Recipes from Chef Nancy Waldeck
Very Veg Gratin – Meatless Luscious Fun!
Very Veg Gratin Served with Brown Rice This recipe was rebellion! I was invited to a "girlie party" a couple of weeks ago, Loads of fun, a creative hostess and an interesting group of women, "Foxes in Socks". Why was I using my recipe to be rebellious? See...I knew...
Creamy Shallot and Manchego Soufflés
Soufflés Out of the Oven and Ready to Serve! Let's just admit it. We all like to have our own teeny tiny personal servings of food. I'm not sure where this comes from - whether its that we don't like to share:) OR we like to play with our food. What ever the reason,...
Fall and Mushrooms – Wild Mushroom Pate
I’m in a mushroom "kinda" mood this week. The weather is turning to the best of fall…warm days with lots and lots of bright sunlight glittering off the brightly colored leaves. I’m craving the kind of comfort food that is warm and creamy – but not heavy. This mushroom...
HOW TO Make Delicious Herb Pesto!
Maybe the herbs in your garden are giving their last. looking a little spent, or just a tiny bit tired. Have you opened the veggie drawer in your fridge and found some sad looking parsley or cilantro looking back at you? Don't just toss 'em...make pesto. Pesto...
Pumpkin Hummus with Handmade Pita Chips Tonight!
Sous Chef Lea and I are in Fayette tonight getting ready for a demo this evening - after a busy weekend and a super duper busy week in head of us! I'm standing at the kitchen counter quickly passing on this recipe to you. Its one we've already made a couple times this...
Roasted Red Pepper Soup – Perfect for Crisp Fall Days!
About 2 AM last night I woke up while I was writing a soup recipe. Darn it. I can't remember it. Most people think about the opportunity to wear warm fuzzy sweaters and knee high boots when the weather starts to turn crisp. Not me. I'm dreaming up recipes for new...
Turning Kitchen Experience into Action at Home – A Guest Blog by Taste and Savor Intern Michelle
I've learned so much over the past month! One night last week, I decided to put my experience interning with Chef Nancy into good use by having my mom’s friends over for dinner. I incorporated a little of what I have learned in the kitchen with Taste and...
Meatless Monday – Spanish Yellow Rice Salad – 090913
Tapas parties are awesome. I love the little savory and sweet bites spread out on a table, set up on a bar or just passed around between friends. We hosted a Wine Tasting and Tapas party last night that was SO much fun. It was for the benefit of "Angels on Earth" a...
Meatless Luscious Fun: Easy Herb-Rubbed Roasted Summer Veggies – 082613
Nothing makes me happier than laughter in my in kitchen. I love, love, love to entertain. Dinner, drinks and nibbles, games, a new movie - it doesn't matter. If I could, I'd entertain every night. I'm incredibly spoiled in my professional life, most often with a...
Meatless Luscious Fun – Summer Corn Salad – 081213
Wowza - we had a great time celebrating "couples and love" last Friday night - and its not even Valentines Day. Sparkling wine, fun appetizers awaited the couples as they arrived. Dennis and Cindy held a massage worship for the group and as we cooked away in the...
Meatless Luscious Fun, Spiced Tomato Cupcakes
What possessed me to make a tomato cupcake? A class about tomatoes. You may know that I approach creating a class curriculum a little differently than other culinary teachers. I not only want to teach people HOW to cook, but FEED them as well. I believe cooking is...
Meatless Luscious Fun: Piquillo Pepper Dip!
It’s been two weeks of fun and friends during the July 4th break. WooHoo – almost everyone seems to have taken some time off. I love parties when I get to take a dish – its my chance to show others how good food can taste, and surprise them with how good it is for...
Meatless Luscious Fun – No Cook Mediterranean Quinoa Salad – 070813
I don't know about you, but once the excitement of the 4th is over - the summer begins in earnest. Here in Atlanta, we have muggy, hot and humid days relieved by muggy hot and humid showers. (This year has had way, way too many showers.) Don't get me wrong, the...
Meatless, Luscious and Fun: Cool and Spicy Indian Salad
Much fun, fun, fun on Saturday afternoon...we went BOLLYWOOD. Oh, yeah. Saris, ankle bells, jeweled bindis* and lots of hip thrusting led by our dancing guru, Angela. Of course it was followed by a yummy Indian lunch. I make a lot of Indian food at home - I love the...
Meatless, Luscious, Fun: Mediterranean Oranges
Errghh. Have I mentioned I have a sinus infection? If I haven't mentioned it to you, it's a miracle. (My husband Mike says that if I don't stop moaning and whining about it, he is going to put me out of my misery:) I feel like it is running my life,...
Five Ingredients for a Flavorful Fruit Filled Dessert or Dip!
My last week was ambitious. After sliding into Atlanta late Wednesday afternoon from a fabulous trip to San Francisco, Thursday morning found us in the kitchen prepping for a class on Thursday night and a brunch for 45 on Friday morning. (Two classes on Saturday,...
San Francisco, Where to Go and What to Do – From a Local Perspective
Have you ever caught a glimpse of a photograph, a painting or read a poem and immediately identified with the artist? Me too. I knew I’d like Tina Case the first time I viewed one of her pictures on the Internet. (Similar to her breathtaking shot of the Golden Gate...
Meatless, Luscious, Fun: Strawberry Breakfast Cobbler
Ditch the bacon, lose the sausage biscuit, and dive into a luscious juicy bowl of cobbler for breakfast! Now, you may think I am advocating dessert for your morning meal, but NO...This cobbler is full of fruit, grains and protein. (But it is fun to think about being a...
Lighter Lemon Yogurt Cake for Dessert
Last night we did a fun wellness class for a special friend, Beth Phillips and her wonderful, positive group of survivors. Here is our dessert - from the Taste and Savor cookbook, a Friday Four, and one of our favorite sweet recipes. No matter how you make it - in a...
Lighter Lemon Yogurt Cake for Dessert
Last night we did a fun wellness class for a special friend, Beth Phillips and her wonderful, positive group of survivors. Here is our dessert - from the Taste and Savor cookbook, a Friday Four, and one of our favorite sweet recipes. No matter how you make it - in a...