A couple of weeks ago when my Palisade peaches arrived, I was on an all-out frenzy making things with peaches. I decided that a Homemade Peach Galette would be a fun thing to make with all peaches. Galette is a French term to refers to a flat, freeform, crusty cake or pastry. They are relatively
Fresh Peach Nectar
Ah, summertime! What screams summer more than a ripe, fresh, juicy peach? Not much in my book, that’s for sure. Anyhoo, this week I picked up my yearly flat of peaches from Palisade, Colorado. Did you know that Colorado’s main fruit crops are peaches and apples? The warm days and cool nights bring out the
Summer Vegetable Potato Salad
I can’t believe that we are smack dab in the middle of summer. Oh, how time flies especially this summer when things have been so busy, busy, busy! Last week, I hosted a small dinner party that included my parents and my Auntie Debbie who was in town visiting from Brooklyn. I wanted to keep
Homemade Minestrone Soup
Happy New Year Everyone! I hope that you had a safe and fun holiday! This New Years I did something that I haven’t done in probably 15 years! I made the trip up to Keystone Resort to hang out with forever friends from Cincinnati at their home in the mountains, my old stomping grounds. What
White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge
Well, it’s official. We can legitimately start thinking about making cookies and candy for the holiday season. Heck, I have been in the candy-making mode for two weeks now. I don’t know (I have lost track) how many batches I have done but at least 12 batches of caramel and 8 or so of chocolate
Apple Galette
The countdown begins, for real now! Thanksgiving is on Thursday except we are doing ours on Wednesday this year which I’m looking forward too. An actual holiday where I have absolutely nothing to do but lay on my couch, watch football and eat leftovers! This year’s dessert is an Apple Galette. What the heck is a
Jazzed Up Homemade Cranberry Sauce
I’m not sure what is worse! This year that flew by so quick or that ridiculously bad Bronco’s game that I just listened to (I couldn’t watch it was so bad). I’ll tell ya, I have seen better and more exciting high school games. Good thing I took an hour to take the dogs to
Bruschetta with Balsamic Reduction
This week in Colorado has been our “true” first week of Fall which is fitting because it really was the first week of Autumn! Haha! The temperature finally dropped from the very hot 90 degree days to the 60-70’s literally overnight. We got a boatload of rain and lots of grey days this past week! It was actually
Cacio e Pepe
One of the things that I couldn’t wait to make when I got back from Italy was Cacio e Pepe. This overly delicious pasta is the easiest dish to make! It only has 4 ingredients! Cacio e Pepe seriously means “cheese and pepper” or in other terms, Italian mac and cheese! I saw Cacio e Pepe on just
Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
Yikes! Have you ever read the ingredient list for that bottle of teriyaki sauce that’s in your refrigerator? I did and immediately threw it out! Besides being a salt bomb of non distinct flavor, it’s packed with high fructose corn syrup and a chemical list too long list, yet alone pronounce. Good news though. Making
