The Gourmet Goddess

Saturday night Tim and I decided to try the new Italian restaurant in town. It opened 4 months ago in the former Mavericks location. I revie...

Everyone knows I am a big fan of freezing meals for eating later when life is short on time or I just don't feel like cooking. This wee...

Here is a fun idea for the whole family or for a romantic evening in.... Crepes! They aren't that terribly complicated and you can put ...

How many of us had a nice "cooked" dinner yesterday? Being part Newfoundlander, it is a tradition in my family to have a nice big...

When your dinner companion asks you at the end of the evening "was that really worth $125?", you have to question your restaurant ...

I love winter but even I feel like it's dragging on at this point. Here is a meal I like to make to help me cope with those cold nights....

Why does chili have to be Tex-Mex inspired? If you have a crock pot and some ground meat, you can make all sorts of variations of chili. Thi...

Last night we had a meal that was elegant enough to be from a restaurant yet simple and quick enough to put on the table after a long week. ...

Last night we stayed in for Valentine's Day. As my rant from yesterday states - we went out the night before Valentine's Day for din...

I thought I had already written about the move Maverick's has made but I can't seem to find it in the archives which is fine since w...

I took my Super Bowl Chili (which had been frozen) and made it into a Mexican Lasagna yesterday. It is really simple to do this. You only ne...

Spinach salad doesn't have to be boring. Here is a simple way to stretch your creative juices without spending the whole night making d...

(I don't reheat in these margarine containers, I just store in them and reheat in microwave approved dishes) I've preached about th...

Are you ready for some football!!! We sing that every Sunday around here. Makes the dogs crazy... I made my chili and pineapple salsa yester...

Okay, so once again I have been slack about sharing recipes. Mostly because I haven't really been cooking. Tim was away last week and ...

Here is a super quick recipe that tastes great and is fancy enough for dinner guests but quick enough for a weeknight. It requires 3 ingred...

(small winter village I have that I keep up after Christmas until March - it's just so pretty!) As I mentioned, we had a great dinner o...

Hello! Yes I'm alive and well. I know it's been a while since I posted but there has been a lot going on. We've still been ea...

Are you exhausted too? Well now all that is left is the relaxing and the New Year celebrating! I hope everyone's holidays were peaceful,...

Now this recipe is about the gravy, not the turkey but without great gravy, how good can a turkey really be?! This is not terribly complicat...