Tomato Pesto Soup

It’s Seriously Soup day today, featuring one of my favorite bloggers, Serena, author of the blog Seriously Soupy.  Serena started Seriously Soupy as a creative outlet for herself after her first daughter was born, which combined her passion for cooking with an interest in learning more about soups and soup making.  Since it started, she has given soup tours and taught soup classes and has a catalog of over 100 soups on the site!  You can join Serena on her Soupy journey at SeriouslySoupy.com and twice a month you can find her here, at My Judy … [Read more...]

Broiled Grapefruit

This afternoon I realized we not only had NO FOOD in the fridge and pantry  but, I was not emotionally capable of cooking.  Yesterday was my son's last day of school and today is my daughter's.  Another year gone by--- all too quickly.  I'm totally reflective and melancholic. To my surprise, there were two lone grapefruits in the fruit crisper in my fridge and immediately knew I wanted to make … [Read more...]

Bebe’s Coleslaw

The temperature reached the mid eighties today and we enjoyed two out of three of our meals al fresco.  It's safe to say the cole slaw is a staple summer side.   We adore Mom's Venezuelan Cole Slaw and last week I posted Gail Simmon's recipe for Vietnamese Slaw with Peanut and Cilantro. I believe you can never sample enough Cole Slaw recipes and the tweak of just one ingredient drastically changes its taste. I reached out to Hunter Boone to share one of her slaw recipes. Hunter is a southern transplant who loves to cook and entertain and … [Read more...]

Corn Cake

With the holiday weekend upon us who isn’t looking for a relaxing weekend of sun, swimming and some BBQ? Since I live in a city apartment and don’t have access to cooking outdoors year round, I can’t wait to get behind a grill this weekend to simply grill some burgers and chicken—nothing fancy.   Beginning Memorial Day, we try to eat al fresco on the weekends as much as possible. With that in mind, I’ve been collecting recipes in a folder labeled “fit for summer.” Fit doesn’t necessarily mean the recipes are for the health-conscious. It means … [Read more...]