Strawberry Pound Cake Minis

This one is for Gloria at Giant Foods who is one of the ladies that provides me with my prescriptions. Gloria loves her strawberries, so around her birthday I bring her a strawberry treat. This year’s is strawberry pound cake. There is a lot of strawberry in this recipe, both in the cake and in…

Bubble and Squeak by a Yank

This is a British classic, but I had a problem with it: I hate Brussels sprouts. I have never been able to like them. So there’s a substitution right there with some cabbage in the form of coleslaw. This dish is the way to get rid of holiday leftovers. I hope you like it. 4…

Salmon Alfredo

There are no native salmon in Italy. But salmon can hold up to Alfredo sauce, and I don’t like mackerel. The lemon juice cuts some of the richness of all the cream and cheese. This one is a 30-minute meal which can be done on a weeknight. I hope you like it. 1 pound salmon…

Chunky Boy in Checkered Pants Strawberry Pie

When I lived in the Midwest, one of the rites of Spring was Big Boy Strawberry Pie (right after my Slim Jim Combo). So I did my research and saw that every recipe was the same. Now, I can’t have that. So I made a couple of changes to intensify the strawberry flavor. You still…

Low Country Bake

This is usually a boiled dish. I went bake for 3 reasons: 1. Crispy potatoes. 2. Crispy sausage. 3. Crunchy corn. Top that off with beautifully cooked seafood and the easy clean up. You can see why I got excited about this dish. 13 large shrimp12 mussels12 clams1 pound kielbasa4 blue crabs, precooked 12 crawfish,…