This quick and tasty dinner is adapted from a recipe in Chrisopher Kimball’s Milk Street. I have cut the ingredients down to make 2 servings, which we enjoyed with a small focaccia. It is a quick recipe suitable for weekdays. The only time-consuming step is to semi-freeze the meat to make it easier to cut Read More …
This is the first thing I have made from Hugh Mangum’s cookbook Barbecue: Smoked & Grilled Recipes from Across the Globe. As shown in the photo, we made the meat mixture into 4 logs which we grilled on the barbecue, We served them with ajvar (a pepper and eggplant paste) and yogurt, with a side Read More …
Eating sardines is a good way to increase calcium in one’s diet, so I was looking around for a pasta recipe using sardines and saw one on Ciao Sicily by Damian Mandola & Johnny Carrabba, which I adapted for dinner last night. (Damian’s restaurant in mid-town Houston (Damian’s Cucina Italiana) was the site of many Read More …
I was introduced to pão de queijo (cheese bread in Portuguese) when I traveled to Brazil on business and they were a common item on the snack table during meeting breaks. I recently had an excellent version from the Swamp Rabbit Café in Greenville and that inspired me to make my own. Pão de queijo Read More …
We made this dressing, adapted from www.justonecook.com to go with a salad of Napa cabbage and cucumber. This is the amount for 4 servings. 4 Tbs. toasted sesame seeds 2-2/3 Tbs. Kewpie mayonnaise 2-2/3 Tbs. unseasoned rice vinegar 2 Tbs. soy sauce 1-1/3 tsp. sugar 2/3 tsp. mirin 2/3 tsp. toasted sesame oil Grind the Read More …
I recently made a batch of Char Sui adapted from a recipe in www.thewoksoflife.com. It was very good in a batch of fried rice which we had for dinner the next day. This version will make 2 pounds and starts with an overnight marinade and about 20-30 minutes of grilling the next day. For the Read More …
The photo shows Carol and Lina with a tray of freshly made pasta which we used to make Pasta with Cream, Ham, and Green Peas. Here is the basic process using Caputo brand Semola. This was a good team activity with the grandchildren, who helped with cranking the Atlas pasta machine and ensuring that the Read More …
Yesterday we made this dish, adapted from www.adishofdailylife.com , for dinner using our Fresh Durum Semolina Pasta. The sauce took about 30 minutes to make and was enough to sauce 6-8 servings of pasta. 3 Tbs. butter 1 large yellow onion, diced 1 large clove garlic, finely chopped 3 cups ham, cut into little cubes Read More …
Carol made this salad for our Father’s Day lunch, adapting a recipe in www.delish.com. She added a few ingredients to the salad, and reduced the amount of chickpeas. The recipe below is slightly different from what she served since she thinks 4 oz. of salami in the original is too much and that a mixture Read More …
Carol made this dessert for Father’s Day based on a recipe in www.thekichn.com. An enhancement she made was a glaze for the top of the cheesecake. This was a very tasty and easy dessert which made 10 servings. Work time is very short, but it does need a few hours in the refrigerator to set Read More …