A recipe blog of favorites
I’ve made this Fennel Spice Rub since the very beginning of this website. It’s one of my favorite seasonings. I use it on salmon and pork, and occasionally on chicken as well. It’s a mixture that takes only a couple of minutes to put together. […]
I didn’t grow up eating much fish, so this recipe for salmon with baked couscous was the only fish recipe I made for several years. The salmon, baked under a layer of couscous flavored with olive oil, lemon juice, olives, capers, and raisins, was delicious […]
This weekend marks at least the 3rd or 4th time this year that St. Louis has had record heat. Who wants to cook anything when it’s 90 degrees outside? For all the cooking I do, I haven’t mastered the art of cold meals. I don’t […]
Happy Lunar New Year! I wanted to tell you about the dinner I made tonight for it, but I want to have the leftovers before I finish my blog post about it. Instead I’ll tell you about last night’s dinner, which was also very delicious […]
It’s just the beginning of March, but tonight I had a taste of summer. Last summer I made various salsas to go with chicken and fish. Sure, they were all kind of similar, but you can’t really go too wrong the combination of tomatoes, bell […]
The last thing I made that I knew Alex wouldn’t like was Salmon with Red Wine-Morel Sauce. I halved the recipe since I had plenty of leftovers from the other meals I had made. I weighed out a quarter ounce of dried porcini mushrooms and […]
I don’t cook shrimp very often, but I decided to make Skillet-Cooked Shrimp with Romesco Sauce. It seemed like a good use of my tomatoes and a red bell pepper that I had. No single step of this recipe was particularly time-intensive, but it still […]
My tomatoes are finally ripening now that it’s September! They only ripen a few at a time, so I made Grilled Salmon with Tomatoes and Basil to use a few of them. Of course, I didn’t actually grill this – I actually baked it instead. […]
Another recipe I made to use up some zucchini was Halibut with Zucchini Salsa Verde. In place of halibut, I broiled some tuna that I had. The salsa verde was simple to put together. Unfortunately, I made this a while ago and am having trouble […]
I’ve said before that I’m not a particularly big fan of tilapia, but it’s a very inexpensive fish so I’m trying to figure out different recipes to make with it where I will enjoy eating it. I decided to try the recipe for Chili-Rubbed Tilapia […]
I’m Leona. My superpowers are keeping my family stocked with cookies, and eating those cookies.
Thanks for joining me here for some of my favorite recipes! Mostly sweets, of course, but sometimes I bake bread and make other things, too.
