It’s the Friday Four!
Friday Four 042018: Rustic Olive and Tomato Salsa Topped Chicken
A beautiful and interesting AND delicious way to serve up grilled chicken. Not into chicken – this salsa rocks on salmon, too!
Friday Four 041218: Butternut Squash and Quinoa Sliders
Here’s an easy-to-make, super to serve AND freeze for later, scrumptious slider!
Friday Four 041618: Spring is Here! Margarita Cupcakes
Its just something about spring that makes me happy and want to eat these light, easy and yummy cupcakes. Maybe its because they are so delicious, (and pretty), garnished with the best of the season’s strawberries!
Friday Four 033018: Sensational SPRING Carrot Salad
Happy Spring Holidays! In Morocco, a main dish is always served up with lots of small sides and salads. After enjoying this salad a number of times, I decided it was one of my favorites. With a little inquiry I discovered the secret of the zesty flavor – citrus!
Friday Four 032318: Happy Spring! Kale Caesar Salad
Its Salad season! Here’s a twist on the traditional Caesar that’s made with Kale – along with a yummy plant based dressing and fun sweet potato croutons! Bring on Spring!
Friday Four 031618: Roasted Salmon with Lemon Caper Sauce
If you looking for a crowd pleasing dinner for St Patrick’s Day – look no further! Full of flavor, color and fun – this is a recipe to serve on Saturday and all year long!
Friday Four 030918: Slow Cooker Chickpea and Butternut Squash Stew
Not only is this stew gorgeous with brilliant colors of orange, yellow and red, it’s agreat way to make a vegetarian meal that is so hearty no one even misses themeat. The leftovers freeze great and a pita pocket stuffed full with the stew and a little shredded Napa cabbage makes a super lunch the next day.
Friday Four 030218: Med Inspired Ratatouille Pasta
Its just about that time of the year when I start dreaming of ocean breezes and bright veggies from the Mediterranean. This pasta fulfills that wish perfectly. The ratatouille is super easy to make and lovely to topping penne pasta – or just by itself. A super one dish meal to celebrate the Oscars on Saturday night – especially when you pair it with the wine I’ve suggested!
Friday Four 022318: Cilantro Fish Tagine
No matter whether you live in the part of the world where its snowing, or where the weather is just damp and rainy – its the warm comfort food time of the year. I’m breaking out the tagine – which might just be the original slow cooker – in order to make a super easy and delicious stew for dinner!
Friday Four 021618: Angels on Earth Crab Cakes with Mango Tartar Sauce
Last night we celebrated the Thomas F Chapman Family Cancer Wellness Center at the fabulous Bill Lowe Gallery in Buckhead. I promised to share the recipe for these yummy crab cakes with everyone on the Friday Four!
Friday Four 020918: Chili Chocolate Cake with Chili Chocolate Glaze
Any time can be a wonderful time for a bite of spicy chocolate – but at VALENTINE’s its perfect!
Friday Four 020218: Flavorful Black Bean and Turkey Chili for the Big Game
Its time for the BIG GAME! Whenever I think about about this time of year – I think Chili! This is one of my favorites – hardy and easy and a BIG crowd pleaser! The National Syndicated column – the 7 Day Meal Planner’s Susan Nicholson thought so too, its today’s recipe!
Friday Four 012618: Slow Cooker Indian Inspired Cauliflower and Sweet Potatoes
Although I use it all year round, winter is my favorite time to plug in the slow cooker and make warm rich foods that won’t slow me down!
Friday Four – South American Inspired Seafood Soup – 011918
Its most definitely soup time! And there’s nothing like a fabulous easy recipe filled with seafood, herbs and spices to make us all want to get in the kitchen and cook.
Friday Four 011218: Red Pepper Risotto
It so much fun to teach risotto to home cooks. Although it looks like an impressive “restaurant” dish, it’s easy and fast to cook at home. The secret to making good risotto is in the pan. Instead of a tall-sided saucepot, opt for a wide bottomed sauté pan. Lots more surface area in the pan means lots more room for the rice to absorb the stock, making the finished dish creamy and decadent – without adding cream!
Friday Four 010518: Slow Cooker Black Bean and Quinoa Stew
If you open the door of my fridge right now, you’d see containers of soup lined up and ready to be eaten. This is the soup time of the year, and this is an easy stew to make in your slow cooker this weekend – or any day!
Friday Four 122917: Black Eyed Peas Sliders
Here in the South, we always eat black eyed peas, greens and cornbread for New Years. It brings us luck! Here’s a fun twist on the traditional, including all three in a yummy bite size burger.
Friday Four 122217: What to Leave for SANTA? Christmas Spice Cookies!
Quite simply, these cookies rock. Easy to make and OH! so good, you can whip up a double batch and if you have any left…store them in the freezer. A little better-for-you by using date puree instead of lots of butter and sugar!
Friday Four 121517: Whats for Breakfast? Yummy Cinnamon Doughnuts
This week has been all about breakfast ideas for the holidays. From Atlanta & CO on Monday, to today’s doughnut idea, here’s a way to make sure your family and friends are eating deliciously AND a little better for the holidays!
Friday Four – Festive Holiday Seafood Pasta – 120817
Have you heard of the Feast of Seven Fishes? Its an Italian-American tradition that’s typically celebrated on Christmas Eve. I love celebrating with family and friends with this fun pasta!