Carol made these cookies based on a recipe at carlsbadcravings.com and they are very good. We made some with the freshly made dough and others from frozen dough, and both turned out well. There is about 25 minutes of preparation and 13 minutes per batch of baking. This made 36 cookies. 14 Tbs. unsalted butter, Read More …
This cousin to ragu Bolognese takes about 45 minutes to prepare and is thus suitable for a weeknight dinner and is adapted from a recipe in 177milkstreet.com. One feature of this version is that dried porcini mushrooms are rinsed to remove grit but are not soaked, so that that all of the mushroom flavor ends Read More …
This hearty stew of beef and root vegetables is from the Gascony region of France. This version is an adaptation of a recipe in SeriousEats.com. It makes 8-10 servings and takes about 4 hours to prepare. Like most stews, it benefits from being made a day in advance, which gives the flavors time to meld Read More …
This quick side dish is adapted from Damn Good Chinese Food. The quantities below make 2 servings and preparation is about 15 minutes. The original used “mushroom water” from soaking dried mushrooms. I have used mushroom powder from Trader Joe’s ½ tsp. mushroom powder ¼ cup Shoaxing wine (Chinese cooking wine) 1 Tbs. soy sauce Read More …
This is an adaptation of a recipe for a Cantonese noodle dish on the “Made With Lau” YouTube channel. My version looked a lot different from the original since I was unable to find fresh wide flat noodles at the New Grand Mart. The closest I could find were thinner noodles intended for Phat Thai, Read More …
This is an adaptation of Jacques Pepin’s Arroz con Pollo as shown on the Rachel Ray program. It makes 4 servings and takes about an hour. As expected, it was very good. Pepin used cilantro stems, which he accumulates in his freezer. I used a mixture of leaves and stems from fresh cilantro. 3 Tbs. Read More …
Breakfast sausage is very simple – pork, salt, and spices. Here is a link to a version with just 3 ingredients: Simple American Breakfast Sausage . This posting is an adaptation of a recipe in livingthegourmet.com, which involves more ingredients, but is still very simple. It makes just over a pound of sausage. I made Read More …
What to do with the remains of a Costco rotisserie chicken after using it for chicken pasta salad and sliced chicken sandwiches? Why, of course, make the baby brother of Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Gumbo. Basically, just half everything. Delicious! This batch made 4 servings and took about an hour and a half.
This posting is a variation on Bazlama, a Turkish flatbread, in which I am using different flour and kneading by a stand mixer. I have also adjusted the quantities for 6 servings. I cooked the first 2 servings last night and will cook the second 2 servings tonight from dough stored in the refrigerator. It Read More …
We enjoyed Chinese-style ribs while watching the Super Bowl. These were based on a recipe in the Chinese Takeout Cookbook with several changes. Total time was about 1-1/2 hours. 4 lbs. spareribs, cut into individual pieces 1-1/2 cups brown sugar 5 cloves garlic, chopped 3-1/2 tsp. light soy sauce (I used Kikkoman) 1 Tbs. oyster Read More …