Author: Charlie DeSando

Crown Roast of Pork

Crown Roast of Pork Dinner

Crown Roast of Pork Dinner – I started writing this blog to show how cooking can be easy and fun, especially for non or reluctant cooks. This post will not be that. It will showcase a recent dinner party we had with friends, that featured a Crown Roast of Pork, […]

Turkey Sausage Soup

Turkey Sausage Soup with Spinach and White Beans

There is an updated post with a video for this Spinach, White Bean and Turkey Sausage Soup at this link This is a quick and easy soup with Italian turkey sausage, white beans, and spinach. It is full of flavor and nice and healthy. It takes less than an hour […]

Zucchini Soup

Zucchini Soup – Healthy and Hearty

Zucchini Soup – If you missed Part One of “Soup’s On” you can click the link below. It talks about the wonderful tool known as an Immersion Blender and making creamy soups without Cream. Soup’s On Part 1 Zucchini is one of the most prolific vegetables of summer. It is […]

Roasted Acorn Squash for fall dinners

This is a perfect, easy to do, recipe for fall dinners. The hardest part is cutting the Acorn Squash in half. Serve with Pork Roast, Roast Chicken or just about any main course Ingredients One acorn squash (for two servings) Olive oil (for brushing the flesh) Butter (1 tablespoon per […]

Grilled Peaches

Grilled Peaches

The dessert course at our Outdoor Grilling Party was grilled peaches with a dollop of vanilla ice cream. Couldn’t be simpler. Ingredients: 4 slightly under-ripe peaches, halved and pitted Canola oil for brushing the fruit salt and pepper. (Graeter’s) Vanilla Ice Cream for topping the grilled peaches Instructions Brush the […]

Grilled Halibut

Grilled Halibut with Brown Butter-Citrus Sauce

Grilled Halibut with Brown Butter-Citrus Sauce. Our Outdoor Grilling Dinner Party rolled into the main course. We had a simple green salad. We also enjoyed an Orzo Salad with vegetables, Chic peas, Feta cheese, olives, basil, mint, and other assorted accompaniments. But the star of the meal was the Grilled […]