Last post today. I swear. I just wanted to post this cute picture of Scrappy kissing Snoopy. And then there is this one of them checking out one of the future garden sites in my yard. I bet they can’t wait to start stealing the vegetables. Be sure to check out Sweetnicks...
Read more →Alright. I decided to do something really nice for my stepson today, since it’s just he, Will and I. Daddy had to work. So I devised a quick recipe to use up the last of my strawberries and take advantage of the load of chocolate I mentioned. So what I came up with was...
Read more →I had company over Saturday night and wanted to make a really yummy dessert. Because I had loaded up on chocolate at Trader Joe’s, it had to include that too. And since I just got a great cookbook, Home Cooking Baking & Dessert published by Parragon Publishing, I wanted it to come from there....
Read more →Let me be clear about something. Until recently the only herbs I ever used came from jars. And even then, I barely paid attention to the shapes and colors of them. I suppose if I had, I would have noticed that I was buying the wrong herb at the market the other day. As...
Read more →It’s been a quiet week here at Cucina Bella. So what have I been up to? I’ve been planning my vegetable garden with the help of my little angel, Will. In the photo above, he was checking out all the seeds we have to plant. I took the photo as an accompaniment for the...
Read more →This is a really delicious dinner that I created the other night. I originally made it for Sweetnicks‘ ARF/5-A-Day Tuesdays but forgot to post it. So here it is today. See also Greek Chicken Salad Sandwiches. Greek Portobello Chicken serves 4 1 recipe Greek Marinade (see below) 1 lb chicken 2 portobello caps, sliced...
Read more →It’s the weekend and that means time for Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted by Kalyn’s Kitchen. Curly parsley is characterized by it’s curly leaves. It has a mild peppery flavor, and can be eaten raw as a breath freshener. It has less flavor than the Italian variety of parsley, though. Curly parsley makes a pretty...
Read more →So yesterday was that day. The day that we Americans pay homage to Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, by eating corned beef and cabbage and drinking beer. I skipped the beer for a second year though (last year I was pregnant). I just didn’t feel like it. In any case, my mother...
Read more →Oh wow. Cate from Sweetnicks had a roundup this weekend of recipes that use cinnamon. Among those recipes was one by Michele of Chef Michele’s Adventures for cinnamon rolls. Well, these cinnamon rolls are out of this world. When I saw the recipe yesterday, I thought, “Ooh, I’ll try that.” This morning, I got...
Read more →It’s the second International Tuesday, and I tapped into my Thai cookbook for a yummy soup recipe. It looked good in the book, and even better in my bowl. To be fair, I did make some modifications from the original recipe as a result of need. I’ll be posting the recipe on the morrow...
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