I love to cook on the grill. It’s not just the flavors created, but the look. Grill lines just make the dish look better. Living in an apartment makes cooking on the grill practically impossible. However, it appears there is a solution, and, I have one. A very good friend of mine gave me an…
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Salads are healthy. That statement, for the most part its true. But you have to look at the ingredients to get the true picture. Then, well, there’s the dressing, and that’s a whole different subject. When it comes to salads I’ve always felt More is better. The More being ingredients. But, it turns out, that’s…
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Oven Baked Yuca Fries
I live in south Florida, Yuca fries are really popular here, primarily because of the Cuban influence. But Yuca is popular in the entire region and South America . Oven baked Yuca fries are delicious and a good side to so many dishes. An alternative to regular oven baked fries, and healthy too. And that’s…
I’ve mentioned before, I’m a fan of cooking in the oven. That doesn’t just apply to meat. It applies to vegetables too. A little oil, salt, pepper, stick them in a nice hot oven. What comes out is sweet, toasty, tasty and, good for you too. Vegetables are good for you, yet they are the…
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Cilantro Lime Rice
I cook cilantro lime rice primarily as a side for Mexican and Spanish dishes. It compliments the food. Plain rice can be somewhat boring, so I add a little citrus to it, makes it so much better. Cilantro Cilantro is actually the leaves of the coriander plant, also known as Chinese parsley. It grows all…
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Cauliflower Garlic Mashed Potatoes
I’ve mentioned a couple of times about a healthy diet. It’s very important, the old expression “You are what you eat” is as true today as it ever was. Mashed potatoes are always a favorite, and very versatile, but very high in carbs, I want the mashed potato taste with fewer carbs. Cauliflower garlic mashed…
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Southern Style Collard Greens
I’m a fan of southern food, slow barbecue and slow cooker pulled pork It just so happens that there’s a side that goes with all those, and it’s good for you, so this post is about southern style collard greens, oh, and they are good. The name collard comes from the medieval word Colewart, which…
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Rice pilaf
After a while, plain rice gets boring. White, brown, jasmine, there’s a hundred different types. But after a while, well, you want to turn it up notch. Rice pilaf is the solution to boring rice, and there’s a bunch of different ways to cook it The Rice Rice is the third highest produced agricultural commodity…
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Classic Canadian Poutine
Canada has given the world some great gifts; Hockey, Rush and Poutine. Poutine is a classic Canadian dish, Canadian comfort food, some even call it Canada’s National dish. But, it may be called a lot of things, and delicious is definitely one of them, I love poutine, and if you’ve never had it before, well…
The lowly spud, an absolute must have for some meals, versatile as you’ll get, and can be a meal in itself. So today we’ll cook double baked potato with ham and feta, and it is good! Serve as a side, or, if the potato is big enough, as a meal. I like to pair it…