Sherry Spiced Cranberry Sauce

Bayou Chicken Pasta

Oooooh Weeee! Now We're Gettin' Warm!
Bayou Chicken Pasta

This recipe just spoke to me. Chicken, pasta, spicyness and it's Emeril...need I say more?

My Cooking Notes:
Take out seeds in pepper to lower the heat; make your own Essence, to taste; used whole pint on heavy cream; forgot to add parsley. Would definitely make it again...had heat, but just enough to make you want more.

Rainy Day Bean Soup

Salmon En Papillote with Curried Yogurt Sauce

Salmon En Papillote with Curried Yogurt Sauce

Adapted from this recipe

(made with my sister while visiting)

A Better BLT

Better because the bread is homemade, the tomatoes are homegrown, and you can put as much bacon on as you want. The first ones we made were actually BCTs (Bacon-Chard-Tomato). The next two times they were BTAs... with avocado replacing the lettuce/chard. Those beautiful beefsteak tomatoes were gifted to us, and we felt that this would be the best way to highlight their fabulousness.

Pretty self-explanatory, but here's the line-up:  

• Lightly toasted homemade sourdough bread
• Mayonnaise 
• Sliced avocado
• Thick-cut applewood-smoked bacon
• Sliced homegrown tomatoes

Prep all the separate components, draining the tomatoes and bacon a little. I like to layer the tomatoes on top so they don't make the bottom piece of bread soggy.