I love this recipe so much, that in the past week I’ve made it twice and I have the ingredients waiting in my fridge for a third run tomorrow. I think the key is the vinaigrette and the very lovely, delicious, I can’t use it enough, Pinot Grigio Wine Vinegar.
The recipe is very simple.
For the [...]
My husband turned 34 today and I made him this dish. He called it my Bobby Flay Pasta because of the copious of amounts of jalapeno peppers. It’s actually fajita blackened chicken over angel hair pasta tossed with roasted red and yellow peppers and a jalapeno pinot grigio cream sauce. We paired it with a [...]
I was dreaming of something sweet, but not a pastry… for something refined but not complicated… a dessert that looked good, but more importantly tasted insanely good. Meet wine poached pears.
1 (750-ml) bottle Moscato wine
2 cups simple syrup
2 cinnamon stick
2 tablespoons wild flower honey
1/4 cup fresh ginger, peeled, and finely [...]
I wanted to make a spicy, smoky turkey burger… and wow this turned out all that and more. Roughly, here’s what I did:
The Burger:
Ground turkey
salt, pepper
mustard (I used stone ground)
cumin (maybe 1/4 teaspoon)
curry powder (same amt as cumin)
The Topping:
Roasted Habanero
Roasted Roma Tomato
Avocado
Gruyere Cheese
To roast the pepper and tomato, you could use a comal (if you [...]
It’s starting to get cold and the fall always makes me crave comfort food. I wanted something I could set up and leave, so I bought a 5lb whole chicken and potatoes. I made a simple slow roast, stuffing the chicken with a chopped onion, a few cloves of garlic, butter and a few [...]
I’ve been playing around with making my own rubs, instead of relying on the store bought kind. Basically a bit of brown sugar, garlic and onion powder, salt, pepper and whatever else I can find. Tonight I used:
Brown Sugar
Cayenne Pepper
Paprika
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Fresh Ground Pepper
Fresh Rosemary
Dried Thyme
Course Sea Salt
Hot Chocolate powder
Columbian Coffee Grounds
It was great for [...]
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