Festive Foods~New Year Resolutions!

Write it on your heart that every day
is the best day of the year! R.W. Emerson

Devils on Horseback. Dates,cream cheese stuffed peppers!

  

Turkey Sandwiches......mmmm light, lean, leftovers

Prosciutto & Melon

                                                    Dolmas~stuffed grape leaves

                     Salmon & creme fresh with marinated tomato slices and                          olive, pickle, caper medley! 

  Top it off with Tres Leches Cake, 

   a glass of Hennessy Cognac and shot of espresso!

The Best Thing to Hold onto in Life

is Each other.

Audrey Hepburn

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Remember all men are equal before fish. Herbert Hoover

All men are equal before fish.
Herbert Hoover
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Ahi Tuna Steak with Dill Pesto & Mediterranean Couscous











Melts in your mouth.....

The Art & Science of Food~Nutrient Density-Compare what goes in your body!

AGGREGATE NUTRIENT DENSITY INDEX
Measures the benefits you get from a food compared to the number of calories it contains. Nutrient dense foods give you the most nutrients possible with the fewest calories. For example, some energy bars provide 15 % of your daily folate requirement for about 200 Calories. A cup of raw spinach packs the same folate punch for only 7 calories. ANDI measure the amount of key nutrients in a food, relative to its calories.
Keep in mind, that the ANDI scale does not measure proteins or fat. Top 5......

#2 Collard Greens

 Wilted with a splash of  olive oil, balsamic, bacon pieces or tofu

#3 Bok Choy

 Great for dips, juicing or mixed greens for Thai Salads

#4 Spinach

  Spinach salad with blue cheese and fresh fruit

#5 Brussels Sprouts

Get your day started!! Hash it out...

“Breakfast is the only meal of the day that I tend to view with the same kind of traditionalized reverence that most people associate with Lunch and Dinner.        Hunter S. Thompson

South Western Breaakfast Hash

Bacon Cheddar Hash

                   Uncured Apple cinnamon breakfast sausage and garden delights

YUMM..............

FARM TO TABLE~

Variety's the very spice of life.That gives it all its flavor~William Cowper

 TAKE A WALK ON THE EXOTIC SIDE........

               
Stage one: Indian Curried Chicken with fresh green pepper, tomato, onion & Hungarian garlic

Stage 2: Add Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Black Lentils cooked in

Marsala, chili powder, cumin,fresh ginger root, cinnamon, curry & bay leaf

Simple pleasures...wrap it up!

spinach artichoke humus, peppered turkey, Swiss, carrot and greens

Crunchy & full of flavor. 

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.  ~Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti, My Own Story

APPLEWOOD SMOKED MEATS~TIS THE SEASON!

PORK ROAST, TURKEY, PORK SAUSAGE.....

Ahhhh...the aroma!

GARLIC BANGERS, SAUERKRAUT & BRUSSELS! WITH SPICY MUSTARD..... 

"I've gotten death threats from vegans… What are they going to do? Throw their Birkenstocks at me?"

“Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.” William Cullen Bryant

WINTER SQUASH....CAROTENOIDS!

Research studies documented just how fantastic winter squash can be when it comes to Key Antioxidants. Alpha-carotene and beta-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta-cryptoxanthin. 

There are many uses for squash.

SOUPS

LASAGNA

STUFFED PASTA

PIES, BREADS, STEWS.....

 “Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile.” 

― William Cullen Bryant

Taco Tuesday~

Fish Tacos with citrus slaw, and cilantro yogurt sauce.

Avocado & Potato soft shells

    Garden Tacos, perfect food from Fall Harvest.

Lime Rita

A DISH FOR ALL SEASONS!

There is no dish which at the same time so tickles the palate, satisfies the appetite, furnishes the body with nutriment sufficient to carry on the physical requirements as Creole Gumbo! It's a meal in itself, being soup, piece de resistance, entremet and vegetable in one.

Let's get it started!
Garden Fresh Okra...

Andouille Sausage

  Seafood Gumbo

Or Fire Roasted Veterinarian Gumbo!

My Father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo.

Walter Mosely

I GRILL, THEREFOR I AM

Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct~ Denis Leary

Grilled Steak & Salmon with Savory Pear Sauce

Fresh Garden Harvest Salad  & Salmon

 Eat Clean, Make Changes.

Light fresh meals can be nutritious and and good for the soul!

Really Love Your Peaches~Wanna Shake Your Tree!!

COLORADO PEACHES........

High Country Peaches, near my home town are the best in the world!

Colorado produces 22 million pounds of peaches annually, and 90 percent is grown in the Palisade area. While known as the Peach Capital of Colorado

The Real Fuzzy Navel. Pure Peach Goodness!

Truly a flavor captured by the altitude, soil & tender

loving care.