Who said Lent has to be boring, it wasn’t the fine folks in the fish industry trying to make you healthy. You can do what I usually do and substitute Walleye for haddock, but that’s mostly because I don’t live by the sea. Ingredients Process …
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Name kind of reminds you of reading a menu at Ikea right? Well this garlic and mustard spread that’s great with bread and even better with gravlox, probably predates viking Ragnar Lothbrok’s siege of Paris. Pro Tip, mastering the recipe’s pronunciation is half the challenge, …
Read MoreCharred Scallion Sauce
This sauce serves great with hanger steak, Skirt Steak or Flank steak, which are basically different names for the same cut of beef. Ingredients Process
Read MoreMediterranean Steak Sauce
A Greek yogurt sauce that dresses up your meat while infusing calm flavors. Can be made just before serving or a day before. This recipe will cover up to 2 lbs of thinly sliced flank steak. Ingredients Process Note 1: Recommend only adding one optional …
Read MoreMediterranean Steak Marinade
A Greek yogurt marinade that softens your meat while infusing a calm garlic flavor. Best to give this bad boy a good 24 hrs work, but you can get by in as little as 4 hrs; your steak just won’t be as good. This recipe …
Read MoreGrilled Flank Steak with Garlic Sauce
This is a Mediterranean version of an old cowboy classic. Interestingly, my Dad worked as a butcher in Chicago back in the 1960’s and they’d use Flank steak for hamburger because no one would buy it. Then in the 1980’s, yuppie chefs discovered the wonders …
Read MoreHamburger Casserole
Dutch oven dish with potatoes and diced tomatoes. A quick and easy alternative to Taco Tuesday, or when the guys are coming over for poker and you’re out of ideas. Ingredients Process
Read MoreSauerkraut Casserole
Of course I cook sauerkraut casserole, I’m Polish. Normally I make a more rugged version with fresh cabbage and homemade elk sausage, but for those less adventuresome, this version is more on the dainty gourmet side. Ingredients Process Note1: for German flare, cut potatoes into …
Read MoreVegetable Casserole
This is not a made from scratch recipe, and it’s not vegetarian. Rather it’s a quick and simple dish that hearkens back to a traditional Sunday social casserole, or as they say in Minnesota, a hot dish (ya don’t-ya know). The exact distinction between a …
Read MoreMushroom Bisque
On a recent visit to Johns Hopkins University where I presented my current research, I had the most amazing bowl of mushroom bisque soup in their cafeteria and knew when I got home, I had to replicate the recipe. Bisque is traditionally a rich creamy …
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