As things heat up and you plan your outdoor events, potato salad usually enters the picture in one form or another. Try this delightful salad that has no dairy to spoil in the hot sun! This salad is best served warm or at room temperature. French Potato Salad Serves 6 […]
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Niçoise Salad a la Dee
Dee’s Salade Niçoise with Fresh Seared Tuna Try this refreshing and fabulous summer salad to entertain friends and family.You won’t be disappointed! The presentation is as beautiful as the salad is delicious! Traditional Niçoise salads use canned tuna in olive oil. I make my version with freshly grilled sushi grade […]
French Onion Soup a la Dee
I created this recipe about 35 years ago. I adapted it from an old “Hippie” cookbook I found while with one of my husbands when living in Fort Collins, Colorado. It was so cold there I had to come up with something to keep us warm! This is one of […]
Crock Pot Cassoulet
When you want comfort food and slow cooking, this is the one for you! Crock Pot Cassoulet The word cassoulet comes from cassole, the name of the glazed earthenware dish in which the cassoulet is traditionally cooked. This is an Americanized version of this lovely French (Languedoc region) dish. My […]
Sweet Basil Haricots Verts
Haricot verts are thin green beans. If these are not available, use whatever green bean you prefer. You’ll need only 5 ingredients to create the perfect side that everyone will just love! What you’ll need: 1 pound fresh green beans 10 to 12 leaves fresh sweet basil 3 to 6 fresh large […]
Fresh Tomato Basil Tartlets with Chevre’
Here is a delicious, fairly simple and rather elegant dish for you to try! These beautiful little tarts can be served as a main dish with a tossed green salad, or as a side with a great piece of grilled fish, chicken, lean meat. Try serving with grilled veggies (pictured […]
Crab and Caviar Parfait with Wasabi Cream
Looking for something for a special dinner appetizer or gathering? You will not believe how simple and easy it is to WOW your guests with this parfait! The photo above shows Dee’s party shrimp cocktail surrounded by the crab parfaits which have been plunged into ice to serve 20 guests. […]
