New recipe, June 29, 2017

The new recipe is the Grilled Summer Vegetable Salad from the July/August 2017 Eating Well. I used green beans instead of zucchini. Delicious, it gets a 4.

New recipe, June 28, 2017

Mescal Margarita, from Rick Bayless' Fiesta at Rick's. This is pretty good, corrals the mescal well. It gets a 4.

New recipe, June 27, 2017

An impromptu burrito bowl that Carl created, with rice, pintos, shrimp, and homemade peach salsa. Delicious, it gets a 4.

New recipes, June 26, 2017

Ancho Chile Pork Chops with Pickled Pepper Relish, and Charred Snap Peas (from the garden!!) with Creamy Tarragon Dressing from the July 2017 Cooking Light. Two 5s!!

New recipe, June 25, 2017

Chipotle Coffee Steak Salad from epicurious.com. This is awesome, we give it a 5.

New recipe, June 24, 2017

Another trail mix from greatest.com: Peanut Butter Friend, with banana chips, peanut butter chips, peanuts, almonds, and dark chocolate chips. Really good, this gets a 5.

New recipe, June 23, 2017

A greatest.com trail mix: Spicy and Savory, with almonds, wasabi peas, sesame seeds, dried ginger and Chex cereal. Very tasty, we give this a 4.

New recipe, June 23, 2017

Trail mix from greatest.com: Simple and Sophisticated, with almonds, dried cherries, dark chocolate, cinnamon and sea salt. I think I overdid the chocolate, could have been better balanced. We give this a 3

New recipe, June 21, 2017

Happy Summer! Another trail mix from greatest.com: Cajun Blend, with almonds, pecans, walnuts, sunflower seeds, sea salt, garlic powder, chili, cumin and cayenne. Nice, we give this a 4.

New recipe, June 20, 2017

Another trail mix from greatest.com: Nut for Nuts, with almonds, walnuts, pecans, cashews, peanuts and raisins. Nice, we give this a 3.

New recipe, June 19, 2017

Trail mix week! From greatist.com, Savory Seeds, with almond, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, cayenne, and powdered onion and garlic. This gets a 4.

New recipe, June 18, 2017

It's trail mix week! Today's new recipe, from thegreatist.com, is Deconstructed Puppy Chow, which has almonds, Chex, dark chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and dried cranberries. You had me at peanut butter and chocolate. This gets a 4.

New recipe, June 17, 2017

Herbed Omelette with Truffle Butter from spryliving.com. Hard to go wrong with an omelette! We give this a 4.

New recipe, June 16, 2017

Charred Bread with Ricotta and Cherry Salsa, from the June 2017 Bon Appetít. Simple ingredients, really good. We give this a 5.

New recipe, June 15, 2017

Antipasto Salad, from the May/June 2017 Eating Well. Fun idea, taking typical antipasto ingredients and making a salad out of it. Enjoyable, we give it a 3.

New recipe, June 14, 2017

The Unusual Negroni from seriouseats.com. This uses Aperol, Lillet Blanc and Gun. Delicious! We give it a 4.

New recipe, June 13, 2017

Spring Pea and Pea Shoot Omelette from Epicurious. Another solid recipe, it gets a 3.

New recipe, June 12, 2017

Snap Pea and Cherry Tomato Stir Fry from the May/June 2017 Eating Well. This is good, gets a 3.

New recipe, June 11, 2017

Tofu Snow Pea and Carrot Wild Rice Salad from the May/June 2017 Eating Well. Peas from our garden! Nice flavors, we give this a 4.

New recipe, June 10, 2017

The Araceli Pom Martini from ataceliliqueur.com. This is good, we give it a 4.

New recipe, June 9, 2017

The Cromlet from the February 2017 Bon Appetít. The cook describes it as the love child of an omelette and a crepe. Kind of an eggy crepe, then topped with sautéed vegetables. Easy and very tasty! We give it a 4.

New recipe, June 8, 2017

Araceli Bourbon Ginger cocktail from ataceliliqueur.com. This seemed a bit too sweet for us, we give it a 3.

New recipe, June 7, 2017

La Catarina Cocktail from the araceliliqueur.com site. Very tasty, gets s 5!

New recipe, June 6, 2017

Egg in the Middle from Epicurious. This was pleasant, it gets a 3.

New recipe, June 5, 2017

Charred Sugar Snap Peas with Buttermilk Aioli from the August 2014 Bon Appetít. I added Pea shoots as I had them. Delicious! It gets a 5. Served with a reprise of the Lamb Curry from Not Your Mother's Dliw Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hensperger.

New recipe, June 4, 2017

Lamb Curry from Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hensperger. Very good and tender, we give it a 4. Our jalapeños were not very hot--serranos might jazz it up a bit.

New recipes, June 3, 2017

Two poke recipes from the February 2017 Bon Appetít. Above is the Salmon Poke on Greens with Wasabi Peas, which we give a 4. Below is Yellowtail Poke with Glass Noodles, which was spectacular. We give this an enthusiastic 5!

New recipe, June 2, 2017

Honeydew Jalapeño Margarita from the June 2017 Cooking Light. Quite tasty, it gets a 4.

New recipe, June 1, 2017

Minestrone Verde from the June 2017 Cooking Light. This has nice flavors, subtle. We give this a 3.

New recipe, May 31, 2017

Snap Pea Salad with Whipped Ricotta from the June 2017 Cooking Light. Delicious! It gets a 5.
Served with flank steak with a sate rub.

New recipe, May 30, 2017

A day late for Memorial Day, but today's recipe is Hotdogs with Grilled Pickle Relish from the June 2017 Food and Wine. We like the relish, we give it a 4.

New recipe, May 29, 2017

Chicken Udon Noodle Salad with Garlicky Peanut Dressing from the June 2017 Bon Appetít. Nice flavors, we would like more spice and garlic. We give this a 3.