Squash Salad with Feta and Hazelnuts
This colorful warm salad is perfect to brighten even the darkest winter days. The roasted squash and cherry tomatoes taste even sweeter thanks to a tart lemon and maple dressing.
Chocolate Meringues
Light, crisp and crumbly meringues with chocolate, softly whipped cream, and banana slices – could there be anything nicer?
Hasselback Potatoes with Bacon, Gruyere, Creme Fraiche and Thyme
Maybe it’s the Irish in me, and our love of potatoes – but I think baked potatoes always make such a great winter meal. I usually turn to baked potatoes when I am tired and hungry and want something simple and delicious.
Minestrone
After a long lazy Christmas break, I’m finally welcoming the New Year with some hearty soup. Though it’s not as cold here in Seattle as the rest of the states, there is still a wintery chill in the air. Minestrone is a quick and easy soup to make, and really hearty and delicious.
Christmas Stocking Fillers
It’s that time of the year again, when we are all rushing around to finish that last minute Christmas shopping. Perhaps you need just a few token gifts or some Christmas stocking fillers.
Hobbit Cookies
I am very excited to see “The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug” this weekend. I have had a long love-hate relationship with Tolkien. We were forced to read him in school at a time when I really couldn’t appreciate him. It was only years later that I picked up the series again and really started to enjoy it.