Smoked Salmon Cheesecakes
Made with cream cheese, Boursin cheese, Gruyere cheese, smoked salmon, shallots and fresh dill — all on a pecan crust, these delectable cheesecakes make a …
Carrot Cake Cookies with Mascarpone Frosting
Who doesn’t love a good carrot cake? 🍰 Whenever we make our carrot cake, it vanishes in quick order! It seems that we usually make …
Stuffed Baked Chicken Breast
These split boneless chicken breasts are stuffed with roasted cremini, morels, shallots, herbs, spinach and Garlic and Fines Herbs Boursin cheese, then rolled up and …
Savory Bacon & Gruyere Scones
Scones are delicious, fun to make, and usually on the sweet side, but not these! We used plenty of crispy duck bacon, Gruyere cheese, chives …
Smashed Sweet Potatoes with pomegranates, balsamic glaze & whipped feta
One day, this sweet potato was staring at us, wondering what in the heck we had planned for it, when all of a sudden the …
Cacio e Pepe (Cheese & Pepper Pasta)
“Cheese and pepper” in Italian, this quintessential cacio e pepe pasta is super simple and fabulously delicious! We take a slightly different approach with our …
Insalata Tricolore with Champagne Vinaigrette
After a week of rich holiday food and celebration, and before another weekend of festivities to ring in the new year, we thought we’d toss …
Baby Naan & Whipped Feta with Tomato-Basil-Kalamata Salad
Appetizers / Bites / Breads / Light Dinners / Mediterranean / Salads / Sides / Starters / Vegetarian
We love naan because it’s soft and flavorful and it’s the perfect bread to accompany curries or other saucy dishes. It’s also a natural for …
Salted Caramel Toasted Pecan Turtles
These decadent little nibbles go a long way towards satisfying the old sweet tooth that we all know and love! We make them with Sally’s …
Double Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Meringue Buttercream
Courts and I adore the Black and White cake from Amy’s Bread in New York City! It’s our favorite bakery cake ever, made of bittersweet …
Toasted Pecan Brown Sugar Spice Cookies
These toasted pecan cookies are going to make Santa really, really happy! This family heirloom recipe, made with brown sugar, toasted pecans, cinnamon and a …
Twice-baked Carnival Squash with Shallots & Parmesan
If you haven’t heard of carnival squash, you’re probably not alone! We hadn’t either until we saw in in the market a couple of weeks …
Strawberry Layer Cake with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
Have you ever had strawberry layer cake? We had not, until a friend told us about the delicious cake she had … almost every day …
Truffle-Salted Seared Scallops
This dish is super simple and downright delicious! My son Joel (Courtsie’s brother) came up with the clever and simple idea, and if you are …
Cranberry-Orange Scones with Golden Raisins, Walnuts & Orange Juice Icing
These yummy breakfast treats are full of goodies in every bite. Loaded with fresh pieces of orange, craisins, blond raisins, walnuts and orange juice, they …
Creamy Dreamy Mashers with Celery Root, Goat Cheese & Herbs
Goat cheese and celery root add a festive flair to these creamy Yukon gold mashers! We cannot say enough about the addition of these two …
Dark Chocolate Toasted Pecan Pie
Sweet and gooey with hints of caramel this holiday pecan pie, made with dark chocolate chips, toasted pecans, brown sugar and agave syrup is decadent …
Pumpkin Ricotta Tarts with Praline Pecans & Pepitas
We love pumpkin chiffon pie, and make it every year, but this year we did a little switch up and made it with whipped ricotta …
Praline Pecans & Pepitas
Our autumn praline pecans and pepitas, made with creamy brown sugar coating over toasted nuts, make a delicious dessert by themselves and they’re the perfect …
Roasted Green Beans with Shallots & Walnuts
This is one of our very favorite ways to cook string beans, and it’s super easy. All you have to do is clean the beans, …
Focaccia Bread Pudding with Caramelized Onions & Gruyere
Crispy on the edges, soft in the middle, cheesy and fabulously delicious describes this savory bread pudding made with herbed focaccia, caramelized onions and Gruyere …