I love to whip up a pot of amazing butternut soup in the fall time. This butternut recipe has seared scallops that you add on top, the perfect touch to an elegant, savory, and tasty soup. We also love seafood so you may want to try our Rosemary Butternut Squash Pear Soup, Coconut Milk Mixed Seafood Soup or our very popular BEST Clam Chowder!]

Butternut Squash Soup with Scallops

This butternut squash soup is thick and rich with the addition of coconut milk. Each serving is allowed a few seared scallops for an added wow-factor and additional protein. We love to serve this soup for a dinner party entree.

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What are the most important elements of a special spring or summer meal? Three things come to mind: A pretty table (with your favorite flower), the people, and a classy dessert.

Frosty Raspberry Squares

This Frosty Raspberry Squares recipe I adapted from my mother Millie’s recipe. It is the perfect summer treat, which you can make with raspberries or strawberries. This frozen dessert is light and fluffy tasting, and easy to make ahead and pop in the freezer. (more…)

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After a wonderful weekend with out-of-town friends, enjoying the beautiful outdoors here in central Oregon, we ate a simple Pear Cobb Salad for dinner. It was made with sweet Bartlett Pears and crisp bacon, so delicious topped with Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing! And I’m also dying to try this Lobster Cobb Salad!

Bacon Pear Cobb Salad Recipe

We love pears this time of year! You may also want to try my Pear Croissant Breakfast Casserole or Pear Coffee Cake Recipe! (more…)

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Hospitality is the love of sharing the good stuff, like this amazing Buttermilk Chicken with Parsley Herb Salsa and Potatoes today!

Moist Buttermilk Whole Chicken

It doesn’t have to be complicated to be delicious, but you do have to start with the best ingredients and sometimes learn skills to present them well. In steps this chicken and potatoes with warm salsa verde! (more…)

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Today we’re sharing an easy, beautiful dessert idea–Berry Mini Pavlova Dessert Platter–for spring and summer. This setting is great for any bridal or baby shower, Easter, or Mother’s Day!

Mini Pavlova Dessert Platter

Or, think any elegant party, like a brunch, baby or bridal shower, or birthday party!

What is Pavlova?

Pavlova is the perfect meringue-based dessert, with a crisp crust and a soft, gooey inside. It’s a classic dessert, served with whipped cream and fresh berries! (more…)

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SO GOOD! These Herbed Brown Butter Scallops! Perfect for the weekend!

Delicious served with Fennel-Potato Gratin recipe and fresh asparagus!

Brown Butter Scallops

Baby, it’s cold outside! We’re loving the warmth of our new cozy, modern, mountain home and our Hearthstone gas stove, after cold winter walks. Now that it’s almost 2020, I think of this quote:

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. – John Steinbeck

Even though it’s been a snuggly-beautiful holiday with my family, there’s something deep in my bones that longs for spring and summer. (more…)

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Friends, I’m so excited for the season that we’re in. Hosting and cooking in the fall and for holidays is all about bringing people together around the table and sharing great food, drink, and company.

Fall comfort soup

With fall and holidays all about comfort foods, soups, and stews, it’s pretty fun to have one signature dish that knocks the socks off your family or guests.

I don’t mean to impress, I mean to please, with a cozy dish that is so flavorful, you may go back for seconds. Cold weather is the time to indulge. You need more fuel to keep you warm…. :o)

Where to buy lobster for soup

Like this Butternut Squash Coconut Lobster Soup. Funny, it’s robust and elegant at the same time. (more…)

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I love the autumn season for entertaining in our backyard. Truly, Oregon is beautiful this time of year!

I love to grace a table with elegant dishware, simple flowers (’tis the seasons for mums), and beautiful people. Sometimes we complicate entertaining so much–even when we have dishes stashed in our buffet or cabinets, easy to pull out and set a quick table–that we scare ourselves from doing it.

Minestrone Soup Recipe

Today, this post Fall Dinner Party Minestrone Soup Recipe is just that … elegant and beautiful and tasty! (more…)

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Looking to host a small dinner anytime soon and want a delicious, elegant dish to serve?

Brown Butter Rosemary Scallops

Then this Browned Butter Rosemary Scallops with Mascarpone Polenta may be what you are looking for. Or another quick recipe is my Herbed Brown Butter Scallops.

How to sear scallops

• In a large skillet, heat with oil and allow the pan to get very hot.
• Lay down the scallops and sear.
• Add butter and herbs and flip the scallops over.
• Spoon rosemary butter over the top for about 2 more minutes.
• Drizzle lemon juice on top, then remove from heat!

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Friends, remember I said I had more fresh peach and pear recipes coming your way?

Enjoy this Low Carb Grilled Peaches with Cashew Streusel, a healthier dessert for the family, and good enough for company, too.

And actually, I think most desserts are good enough for company! HA.

Low Carb Grilled Peaches

We have peaches on the counter right now, and our grill is probably still hot from the fish we just cooked for tacos, so clean the grill, and plop these babies on for only a few minutes! (more…)

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