Recipes

My neighbor BB very kindly invited me to play bridge at her house this summer with some of her bridge crew. Afterwards she served us supper and introduced me to this delicious asian slaw.  She suggested serving it with some cooked chicken, pork or shrimp. […]

I have found a fantastic combination of ingredients to make what I, with great imagination, am calling my ‘Summer Quinoa’.  To be honest, add any green vegetable you have to hand although the combination of avocado, asparagus and sugar snaps is particularly pleasing.  I have […]

  I already have a few lentil recipes on this site, but I suddenly had a need to make one with cranberry compote. I suspect this cranberry compote will turn up again as it is so pretty and would work well with all sorts of […]

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Men’s Member Guest Greek Yogurt Parfaits Smoked Salmon Mini Bagels Bacon, Avocado and Tomato Toasted Sandwiches Scones Lemon Drizzle Cake Lunch Pesto Orzo with Shrimp Chicken Kebabs, Pork Tenderloin and Sausage with Onions and Peppers Potato, Green Bean and Tomato Salad Mozzarella and Tomato Salami and […]

A few weeks ago I helped out at the Darien Men’s Association Soiree at Weed Beach.  The full menu appears under the menu tab on my website.  The food was fabulous, Roberto and two other members of staff from Tokenize club helped out at the […]

This is one of those accidental salads, which happened because  I undercooked the potatoes first time round.  I then threw them into the oven and the combination of hot roasted potatoes and a mustardy dressing was so good, did I mention my potato obsession, that […]

There are a couple of posts coming your way.  I have been playing with salads this summer and really want to add them to my archives.  I am starting with some essential summer salad dressing which are the building blocks for many of the dishes […]

This recipe,  together with the lentils recipe, was suggested by my sister in law, Avril, who has spent many years living in Spain.   I thought it might be a little exotic for Darien but it proved to be the star of the show at the […]

Ingredients 4 cups heavy cream Splash of vanilla 8 egg yolks ½ cup sugar Sugar to brûlée Method Preheat oven to 300F Scald heavy cream. Beat egg yolks with sugar and vanilla. Slowly mix the hot cream into the yolk mixture, whisking all the time. […]

This recipe for salmon is such a crowd pleaser and is so easy.  I give quantities here for a whole salmon as it makes such an impressive centerpiece if you are feeding a crowd of people, but it should work just as well for individual […]

TUNA WITH LIME CILANTRO SAUCE, WASABI MASHED POTATOES AND BOK CHOY I first tasted this lime and cilantro sauce at my friend Lynn’s house.  We were co-chairs of the wine tasting committee for the Darien YWCA, a tough job but somebody had to do it. […]

The first thing I bought when I moved to America was a kitchen aid, and really the main reason was so I could keep making meringues.  Sad, but true.  They have been one of my standards ‘for ever’ and I would feel somehow diminished if […]

I wanted to offer a substantial sandwich to match the chicken soup and something quite different from my normal tea sandwiches.  The mix of cheese, ham, apple and pickle is basically a ploughman’s lunch in a sandwich. I am still searching for the perfect bread, […]

So I already have one lentil recipe on my site but I made this version and am really excited that I managed to include both kale and sprouts, you really can’t get more on trend than this!

Every so often I just need to make this soup. This is the perfect soup for a snow day, or if someone is feeling a little under the weather. It really feels like love in a cup, with all the super healthy vegetables and the […]

Bangers and Mash or Colcannon (first published Jan 2015) This is the lunch I served for the January 2015 Darien Community Association Woman’s group lunch.  I think I cleaned out Whole Foods as I left with 192 sausages.  It seem a perfect supper to serve […]

I have been making scones for years and have never thought to put blueberries in them.  Thankfully I was asked recently to add them instead of cranberries and I am so happy.  They are wonderful.  Henceforth these scones will be known as Donna’s blueberry scones. […]

Lentils are one of the staples of Spanish cooking and can be found on most bar or restaurant menus.

Woman’s Group Luncheon November 4th 2014 We have been blessed with wonderful weather this fall but with so many leaves on the ground and pumpkins in the stores it is time to start thinking about soup.  I think this recipe is from my dear friend […]

Sticky Toffee Pudding – Probably the best dessert in the world! We all know the story of Scheherazade? The clever girl, who saved her life by telling a different tale every night for a total of one thousand and one Arabian nights. She always reached the […]