Author: Lanie Fioretti

My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!

Root Vegetables

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I just couldn’t resist showing you this.  It’s a 4 lb turnip from my neighbors garden.  I’ve still got a few normal turnips to cook, but it’s the end of their season. In my garden where I planted all the root vegetables, I’ve noticed most of the baby tops have been nibbled off.   I planted…

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Pastry Bundles for Leftovers

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I love the challenge of leftovers, when you have little bits of things left or when you just can’t stand having one more serving of something you made. This week I had some sloppy joe meat and some potato casserole. I mixed a meat, potato, Parmesan, and a little dill pickle juice to balance the…

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Chicken Sort Of Cordon Bleu

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If you’ve been following the recipes on this site, you’ve probably noticed that I don’t fry much, and this is no exception.  It’s a quick fix, and if you make it, I’ll bet you’ll be pleased .  Once again I didn’t stick to the recipe.  I had diced prosciutto instead of slices, so that’s what…

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Portland – Day Six

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It’s starting out to be a really bad travel day. We can get to DFW, but we can’t get out of there, maybe until tomorrow. The good news is we had breakfast at an awesome place this morning, Pine State Biscuit. They’ve gotten loads of press, including being on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. we had…

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