Recipe Collections

Apples!
"If you would only eat an apple a day, we would use these up," my mother exclaimed today, as she has every day for the last month. Yeah, right. What about the other thousand apples still on the trees, mom...
Blood Oranges
Those of you who love blood oranges don't need to be told how exquisitely wonderful they are. In the kingdom of citrus, blood oranges are royalty. You know that every bite is an explosion of sweet, deep orange flavor, with...
Chili Recipes!
It's that time of year again, bone chilling weather and NFL playoffs. The perfect time for steamy hot and hearty chili. Whether you like your chili with beans or without, with turkey, chicken, ground beef or chuck, scorchingly hot...
Cranberries!
Blustery days, fallen leaves, foggy mornings, chilly nights, where-did-our-daylight-go, clear skies, rainy skies, the first good rain since May, persimmons, pumpkins, pomegranates, pecans, walnuts, and those belles of the Thanksgiving ball, garnet red cranberries. Fall is indeed here. My father...
Figs!
September is fig season here in Northern California and at Casa Simply Recipes. In fact, we are in the midst of our annual "what to do with all these figs?" problem. My mother has a fig tree that my father...
Pomegranates
One of my earliest memories is that of using money my grandmother had given me to buy candy to buy a pomegranate instead. Oh, I loved them. I loved the fact that we kids had to dress up special in...
Super Bowl Recipes!
So, what are you serving up for Super Bowl Sunday? Here are a few of our ideas, as well as a several rather inventive Super Bowl recipe twists from some of our favorite food blogs. Enjoy the game!
Thanksgiving Pie Recipes
"How many pies should we bake, dad? There are only 5 of us for dinner." "Two." "Two?" "Two. Because there is nothing better on God's green earth than apple pie for breakfast." "Ah yes, of course." We are making...
Thanksgiving Planning
Thanksgiving is coming upon us. In the last month I've actually twice bought and cooked a whole turkey just to make sure we had the instructions right and some decent photos for my mom's Roast Turkey recipe. (Her method...
Tomatoes!
Labor Day weekend and it's still tomato season here in Northern California. Heck, it's in the 90s outside (the AC has been running solid for a week); who says summer is over? Our local Whole Foods and Raleys have been...
Valentine's Day Recipes
May I admit something? I am the least romantic person I know on the planet. I was born on Valentine's Day and even with that incentive, have never been one for hearts, lace, or pink, though you gotta love...