This pan-fried steak with lime, garlic and onions is popular in Cuba. This version is for 2 servings and is adapted from The Cuban Table by Anna Sofia Pelaez. We used round steak, which was flavorful but a bit tough. The next time we will probably upgrade to sirloin steak. It takes an hour to Read More …
This recipe, adapted from the NY Times, shows how to make panang curry, one of my favorites, by modifying the commonly available red curry paste. A key ingredient to this is using full-fat coconut milk, and not shaking the can so that all the coconut fat is on the top of the can and can Read More …
This recipe turns brownies into a crisp cookie by baking brownie batter in a thin layer on a large pan. It is adapted from a recipe in Spruce Eats. This can be prepared in less than an hour and makes a 13 x 17 inch pan of brownie brittle. These were popular at a recent Read More …
This recipe, adapted from Robb Walsh’s The Tex-Mex Cookbook, is one that I have done many times over the years. I was surprised to see that I had not yet posted it on the blog. Normally, I would make it with Stewed Chicken Breast , but I have also successfully made it with leftover Thanksgiving Read More …
At a recent camping trip, Matt Goves made a tasty and easy seafood stew for dinner. I asked for his recipe, which was based on foodwishes.com, and made it last night as a change from two nights of Thanksgiving foods. Following Matt’s lead, I made this with a 50/50 mixture of cod and shrimp, but Read More …
I was reading Alissa Timoshikina’s cookbook “Salt & Time: Recipes from a Russian Kitchen” and spotted a recipe for Olivier Salad, which is more commonly known throughout the world as Russian Salad. (I remember eating it once in Buenos Aires.) I made a batch in part to use up some roast turkey breast meet. I Read More …
This is a variation of Stecca Bread , the signature loaf of the Swamp Rabbit Café in Greenville, SC. The difference is using a mixture of Flourish high fiber flour and high gluten flour to replace the bread flour in the original recipe so that the bread has a lower glycemic index. The change in Read More …
Pickled onions are often useful as a garnish. This version makes 2 cups and is adapted from 177MilkStreet.com 1 cup white vinegar 2 tsp. white sugar 2 tsp. kosher salt 2 medium red onions, halved and thinly sliced 1 jalapeno chili, stemmed, halved and seeded In a small bowl, mix together the vinegar, sugar, and Read More …
Since we recently went to Romania, I have kept my eyes open for Romanian recipes to try. I spotted one on 177MilkStreet.com which I tried with success. The unusual parts of this soup are that it is flavored with caraway seeds and vinegar, and garnished with Pickled Red Onions. This will Take about 2 hours Read More …
Looking at the blog, every few years I make another batch of pulled pork and write it up. This version was loosely based on Robb Walsh’s Texas Eats. Pulled pork is extremely simple, but is also hard because it takes so long. I have choir rehearsal on Thursday nights, which always means that I get Read More …