Oh Grilled Cheese, how do I love thee?

So very many ways…….

Try one or try them all…..here’s a compete Kentucky Derby Party menu to celebrate the most exciting 2 minutes in sports!

These are everything you love about a classic bánh mì tucked into a  soft slider bun. Juicy pork meatballs layered with tangy pickled carrot and daikon, a little heat from jalapeño, and a swipe of chili mayo that brings it all together in the best way.

Play with your food! Unleash your inner creativity by making gumdrop flowers for Spring.

Gum drop flowers add such a special touch to cupcakes and layer cakes. I love to make them for Easter, and Mother’s Day. For Easter I turn orange gumdrops into carrots. For Mother’s Day I like to cascade a gumdrop roses down the side of a layer cake.

This simple salad becomes especially fresh with the addition of delicate flowers.  Just toss field greens with the Champagne Vinaigrette and garnish with a few nasturtium blossoms or a scattering of petals. Garnish each plate with a couple of long, slender chives.

(I grow Nasturtiums and Chives on my Lettuce Grow tower, but you can grow them in a pot on your deck, too)

Add salmon or chicken to turn this into an entree salad.

These adorable flowers generate a lot of scraps. Stir them into yogurt or use them to make fruit salad.

My take on the Sweet and Sour Coleslaw from the General Denver in Wilmington, Ohio. Yum!

These little cuties disappears faster than you can make them.

This is one of those oh-so-easy, oh-so-delicious dishes that somehow slips your mind - until you make it again and wonder why you ever stopped. Don’t forget this one.

This is just like a root beer float, only with Guinness. The Guinness and ice cream alone are interesting but the magic happens with the addition of a little chocolate drizzle. If the ice cream is a little soft, good. If you want to stir it up a bit, even better. Cheers!

Even if you aren’t Irish, St Patrick’s Day is the day to act like you are and that means celebrating with an Irish menu. This bread and butter combo may inspire you to act like you’re Irish the rest of the year.

What I love about this stew, aside from the deep flavor the Guinness adds, is the way the dumplings magically plump up and fill the pot.
I use good old Bob Evans mashed potatoes for my dumplings (hey- if they’re good enough for Ina they’re good enough for me!)

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Don’t need a whole tart? The Chocolate Mousse makes a great dessert on its own, served in wine glasses or in Chocolate Bowls. Try it as a cake filling, too.

Profess your love with a subtly earthy jewel toned potion.

Save a little pasta cooking water to stir in right before serving- it’ll improve the consistency and pull everything together.

This is the epitome of comfort food. Chunky, creamy and plenty cheesy- yum!

You can easily halve the recipe if 12 servings is too much, but I’d ask yourself first…..can there ever be too much Loaded Baked Potato Soup?

Something about this latest cold snap—and spending a minute or two out in it—made me want to make ice cream.
Weird? Maybe.
But once the idea struck, there was no talking myself out of it. So… I did.

I shared one of my favorite ways to remember what we need to get into our diet every day at a recent Amy’s Table LIVE. It’s GBOMBS! This mnemonic device comes from Dr. Fuhrman, who was a guest on Amy’s Table several times.

These need to be made last minute, but if you pull all your prep together in advance they go together quickly.