Posts by Sallie's Kitchen Corner
Cobb Salad with Steak and Blue Cheese
First dear friends, I apologize for not blogging for a bit. It hasn’t been our best summer, with the loss of a dear friend and, also our much-loved sweet dog. Combined with an eye surgery and the heat plus a violent ground hog eating everything in sight – well I just needed to wait till…
Read MoreCocktail Sauce (the best)
If you have been buying bottles of cocktail sauce at the grocery – stop – there are weird ingredients in them. If you are making it at home, applause, applause, but if you are just mixing stuff up with ketchup, then I have a new plan for you. Two words – tomato paste. Compared to…
Read MoreCoconut Curry Shrimp Pasta
Ingredients 8 oz pasta, fettuccini or pasta of choice 2 cups chopped broccoli, or asparagus (any green vegetable you choose) 6 to 8 oz peeled, deveined shrimp 1 Tbsp butter 2 cloves garlic, minced Zest of one lemon (Or a squirt of lemon juice) ½ cup coconut milk 1 cup chicken broth 1 Tbsp green…
Read MoreCoconut Pie
Cool as a…Coconut In a hot, hot summer, a cool treat is just the thing. How about a coconut pie laced with a drop of rum that you make in the blender? I’m not kidding – eggs, butter, milk, baking mix, salt and rum – push the on button and let it blend. Pour the…
Read MoreCookies and Ice Cream!
What do you do on a Monday when the sun isn’t shining and there are a million tasks that you should be doing? You make cookies of course. Cookies are always a good idea. If you are like me, you have a ton of favorites. I’m partial to shortbread cookies, oatmeal cookies, chocolate chip cookies…
Read MoreCoquilles St. Jacques
Ingredients I lb large sea scallops, patted dry 1 Tbsp canola or vegetable oil 1 Tbsp butter ¾ cup Vermouth 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1 bay leaf 1 Tbsp minced tarragon (fresh or 1 tsp dried) ½ tsp salt 2 Tbsp butter 2 Tbsp flour ½ cup half & half or cream ¼ cup grated…
Read MoreCorn Light Bread
Ingredients 2 cups cornmeal (I love Shelton Farms purchased from Green Door Gourmet) ½ cup flour ½ cup sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt ¼ tsp baking powder 2 cups buttermilk 1 Tbsp butter Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a bread pan with cooking spray. (I used 3 small pans for sharing…
Read MoreCorn Light Bread (My Mother’s Recipe File: Part 2)
I meant to blog last week but representing my mother’s recipes is not to be taken lightly. The tasters have been great with everything from fascinating 70’s appetizers to cookies to salads (well one taster won’t eat salad but it’s too late to teach that old dog a thing). Although there’s not a clear winner…
Read MoreCorn Pudding
The plan for dinner was a stir fry in the new wok. My husband was off running errands and I asked him to pick up 3 things of things at the grocery, flank steak, a red pepper, and a can of baby corn. The steak and the red pepper made it home but instead of…
Read MoreCorn Salad
Does it sometimes seem like vegetables are kind of lackluster in the winter? Even with fresh produce in the stores all the time now, the same old things tend to pop up on our dinner table. Maybe it’s the lure of the beautiful summertime farmers’ markets, but veggies are just more exciting when the world…
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