Variations on Cooking

My good friend Ina gave me this recipe many years ago. I made a few adjustments, enjoy it. Ingredients 3 to 4 lb chicken cut up 2 cups...

What could be better than a Pizza and a Salad? We had this a few years ago when on holiday in South America and it was a great combo. I...

I have been making a lot of chilled soups and thought why not do a few with a yogurt base instead of a lemon/lime base. Here is the...

Ingredients 1 cup Dashi* 1/2 cup Sake 1/4 cup Mirin 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 inch of fresh ginger, peeled and grated 1 tablespoon of raw sugar...

This is a great summer/fall salad from Paul Johnson and his book, Fish Forever. Ingredients Dressing 1/2 cup olive oil 2 tablespoon Dijon...

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...

We love all seafood, well Michael more then I. There are a few seafood proteins I am not a fan of but I will always try a dish even if...

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...

With all the wonderful fresh herbs in my garden, I decided to break with the pestos and create a creamy herb sauce for pasta. Ingredients...

Ingredients 4 boneless and skinless chicken breast, cubed 2 package of won ton wrappers 1 cup of cooked bean threads - as per directions...

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...

Well I have been told I need to have more Veggies in our Diet, well already eat a lot of veggies and fruits, so it came as a bit of a...

Ingredients 2 large Acorn squash cut in half, seeds removed 1 small onion sliced 1 small red dried chili, diced 4 tablespoons of unsalted...

Ingredients 4 boneless sirloin steaks, about 1 inch thick, size is your choice 1/3 cup peppercorns, ground to medium coarse 1 cup dry red...

Now mushrooms are usually available all year round, but we have a local grower and she said the fall and spring mushrooms have the most...

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...

Here is a fresh take on the traditional Cucumber and Onion salad. Ingredients 6 to 8 cucumbers, thinly sliced 12 to 18 radishes, thinly...

This took me a while to figure this recipe out; we had it on top of this great steak we had while in South America, it was much different...

I got the idea for this stew after having a french version a few years ago, only it needs a bit more of a kick so I went south of the...

With Tomato season is in full swing in the North East, this is a repost of my recipe from 2009. Well, I came by this recipe in a...