This cozy recipe for Turkey Pot Pies with Bacon, Caramelized Onions, and Butternut Squash is sponsored by the National Turkey Federation. All opinions are 100% my own. This here, my friends, is fall on a plate. It’s basically the food equivalent of jumping in a pile of leaves while wearing an oversized sweater and plaid flannel scarf. It’s…
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Sheet Pan Sweet Potato + Chorizo Hash with Runny Eggs
This quick and easy recipe for Sheet Pan Sweet Potato + Chorizo Hash with Runny Eggs is baked instead of fried, so it’s healthier and easier to clean up! This post is sponsored by the North Carolina Sweet Potato Board, but as always, opinions are 100% my own.
New England Clam Chowder
Give a choice between Manhattan and New England clam chowder, I’ll always take New England. To be honest, I don’t really bother with the Manhattan variety, like, well… ever. To me, a chowder just isn’t a chowder without a little cream in it.
French Baked Toast with Cream and Eggs
Known as oeufs au plat Bressanne in France, this sinful brunch dish of runny eggs baked with cream soaked toast is far easier to make than it looks. Known as oeufs au plat Bressanne in French, this sinful brunch dish of runny eggs baked with cream soaked toast is far easier to make than it…
Sheet Pan Sausage and Peppers
This recipe for classic Italian sausage and peppers is made easier and even better by roasting the whole thing on a sheet pan! Easy prep, easy cleanup. I’ve been into the idea of sheet pan meals ever since I met the lovely and talented Molly (of Dunk and Crumble) at a training for QVC . Molly was…
Ricotta Cheesecake with Plums
This Ricotta Cheesecake with Plums is one of the most delicious light summer desserts you can make! The ricotta cheesecake is light, fluffy and absolutely irresistible when paired with the juicy, jammy plums and buttery graham cracker crust. This show-stopping dessert will impress everyone at the party! This is the best ricotta cheesecake I’ve ever…
Heirloom Tomato Salad with Blue Cheese and Fried Shallots
Ripe heirloom tomatoes, creamy blue cheese, sweet + tangy sherry vinaigrette, and crispy fried shallots. This is the best heirloom tomato salad ever! THIS is the tomato salad that beats all other tomato salads in a battle. Fact. No other tomato salad even comes close. You can keep your Caprese. This is the one I dream about all…
Clams with Bacon, Tomatoes + Jalapeños
Clams with bacon, tomatoes, + jalapeños makes a lovely dinner for two. It’s a simple, fresh, and tasty way to soak up the very last bits of summer! Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer for most Americans, but here in Brigantine it’s the beginning of what we call “local’s summer.” The island goes from bustling to sleepy…
Turkey Moussaka
This lightened up take on the classic Mediterranean recipe is easy to make and uses ground turkey and baked eggplant, but with zero sacrifice in flavor. This Turkey Moussaka post is sponsored by the National Turkey Federation. All opinions are 100% my own. How on earth is it September already? I’m pretty sure it was just…
Garden Diaries: August 2017 (Video!)
Late August is my favorite time of year. It’s still summer, but so much more chill. And I mean that literally – the humidity drops, temperatures hover around 75 degrees and it’s nothing but sunshine and cool breezes. We can finally open up the windows again, and the beaches are practically empty thanks to everyone…
Maryland Crab Cakes
This recipe for authentic Maryland Crab Cakes uses only a touch of Old Bay seasoning and just enough “filler” to hold them together. Crab cakes come in lots of different forms, but in my humble opinion, the classic Maryland style is undoubtedly the best.
Cucumber Melon Salad with Feta and Mint
This incredibly refreshing Cucumber Melon Salad with Feta + Mint is loaded with crisp cucumber, sweet summer cantaloupe, and salty chards of feta cheese. Simplicity at it’s best! This simple melon and cucumber salad is hands down my favorite dish of the summer. It’s crisp and sweet and juicy and salty and I just can’t seem…
Grilled Peach Panzanella with Burrata
This Grilled Peach Panzanella with Burrata pairs sweet caramelized grilled peaches and a big hunk of creamy burrata for a twist on this classic Tuscan salad. The Jersey peaches this season have been absolutely ridiculous. And by ridiculous, I mean good… no, actually, they’ve been great.
