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Rice Basics

Rice is one of the oldest and most diversified grains used in cuisine. There’s long grain rice, short grain rice, wild rice, and a host of specialty rices, my most common are basmati, and Jasmine. There are also different rice textures depending on the application. …

Curry Shrimp over Rice

Curry is an East Indian style of cuisine that draws it’s name from the use of curry powder, which is easy to make, and even easier to buy if you need to go that route. Most incorrectly assume that curry dishes are extremely spicy, but …

Red Beans and Rice

This is a Cajun classic that’s presented here using canned beans instead of dried red beans, so quicker but not as good as from scratch. But you can recover from your cuisine shortcut by ending your Cajun meal, with Beignets for dessert. Ingredients Process To …

Shrimp Pasta Primavera

Primavera is a classic Italian entree with a rich cream sauce. This is a from scratch recipe, which is a way of saying it takes awhile to pull together so you can really enjoy yourself. Work slow, be happy, drink Pinot Gris while listening to …

Spinach Spread

A little known secret of fine cuisine is that frozen vegetables are just as good, if not better than fresh because they were harvested at their peak and flash frozen. Another plus is that they are often ready to use, as we will see in …

Broiled Haddock with Lime-Cilantro Butter

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 …

Hovmastarsas

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, …

Charred 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

Mediterranean 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 …

Mediterranean 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 …