I've been really busy over the last few weeks with mid week and weekend Chef assignments. Some of it birthday celebrations and others just a reason for good friends to get together. The most popular items right now are hors d 'oeuvres. Those fast disappearing items that get walked around on platters or at stand alone stations. [...]
Oh it's the first one relax, I'll get more adventurous as my familiarity with the machine builds. I wanted to try making something that even if I didn't follow the instructions for the machine, I'd still be able to salvage for dinner. So Mashed Sweet Potatoes it was. I followed the cooking instructions in the book - [...]
Yes that's right - Peach, Tomato and Caper salsa. This is a really great tasting salsa with a great combination of flavors. Peaches are every where and they are one of my favorite fruits so I'm always looking for new ways to serve them and to combine different flavors with it. I served this with salmon [...]
At the dinner table a few weeks back, the conversation turned to vegetarian cooking and more, healthful items on the menu. Among the menu items discussed were stuffed grape leaves. I've never worked with grape leaves before but was eager to try them. I do love dolmades though I wouldn't go so far to call [...]
Here's a really simple nutritious and healthy salad with fresh and frozen vegetables. Great greenery and awesome taste. Vegetables: 2 cups Frozen Edamame (Green Soy Beans) 1 cup Frozen Green Peas 6 - 10 Asparagus - thin stalks, cut in 2" pieces 1 Onion - rustic cut Dressing: 1 part Balsamic Vinegar 3 parts Olive [...]
Chinese long beans seem to be everywhere now. I brought some over the weekend but didn't finish them. They don't usually have a long fridge life so I wanted to use them up before they had to be composted. These beans add great body to the soup and I used about half a bunch, cut [...]
Another soup recipe in the making for you. I used Chicken Stock this time, same recipe for making the stock as last week except substitute equal amounts of Chicken for Turkey. Make the stock the same way as you did for the Turkey Vegetable soup. You can also make this using a vegetable stock if [...]
In the colder months of the year, I love comfort soups, in the warmer months – cold soups. We have soup for lunch Monday to Friday. Different types, some from recipes, other’s from ingredients I see from my trips to the grocers. So I thought I would make this a weekly posting. This week’s soup [...]
I've been collecting recipes for a long time. Here's a great recipe for Bolognese Sauce for you to try. My scribbles in my book tell me it's been adapted over the years, but still it's a simple and tasty recipe. True to sauce making standards, just a few good ingredients that melt together to uniform the taste. On a snowy day like [...]
On the weekend I had the privilege of cooking with 5 wonderful Goan ladies who just happen to be fantastic cooks. I've been eating their food at various family parties for over 15 years but for the first time, had a treat of being in the kitchen with them from start to finish. In the [...]
