Recipes

Since spending winters in southwest Florida, I’ve been on a search for the best seafood restaurants in Naples. Now I’m ready to share four of my snowbird finds. Each one offers a little something different with its own specialties. If you’re a fish and seafood lover like me, you’ll be eager to experience these delish places if and when you travel this way. Now it’s time to get your hungry on, cause I’m diving right in. My daughter A and I dined at Truluck’s restaurant serving “Ocean’s Finest Seafood and Crab” Swan River Seafood wins votes for top seafood restaurant...

Have you been searching for a delicious crostini recipe? Try this easy roasted vegetables and smoked mozzarella crostini. They make perfect hors d’oeuvres or a light lunch, are easy to make, and are always delicious. For easy preparation, you can pick up the roasted vegetables at a deli so that all you need to do is assemble and pop them into the oven. Otherwise, you can check out the instructions for roasting the vegetables yourself in the directions below. Either way, you’re sure to satisfy both your guests and even the most discerning palette.  Crostini Recipe with Roasted Vegetables and...

Q. I have a young avocado tree. I’ve had it for about 2 years now. It’s planted in a mega pot and growing nicely. My concern is that the leaves seem to get sunburned. It still has lots of new growth, but the older mature leaves get dry and burned-looking. A. Plants that grow in containers for any extended period (a year or two) can suffer from salt burn. This will cause older leaves to turn brown along the edges before completely drying up and falling off. In areas with hard water, repeated irrigation deposits minerals into the soil and...

There’s something so comforting about a warm and hearty one-pot meal, and this Eggplant and Cauliflower Maqluba with Lamb is no exception. Maqluba is a traditional Middle Eastern dish that translates to “upside down,” the dish is traditionally flipped upside down before serving, revealing layers of tender lamb, fragrant rice, and vegetables. This particular version features tender lamb that has been slow-cooked in aromatic spices, layered with tender eggplant and cauliflower, and fragrant rice cooked in the flavourful lamb broth. The dish is then carefully inverted and served with toasted almonds. Making this dish requires effort and time, but the...

Keep your energy levels and mood high with 20 vitamin-packed, hearty salad recipes that are so colorful, delicious, and big on textures and flavors that you’ll want to serve them for dinner. It’s not unusual for energy levels to flag and our instinct to hibernate to rise to the surface as we go through grey and cold seasons. That’s why we need some vitamin-packed, hearty salads to boost our mood! This collection of 20 winter salads from food bloggers around the globe focuses on hearty grains, quick-cooking proteins, easy-to-find seasonal veggies, and bright, bold flavors that will keep you energized...