Food
Summer Pasta with Zucchini and Prosciutto
It's my birthday month, so I'm sharing one of my favorite recipes. I've loved this pasta for years, but it's also the perfect tie in for the zucchini that's coming up in my little chaotic garden. I can't wait to make this with zucchini I've gro...
Mediterranean Vegetable Frittata
7 large eggs 2 green onions, finely sliced 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 1 small red bell pepper, cored and chopped 1 cup mushrooms, if you (or the kids) like mushrooms, chopped 2 tbsp olive oil Approximately 2 cups spinach (or a few hand...
What’s Your Favorite RVA Pizza? Here are a few of mine!
Springtime is a busy one for most of us. If you've got kids, it's exams and sports and end of school, and if you don't (or if, like me, your kids are grownish) it's still pretty busy, between taxes and yard work, and just getting out and doing ...
Gourmet Delights Carrot Cake
This is without a doubt one of the best carrot cakes I've ever had, if I do say so myself. When I had Gourmet Delights, and my food rep came in one day with a delicious, but criminally expensive, carrot cake, I had to come up with something...
Our RVA Short List (Before My Foodie Heads to Japan!)
As I type this, we've got just 2 weeks until my son heads to Japan for nearly 4.5 months. He's super excited, and I'm excited for him. (Just a little bit of mom worry.) But he, like me, is quite a foodie, so it wouldn't be us if we didn't have ...
Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
It's March, and that means St. Patrick's Day is almost here! In my family, that doesn't mean beer as much as it always, always, always, means plentiful corned beef and cabbage. (In fact, whenever my mom finds a good deal on corned beef- usually...
*Easier* Chocolate Mousse
*Easier* Chocolate Mousse 3 1/2 ounces dark chocolate (62% cacao is ideal) 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 2 large egg yolks 1 tablespoon white sugar 1/4 cup water 1 tiny pinch salt 1/2 cup chilled heavy whipping cream Dire...
Seriously Good, Incredibly Flexible Vegetable Soup
If you're anything like me, you've hit the point of the end of the holidays where your body is just saying, "no more" to cheese, chocolate, sugar, and other "celebration foods." I've wanted nothing so much as salads and vegetables for the past ...