Welcome to my recipe box! You will find a little bit of everything here, with a strong emphasis on the use of seasonal ingredients. Looking for a particular recipe or trying to determine what to make with a specific ingredient? The search icon is a great place to start. You may also click on the keywords noted below each recipe to find dishes within the same category, such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, sides, etc. Have a question or suggestion? Feel free to reach out via the contact tab. I would love to hear from you and I hope you enjoy my creations. Bon Appétit!
I was home alone. With Z out of town for work, I had no one to impress for dinner but myself. However I was determined to sit down to a plate with a sense of beauty. I wanted to gaze upon something refined and elegant, for the food to act as both my dinner and my date. Of course, flavor …
For a few hours yesterday, Lexington was the place to be for foodies! The fourth Annual Kentucky Proud Incredible Food Show brought together a bevy of food producers and purveyors, each one putting their best foot forward in celebration of all things culinary in our beautiful Bluegrass state. It was my first time attending and I had no idea what to expect. …
To post my chili recipe or not to post my chili recipe? That was the question. I mean, on one hand it’s just chili – a bubbling pot of beef, veggies and a variety of spices. Simple in theory but complex in flavor. Not all that intimidating, right? Well – on the other hand – people have spent their lives …
Those Italians. They think of everything, don’t they? Often exiled to its own little plate, bread is a great friend of every meal. It always waits patiently to be torn and swept across the side of a plate, the bottom of a bowl, sopping up every last bit of sauce, dressing or soup. Leave it to Italy to elevate the …
I don’t know what it is, but there are few things I find more beautiful than an apple-red bell pepper. It’s bright green stem curving off the top, the pepper is so shiny and luminous you almost think it’s a decorative ceramic model, meant to sit upon countless other imitation vegetables making up a centerpiece. But this pepper is wonderfully …
I am aching to return to my routine. The past several weeks have been host to a plethora of emotions, compliments of a series of events. Punctuated by anxiety, happiness, fear, nostalgia and overwhelming gratefulness, blogging was set aside and my attentions were turned elsewhere. Focused on family and friends, I escaped to St. Simons Island and Destin, Florida for …
It is so easy to get caught up in the stress of the day, the distractions of the week. I’ve talked before about putting those anxieties aside and sequestering myself in the kitchen, throwing 100% of my time and attention into the meal I am creating. I need this time. It sustains me for the moments in between. The only …
I bet you have a go-to dish. A dish that travels well, can be made in large batches and is generally appealing to most friends/family/coworkers. A dish that compliments almost any main course, a side that everyone would be happy to welcome to their plate. I also bet you are sick and tired of making it every week. We are, …
I couldn’t understand what had just happened. All I wanted to do was copy a few sentences and paste them into another document. Simple, right? But I was left staring at a blank screen in disbelief. My entire post for fried calamari was gone. Erased. Photos of squid now floating about somewhere in cyberspace. Don’t cry Lindsey, don’t cry. You …
It will probably come as no surprise that Bon Appetit is my absolute favorite magazine. I read it cover to cover every month, squealing just as I did as a little girl when the new American Girl Doll catalogue would arrive (I had Molly by the way, and she was nothing short of awesome). Doll obsessions aside, Bon Appetit plays to all of …
