Quick & Easy Rustic Summer Tomato Tart
Every summer we seem to have an excess of something in our garden. It is often zucchini, although this year our zucchini started off strong but then fizzled out...
Strawberry Buttermilk Cornmeal Cake
It has been very hot and humid here in Florida this month, and I do not spend much time baking in the heat of the Florida summer. It is...
Pappa al Pomodoro
This recipe is for yet another famous Tuscan soup whose name, pappa, means puree, while pomodoro of course, refers to tomatoes which are the primary ingredient. The soup is thickened...
Panzanella Salad With Burrata Cheese
I recently returned from a month in Italy and it turned out to be a very hot stay! With temperatures over a hundred degrees for weeks on end and...
Summer Harvest Tiella
A Tiella is a layered vegetable dish often containing tomatoes, that is popular in southern Italy, and it is usually baked in an earthenware dish. Having visited many different...
Green Bean & Tomato Salad
I just harvested the last of the green beans from our garden, so I wanted to create a special dish for dinner with them. Our tomatoes are also ripening...
Cinnamon Raisin Cookies
I usually only bake cookies for holidays, or if I have family staying with us, but every once in a while I get a craving for a homemade cookie....
Chicken Breasts With Avocado & Tomato Salsa
I work hard to eat well, and although I do incorporate more plant-based meals into my diet than ever before, the one animal protein I find I cannot give...
