Category archives: The Main Ingredient

  • Blueberry Peach Cobbler

    • When I think of comfort foods, I think of winter dishes like mashed potatoes, meatloaf and chicken soup.  But after whipping up a simple cobbler I realized that this dessert hits the spot for comfort foods in the heat of summer!  So simple, so delish, you'll be bringing it to every BBQ and summer pa[...]

  • Food Elevates Your Event

    • If you are hosting an event in the mile high city you may want to consider taking your party or conference to new culinary heights.  Anyone who knows me will acknowledge that a single word lights me up.  Food!  And not just any food, but great, inventive food.  It's just not a party without some for[...]

  • Arugula, Pecan and Goat Cheese Salad

    • I just couldn't resist the lovely looking bunch of arugula sitting in the produce section.  It was so green and vibrantly fresh!  So with that as a salad base what could I pair along with it?  How about some lovely goat cheese and toasted pecans.  I whipped up a simple honey mustard dressing and aft[...]

  • Turkey Meatloaf

    • About once or twice a month I buy one of those packages of ground turkey from the grocery store.  They last a long time in the fridge and have countless incarnations.  Tonight I was thinking meatloaf and just kind of threw together what I had around to make it, remembering some of the things my mom [...]

  • Gotta Make Some Dough

    • What Julia was to Julie, so Judith is to Jill.  I have found a cookbook that has changed my world.  I first came across 200 Fast & Easy Artisan Breads by Judith Fertig in the library, checked it out and stared at it for two weeks until it was time to return the book.  Baking bread was just t[...]

  • Vegetable Risotto

    • Some may think risotto is a complicated and fancy dish; but let me assure you it takes no more than a flirty, barely there dress to cook it.  That's because all you basically have to do is stand by the hot stove and stir.  The ingredients are basic but the creamy texture you get from the slow cookin[...]

  • Hearty Vegetable Stew

    • It's the first big snow of the season and frankly I feel like cuddling up under the covers and NOT making dinner.  But this stew is so easy and comforting I know it will be worth the effort and I will be rewarded with both a full and warm belly! Hearty Vegetable Stew 2 Tablespoons of [...]

  • Green Bean and Feta Salad

    • Green Bean and Feta Salad Next week the elementary school teachers will hold  parent - teacher conferences.  While the teachers are scheduled to be at school Wednesday evening and all the next day and evening, the parents will bring in a variety of dishes so they can stay at school for all their [...]

  • Pumpkin Curry Soup

    • Thanks to everyone who attended Sisters in Steamboat last weekend.  I really enjoyed giving my first live cooking demonstration!  This soup was one of the dishes I prepared.  The recipe comes from my cousin Laurie, who served the soup to rave reviews last Thanksgiving.  It is easy, delicious and opt[...]

  • Tarragon Split Pea Soup

    • It was a rainy Fall Monday and after a very full weekend I was not up for the nightly family food challenge - making dinner.  I wanted something easy, and comforting.  So it was to be a soup and salad evening.  As I peered out into my wet and waning garden I spied a large and lovely patch of tarrago[...]