My husband and I have always loved Spinach and Artichoke Dip at restaurants, but it took me awhile to find a recipe that I liked as well that I could make at home. This recipe got its inspiration from a similar recipe from Shula’s Steakhouse in Miami. Nothing like collaborating with Don Shula on some [...]

March 29th, 2009 | Tags: artichoke, dip, Don Shula, recipe, Shula's Steakhouse, spinach | Category: Lifestyle, Tending the Hearth | Comments (4)

This is a delicious and easy salad to make. The scarlet color makes it perfect for Valentine’s Day, 4th of July, or Christmas. I use a Tupperware jello mold which looks nice and is easy to remove. If you don’t have a mold, you can just put the jello into a glass baking dish.
My kids [...]

February 9th, 2009 | Tags: applesauce, Aunt Mog, babyfood, jello, jello mold, marshmallows, recipe, tupperware, Valentine's Day | Category: Tending the Hearth | Comments (1)

I do LOVE to cook, though I don’t blog about it enough. Getting ready for the football game(s) today, I realized that I had to share this recipe with you. When I was in graduate school, my friend Stephanie used to make this. It is a brilliant dish to bring to parties. Delicious and easy [...]

December 6th, 2008 | Tags: appetizer, bread, clam dip, clams, cooking, cream cheese, food, football food, green onion, recipe, stuffed bread | Category: Lifestyle, Tending the Hearth | Comments (1)

I LOVE Thanksgiving! And I obviously can’t get enough turkey because I keep posting pictures of them. Thanks to my farmgirl friends over at Mary Jane’s Farm for all their advice about free range vs. organic turkeys. I have decided to order a free range turkey for Thanksgiving and an Organic turkey for Christmas. We [...]

November 18th, 2008 | Tags: free range, organic, recipe, sweet potatoes, Thanksgiving, turkey, Williams-Sonoma | Category: Lifestyle, Tending the Hearth | Leave a comment