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February 13 is Tortellini Day. Imagine, a day to celebrate pasta filled with cheese or meat! Sounds good to me! I love these little pasta rings! They taste great in salads and prepared in any recipe that would utilize pasta! Here are a couple recipes that use tortellini and are just delicious! One is a [...]

One of my friend, Heather, made this dip. Great job Heather!! I love this dip. It is just so refreshing and satisfying. It is like you should feel guilt eating it but there is no need to have any misgivings about this tasty appetizer. It is quite healthy and to make it more diet friendly, [...]

Here is a very interesting, fast, and quite tasty treat probably best served as an appetizer or a light snack. I recently had one of these at a luncheon buffet. My friend, Phyl, and I had to come up with a name so we joined the bagels and the cucumbers and came up with bagelumbers. [...]

Here is a very easy appetizer to prepare. It is always gobbled up at every buffet or gathering. It can be used as a dip and can be varied to each and everyone’s individual’s taste. Add some chopped peppers, onions, etc. It can be endless! Use light cream cheese for a lighter touch.
Olea Europaea Cream [...]

Antipasto salads are great accompaniments for any meal, or great meals all on their own. An antipasto is food served before a meal, usually used to stimulate the appetite. Hmm. I don’t usually need my appetite stimulated, do you? They can be made a number of different ways, just be sure the ingredients are fresh. I decided [...]

Sea scallops are a quite unique food. They are my favorite sea food. Scallops are harvested in different ways. Usually they are dragged across the ocean floor by a dredge or trawler. Unfortunately this method causes the scallop to be collect sand. Divers also hand pick scallops off the ocean floor. This method allows for less [...]

Tortellini salad makes a nice light meal or side dish for any summer brunch, though I tend to think it deserves the respect to be served all year long. I like the idea of using a tri color tortellini to add some color to this salad. I also use fresh chopped vegetables and an Italian dressing. [...]

One of my favorite meals is a spicy rubbed chicken that my neighbor Lise showed me how to make. She cooks it on a barbecue grill she inherited from me, though she uses wood instead of charcoal. After the chicken is cooked on one side, she places pitas on top to toast them while the [...]

Living in New England has its benefits. One, is the different varieties of vegetables that are available here. Asparagus is one such vegetable. I recently read an article about how a small town in Massachusetts, West Brookfield,  has reasoned out that they should get credit for being the first area where asparagus grew. People in [...]

One of the great things about being an extrovert is that you get to meet and enjoy a lot of different people. I tend to see the good in people and love talking about a wide variety of subjects. I have been an educator for 20 years and have worked with a varied assortment of personalities. Over [...]