I love tilapia. It’s a versatile, easy to cook fish, and, there’s literally hundreds of ways to prepare it. I have a few here, with tomatoes in the oven, and in the skillet. It just so happens that the same coating I use for the pan fried tilapia works great in the oven. Crispy baked…
Category: American Cuisine
I would call tuna mac and cheese casserole a comfort food. Back in the day an easy meal for the kids, box of mac and cheese and a can of tuna, 20 mins and dinner is on the table. Well, these days, I make my own mac and cheese, but the tuna is still from…
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Spinach Feta Stuffing
There are only so many realistic food combinations. Yes, there are millions of ways of preparing thousands of different ingredients. However, on a weeknight you don’t want to spend hours preparing, and hours cleaning up after dinner. Although that dinner will be amazing. I love food, and I love to cook, I’m a foodie. But,…
As is usually the case, I seem to end up with something in the freezer, then have to figure out what to do with it. That’s because I buy stuff on sale, and figure out the cooking details later. In this case, a package of chicken legs. Cooking them in the slow cooker seems like…
When it comes to bird, I’m a fan of dark meat. It’s flavorful and cooks well. I’m also a foodie, which means I’m always looking for new ways to prepare food. On this particular day, I have chicken thighs, I have a few recipes here to cook them: curried, slow cooker, pan seared. But I…
I’m a huge rib fan, I have a mocha rub that is delicious, bake in the oven for 6hrs, oh yum. So when a friend of mine said they were cooking country style ribs, well, I thought they were ribs. As, I’m sure, most of you already know, they’re not. Well, now I know, but,…
The key to delicious food, is depth of flavor. And the only thing that can create this, is time. It’s a process that cannot be rushed. It takes hours for the individual ingredients to release their flavors, and for those to come together to create something that is greater than just the sum of it…
Everyone has a burger recipe. Because everyone loves burgers. Burgers are classic American comfort food, we all grew up on on them, either homemade or fast food. I mean, the Golden Arches claim to have sold over a billion, that’s a lot. So, I’ll add my recipe for cheesy tangy turkey burgers, because, they’re really…
Another dish that comes to us from our southern neighbors. Chili, with it’s roots in Mexico. And it’s popularity across America. Chili is a contraction, Chili con carne is it’s correct name. The result of a hybrid of languages. Chilli, is from the ancient Nahautl language for the chili, and Con Carne is Spanish for…
As part of my cooking for one series of posts, I’m looking at different ways to make dinner prep healthy, hearty and easy. Minimal prep equals minimal cleanup. One of the ways to achieve this is with a slow cooker. Prep is minimal, the food cooks while you’re out, and dinner is ready when you…