooms and chives!
• Pasta Velocissima: Penne with Arugula, onions tomatoes olives bruschetta

International

• Summer Solstice Herbed Poached Salmon
• Nordic Club Sandwich with easy zesty salad
• The Tasty Spring Roll Salad
• Oven Baked salmon in “papillote”, with curried leaks
• Afternoon Coffee time with friends: Swedish Mignon cookies and a good cup of black coffee
• Cheesy Chicken quesadillas for Super Bowl parties!
• The impromptu salmon!
• Hasselback potatoes with Gorgonzola!!!
• Semla or Semlor – Lenten Marvelous Swedish Buns
• Fresh and Green Dinner salad with Grilled Halloumi
• The Hovdessert – Swiss meringue
• Gaspacho with Tomates et Poivrons!
• Chokladbollar: a Mother’s Day Guest Post – Childhood Swedish memories and Candies!

Mixing cultural flavours

• Lemon mint yogurt sauce with a french twist
• Grand Pa Joe’s spicy italian sausages, jalapeno tomato sauce casserole
• Chicken and Fish Tacos tonight!…spicy and tangy with a zippy cream…

Very Italian

Main Course

• Soft and Creamy Asparagus Risotto
• Il ragù di Vittoria
• Pappardelle alla Crema di Limone, Zesty fabulous lemon pappardelle!!
• The panissa
• Sun Dried Tomato Rotini Pasta Salad with Fresh Arugula and Pepperoni
  Sun Dried Tomatoes and Garlic Creamy Sauce Rotinis
• Gnocchetti con Pesto alla Genovese, the home made one!
• Fall wonders with Pappardelle deliziose, porcini sausages leeks ragù and more…
• Pasta alla Carbonara Express
• Lentils everywhere! Country Mushrooms risotto, with Norcia lentils, shallots coriander seasoned
• Great Soup: Tortellini in brodo! Tortellini in a broth
• Valentine’s dinner inspirations: Fresh ravioli with mascarpone parmesan creamy sauce and black truffle shavings… or Prosciutto crisps, asparagus fresh ravioli with creamy parmesan mascarpone sauce
• Pasta del Lunedì: Egg tagliatelline with spinach, garlic oven baked tomatoes and black pepper mascarpone
• Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe, simplicity&bold flavors
• Risotto Ai Porcini – The Italian Porcini and Mushrooms Risotto
• Pasta del lunedì: Orecchiette ai 2 formaggi with broccoli, mushrooms, red onions, bacon, prosciuttino and cheese
• Express Lane Gnocchetti con rucola, pomodoro fresco e mozzarella – Potato gnocchetti with fresh tomatoes, arugula, mozzarella!
• Soft Risotto Primavera with Asiago
• Pasta del Lunedì: Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino… (Oil, garlic, red chili flakes)

Dessert

• Warm Peaches ‘alla Monferrina”, with chocolate amaretti stuffing
• The splendid softy Tiramisù al Limone
• Frittelle di Mela… Delightful Apple Fritters
• Delicate Gifts for Mother’s Day – Lemon Pannacotta with strawberries citrus salad, love and more
• Heavenly Hazelnut Molten Lava Cakes, treats for a fantastic Mother’s Day…

Second courses & Side dishes

• La Peperonata
• Veal involtini with pancetta, smoked mozzarella and sage filling in a light creamy sauce
• La Milanese or Veal Milanese!
• Garlicky Sausage Ragù with Fontina, Polenta, White Wine and Pepper Herbed Bistecca
• Crusted panko chicken strips, parmesan broccolini, mushrooms “trifolati”, with truffle polenta
• Simply delightful: The classic Chicken Piccata!
• Chicken & Veal Marsala
• Gourmet Valentine’s Dinners Idea: Fast Peppery Lamb Chops ‘scottadito’, roasted rosemary potatoes, balsamic glazed asparagus
• Country Tuscan stew: Italian sausages in tomato sauce with cannellini beans
• Gourmet Saltimbocca alla romana!

Very French

• Les Temps des Cerises
• Crèpes Belles Hélène
• Gourmet Strawberry and Blueberry Delight
• Easy and Fluffy Tomato, Parmesan Black Olives Quiche
• The most luscious Chocolate Mousse
• Mousse au Citron, meringues, honey strawberries carpaccio Verrine
• The Irresistible Croque Monsieur comme à Paris, and…Croque Madame, Croque Proveçale too!
• Les Deux Soufflés
• Beef tartare, black truffles shavings served with Insalata russa
• Easy Eggs Mimosa or Oeufs Mimosa
• Oeufs en cocotte a la Parisienne…Baked eggs in ramekins with ham, champignons, a dollop of créme fraiche
• La Tarte aux pommes or French Appel Tart in my way, creamy filling
• Gratin Dauphinois!!! – wonderful potato gratin, perfect Thanksgiving quick side dish to share…
• Tuiles! Almond Crispy Scrumptious Cookies
• Chocolate Cake – (le Gâteau au Chocolat) with it’s luscious Créme Anglaise
• Floating Islands… or Iles Flottantes, divines!
• French Bistro Dinner for Two: Hot and creamy Pepper Steaks!
• French Bistro: Soupe à l’oignon gratinée, The French Onion Soup, a week-end treat
• Velouté aux Poireaux et pommes de terres, avec sa tuile au Parmesan. Country Potato Leeks velouté with its Parmesan tuile!
• Petit pots de creme au chocolat et café- Decadent delicious Chocolate coffee perfumed pots de creme
• Simple little things melting in your mouth: Dipped Chocolate Strawberries, Grapes, and more…
• Hachis Parmentier!!
• Pork chops in mustard sauce- Cotes de porc à la moutarde
• Oven Baked Peaches and Prunes Zesty Trifle Balsamic!
• Easter Meal! Seared to perfection lamb chops with herbed butter, green beens almondine, and thyme potatoes sautees
• Easter Meal! 3 Happy Crostini – Gourmet bites… The pizza, The pear gorgonzola, The artichokes arugula
• Verrine au Saumon, Avocat et Chevre – Salmon Avocado Mousse Goat cheese Trifle

Special Christmas

• Christmas Appetizers #1 – Mini stuffed peppers with fresh goat cheese with balsamic glaze.
• Christmas Appetizers #2 – Chicken lettuce wraps, with Thai dipping/serving sauce
• Christmas Appetizers #3 – Smoked salmon, cucumber canapes with lemony créme fraiche
• Christmas Appetizers #4 – Fabulous Fig jam and provolone cheese over thin crackers with black truffle oil!
• Holidays Appetizers #5 – Warm Bruschetta, two for one: Gorgonzola tomato mozzarella, and, Green olive tapenade with mozzarella, onions, tomatoes!