Sauteed Corn with Bacon, Apple,Onion, and tangerine zest

   Sauteed Corn
                                 with Bacon, Apple,Onion, and tangerine zest

Sauteed Corn off the cob (2), with 1 diced apple,2 slices of diced bacon,1/2 sweet onion,tangerine zest from 1 tangerine.  Start to cook the bacon pieces, add the onion and apple when the bacon is 1/2 way cooked, and at the last minute or two, add the corn, salt and pepper, yummy summer treat.

A fun way to serve your soup !

Blended Vegetable soup in a bush squash bowl, soup recipe coming soon.  This is just to show a fun way to serve soup.

Perfect Poached Egg

Perfect Poached Egg
Great for breakfast, but try them on top of a green salad, yummy.  I like them like that with the addition of some real bacon bits.

Bring water to a boil.  Crack egg into a bowl.  Stir water with a spoon to swirl it.  This will keep your egg more together and give you less strings of egg in the water.  Boil for exactly 2 minutes and 20 seconds.  Use a slotted spoon to remove an excess water.  Salt and pepper and done.

Since I was a little kid, I love them on little squares of toast.

The perfect poached egg is very simple.  You want the white done, and the yolk to be done but liquid.

Abstract Food art

Artichoke, sweet onion & beet pastry, w/ ricotta & Parmesan.  This one was fun, I just kind of went with it.  For more food art, visit my food art page.

Lime Cookie Bars

Lime Cookie Bars, easy and yummy.


Ingredients for crust :
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup walnuts


Ingredients for topping:
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
3 tsp lime peel, zested
2 1/2 tbsp lime juice
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Directions for topping:
Mix all topping ingredients in a mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.  Pour onto the 1/2 baked crust and continue baking for an additional 35 minutes at 350 degrees F.


Making the Crust
Cut the butter into smaller cubes.  Add to the flour and powdered sugar in a clean bowl.

Start to work with your hands or a pastry blender.  You are looking for the butter to spread out into the flour and sugar mixture and start to form a ball of dough.  It will seem too dry at first, do not add water.  Keep mixing until almost together.

Add the walnuts. You can chop them ahead of time, but I find just breaking them up with my hands as I knead it works fine.

Once the nuts are in, it really starts to form a nice ball.

Spray 9" spring form pan or square 8 x 8 pan with non stick spray or grease the pan with margarine.   Take your ball of crust dough, and press over bottom. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees F. When done, add the topping and continue baking for an additional 35 minutes, let cool in pan for 5-10 minutes, and then slice and cool on a rack.

Vegetarian Pizza, Gluten Free.

Gluten Free Pizza Dough, worked well