Brined and everything ... First lesson learned: check to make sure that the turkey is 'fresh' and not injected with saline solution before brining Second lesson learned: defrost the turkey at least a day before brining and if bought fresh there is no need to put it in the freezer ... duh! Live and learn :-) Brine courtesy of all recipes dot com: IN

This has become my signature salad because ... I make it just about once a week. :-) Ingredients: - 6 cups Spinach ( I like the leaves to be a bit thicker so no baby spinach please) - 1 fuji apple (preferably organic, if not peel the thick/glossy skin please) - 1/2 cup cheese grated ( I like Trader Joe's Toscano with black pepper, but you can use p

This is for the 'health' nut :-) It's refreshing and amazingly tasty. No cooking involved, all you need is a blender ! Ingredients: - 2 parts fruit ( we had some frozen organic peach, mango pineapple from Costco and some cut up frozen bananas so in they went :-)) Banana is a key ingredient. - 1 part beet and kale - some organic almond milk Preparat

I know Valentine is over, but I saw these on Coco&Medotcom and fell in love :-) And you can always make them for Mother's day! INGREDIENTS: makes 6 strawberry hearts - 6 Oz. Valhrona White Chocolate - a dozen pistachio - 1 pint strawberry (it's good to have extra and some dark chocolate to make some chocolate covered strawberries too while you are

I finally tried my hand at making 'Orangette' for a touch of Paris in the spring,since my best friends went to Paree without me :-) plus we still have tons of oranges on the tree and I hate to see the peels go to to waste, so here goes... I am pleased to report the result in these pics and as far as taste ... they are ... yummy, chewy /tangy /sweet

This is the first time I make a white chocolate whipping cream, and boy I don't think I'll go back to plain whipping cream ... :-) And I have to confess that I like white chocolate a bit more every day ;-) The white choco chantilly recipe is from Cannelle et Vanille, a gorgeous baking blog, check it out. INGREDIENTS: 4 Servings (or 3 if using large

I love allrecipes.com, really. I've tried a few of the recipes there and they all turned out as expected, i.e. really good - that is if you picked the recipes with the most and highest ratings :-) This is 'adapted' to make it less sweet and enough for two. Ingredients 2 cups sweet potato, cubed 1/4 cup white sugar (scant) 1 egg, beaten 1/4 teaspoon

When is it a cup cake and when is it a muffin? for the curious George and Georginette check out the Faceoff: Cupcakes vs Muffins at Cakespy (just click on their cute drawing) I love this one test: "If you threw a cupcake against the wall, you would hear something of a 'poof!' If you threw a muffin, you would hear a 'thud!'" :P So this morning I mad

Why late summer rolls and not spring rolls? ... because I started making them in late summer for our after- golf -practice-lunch-in-the-garden with chi KA and Lisa :-) The first time we made them with the traditional vietnamese rice noodle (bun') and this time with green tea soba noodle ... and they were ... spectacular if I may say so :-) INGREDIE

Another recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com's Orange, Walnut, Gorgonzola and Mixed Greens Salad with Fresh Citrus Vinaigrette. I used Cuties instead of oranges. What's cuties? Well, they are these cute hybrid fruit that's a cross between a sweet orange and a Chinese mandarin, sometimes called clementines as well I think. They added a light citrusy t