
Pizza is in the house! Post holiday delights created this creamy flavor-packed Pizza with Truffle Burrata & Pesto, another little jewel from the kitchen. Continue reading Pizza with Truffle Burrata & Pesto

Pizza is in the house! Post holiday delights created this creamy flavor-packed Pizza with Truffle Burrata & Pesto, another little jewel from the kitchen. Continue reading Pizza with Truffle Burrata & Pesto

What do to with the rag-tag left over tomatoes from the garden? Fresh Tomato Chutney is a savory-sweet-hot spread for sandwiches, the cheese platter, as a dip—a versatile spread is always a little jewel. Continue reading Fresh Tomato Chutney

This year the weather been like no other, including a strange growing season for tomatoes. One of my tomato varieties sadly did not make it and the other took over like a weed. The oddly shaped fruits made this wonderfully simple salad Marinated Garden Tomatoes & “Ricotta”, a little summer jewel.

Sometimes, a walk out into the garden defines the next meal–such is the case with this Green Tomato salsa–a little jewel recipe of the season, once again. Continue reading Roasted Green Tomato Salsa

Gifted. I am lucky in my new hometown to live near so many agricultural farms. I am also lucky to have a friend who knows the farmers. I received a bunch of fresh water spinach and set out for a simple Little Jewel– Water Spinach with Sweet Soy Glaze. Continue reading Water Spinach with Sweet Soy Glaze