This is really part 2 of 'So many recipes, so little time". Part I, the salad is here. So where were we. Oh yes: Fine Cooking, April/May 2011 issue. i'm flipping the pages and see a photo of shrimp amongst…
I normally don't write about 'meal-in-a-box' stuff here but this one was good enough to make an exception. I was wandering the isles of Cost Plus Word Market today and noticed this on the shelf. The first thing I…
I have a confession to make: I've never made Hollandaise or Béarnaise sauce the conventional old-fashioned way. With the Vita-Mix blender here, it's just too fast, easy, and fool-proof not to make it in the blender.Tomorrow begins a 2-3 week…
Face it: most white fish is pretty blaa. It can be Cod, Haddock, or $30/lb Chilean Sea Bass, it doesn't matter.We're supposed to eat more fish; it's good for us, right? What we need then is some sort of sauce…
I don't often talk about the cost of the meals I prepare but with today's economy I wanted to point out that you can eat very well and cheaply at the same time. A well-known local French Bistro charges $29…
"Meat and Potatoes", said my Sweet Lady Wife, meaning what she wanted for dinner. As I was pondering that, she added, "Fish is a meat." Well, not to me but what the heck. I keep a folder in my browser…
OK, I wanted something to try out the new grill on but I just was not feeling like beef. So I pulled Sizzle with America's Top Chefs off the shelf and started thumbing through it. Now remember: Brand New Grill.…
This is an interesting medley, but it works. The inspiration for this recipe came from a recent issue of Cooking Light but I've changed it enough to call it my own.This is such an amazingly easy recipe. after thawing and…
I had to work dawn til disk last weekend and so was unable to treat my Sweet Lady Wife to the Mother's Day she deserved. She was very understanding and supportive but I know I had to make up for…
SO last night, my Sweet Lady Wife and I are with some friends, and upon learning that I'm going to make a salmon and dill souffle today, I explain that souffles are generally pretty easy and it's almost impossible for…