Rosemary Bread

Now who couldn't eat an Italian dish with out some melt in your mouth bread.  I love the aromatic rosemary married together with garlic and herbs.  Just right to sop up sauce left in your plate or dipped in a lovely oil.

Bucatini All’Amatriciana with Spicy Smoked Mozzarella Turkey Meatballs

I have been so behind in posting recipes.  Last year went by in a flash and I have so many to share, not to mention I have so many more to try.  I love a good pasta dish, especially one with smoked mozzarella.  This recipe is one I adapted from Giada (she is my go to girl when I'm looking for an awesome Italian dish). Indulge!

Smoked Turkey Crepes

This is my attempted to recreate a fabulous dish I had in a little cafe in Dallas called Cafe Brazil.  I love everything about this dish.  It's light, fresh and amazingly delicious.

I see a blog makeover in my future...

I have been looking at giving my blog a makeover for some time now.  I know it needs a little spicing up.  I have been looking at different designers and came across this awesome site, Designer Blogs.  They are having a giveaway right now towards a new blog makeover, wish me luck and check them out if you are looking at updated your blog design.

My Banana Jacked Bread

In celebration of the cooler weather we are having, I was eager to get back into the kitchen (because I wanted to not because I had too).  As I was trying to decide what I was going to bake I couldn’t help but notice the poor VERY ripe bananas, the kind of ripe that would only last another day or two.  So I pulled out my BIG book of printed off recipes and looked at the ones that I have saved on my laptop.  I was leaning towards banana bread, but remembered how I was slightly disappointed the last time I made it.  It was just missing something.

 Not being able to decide on one particular recipe, I decided to take the plunge and attempt to create my own.  On a scratch piece of paper I started jotting down what I wanted and how much.  Needless to say I was unsure going into this and was pretty sure I would be making a trip to the trash can. 

After combining most of the ingredients I almost forgot the most important one…my friend Jack.  How can I invite this yummy bread to my little celebration and not offer it a shot or two…you know one for me, one for you, one for me, one for you.. you get the idea.   So in the oven it went (I think) and I crossed every part of me that I could, in hopes that I wouldn’t open the door to a banana monster.  The timer went off, I slowly opened the door and was beyond excited.   I had actually created something that didn’t cook over, wasn’t flat as a pancake and actually was moist and tasted pretty darn good.  Now in the past I was never a big ‘nut’ fan when it came to banana bread, so I decided to make some with the nut topping and some without.  I have to secretly admit I LOVE the one with the nuts.  The combinations of flavors were insanely delicious to me.  So I hope that you have as much fun making this as I did.  And remember if you don’t like the booze and/or nuts, just leave them out.  Indulge!

More recipes coming soon.....

Though I haven't posted anything in the last month and a half, doesn't mean I haven't been in the kitchen.  Take a look at what's coming.

Avocado-Mango Salad with Fresh Cheese and Capicola

I'm back!!  It has been such a busy past month and half and I'm really excited to finally have some time to add some delicious dishes.  Summer is definitely upon us, hello 102 degree's... not.  I have never been so ready for fall (and it's only June).  To beat the heat, this is such a refreshing salad.  I love the sweetness from the mangoes and the creaminess of the avocados and the little kick you get from the dressing.  I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.  Indulge!