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I love to cook! Why? There are no rights and no wrongs, just degrees of success.
Your kitchen is your blank canvas, and every recipe you make becomes your creation of that dish. It can never be the same. (unless it’s out of a box)
How sweet is the tomato, how spicy is the ginger, and how bright is the lemon? Curious? I am ?
Lenore’s Recipes
Equinox Salsa
Summer fruits fade into fall fruits. Mix 1/2 c. each chopped figs, sugar bomb tomatoes, grapes, grapefruit, plums, pomegranate arils, and...
Cold Carrot Salad
1 pound carrots, peeled 4 T. finely snipped chives or chopped green onion 2 T. finely chopped fresh parsley 2 T. rough chopped cilantro...
Moroccan Chicken And Rice With Cardoman
2 T. unsalted butter 2 T. extra-virgin olive oil 1½ lbs. boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1½- to 2-inch pieces Kosher salt and...
Retro Bean Salad with a Modern Twist!
1 14oz. can kidney beans, rinsed and dried 1 14oz. can garbanzo beans, rinsed and dried 1 t. each Smoked paprika, garlic powder 1 14oz....
Healthy Kasha Salad
3-4 cups cooked Kasha ½ cup grated carrot ½ cup tiny diced red bell pepper ½ cup tiny diced inner leaf celery ½ cup grape tomatoes, cut...
French 75 Cocktail
1 oz favorite Gin 1 oz Lemon Juice ½ oz Sugar Syrup 1.5 oz Sparkling wine Put everything in a shaker. Fill the shaker with cubed ice and...
Ma Maison Chicken Salad Stuffed Apricot
6-8 Apricots, pitted and a sliver sliced on the bottom edge to stabilize 4 cups picked chicken breast, shredded or diced, 1 rotisserie...
Avocado Chicken Salad
4 cups picked chicken breast, shredded or diced 1 rotisserie chicken, optional ¾ cup tiny diced yellow onion 1 cup tiny diced celery...
Blue Cheese Chicken Salad
5 ounces crumbled mild blue cheese, such as Maytag (1 cup, divided) 4 cups picked chicken breast, shredded or diced, 1 rotisserie...
Watermelon Aperol Spritz
3 cups seedless watermelon processed in a blender until smooth; sieve to remove 1 bottle of Aperol 1 bottle of Sparkling Wine 3 cups...
Watermelon And Feta Salad
3 c. seeded watermelon, cubed into one-inch pieces 1 c. feta cheese, cut into half-inch pieces 1 c. red onion, thin julienne 1 c. packed...
Watermelon Gazpacho
2 heaping cups of seedless watermelon cut into chunks 3 red ripe Roma tomatoes – peeled and seeded ½ jalapeno green chile – seeded 1...
Skinny Soup
Skinny Soup! Why? Because it burns more calories to digest it than the calories that are in it! 1 cup each Grated or chopped carrots...
Lenore's Grillin' Recipes
Enjoy these delicious recipes, as described in Lenore's previous blog entry about summer grilling. HANGER STEAK WITH CHARRED ONION SAUCE...
Lenore's Recipes for May
This Mother's Day, I am honoring my mother, Lenore, who taught me to cook with love and to walk through life smiling. Her recipe for...
Seasonal Springtime Recipes
ASPARAGUS PHYLLO TART WITH SPINACH 1 lb Phyllo or shortcrust pastry 1 bunch spinach about 20 large leaves, washed and trimmed 1 bundle...
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