Archive for April, 2009
Grilled Eggplant Baba Ghanoush
Great, what am I going to do with an $8 bottle of leftover tahini I thought as i was cleaning the kitchen after making some hummus dip. Well, i finally got around to making some baba Ghanoush with it. I used Alton Brown’s recipe from the Good Eats television show. It turned out decent, but [...]
April 28, 2009
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Mango Salsa Recipe
Ingredients
1 mango, peeled and diced
1/2 cup peeled, diced cucumber
1/2 finely minced serrano pepper
1/3 cup diced red onion
Juice of 1 lime
1/3 cup roughly chopped cilantro leaves
Salt and pepper
Directions
The serrano pepper has a great bite to it, but it can get overwhelming. Remove the ribs and seeds to reduce the amount of heat in the [...]
April 22, 2009
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Gorgonzola and Caramelized Onion Risotto Recipe
Ingredients
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 medium sweet onions, chopped
1.5 cup Arborio rice
6 oz white wine or dry vermouth
4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
4 tablespoons butter, divided in two parts
4 oz gorgonzola cheese crumbles
Parmesan cheese
flat leaf parsley or chives for garnish
Directions
Heat a large heavy bottom saute pan over medium heat. Add one half of the olive oil [...]
April 22, 2009
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Tips for Cooking in a Small Kitchen
How do you know you have discovered something that is fundamental to an activity such as cooking? I believe that fundamentals are those things you know you should do and when don’t do them you end up kicking yourself later because you knew better, and conversely you never regret doing them. Fundamentals are habits that [...]
April 19, 2009
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Perfect Summer Steak Sandwich Recipe
This steak sandwich is basically ripped off from Jamie Oliver’s Naked Chef. He didn’t have a recipe on the foodnetwork.com website so here is my version. This is a really tasty steak sandwich which is super easy, but has
big returns on very little effort and money. If you cook it on the grill, there is [...]
April 16, 2009
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