Recipes

APPETIZERS/HORS D’OEUVRES

Ahi Tuna Appetizer
Cheesy Black-Eyed Pea Dip
Corn and Black Bean Relish
Crostini with Ricotta and Red Grapes

Mexican Shrimp Dip
Fromage Fort
Guacamole
Holiday Hummus
Pesto
     Artichoke Pesto
     Arugula Pesto
     Basil Pesto
     Sweet Pea & Mint Pesto
Polenta Canapés
Ricotta with Herbs on Bruschetta
Sausage-stuffed Dates
Smoked Trout Canapé
Soup
     Chestnut Ginger Soup
     Cold Spring Pea Soup
     Cold Sugar Plum Soup
     Gazpacho
     One-of-Each Soup (also works as entreé)
     Laurie’s Cold Zucchini Soup
     Vichyssoise
     Watercress Soup
Thai Meatballs & Green Curry Sauce
Wonder Bread Pastry Cups

BREAKFAST

Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Coconut Oat Pilaf
Paris Breakfast
Texas Breakfast Pizza

SALADS & DRESSINGS

All-In Summer Salad
Avocado Ritz
Beet Salad
Burrata with Sugar Snap Pea & Shiitake Salad
Caribbean Fruit Salad with Cilantro-Citrus Dressing
Chicken Salad
Corn Salad
French Caesar Salad
Grapefruit-Pomegranate Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette
Wilted Spinach Salad a la Naples
Herbed Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
Honey-Lemon Salad Dressing
Not Your Mother's Gelatin Salad
Orange & Olive Salad
Poppy Seed Dressing
Potato & Green Bean Salad with Arugula Pesto
Salad Monique (Spring Vegetables)
Salad Shirazi (Cucumber-Tomato-Mint)
Salmon Salad from the Cape Grace Hotel

Watermelon & Feta Salad with Honey-Lemon Vinaigrette

ENTREES

Beef-Chicken-Lamb-Pork

Beer-Butt Chicken
Beet-Crusted Pork Tenderloin

Braised Short Ribs
Brasato al Barolo (Braised Beef in Red Wine)

Coq au Vin
Corn Pone Pie
Green and White Chicken Soup

Honey-Gingered Pork Tenderloins

Korean-style Steaks (Grilled) with Cilantro Sauce

Meat Loaf
Paella Fina

Pasta with Collards & Sweet Italian Sausage

Pasta with Kale & Bacon
Pasta with Sugar Snap Peas
Persian-Spiced Lamb Shanks
Pork Chili with Beans
Rigatoni with Abruzzi-Style Lamb Sauce
Roast Chicken Provençal
Roast Leg of Lamb

Skirt Steak (Grilled) with Cilantro-Garlic Sauce
Skirt Steak (Grilled) with Spicy Pesto Marinade

South African Bobotie
Thai Sweet & Spicy Wings
White Chili

Seafood

Bacon-wrapped Tuna Steaks with Sesame Sauce
Beach Chowder
Crabby Cakes
Farfalle with Tuna, Artichoke Hearts, Spinach, and Capers
Fennel Flounder

Fusilli with Shrimp & Spring Vegetables
Grilled Fish Dominicano

Mango Salad with Grilled Shrimp

New Jersey Fish Chowder
Risotto with Tomato and Shrimp
Salmon Cakes
Salmon Chowder

Salmon (Roasted) with Shallot-Grapefruit Sauce
Salmon (Roasted) with Tangy Blueberry Sauce
Salmon (Sheet-pan) with Miso and Maple Syrup
Shrimp Empanadas

Tuna-Spinach Soufflé

Vegetarian in Spirit If Not in Fact (but easily adjustable)

Corn & Tomato Frittata

Fall Harvest Frittata

Fettuccine with Zucchini Sauce
Gourmet Mac 'n Cheese
Grilled Cauliflower Steaks with Pesto and Cheese Sauce
Italian Veggie Gratin

Pasta with Asparagus & Peas
Pasta (Orecchiette) with Corn and Zucchini, Jalapeño, Feta, and Basil

Pizza a Casa's Best Pizza Dough
Quiche Lorraine

Random Vegetable Soup
Roasted Tomato, Bacon & Goat Cheese Galette
Thursday Frittata

