Homemade duck prosciutto, goat cheese, arugula, cantaloupe, cucumber, and candied mac-nuts, with blackberry vinaigrette. This salad boasts a variety of palate popping flavors with its sweet cantaloupe, peppery arugula, refreshing mint and cucumber, salty duck ham, sweet-tart blackberries, and crunchy mac-nuts. The cantaloupe and cucumber for this salad are cut into ribbons using a mandolin […]
Fresh strawberries and kumquats with crisp prosciutto, cucumber ribbons, honey balsamic almonds, and strawberry vinaigrette. It seems like strawberries are everywhere right now. What better use for these spring berries than a sweet-tart salad? Unfortunately, kumquats are a little bit harder to come by than strawberries. When I do see them, I snatch them up. […]
Baby spinach tossed with warm cranberry bacon vinaigrette, roasted sweet potatoes, honied pumpkin seeds, and fresh goat cheese. After a day of stuffing myself with turkey and other goodies, I thought it was time for something a little lighter. So, today I bring you this warm spinach salad. Warm spinach salads use to be very […]
Creamy goat cheese with spiced cranberry jam and homemade almond poppy seed crackers. A few years ago, I stumbled upon a seasonal cranberry goat cheese log at Costco. I was curious, so I bought one to try. I thought it was quite good, especially for holiday snacking. The following year I looked for the cheese […]
Confit duck on a bed of baby spinach with persimmons, pomegranate, maple pecans, duck cracklins, goat cheese, and bourbon mustard vinaigrette. Well, this is it, the last post in this week’s series on duck. I decided to do this series because I feel that duck is something people rarely cook at home. Some of this […]
Garden zucchini and fresh herb buttermilk biscuits, layered with crumbly goat cheese. These biscuits are a delicious addition to brunch or served alongside your favorite tomato soup. These biscuits aren’t difficult to make, but there are a couple of things that can turn them bad. The first is having too much liquid from the zucchini […]
