Wild Rice and Butternut Squash Salad

December 08, 2013 by Monica in Cookbooks, Entertaining, Rice, Salad, Savory

This past thanksgiving among the turkey, sweet potato soufflé, gravy, stuffing and all the other stuff that was on the table I manage to serve a vegetarian dish for some of my guest.

Now a day, there should not be an entertainment menu without a vegetarian dish. I would not even call this a vegetarian dish, but an awesome wild rice salad with some pretty fall ingredients in the mix.

GCC: Scallop Sauce with Olive Oil, Garlic, and Hot Pepper

August 04, 2013 by Monica in Dinner, Entertaining, Gutsy Cooks Club, Main Courses, Pasta, Quick Meal, Seafood, Savory

Short and sweet this post is going to be. Just like the recipe.

Find yourself the best bay (or sea) scallops, olive oil, red pepper, parsley and bread crumbs (do not omit this ingredient, trust me)

Then set everything up, fire up your stove and go to town, in less than 10 minutes (if you use fresh pasta – like I did) you will have such a wonderful dish in your hands, that you husband (or better half) will be telling you how much he loves you all over again.

FFwD: Gougères

October 01, 2010 by Monica in Appletizers & Snacks, Baking, Cooking Club, Entertaining, FFwD

And as some of you may know by now, Dorie Greenspan had published another book called Around my French Table.

And a cook-a-long group soon follow. And because you guys know that I’m crazy, I joined up. To be fair, this was being discussed in the TWD group months ago, and in fact it was projected to start in 2011. But the book got an early release and here we are. Over 1000 home cooks have joined the French Fridays with Dorie (FFwD) movement and we all be sharing our experiences in cooking through the 500 page book every Friday. So along with my Sweet Kitchen Tips, I will also post any recipe that I make from the book.

And about that book….