Cans have become an essential part of my closet, beans, sardines, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, the list goes on. Plus, living in Florida, I always have to be ready for a hurricane, with stores closed and power outages. Canned goods are essential. So, while walking down the canned meats aisle to get sardines, I noticed…
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Sardine Tapenade
OK, so, if you’re reading this, you’re ok with sardines. Personally I love them, they’re healthy and are great to have in the kitchen cabinet for snacks or in case of natural disasters. In this case, it’s the snack I’m looking for, and sardine tapenade is delicious. This is not the first tapenade I’ve posted.…
As I seek to eat healthier, well, salads seem to be added to the menu. I never liked those ones at the restaurant. A bowl of lettuce with a grape tomato and 3 slices of carrot on top. Not a big lettuce fan, I prefer spinach, if I have to have some kind of a…
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Root Hash Browns
Everyone loves hash browns, cubes of potatoes crunchy on the outside, buttery smooth inside. They have been a staple of restaurants for years, and some of the best home cooking. But, now we look for something a little less carb heavy. Well, there are alternatives, and root hash browns is a good option. What are…
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Air Fryer Chicken Drumettes
When we think of chicken wings we don’t always think of healthy. Fried, greasy wings coated in a thick sauce, dipped in blue cheese dressing and washed down with beer. This sounds really good, trust me, I’ve had my share, but does not fit into a healthy lifestyle. Well, using a little modern technology, a…
Most cultures have a basic dish that goes with just about anything they make. In Latin cuisine, it’s black beans, they pair with everything. Because of it’s popularity, there are so many different ways to prepare it. And, pouring a can of beans into a pot and heating them up is not one of them.…
When a perfectly cooked cut of meat is placed on a plate, it is surrounded by delicious juices. Now the science here is that these are made up of a lot of different things; water, fat, connective tissue that has become gelatinous, a protein called Myoglobin (it helps the oxygen in the blood get into…
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Olive Tapenade
I love to watch cooking shows, I always get ideas that I file away in the back of my brain for use at a later date. Sometimes, on one of the many judged cooking shows, a chef will say he made something in a specific style, and the judges will admonish him, and say that…
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Carbohydrates
As with most people my age, we’re either paying the price of a misspent youth or for the genes handed to us in the womb. In my case a little of both, but, in this post I’m only going to focus on one of those, my genes. Being of Eastern European decent, cholesterol and triglycerides…
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Savory Black Beans
Living in south Florida, there is a tremendous outside influence to our food. Here is a melting pot of different cuisines from different countries and cultures. However, one of the staple sides, is beans, they’re hearty and go with everything. And of the beans, black beans are my favorite, and savory black beans are delicious.…