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Egg salad is great, but let’s be honest, it’s kind of a pain. So I have created one of the easiest ways to make a fully flavored egg salad. Peeling eggs is time consuming, frustrating and messy. I have tried all kinds of tricks for making hard boiled eggs that peel easily and I’ve found my favorite, but there are always some shells that don’t come away and some eggs that … [Read more...] about Boursin Egg Salad

Beautiful bright sunny yellow summer squash is so abundant at this time of year, I cannot resist buying it. Which sometimes leaves me with a surfeit of squash. I make a delicious canned relish, casseroles and many other recipes, but this one came out of the blue. What to do with one extra squash? I ‘ve made squash and gruyere biscuits and summer squash … [Read more...] about Summer Squash Yeast Bread

There are certain combinations that never go out of style, the kind you return to without thinking because they’ve always done right by you. Spinach and artichoke is one of them. It belongs to that sturdy, dependable category of food—something you’ve likely had bubbling away in a casserole dish at a gathering, or scooped onto a cracker while standing around a kitchen. It’s … [Read more...] about Spinach Artichoke Muffins

Recently, my niece and her husband who live in Dallas took me to one of their favorite local restaurants, Gloria’s. It’s the kind of place they pop into at the end of the workday or on a weekend for last minute plans. They talk about it so much I wanted to try. It was really good Latin food. They told me that the famous dish at Gloria’s is the black bean dip that is served at … [Read more...] about Easy Black Bean Dip

I have been working on a fun new project for a while now! Serves You Right: Recipes REALY for One is a weekly subscription Substack newsletter where I will be sharing my lifetime of experience as a single serve chef. And that is what I mean - recipes really for one. No repurposed leftovers, stock the freezer bulk batch cooking, no complicated meal prep plans. Just really good … [Read more...] about Serves You Right: Recipes REALLY for One