Variations on Cooking

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 had come up with about a year ago and I just found the recipe in a pad of paper here at the cabin. Ingredients 1 lb of pork tenderloin...

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...

The next issue of the Variations on Cooking New letter will be all about the endless variations on the Southern Classic, Mac & Cheese. ...

I whipped these up for dinner a few weeks back. Never made crab cakes before, but I have had them many times and what I wanted ones that...

I am sure I will need to change the name if I ever use this recipe in a cookbook, but these cookies do taste like the Cherry Garcia...

Ingredients 1/2 Lb of bacon, chopped 4 ears of corn, shucked and the kernels removed from the cob 2 red peppers, diced 1 red onion, diced...

Life is about to enter the next chapter here for us, so I, we are going to be a bit busy in the next few weeks. With this in mind, I have...

Ingredients 4 to 5 lb whole roasting chicken, cleaned and patted dry 3 blood Oranges, 2 zest, and peeled a chopped, the other one...

A re-post from August 2015 I make this about once a month, the meats/seafood changes depending on the time of year. Also, I do not like...