Sweet Home Allegra

This casserole is the nexus of my lifelong passion for Mac and Cheese, love for roasted vegetables, mission for breakfast (even if it’s for dinner 🤣) and gratitude for exactly the right herb and spice. This also has a WOW factor presentation, so get ready for amazement! Choose a big baking dish, 9X13. This will make 15 small servings, 12 if larger portions. Prepare the baking dish by coating the bottom and sides with olive oil and a sprinkle of kosher salt. This is fabulous

This savory, baked veggie pie is a gluten free, less cheesy option to quiche. We served it for years at the inn and it was hugely...

Caramelized Onions are sweet and savory Nirvana made from nothing but plump yellow sugary onions, a chef’s tears and time at the stove....

Simply the best waffle recipe EVER. Every B&B Innkeeper I ever knew used this recipe. This recipe originated from Aretha Frankenstein's...

Vegan too, because this soup gets its creaminess from Arborio rice (risotto)! The flavor trick is homemade veggie soup stock and sweet...

Creamy, spicy and finished off with the squash’s own roasted salted seeds, this soup is for when you are really craving complex autumn...

A favorite of mine with sushi, charcuterie or tucked into a hummus sandwich, these thinly sliced sweet and sour rounds have a slight heat...

Ahhhh, the sublime, basic butter cookie at its simplest. Store-bought never tastes like what you make at home. My Mister requests these cookies for his birthday every year and prefers them with the ends dipped in chocolate. Of course you can add almond extract or lemon zest, there are many ways to change them up. We simply never found a way to enjoy them more than as is. I have owned cute crockery for baking them for many decades and definitely recommend them. No worries thou

Quiche is Mac and Cheese for grownups. Besides being beautiful comfort food, so very satisfying and delicious, quiche delivers all the...

These are 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌AMAZING 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌!!!!! Gala apple slices marinated in a sweet brine spiced with shallot, jalapeño, cinnamon,...

Moist yet crumbly, crazy delicious and easier to make than any scone EVER!! My Innkeeper friend Janet shared this recipe with me decades...

This is The Holy Grail of pasta and pizza sauce. Create this divine dining basic during harvest season, freeze it, enjoy, and share the...

I am mesmerized by them.

Summer grilling just upgraded to ooooo la la! My Mister is the Celebrity Chef with this delicacy! He says: ”Source 1 and 1/2 lb sushi...

Drought tolerant and in all the colors a foliage freak could desire.

It’s a gas can you dig it?

Allegra is my home, shared with My Mister of 4 decades, Robert. A friend long ago dubbed Allegra “the happiest place on earth”....