When I make fruitcake I use a variety of chopped up, dried fruit rather than the premixed jar fruit cake mix. But I have to admit, I was curious to try the jewel-toned fruit mix and couldn’t resist snagging a jar on my last shopping trip. Since I already had a lot of…
Author: expepicurean
Shortcut Potato Leek Soup
A few months back I wrote about seven ways to eat broccoli in a week which was inspired by a conversation with a client. Today’s Shortcut Potato Leek Soup was also inspired by a client. Recently the team was teasing him because he was raving about these potatoes he was enjoying. Since they…
Turkey Pancakes
Inspired by some festive Halloween pancakes, I decided to create a fun Thanksgiving Turkey Pancakes. This would be a great way to use up some of the candy eyes I bought for my Bat and Spider Cookies and please the kids with a special breakfast. In fact, when grandpa comes to visit they…
Cornucopia Gratefulness Cookies
My children are now old enough that they can comprehend the idea of Thanksgiving. So this year I wanted find a fun way to decorate my thanksgiving table while letting all my guests voice their prayers of thanksgiving. What came to mind was these Cornucopia Gratefulness Cookies which are a take on a…
Mulled Pomegranate Martini
My latest cooking contest endeavor is the “Stir It Up Holiday Blogger Mixology Challenge” hosted by Stirrings and if proving to be a fun way to kick off the holiday season. Stirrings makes premium cocktail mixers and rimmers and challenged bloggers to develop a creative, attractive, and delicious holiday cocktail. One of the…
Curry Ketchup
My family and I just returned from a vacation in California. On vacations, I try to frequent off the beaten path restaurants and managed to do so in South Lake Tahoe. One of the restaurants we tried was a German restaurant which offers homemade wursts and other German fare, and imports 30 different…
Green Peppercorn Sauce
Every now and then I find an interesting ingredient at the supermarket. Most recently, I went to grab a jar of capers and came across brined green peppercorns. I had no idea what they were used for, but I’m sure it comes as no surprise that I just had to buy some to…
Goblin Smoothie
I had so much fun with last week’s easy, Halloween themed post I couldn’t resist making another themed post. I had a few different ideas for a festive drink, but the one I was most excited about didn’t quite work. As I was scrounging around the kitchen for a new idea I happened…
No-Bake Bat and Spider Cookies
Since my kids are so into crafts I wanted to have them help me make a simple themed dish for Halloween. Thus we made No-Bake Bat and Spider Cookies using black fondant and Oreos. My kids helped make the Spider Cookies which were as simple as rolling log-shaped legs out of the fondant…
Hungarian Mushroom Soup
Back in May, I tried a new-to-me version of mushroom soup while on a work trip: Hungarian Mushroom Soup. I had never heard of it before and I was intrigued. When the dish arrived it was burnt sienna in color, and was a creamy soup with meaty chunks of mushroom. My guess was that…
Stuffed Zucchini
Since I am still trying to eat a variety of vegetables daily (despite the fact that I no longer need to track my vegetable intake for my health benefits program) I decided to make a vegetable full, fall inspired dish – Stuffed Zucchini. What I love about Stuffed Zucchini (or any other vegetable for…
Black Rice & Edamame Salad
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I was trying to prep more food on the weekends to make for easier lunches and no brainer dinners. With this in mind I have been trying to make a variety of salads – rice, lentil, steel cut oats, etc. My strategy has been to create…
