Home isolation during COVID 19, I find, is beginning to bring out creative, if not unusual, cooking ideas. … More
Category: Recipes
What I Did This Summer: Wine Tasting and Flitting About the Internet
Here in the Pacific Northwest, Summer’s brilliant, white light has toned down to a golden hue, announcing that Fall is … More
Grilled Eggplant & Grilled Radicchio With Endive Salad
The fatal flaw of left-handed, creative polymaths, I’ve mentioned, is not finishing what we start. Today I’m following up last week’s post … More
Cranberry and Caramel Date Bars
Last night I finished my nursing shift later than expected, and I still had to bake cookies for a … More
Fancy Cranberry Sauce with an Italian Twist
I always cook with wine, and sometimes I put it in the food. a plaque in my Mom’s kitchen … More
Slow Cooked Steel-Cut Oats
If you have a home full of visiting relatives this week, here’s a quick, easy and healthy breakfast recipe. … More
JParadisi RN Recipe Included in Oncology Nursing Society Cookbook
The Oncology Nursing Society has published a cookbook. My copy arrived this morning. Its loose-leaf binding, and wipe-clean cover is … More
Mid-Century Recipe: Shrimp Creole Redux
As a child, shrimp creole was my favorite meal, and my mother would make it for dinner after she got home from work on … More
Recipe: Strawberry Angel Cake
A family member celebrated a birthday this week, and I volunteered to make her a cake. I remembered this … More
Recipe: Curried Shrimp & Apple Salad (Yummers!)
Last weekend David and I drove out to Hood River, Oregon for lunch. Afterwards we took in the “Fruit Loop” and bought apples and … More