Variations on Cooking

It been awhile since my last post, life as usual is getting in the way. But i have been working up new recipes. This one i have been working for the last 5 months. I wanted to create a veggie enchilada that did not have potato in it. Many of the "Vegan" enchiladas tend to use potato as the filler, but then I though of how I make my veggie meatballs and thus this dish was born. Now I do not have cheese listed below, but we do use a bit of shredded sheep cheese - enjoy Ingr

Now this has been 6 years in the creation. when I first tried to make these i made the 4 day mole sauce with the thousands of ingredients and though there needs to be an easier and quicker way to achieve the same flavors. Well I finally got to that point and I hope you enjoy it. Ingredients 1, 3 to 4 lb. whole chicken, cut up 1 onion, chopped 1 Pablono pepper, chopped 1 celery stalk, chopped 2 cloves of garlic, smashed Salt and pepper to taste 5 dried pasilla or anocho chile

With all the changes in our life style due to the Cancer, I have had to change what our diets, out goes all red meat and in comes more fish and fowl, god I am going to miss pork ribs. But we are in this together so we both will change the way we eat. So I have been playing around with different ways to keep fish different, fresh and new: and how to do that is through the sauces. Now not heavy sauce, lite ones that impart flavor but does not cover up the fish that its being

I was playing around with another recipe of mine and I came up with this one, it is sort of a stew with noodles. Ingredients 1 3lb chicken cut up 3 cups of cubed pork, about 1-inch cubes 14 to 18 large shrimp or prawns, shelled (keep the shells) 4 to 6 Andouille Sausage, cut into 1/2 inch slices 2 medium onions, one quartered and the other thinly sliced 3 stalks of celery cut in half 6 sprigs of cilantro 1/2 cup Chinese cabbage, shredded 1 chili of choice, seeds removed and d

Next recipe in the canning series. Now this is sort of a relish and it is a bit on the spicy side, you can omit the chilis when creating the relish. Ingredients 2 lb carrots, cleaned and cut into match sticks 2 Onions, cut in half and thinly sliced 3 lemons, quartered 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar 4 cloves or garlic, minced 3 Anaheim chilis, seeded and cut into match sticks 2 tablespoon fresh oregano, minced 2 tablespoons of olive oil Salt Water Brine 2 cups water 1 cup apple c

This dish can be made with or with out the meat. Ingredients 4 16oz cans of kidney beans, drained 2 28 oz cans of diced tomatoes or 8 to 12 fresh tomatoes diced 2 to 3 eggplants chopped into 1-inch cubes - if you are using meat you need about 8 cups, without meat 12 cups 1 1/2 lbs of ground lamb 2 red onions diced 2 red peppers diced 1 cup of red wine 1 cup feta cheese 1 cup kalamata olives, halved and pitted (optional) 4 cloves of garlic minced 2 tablespoons fresh oregano 2

This is a repost from Feb 2011. This dish I created for a dinner party a few years ago and I just came across it as I was preparing to post my next dinner party menu. Thank you all for the emails and yes I prepared the last dinner party menu for 8 in a very small NYC kitchen. Ingredients The Calamari 12 cleaned squid with the tentacles 1/2 lb of tablespoons lump crab meat 1/4 cup of olive oil 3 red onions quartered and sliced thin 2 small red dried chiles, crumbled 3 table sp

Ingredients 1 16oz container of Crabmeat of choice 1 cup of olive oil mayo 2 eggs 1/2 cup diced onions 1/2 cup diced red pepper 2 cloves garlic diced 1/2 cup fresh Italian parsley, chopped stems removed 1/2 cup Asiago cheese, shredded 1/3 goat cheese, diced 1/3 cup Gruyere cheese 1 lemon, zest and juice 2 tablespoons Olive oil 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon fresh Thyme diced 1 tablespoon fresh Lavender diced Salt and Pepper to taste Directions In a skillet ove

Ingredients 2 large Acorn squash cut in half, seeds removed 1 small onion sliced 1 small red dried chili, diced 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter 6 cloves of garlic minced 4 limes zest and juiced 8 tablespoons of maple syrup 1/4 cup of minced fresh ginger 1 tablespoon of olive oil 2 bay leaves 2-star anise 3 cloves 1 sprig of rosemary Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees In a large skillet over med-high heat place star anise and cloves, after stirring for 30 seconds add chil

A favorite dish of ours and very easy to make. Ingredients 24 to 36 Little Neck Clams, scrubbed 3 links of Chorizo 1 small Onion, sliced 1/2 cup dry white wine 4 tablespoons of homemade chili sauce ( see last weeks post) few sprigs of fresh parsley, chopped Salt and Pepper to taste Directions Place a large skill over medium-high heat and sear off the Chorizo. Once the links are nicely brown remove from skill, reduce heat, and add the onions. While onions are cooking, dice Ch

Repost from my second ever post on my old Blog from July 20th, 2009 Cilantro, Pico del Gallo Ingredients 3 bunches of Cilantro, chopped and stems removed 3 large Vidalia onions, diced 4 cloves of minced garlic 3 jalapeno, seeded and minced 5 sprigs of fresh oregano, leafed, chopped and stem removed 3/4 teaspoon of ground coriander 1/2 teaspoon of ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper salt and pepper to taste 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup red wine vinegar zest of one lime Di