Update and Redux: C – This easy and incredible Romesco sauce with grilled spring onions needs to be on your menu some time soon. It’s nutty, creamy and will be a surprising shock to your taste buds. Make it. Everyone will thank you. C – Jim was reluctant for me … Continue reading
C – Is there a Mexican vegetable dish we could cook? Let us know, because this subject was a challenge for us. Luke was looking through a Mexican grocery store’s circular. His idea was grilled zucchini with a cilantro vinaigrette. Jim and I thought something called Italian zucchini from a … Continue reading
J – How did I ever miss this one? It almost doesn’t deserve a post … except, I’m betting a few people don’t know this trick. Luke, of course, suggested it with “here’s a really easy dish for artichoke week …” Yup! Take one artichoke. Double wrap in plastic wrap. … Continue reading
J – I learned this dish way, way back in the day … It’s still great! Got it from some fancy-chef friend of an erstwhile girlfriend … both long gone. But, the memory of the dish remains. It’s a surprising and delicious way to do artichokes. Takes all the work … Continue reading
C – There are two ways to cook vegetables. Low and slow or high and fast. Monday, we showed you Luke’s way of cooking collard greens low and slow. It makes the collard greens tender. I wanted to cook mine high and fast. It keeps the collard greens nice and … Continue reading
C – My husband is definitely not going to like this cole slaw. He’s a big fan of cole slaw … with mayonnaise … not oil-based ones. He thinks it’s not a cole slaw without mayonnaise. Maybe, I should not call it a cole slaw. I could just call it … Continue reading
Update and Redux: C – It’s collard greens week. Jim doesn’t like collard greens that much. My challenge is to change his mind. He thinks all collard greens are overcooked and not that appetizing. Of course, this recipe was one of the exceptions. Slowly cooked collard greens similar to the … Continue reading
J – Gastrique can be so misunderstood … which is totally unfair and unjustified in my book. First, it’s a French word, so almost no one can pronounce it. Second, it just sounds funny in English … don’t let your mind wander. Well, for those who don’t know gastrique, you … Continue reading
C – I always hate when I buy strawberries and mangoes that are flavorless and unripened. But, I found a good hack for all of this fruit. Make a salsa. One of my favorite things to do with unripened fruit is make salsa. I can add flavor to flavorless fruit. … Continue reading
C – Chips as a Spring side? Yes … maybe. If they make it to being a side. See, I love chips. These chips didn’t make it as a side … even though they were intended as a side for a burger. But, they didn’t make it. One bite and … Continue reading