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Hello my friends!
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
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
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!
Wow, that’s an intense potato salad. I like the idea of the white wine though; I’ll have to try using it with my normal mustard-vinegar-olive oil recipe.
Thanks !!!Let me know how it goes , I checked your blog and I like a lot, I am always interested in healthy eating and try to keep it up:)
Wonderful dish, one of my favorites. Parmesan cheese on the sale is a gift from God.