Benton’s BBQ Chicken Pizza

I’m on the road this week in Louisiana, and I’m staying with some great friends from grad school, the Bentons. Alica’s been making some very tasty dinners, and tonight she made BBQ Chicken Pizza (one of the Svarovsky favorites when visiting the Bentons!) in honor of the ‘Bama-Georgia match up. I asked her for the [...]

WGRS: Elizabeth and Justin’s Baked Parmesan Halibut

My good friend Elizabeth got married last September, and in honor of her wedding anniversary I wanted to include her excellent recipe for Baked Halibut. Her husband is from Sitka, Alaska, so you know this one’s authentic!
Ingredients:
3 tbsp flour
3 tbsp bread crumbs
½ tsp garlic powder or salt
½ tsp dry mustard
¼ tsp rosemary
¼ tsp pepper
3 tbsp [...]

WGRS: gina’s apple crisp

Nothing says fall like apple crisp, and this one is pretty darn good if I do say so myself. The secret is the topping – there’s a lot of it, and it’s tasty!
Ingredients:
6 large tart apples (I used Granny Smiths)
1 tsp lemon juice – optional
1 cup butter, melted
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white [...]

roasted red potatoes

Just made these last night as the meat was on the grill. Tasty and easy!
Ingredients:
1.5 pounds red potatoes, cut into 1 inch cubes
olive oil
garlic powder
kosher salt
black pepper
dill (dried, from spice rack)
parsley (dried, from spice rack)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Arrange potatoes in one layer on baking sheet. Using a “thin stream”, go [...]

WGRS: Svarovsky B&B waffles

Whenever Mike and I host friends and family, we try to make these waffles for breakfast. You’ll need a Belgian waffle maker, so if you didn’t register for one, then you might want to trade something in for one – these are worth it (or so we hear).
Svarovsky B&B Waffles – adapted from [...]

WGRS: “Can’t Spell…” chili, reblogged

I first posted this on our personal blog, and decided to reblog it here in honor of the OSU-USC clash of the titans this Saturday. I first made this recipe on 10-15-05, the day of the legendary ND-USC game, when Reggie Bush cheated and pushed Matt Leinhart over the goal line at Notre Dame Stadium. [...]

Beef in Guiness stew, Svarovsky style

Just a quick break in the WGRS recipes while I post something I tried over the weekend! My in-laws were visiting, and we were going to spend an afternoon out of the house so I wanted to make something that would happily simmer on the stove top while we were gone. Since it was actually [...]

WGRS: Pan-roasted corn

Harvest time is here, so here’s another great way to use corn. MMMMM.
Ingredients:
- 3 ears corn on the cob
- 3-4 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
Directions:
Remove corn kernels from cob. A cool trick is to use a bundt pan and stand the corn [...]

WGRS: Best Gingerbread Cookies in the World, reblogged

I hope it’s ok with Alice (and if it’s not, A, just delete this post!) but I thought I’d share her gingerbread cookie recipe and include in the Wedding Gift Recipe Series. I cut and pasted the recipe text from her personal blog.
Gingerbread cookies
from the Moosewood Dessert Book, p. 184
but modified to fit [...]