corned beef hash and eggs for breakfast

I love getting fresh farm eggs from the local Farmer's Market - and I love making them into tasty breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner foods.  Here I did a home made corned beef hash and then added a fried egg - what a great way to start the day!

tuna for dinner, cookies for dessert

I enjoyed making a tuna-avocado ceviche for our dinner - just pile it on blue corn tortilla chips to eat.  Then I made some delicious chewy chocolate cookies for dessert.

breakfast for dinner

One of my favorite combinations is ham and cheese and one of my favorite ways to have breakfast is at dinner.  So, this is brioche bread with prosciutto and gruyere, topped with a fried egg.  I placed it all atop a side escarole salad so that the richness of the sandwich was balanced by the bitter greens.

chicken and potatoes

I made an oven-baked version of 'fried chicken' - I love to use chicken thighs for just about any chicken recipe - accompanied by smashed hash brown potatoes.

pasta, vegetables and cake - a great meal

I had some leftover ground lamb so this penne is done with a tomato & lamb sauce.  Then I  made the 'classic' green bean casserole but freshened it up using fresh green beans.  What can be better than a homemade chocolate layer cake for dessert?

giant nacho burger

This monster is topped with cheese, salsa, jalapenos, and tortilla chips!

bacon adding flavor to pasta and salad

Here we have pappardelle pasta with a creamy leek and bacon sauce, a spinach salad - with bacon, and the ubiquitous kale chips as our garden has a bumper crop of kale this year.