Variations on Cooking

With all the time on my hands these days, I have been going through my endless yellow pads of recipes I have created over the last 10...

Last week I got the wonderful smoked cheddar from Saxelby Cheese Mongers at Chelsea Market, they ship as well go their website to see all...

Ingredients 1 lb. peeled & deveined shrimp, medium size 8 oz. ramen noodles 2 shallots, minced 2 cloves of garlic minced 1 lime, zested...

I was not planning to make potato salad but our neighbor in our building order potatoes and she did not know that she ordered a case so...

There are many different variations on this salad, i have listed 4 here - Enjoy Salad one Ingredients 2 cups of cooked shrimp 1 cup...

This recipe came about when I thought I had plenty of bread crumbs and I did not so I added Romano cheese to stretch out the bread crumbs....

This is a post from back in 2018 that actually never posted to the Blog - I noticed it when I was saving drafts of my new tomato recipes...

Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices, patted dry. 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons extra-virgin...

So I have been playing with the recipe for some time, adjusting the ingredients to get just the right balance and I now like the flavor,...

A few weeks back I came across this recipe in my Grandmother cookbook, it was just a list of ingredients with a few cooking notes, and it...

Ingredients 1, 20oz. package of tortellini, your choice of filling, I like Artichoke, prepared as directed on package 2 cups of cherry...

Ingredients Salad 6 to 8 strips of hardwood smoked bacon 6 ears of corn 3 cups of pasta of choice, cooked ¾ cup of Feta, sheep, crumbled...

I have been working at this for weeks now trying to make a falafel that does not taste like sawdust. I looked at all types of recipes but...

Ingredients Box of phyllo 5 pints of assorted mushrooms, sliced 8 cups of baby spinach 6 shallots, sliced 4 cloves of garlic, minced 1...

This is a new recipe I have been playing around with, most stuff peppers are usually meat-based and I did create a Veggie stuffed recipe...

Here is another recipe from a few years ago, its right before we moved full time to Pa., It pretty simple and quick. I originally used...

Ingredients 3 to 5lbs. bone-in chicken thighs and legs, or wings 1 cup lite brown sugar 1 cup homemade chicken stock, unsalted ½ cup of...

Here is a recipe that I adapted from a recipe I found on the Food Blog, "Cook & Be Merry" by Lynne Hemer - I only changed a few of the...

Ingredients 4 to 6, 6 to 8oz lobster tails, frozen with shell Head of garlic, broken apart 2 tablespoons unsalted butter Sauce 2 stalks...

Back in the winter when I was allowed to start adding fish back into our diets, I have been experimenting with different spices, sauces,...