There’s nothing like fresh chilled watermelon on a hot summer day, it’s so refreshing. Combining melon with shrimp may not sound conventional but my recipe for this refreshing chipotle shrimp & watermelon cocktail will be your new favorite summer recipe. The flavors of the smoky chipotle chili, sweet watermelon and succulent shrimp go surprisingly well…
salads
Zucchini, Corn & Sun-dried Tomato Quinoa Salad
Try My latest garden zucchini, corn & sun-dried tomato quinoa salad. This dish combines some home grown organic herbs and vegetables from my garden. If you don’t have your own vegetable garden, shop at your local farmer’s market, that’s the next best thing. Farmer’s markets provide the freshest, seasonal vegetables and using them in making…
Coconut Curry Quinoa Salad
I’m helping with a teacher’s appreciation luncheon tomorrow and I made up a menu with many different things including this coconut curry quinoa salad. There are so many flavors in this dish, a wonderful marriage of textures; the tangy & sweet curry dressing with just a bit of spice is wonderful. I wanted to make…
Chicken Waldorf salad with Orange Honey Poppy Seed Dressing
Spring is here so I’m thinking about spring menus and entertaining this morning while drinking my third cup of coffee and it brings back memories of a tea party baby shower I did a few years ago. There were many small bites on the menu and among them was a great Chicken Waldorf salad I…
Asian Peanut Noodle Salad with Peanut Lime Sauce
Comfort food comes in so many varieties, shapes and sizes. I’m Sicilian and Irish and growing up there was always some kind of pasta on our dinner table at least twice a week, especially on Sundays. I love Asian food and when you put that in the mix with pasta, wow, I’m in comfort heaven….
Potato Salad with Beets, Goat Cheese & Walnuts
I catered a party last year for a client whose father was turning 80 and he requested a menu with several small bites and to include some Scandinavian dishes since his father is from that country and many of his friends that were coming to the party were from that region as well. I said…
Lemon Greek Orzo Salad
There are many reasons why I enjoy helping people entertain but the one thing I enjoy most is being creative and finding new ways to present food to party guests, otherwise I feel like I get bored and so do the party guests. I made this delicious lemon Greek orzo salad for a garden party…
Curried Coconut Israeli Couscous Salad
Wonderful textures and flavors come together in this beautiful curried coconut couscous salad, what makes this dish fun is that I have served it as a unique appetizer at dozens of parties over the years in a Chinese soup spoon. This salad doesn’t lack texture or flavor, I love the Israeli couscous or also called…
Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Sherry Maple Vinaigrette
Serves 6 to 8 This recipe is perfect for any dinner party especially Thanksgiving, tomatoes are not at their peak so why not have some gorgeous sweet and savory roasted butternut squash for your salad. Celebrate the flavors of autumn with the sweet and savory blends of squash, golden raisins, walnuts paired with sherry maple…
Mexican 3 Bean Chopped Salad with Cumin Lime Vinaigrette
Mexican 3 Bean Chopped Salad with Cumin Lime Vinaigrette-Joseph Sciascia Yield: 9 Cups and serves 6 to 8 or 20 mini glasses for an appetizer I felt like making something light and fresh for dinner tonight, I love Mexican food but sometimes it’s too filling and I end up eating too many tortilla chips and…
