Take your broccoli salad up a notch two ways: with bacon and by roasting. Roasted broccoli has a unique flavor that makes this salad simple and irresistible

Brussels Sprouts have been quite the turnaround vegetable the past few years.  Quickly rising from bad childhood memories to the Number 1 side dish on nearly every restaurant menu in America.  In these Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts, I use a two temperature cooking method to get them tender in the […]

Beef Tenderloin is great.  What about oven roasted beef tenderloin that’s been rolled and stuffed with garlic and horseradish?  Well, that’s even better.  And it’s a one pan dish that’s really quite easy to do. The trickiest part of the dish is butterflying open the filet.  I could have taken […]

Apple Butter was always a real treat growing up.  What I never realized is just how easy it is to make at home.  And ironically, there isn’t any butter involved in the preparation. While thumbing through a popular cooking magazine, I noticed an advertisement for Vitamix blenders that included a […]

Have you ever finished off a spiral cut ham and wondered how to turn it into an amazing soup?  That was me after the holidays.  Use leftover ham and a pressure cooker to make ham stock and then a pressure cooker ham and lentil soup. If there’s one great comfort […]

Hasselback Potatoes are a great way to use a large quantity of potatoes and feed a large crowd.  It’s also a visually stunning dish that will look great, served in the cast iron pan, directly to the table if you’re serving up family style. In this case of when I […]