Swiss Christmas

Christmas at our house always means going back to the best parts of Grandpa Scheller’s Swiss roots–gooey cheese fondue, comforting chocolate drinks and thin lemon bratzeli cookies.  We also  tolerate the family yodeling and cow bells ringing on our doors.  Through the years we’ve experimented with lots of cheese fondue recipes and finally perfected it to our [...]

Blue Cheese and Rosemary Grougeres

So I know this recipe doesn’t look the best, but it was one of my finalist recipes for the Portland Women’s Show.  We ended up (thankfully) making crab cakes, micro mac and chocolate Kaluha cheesecake. I liked these and Mom found them bland or something (I stopped listening when after “we are not making these [...]

Recipe: Bite-sized Vegetable Frittata

These mini bites are great to serve at a party.  They can be made ahead and sit at room temperature.  For a great brunch meal, double the recipe and cut the frittata into larger pieces.

Bite-sized Vegetable Frittata
1 tablespoon butter
2 roasted red peppers
3 red potatoes
1 zucchini, sliced with 1/8 inch slices
5 eggs
¼ cup chopped basil
¼ cup [...]

Recipe: Crab Cakes with Roasted Red Pepper Aioli

This is my favorite go-to appetizer.  They can be made a day ahead and refrigerated then thrown in the oven right before guests arrive.   Since crab is in season on the Oregon Coast, it makes sense that our first recipe includes crab.  If you can’t get your hands on fresh crab, canned crab will do [...]