Lemon Blueberry Poundcake (Video!)
This Lemon Blueberry Poundcake is an insanely rich and buttery poundcake that’s lightly scented with lemon, and chock full of fresh summer blueberries. I love summertime in New Jersey for so many reasons, and one of them is most definitely the blueberries.
Garden Diaries: July 2017 (Video!)
Hey. Hello. Hi. Here I am! I know… it’s been a while. This has been such a wild, whirlwind of a summer. Owning a business on the island has been both an exhilarating and draining experience, not to mention a learning experience. Now that we’re a solid 2 months in, I’m thrilled…
Turkey Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce
This Southeast Asian inspired recipe for Turkey Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce is sponsored by the National Turkey Federation. All opinions are 100% my own. Satay, you say? Yes! Something tells me there’s a good chance you’ve been putting in a lot of time with your grill lately. I know I have. This insanely tasty recipe is the perfect…
Cacio e Pepe
This simple classic Italian pasta recipe relies on good quality ingredients and proper technique to shine. Rich and creamy pasta perfection! When life gets hectic, I default to daydreaming about simpler times. Lately I’ve been reminiscing a lot about the trip we took to northern Italy a few years back. It’s had me thinking a lot about…
Rosemary Blueberry Vodka Spritzers
These Rosemary Blueberry Vodka Spritzers are made from fresh blueberries, fragrant rosemary, and vodka to make a refreshing cocktail that’s perfect for picnics, BBQ’s and all other summer gatherings. The past few weeks have been next-level stressful, so I think that calls for a cocktail. Really though, stress or no stress, life always seems to…
Spring Vegetable Risotto (Video!)
This Spring Vegetable Risotto is a rich and creamy risotto that’s still light and fresh thanks to lots of seasonal spring veggies! Asparagus, radishes, leeks, peas, chives and more! I’ve been making a version of this risotto for years. It’s rich and creamy, but still light and full of so many gorgeous seasonal vegetables. Spring…
Scones with Prosciutto, Goat Cheese, and Strawberry Butter
Scones bursting with salty prosciutto, tangy goat cheese, and slathered with sweet strawberry butter. Scones for Mothers Day or scones for any day. The difference between a good scone and a not-so-good scone is vast. At worst, a scone can be hard like a hockey puck, crumbly, dry, and bland. It will require a hot cup of tea…
Classic Italian Meatballs
This is my Sicilian family’s traditional meatball recipe using beef, pork, and veal. These are the best Italian meatballs you’ll ever taste! Hello and happy Saturday! I hope you’re enjoying a hot cup of coffee and some extra time off this weekend. I also hope you’re in the mood for meatballs because that’s what’s on…
Meyer Lemon Baked Doughnuts
These Meyer Lemon Baked Doughnuts are are yeast risen, so there’s no special pan required. They’re sweet, tangy and taste just as good as the real thing! After purchasing a doughnut pan last fall, I promised to post lots and lots of recipes for baked doughnuts in the future. Well, folks, the future is now. I love my doughnut…
French Onion Grilled Cheese (Video!)
French Onion Grilled Cheese: Caramelized onions, melted Swiss cheese, thick sliced buttery bread. The best grilled cheese sandwich ever! Yes, yes, YES! FRENCH ONION GRILLED CHEESE. So many yesses for today’s post. A grilled cheese has to be one of my all time favorite comfort foods. Crispy, buttery bread and tons of gooey melted cheese. What’s…
Celery Root + Pear Salad with Walnuts + Manchego (Video!)
This simple winter salad of celery root, pears, walnuts and manchego cheese is crisp, refreshing, and full of cold weather flavors. Late winter / early spring – aka, right now – is the absolute worst when it comes to fresh vegetables. Just about everything local is out of season and the produce department has become dull and…
Scaccia Ragusana: Sicilian “Pizza Babka”
This traditional recipe for Scaccia Ragusana is a simple and unique bread preparation from Sicily. It’s surprisingly easier to make than it looks! You may have heard of Scaccia Ragusana before, but I would be willing to bet that maybe you haven’t. I hadn’t until I saw it in an issue of Saveur magazine a…
Nicole Gaffney, aka Coley, is a professionally trained chef, recipe developer, tv host and food writer.