Recipes Index

Fresh Tomato Bruschetta Recipe
Tomato Bruschetta is one of the world's great recipes for enjoying fresh ripe tomatoes. The way the sweet juices soak into the garlicky toasted bread is irresistible. You can add countless ingredients into a Bruschetta topping, but this classic recipe lets the tomatoes be the star.

Individual Fresh Tomato and Mozzarella Salads
This is such an easy and beautiful cold platter to serve at any summer meal. Tomato and mozzarella salad is a classic combination, and this version features each slice of tomato as its own salad.

Fresh Tomato Gazpacho Recipe
Gazpacho is a great warm weather soup! This gazpacho recipe is fairly traditional and really shows off the vine-ripened goodness of tomatoes. You can make this gazpacho as mild or spicy as you like by adjusting the amount of hot peppers.

Sandra Lee's Drunken Chicken Drummettes Recipe
This chicken drummette recipe is from celebrity chef Sandra Lee's new cookbook, Semi-Homemade Grilling 2. This would make a wonderful addition to any picnic, or summer cookout.

Fresh Farmer's Cheese Recipe
This farmer's cheese recipe will show you how fun and easy it is making your own fresh white cheese at home. This cheese recipe uses plain milk, requires no special equipment, and produces a homemade cheese that's a sort of cross between cream cheese and a ricotta.

Authentic Anchor Bar Buffalo Chicken Wings
This is the original spicy Buffalo chicken wings recipe from the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY. There are many Buffalo chicken wing recipes out there, but if you want to taste the "real" thing give this a try. The chicken wings where deep-fried in the original recipe, but a hot oven works fine for the home version.

Orange and Ginger-Glazed Buffalo Chicken Wings Recipe
Buffalo chicken wings are the great American appetizer, but this delicious version uses some classic Asian flavors for a tasty twist. This buffalo chicken wing recipe is perfect for any party platter.

Sticky "Oven-Fried" Ginger Garlic Chicken Wing Recipe
Most "crispy" chicken wing recipes call for a deep fryer, but this great "oven-fried" method works beautifully, and is much easier. These sticky ginger garlic chicken wing recipe is a delicious twist on the venerable Buffalo chicken wing.

Syrah-Poached Dried Fig and Sausage Skewer
This skewered fig and pork sausage hors d'oeuvre was created for a food and wine pairing in Sonoma, California. The original used wild boar, but it's delicious with almost any pork sausage. The dried figs are ideally poached in the same wine that this skewer is going to be served with.

Easy Asparagus Soup
This asparagus soup recipe is a great example of the less-is-more school of cooking. It's just a simple puree of asparagus with a bit of cream. The result is a delicious asparagus soup that tastes like…asparagus!

Spicy Sausage and Kale Soup Recipe
Kale is one of the most nutritious greens out there, and pairs perfectly with sausage in this very hearty spicy sausage and kale soup.

Creamy Spinach Artichoke Dip
It's not exactly low calorie, but if you're going to make a rich and creamy dip, why not make one that has lots of nutritious spinach and artichokes in it? This is one of the most popular vegetable dips in casual restaurants, and an easy one to make at home.

Roast Chicken Noodle Soup
This great tasting chicken noodle soup is the perfect solution to leftover roast chicken. Any noodles will work in this chicken noodle soup recipe, but the egg noodles are classic.

Cream of Pumpkin Soup
This rich and delicious soup is perfect for any holiday table. This easy version skips the messy, and time-consuming chore of cooking and pureeing fresh pumpkins. As most chefs will tell you, pure canned pumpkin will have a better flavor than that fresh pumpkin patch gourd you picked yourself. Save that for the front porch!

Fat-Free Kale and Sweet Potato Soup
It's hard to come up with a more nutritious soup recipe than this fat-free kale and sweet potato soup. No butter or oil is needed when you're using the delicious combination of satisfying sweet potatoes and flavorful kale. Not only is this fat-free soup nutritious and tasty, it's incredibly easy and fast to prepare. Both the main ingredients are on many of the "super foods" lists and this kale and sweet potato soup is a great way to enjoy them.

Savory Peach and Mozzarella Fresca Bruschetta on Walnut Bread
The combination of the sweet fruit, the nutty, crisp toasted bread, the creamy, tangy cheese; all brought together with a drizzle of olive oil, black pepper and flaky kosher salt makes for an incredible bite.