July 4th / PATRIOTIC SALAD – Your Contribution to the neighborhood 4th of July Party can be this Patriotic Red, White, and Blue Salad with homemade lemon, garlic, mustard, and thyme vinaigrette dressing. Underneath the top layer of greens is a variety of chopped lettuces; Iceberg, Radicchio, Romaine, Celery-leaf, and Red-leaf (lettuce). The salad rim […]
Category Archives: VERY CULINARY
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Jul
Jul
SO YOU SAY it’s your lover’s birthday… and those grocery story cakes are not appitizing because they are never made with love and that really shows as you take off that plastic cake cover. WELL, here is the cheat code of home-made cakes. Use a yellow cake mix (out of a box) add one more […]
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Jul
Jul
SHRIMP CREOLE – Boil a pound of shrimp in boiling water, seasoned with Old Bay seasoning. Remove when just cooked and chill to stop the cooking. -Put two Tbl spoons of EV-Olive-Oil in a large cast iron skillet (or your favorite skillet. – Dice one large onion – put in the skillet with med-heat. – […]
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Jul
Jul
A SUMMER SALAD MADE JUST AS IT SOUNDS. The corn must be farmer’s market fresh, because it is eaten without being cooked. BUT extremely fresh sweet corn is heavenly.The rest is bacon cut into 1″ squares, tomatoes cut into small wedges, Avocados cut into cubes and a vinegrette salad dressing with cilantro leaves strewn about. […]
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Jul
Jul
From Ancient India to the British Tea Table Few condiments have traveled a journey as remarkable as chutney. Today, a jar of mango chutney is as comfortable beside a wedge of Cheddar or a slice of cold roast beef as it is next to a fragrant curry. Yet this beloved preserve was born thousands of […]
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Mar
Mar
Salsa Chicken Thighs with Onions and Peppers – Using skin-on, bone-in thighs… sprinkle both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper. Ladle your favorite spicy tomato salsa (out of a jar) over each thigh. In an oven-proof skillet pan-fry the thighs with a little olive oil for 8 minutes on each side, scooping the […]
23
Mar
Mar
Microwave Omelette When time and clean-up are the issues, this omelette is two +/- minutes from opening the fridge to breakfast being on the table. Honestly, I am not a proponent of using microwaves for cooking anymore, but this delicious little treat is so convenient and it worked for me when I needed breakfast fast, […]
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Mar
Mar
Based on these cooking challenges currently on TV – a friend gave me a basket of vegetables and challenged me to make a unique side dish for his chicken with dill sauce entrée. IN THE BASKET: • Sweet Potatoes • Small Zucchinis • Huge Spinach Leaves The two skinny sweet potatoes I sliced into rounds, […]
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Mar
Mar
With their round shape and golden color, crêpes are said to mirror the sun and hint at brighter days ahead, and honestly, we’ll take any excuse for eating crêpes. Yes, ]We Love Crêpes! Recently we made-up a batch, then used the last of a roasted chicken (large dices) to add protein to our meal, then […]