Shh! Don’t tell my husband that I’m in love with Jamie Oliver. It’s not real love. It’s more of a cooking crush. I’d welcome him into my kitchen any old-time. Sweet smile, sweet disposition, aiming to improve everyone’s culinary life. Jamie Oliver wrote “jamie’s italy,” a cookbook after my own heart. Funny how every time…
Waldorf Chicken Salad – Not Your Grandma’s
You are witnessing a transformation. Don’t worry, I’ll always keep the jittery moniker, but I’m starting to feel like a Miss Fix-it—knowing taste by what I read in print, understanding how to configure recipes to bring out the best in them. Rest assured: You can always count on me to cut fat, sugar and salt,…
Broccoli Sweet Onion Pecan Salad – Tossed with Orecchiette and Feta
This recipe is too good. I can’t remember the last time I ate about half a broccoli in one sitting. I saw enough broccoli and cauliflower growing up for a lifetime of good health and no longer feel the need to eat much of either, in their plain, steamed, circa 1960’s state, that is. In…
Beet Salad and The Garden of Eden
Today I ate fresh green coconut, courtesy of Sherrie. Sherrie is a spritely Hawaiian woman who strikes me as a combination of Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and Pocahontas. She dashes about, gracefully tending her gardens and hacking open coconuts as she feeds and instructs her guests. Sherrie snapped off a sugar cane, with her bare hands,…
Baked Banana – Bravo for a 2 minute dessert!
Happy 50th Jittery Cook post! Your positive response fuels the Jittery Cook blog. Research shows that there are ingredients that could theoretically be combined into 10 quadrillion recipes — of which only one million, just .0000001%, have already been recorded. So between the already recorded recipes and the ones yet to be created, Jittery Cook may have enough raw material to keep…
Fattoush Chicken Salad – Fresh and Fabulous
Fattoush Chicken Salad is just one more recipe that could promote peace in the Middle East. Larry David may be in line for a Nobel Peace prize if his ‘Palestinian Chicken‘ episode, which Alan Dershowitz sent to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, brings the leaders of Israel and Palestine together to create entente. Fattoush Salad 1 lettuce…