Every Fall it gets to be chili time and I pull out chili recipes from the Your Smart Kitchen years to share. There may be some repetition from last year since I did not go through the blog archives to check. So treat them as new and adapt to your own intents. Have a good…
Some gifts are expensive. Some gifts are complicated. And some gifts are so perfectly personal — and so wonderfully simple — that people ask where you bought them, and you get to smile and say, “I made it.” This idea comes from an old Food Network piece I saved years ago, and it still holds…
(Simplified and sane and you don’t have to wait for the holiday to enjoy.) Make-Ahead Sausage & Sourdough Egg Bake Prep at night. Bake in the morning. Enjoy your life. This dish quietly does all the work for you. And since it already includes bread, meat, and eggs, it’s a complete breakfast on its own….
I have been working a some rather heavy themes for the last month or more and find that this a lot of effort and requires thinking about things that are not every day topics for most. So thought for the next month or so I will revert back to some easier topics and reuse some…
Harvest Comforts and the Not-So-Last Barbecue Every September, I hear the same phrase: “It’s the last barbecue of the year.” Somewhere else, maybe. Here in Reno, we usually get good grilling weather well through October, sometimes beyond. That means September isn’t a farewell to barbecue — it’s an opportunity. The overlap of late-summer produce and…
It August! My zucchini are going wild and my peach trees are nearly over loaded. Here are some recipes that will use both of these ingredients and will provide a great meal in the process. It start with a great cold drink and finished with a mouth watering dessert, Enjoy! Peach Thyme Smash. Ingredients 1/2 cup fresh…
