This risotto is great for lunch or a picnic, and is best served warm or at room temperature. Serve this with a cool cucumber salad. The celery heart adds a nice crunch, and everybody knows you buy celery for the stalks, so put the hearts aside for this recipe. Ham & Cheddar Risotto 4 [...]
I have tried many vegetarian or vegetable stock recipes that leave you wishing for fatty skin and cartilage. It took some time but I found a solution. This all-purpose broth can be frozen or keeps in the fridge for up to a week. The recipe that follows always works for me because I always keep [...]
Po-zo-lee: pork and white hominy soup with chile broth and fresh vegetables for garnish. It really hits the spot on a cold day. Haven’t tried this yet? Jump on the band wagon. This is what Mexicans eat during the holidays. Expand your repertoire, y’all. Posole 2 lbs. Pork butt, cut into large chunks 3 carrots peeled, and cut [...]
Since I was in Scotland in 2010, and got to see the big cities as well as the country side, I got a good grip on the food. One of the best things I tried is called Cullen Skink. The name doesn’t describe this creamy smoky haddock chowder very well to most Americans. Cullen is [...]
Too squeamish to use chicken carcasses? Too broke to use whole chickens? Try my recipe for easy flavorful chicken stock, as well as some incidentally tender chicken that can be used for any shredded chicken recipe. This recipe serves two purposes: you can also shred the chicken, add carrots, celery, parsley, potatoes and noodles for [...]
What the heck is this? This is a seriously strong, dilly, salty concontion that should not only sit on my spice rack anymore!The salt actually preserves the dill, and it nicely absorbs the dilly taste. I use it in place of fresh dill like in a soup, vinagriette, or in herb bread. This salt takes [...]
If you have a beer in the fridge then this is BY FAR the best use for it. The batter is great for baby artichokes and fish as well. Using it to cover jalapeños is great; it burns sooooo good. This is easiest to make with an apple corer. If you do not have one [...]
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I had this for the first time in Austin, TX. I was surprised I had never thought of this. Rose water is an Arabic staple and is used in deserts. Rose water is not sweet like simple syrup, but more like an extract and is used much like we commonly use vanilla. I have seen [...]
I always see tons of jalapeños on sale in the summer and they are always much hotter than those sold in the winter. I take advantage of this by making them into quick pickles. These pickles, although in mason jars, are not properly sterilized to store without refrigeration. I can think of hundreds of uses [...]
This meal is like a bloody Mary had sex with old boring shrimp cocktail. This is usually served in a goblet with saltines and maybe even some tortilla chips with limes on the side at Osterias (seafood restaurants) and at authentic Mexican restaurants. The ingredients can be changed to fit your preferences, however the ketchup [...]