The Mechanic CooksEveryone 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…
I have a lot of posts using lentils as an ingredient. Most of these dishes are from India, where lentils are called Dahl. And are a National dish. These are usually served with rice and Na’an bread or Roti. But realizing the importance of lentils from a cultural standpoint and their nutritional importance. I feel…
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…
Bananas are good for you. I eat them every day, however the one challenge I have, is keeping them fresh. I buy them a little green so they will last longer in the kitchen, but, they seem to turn brown too quickly. Now some will extol the virtues of brown bananas, they’re sweeter etc., unfortunately…
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…
We tend to think that sweet potato casserole is a Thanksgiving thing, well, yes, it is a Thanksgiving thing, But, it’s just as delicious on April 12th as November 24th. This particular sweet potato casserole is called easy sweet potato casserole because one evening at a friends house I was handed a couple of sweet…
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,…
Is it a stuffing or a dip? Well, it Can it be both. Either way, it is delicious. Having a go to stuffing or dip recipe can come in really handy. So, here is a post about spinach and artichoke……… whatever you want it to be Back in the day we used to go to…
Somehow I’ve managed to make it this far into my life without eggplant. However, like the Dr. Seuss character, after tasting green eggs and ham declares how he likes it, well, I, like eggplant. It came from a conversation with a good friend, who, it appears prefers their eggplant barely dressed with seasoning and baked.…
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…
