Golden Baked Turbot with a Twist

It’s the 

"champagne of the flatfish," 

according to the famous 

German TV-cook Johann Lafer. 

Turbot is not an easy fish to find in the markets around here.  So I was happy when Bubba told me that Fresh Market had turbot for sale.

Healthified Broccoli Cheddar Soup on a Cold Winter Day!

Sometimes, on a chilly day, you just need a bowl of hot, creamy, cheesy soup for a comforting meal, just not all the calories and fat though.

I found a plethora of recipes on the internet for broccoli soup and settled on this healthier version of it, a recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen. 

Southern Fried (Baked) Chicken ~ à la Blue Bloods

Bubba knows my weaknesses ~ 

cookbooks and “Blue Bloods!”  

 He surprised me with this 

great cookbook 

for Christmas and I could tell 

this "fried" baked chicken recipe 

would be a winner!

Southern cooks and barbecue pitmasters may want to skip right past this recipe, because it’s a bit of a Southern cooking sacrilege, per The Blue Bloods Cookbook.

Delicious ~ One-Skillet Italian Sausage Pasta!

The alluring temptation of a one-skillet meal, what cook can resist?

I’ve seen this recipe many times, many places, had the ingredients on hand, and plunged in.  The original has just 5 ingredients ~ I cooked it with 7 ~ added mushrooms and black pepper.