Eat Little, Eat Big

This recipe is courtesy of Lynne at Café Lynnylu ,  my SecretRecipe Club assignment for February.   Lynne is a photographer and lives in...

Warning...dangerous.  Yes, these little goodies are very good and hard to resist.  

I was intrigued when I saw a recipe for Spinach Gnocchi in the New York Times Health section.  It sounded like one of those too good to b...

I hope you have a safe and happy New Year and may 2013 be everything you desire, and more!

I hope you're having a peaceful and pleasant holiday season!  Growing up in the south, biscuits were a table staple.  There were more ...

Before I made this recipe I thought "no way can brown rice make a creamy yummy risotto."  Guess what? I still feel that way.  Ho...

You know those days?  The ones where you have good intentions but get derailed by either how busy you are, how good your book and the couc...

Hope you are going to have a great Turkey Day!  Just a few teaser photos from prep day in the kitchen. Above...all the fixin's for ou...

It's been a while since I made homemade dough of any kind.  I was making fresh bread every week for a while but events this year have ...

Here's a recipe for a tasty, quick meal.  I always keep some frozen shrimp in the freezer.  They can be defrosted quickly in a bowl o...

Well, we're back from a long vacation and visits to see family.  After weeks of very little cooking, it's hard to get back in to t...

This is a versatile, easy recipe my brother and I put together for a picnic this summer.  I've done something similar with green beans...

I love all the fun pesto concoctions you can find these days!  Different nuts, different herbs...  I have my standby pesto recipe that I ...

While we were eating this, I was silently musing over what to call it.  Mr. ELEB solved the problem for me, calling it "fun rice...

From Mr. ELEB:  "that's another recipe you can make ANY time you like!"  In other words, I think he liked these caprese bis...

Including fish each week on our menus is pretty easy here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  And now with the increasing prevalence of ...

We have a great Indian restaurant on Maui and enjoy getting together with a bunch of friends to go stuff ourselves on curries, naan, tand...

Mmmm, little pockets of goodness tucked inside a moist, delicious turkey burger!  These are a little too fragile for the grill.  They cook...

I've made something similar to this before with capers, lemon, and dill  over pasta which Mr. ELEB loves.  I didn't have capers, p...

We enjoyed the last summer super salad so much that I've pretty much added it to the weekly rotation.  This version has refreshing an...

If you'd like to get a healthy, simple, and delicious meal on the table in under 20 minutes, I've got the recipe for you.  Check ...

Aloha all, I'm starting to get caught back up from being away for so long!  Hope your summer is going well and you're enjoying so...

I'm just sayin'....

My first recipe post in a while (see yesterday's post for why) and it's for Secret Recipe Club reveal day!  This month I was ass...

Aloha everyone, I'm back.  Sort of.  I've been MIA since the end of May.  Normally when we travel, I still post what I'm cookin...

It's grilling season just about everywhere now.  Of course, we're spoiled here in Hawaii with the ability to grill just about any...

I'll admit it.  When I first read through this month's Daring Cooks challenge, I thought "is all that really necessary for a...

A little sweet, a little spicy, a little smoky and a lot tasty!  That's how I'd sum up this great slow cooker recipe.  

I was a little nervous when I got Barbara Bakes for my assignment for this month's Secret Recipe Club .  We'd just finished off ...

Okay, I'll admit it.  I was a little dubious about all the buzz around chia seeds.  I mean, in my day, we all had chia pets-those ce...

Oh boy.  This is an Armenian version of a coffee cake, but not quite as sweet.  It is however, wonderfully delicious!  The original ...

One of Mr. ELEB's favorite meals lately is my Sesame Salmon and Spinach  which I usually serve over whole wheat pasta.  I wanted to do...

This turned out to be a nice surprise...one of those things thrown together with not much thought that ended up being tasty and satisfying...

I've seen, and mostly ignored, all the recipes on line for cakes cooked in a mug in the microwave.  We just don't eat dessert much...

Once a month I join a group of adventurous cooks online in cooking up something new.  It might be preparing an unusual or unfamiliar r...

The blog I got to snoop around on this month for the Secret Recipe Club was Lisa's Cook Lisa Cook .  Lisa and her family (husband and...

Like you probably do, I keep a folder of recipes to try.  Sometimes I get to them within the month, sometimes never, and sometimes like th...

Consistently, some of my top read posts are those related to breakfast.  This tells me that like me, many of you are looking for quick, ea...

Last year, I made some Greek salad bison burgers  that turned out great.  This recipe is similar but made with lean ground turkey.  These ...

When I worked in San Francisco, our cafeteria had the best Dutch crunch rolls for sandwiches.  I never really thought about how the toppin...

This is based on my friend Jeri's Olive Oil Onion Tart which is made with caramelized onions, olives, an amazing olive oil crust, and ...

Hopefully it is getting close to grilling out weather where you are.  Don't hate me...we are fortunate to be able to grill out year ro...

The March, 2012 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by Carol, a/k/a Poisonive – and she challenged us all to learn the art of Braising! Car...

I have some version of an egg white breakfast treat about five mornings a week.  They are so easy to make (2 minutes in the microwave) and...