SOUPS

Chilled Corn Soup

Cheddar Corn Chowder

Cream of Broccoli Soup

Crimini Mushroom Soup

Lentil Soup with Roasted Garlic & Bacon

Mushroom-Artichoke Soup
Mushroom Barley Soup

Provençal Soupe au Pistou (French Vegetable Soup with Basil Sauce)
Split Pea Soup (Pureed)
New Year’s Vegetable Soup
Red Lentil Soup
Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup
Thai Curry Soup with Broccoli, Spinach, and Cilantro
Vegetable Stock
Zuppa di Fagioli Neri (Black Bean Soup)

SIDES

Asparagus Coins
Beet Greens with Bacon and Tomato

Big Baked Vidalia Onions
Brussels Sprouts (Roasted) with Pancetta

Butter-Baked Rice
Butternut Squash with Royal Trumpet Mushrooms and Madeira
Carrots (Roasted) with Turmeric and Cumin
Cheese Muffins from Notten's Bush Camp

Cornbread-Sausage Stuffing with Apples & Grapes

Dominican Rice with Plantains and Bacon
Drop Biscuits from Cochineal Restaurant

Eggplant-free Ratatouille
Gem-Cut Carrots
Grilled Broccoli with Chipotle-Lime Butter and Queso Fresco
Haricots Vert Bundles
Roasted Asparagus with Quinoa Crispies
Roasted Garlic
Roasted Sesame Green Beans
Scones from Gladys's English Kitchen
Smashed Potatoes
Spinach and Sautéed Mushrooms
Sweet Potato Ginger Souffle
Tomatoes Stuffed with Arugula, Corn & Ricotta
Twice-Baked Potatoes with Carrots, Onion and Goat Cheese
Yeast Rolls

DESSERTS

Almond Phyllo Crisps
Apple Pie with Cheddar Crust
Apple Pound Cake from Gladys's Kitchen
Bacon & Pecan Pralines
Best Rollout Cookies
Blood Orange Jelly with Brandied Whip Cream
Blackberry Galette
Blueberry Galette
Blueberry Jamboree (from Magnolia Bakery)
Candied Grapefruit Peel
Caramelized Spiced Pecans
Cinnamon Celebration
Creamy Vanilla Custard
Divinity Fudge from Aunt Marcy's Kitchen
Goat Cheese & Nutella Truffles
Greek Almond Cookies
Grilled Apricots with Yogurt and Raspberry-Rhubarb Compote
Ice Cream Sandwiches
Key Lime-Berry Napoleon
Lemon-Basil Butter Cookies
Mocha Dacquoise
Molasses Cookies
Moon Pies
Meyer Lemon Curd Mousse
Pumpkin Chiffon Pie
Rustic Pear Galette
Sacristan Cookies
Semolina Budino with Roasted Pears in Ginger-Pomegranate Syrup
Sorbets and Other Frozen Treats
     Apricot Sorbet
     Cherry Sorbet
     Minted Honeydew Sorbet
     Minted Peach Frozen Yogurt
     Orange Sorbet
     Peach Frozen Yogurt
     Sour Cherry Frozen Yogurt
     Spiced Blueberry Sorbet
     Spiced Strawberry Sorbet
     Strawberry Frozen Yogurt
     Sugar Plum-Cantaloupe Sorbet
     Sunny Plumcot Sorbet
     Watermelon Sorbet & Wine-Basil Gelée
Strawberry Bavarian Cream
Zeppole

CONDIMENTS, JAMS & SAUCES

Bacon-Onion Jam
Balsamic Glaze

Blueberry Syrup

Cranberry-Jalapeño Salsa

Cranberry Sauce with Pinot Noir

Green Tomato & Lemon Marmalade
Ground Cherry Shazam

Harry’s Best Barbecue Sauce
Italian Plum Ketchup

Jalapeño & Parsley Purée
Kewpie-esque Mayonnaise

Lemony Fig Preserves

Marie Rose Sauce

Raspberry Chocolate Almond Spread

Raspberry Rosé Jam 

Red & Yellow Cherry Tomato Confit
Roasted Red Pepper Aioli
Roasted Tomato-Peach Spread
Romesco Sauce
Spiced Strawberry Preserves
Spicy Tomato Chutney
Tangy Mustard
Tartar Sauce

OTHER THINGS YOU'LL WANT TO MAKE

Brandied Whipped Cream

Champagne Cosmopolitan
Crazy Margaritas

Fried Sage Leaves

Mint Water

Minted Simple Syrup

Powdered Sugar Icing

Quick Preserved Lemons

Roasted Red Bell Peppers

Simple Syrup
Tequila-infused Blueberries

White Sangria