Category Archives: VERY CULINARY

NOSTALGIA HAS BEEN FORCED UPON US – AND IT’S SO MUCH FUN! Covid turned back the clock, slowed things down, gave us fewer options for eating and we also started working from home and attending zoom school at home! So cooking at home became the norm again, and families gathered around the dinner table took […]

This chicken salad makes for a picture-perfect buffet dish to serve at a party. Garden fresh tomato slices (a different vegetable from what we buy in the grocery stores), freshly peeled and sliced avocados, trimmed and sliced English cucumber, sliced ripe strawberries, and baked chicken with greens under it all. Served with a homemade vinaigrette […]

Here’s a fun fact: 50% of people who purchase live lobsters don’t know how to cook them! If this is you, don’t feel bad, you’re not alone! People often ask how to perfectly boil, steam, or grill their live lobsters. Cooking and handling live lobsters is part of the fun! We recommend that you start […]

Dutch Baby Pancakes! – The “winning combination” for the perfect Dutch Babies is to start with your homemade blended batter, a hot oven, and a very hot skillet! Start with a thin, pancake-like batter in that very hot skillet. Melt some butter and pour the batter into the skillet all at once and slide it […]

(above) Bananas are simply sauteed in butter and sprinkled with cinnamon for this healthly dessert. These bananas may be the best tasting no sugar added food on this planet! In New Orleans, the Brennan family (known for their famous restaurants) grew up eating fried bananas with cinnamon which evolved into the famous dessert “Bananas Foster” […]

DELICIOUS TURKEY MEAT SAUCE SERVED IN ONION CUPS While cooking our fabulous turkey meat sauce we turn two halves of an onion (flat side down) in the center of our 16″ cast iron skillet, while the saucy mixture cooks. These softened onions absorb the flavors of the other ingredients while transferred their delicious flavor into […]

Enjoy a much appreciated and healthy Mediterranean meal. Ratatouille, hummus, rice, and salad. The perfect way to plate ratatouille is shown above, with perfectly cooked brown rice, a serving of hummus accented with a sprinkle of paprika, and a green salad topped with homemade feta cheese/buttermilk dressing and a kalamata olive.   Recipe for Ratatouille […]

Tillie’s Stuffed Zucchini is a flashback to the golden era of Grand Ma cooking treats when the kids came to visit. To make this delicious Blast-from-the-Past: Dice and sauté: one onion, one green pepper, four stems of celery, AND cook 1/4 lb of ground turkey, Gently seasoning all with steak seasoning, as they cook. Slice […]

Berries and Bubbles Cocktail (Alcohol Version & Virgin Version) The exotic presentation with fog rising up out of the liquid makes this the perfect cocktail for all parties. It can be made with liquor or as a mocktail version. Impress your friends with this one, Berries and Bubbles.   ———- Cocktail with Alcohol: Citrus Vodka […]