Variations on Cooking

A few years back I was working on my first cookbook, when I had an agent, and the suggestion was to create a book around a single ingredient, like chicken. Well during our ongoing project, at home, to get rid of stuff, I came across a few of my note pads of recipes that I cut from the first book, there are well over a 100, and this is one of them (also a few I just posted). I like this dish, it was Greek-inspired, but my agent felt most people would not understand or like

This is a great simple one skillet/dish meal, packed with flavor – Enjoy Ingredients 1, 3 1/2-pound chicken, quartered 6 russet potatoes (about 3 1/4 pounds), peeled, quartered, lengthwise 2 medium onions, cut into 8th’s 4 large garlic cloves, halved 3/4 cup homemade chicken stock, unsalted 3/4 cup olive oil 2/3 cup fresh lemon juice 1 ½ teaspoons fresh rosemary ¼ cup of kalamata olives, pitted hand-full of fresh Italian Parsley, chopped Optional – 1 lemon sliced. Directions

Lemon Chicken Pasta with Asparagus Ingredients 8 oz. of penne pasta 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch chunks 1 lb. asparagus, ends trimmed and cut into 2-inch piece 2 shallots, halved and sliced 1 cup heavy cream ½ cup grated Asiago cheese ⅓ cup grated parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish 3 tablespoons butter, unsalted 2 Tablespoons Italian Parsley, minced 1½ tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon fresh Thyme, minced 1½ tablespoons minced garlic, divided

Lemon Herb Pasta Ingredients 1 pound penne pasta 1 cup baby Arugula 4 large lemons juiced and zested 2 medium, fresh Burrata, chopped (wait until ready to add to dish) 1/4 cup olive oil 2 shallots, minced 1 large clove garlic, minced 2 tablespoon Italian Parsley, minced 1 teaspoon fresh Rosemary, minced Directions Cook pasta as directed to alle dente. While pasta is cooking whisk together the lemon juice and zest, shallots, garlic, olive oil and herbs and set aside. Also dice

Ingredients Crust 2 cups all-purpose flour, unbleached 1/2 powder sugar 2 sticks of butter cubed and chilled (1 cup) Topping 5 eggs - Its a cookie so forget the calories 2 cups sugar - raw is best but white is fine 6 tablespoons of all-purpose flour 4 tablespoons of citrus zest - lemon, lime or key lime 3/4 cup of juice of whatever citrus you choose Powder sugar for dusting the finished bars I did try oranges once with the bars - its OK, blood oranges were good but the tart c

Here is a recipe I came up with a few weeks ago when I was faced with making chicken but did not want the same old thing. Ingredients 1 3lb chicken cut up 4 to 6 tablespoons of butter 1/3 cup heavy cream 1/3 cup Madeira wine 1/3 cup of a dry white wine 1 large lemon, zest, and juice 2 lemons cut in half 1 additional lemon as a garnish 3 cloves of garlic, minced 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced Salt and Pepper to taste Directions In a large skillet over medium-high heat pla

Many years ago we took a trip to Jordan and Syria, we loved it. The sights were breathtaking, the people were friendly and the food was great and good for you - lots of fresh veggies and herbs. I asked every cafe owner and chef how they made the dishes and they were all willing to share their recipes, and the ingredients tasted much better than here due to they were picked that mourning and still farmed the traditional way they have done for years. I am all for local produce