Roasted Broccoli Rabe
Try this Roasted Broccoli Rabe. You usually blanche and then sauté it, but here I have roasted it with olive oil, garlic, and pepper flakes. Broccoli rabe or rapini has been described as nutty, bitter, and pungent.
By - Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 15 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Grilled Mushrooms with Orange & Black Pepper
If you love mushrooms, you'll love these Grilled Mushrooms with Orange & Black Pepper! The original recipe used trumpet mushrooms. I used portobello.
- Prep: 30 mins
- Cook: 15 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Roasted Lima Beans with Lime & Cayenne
Try these delicious and healthy Roasted Lima Beans with Lime & Cayenne. I grew up eating canned lima beans. This seems like a more grown up version. You can use frozen lima beans, skipping the boiling and just thaw them, which is what I did. Lima beans, like many other legumes, are a good source of dietary fibre, and a virtually fat-free source of high quality protein. Lima beans contain both soluble fibre, which helps regulate blood sugar levels and lowers cholesterol, and insoluble fibre, which aids in the prevention of constipation, digestive disorders, irritable bowel syndrome and diverticulitis.
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 1 hr 15 mins
Peach Cobbler
Try this easy Peach Cobbler for dessert tonight. Cobblers originated in the early British American colonies. English settlers were unable to make traditional suet puddings due to lack of suitable ingredients and cooking equipment. Not being a fan of suet puddings, this works for me.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 50 mins
- Yields: 8 Servings
Skillet Turkey Meatballs with Lemony Rice
Skillet Turkey Meatballs with Lemony Rice are easy to make and all in one pan. Served with a green salad, this makes a great weeknight meal.
- Prep: 25 mins
- Cook: 30 mins
- Yields: 4 - 6 Servings
Ham Salad
This Ham Salad recipe is an old family favorite. I always make this with leftover ham. You can have your butcher (if you have a butcher!) grind ham for you, or grind it in a food processor or grinding attachment.
- Yields: Makes about 3¾ cups, enough for 6 sandwiches
Chicken Sopa Seca de Fideo
Chicken Sopa Seca de Fideo is a dry soup made with thin pasta that is sautéd and browned and combined with tomatoes, onions and garlic and cooked in a broth.
- Prep: 30 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Oranges, Kiwi, Candied Ginger & Grand Marnier
This refreshing and beautiful fruit plate of Oranges, Kiwi, Candied Ginger & Grand Marnier couldn't be easier. This is a great dessert to serve after a big meal.
- Prep: 5 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Crispy Beef & Pickle Tacos
These Crispy Beef & Pickle Tacos were created by Steve Arroyo, when he owned a restaurant called Malo in Los Angeles, CA. He opened up Escuela Taqueria in Pasadena, where I was first introduced to these absolutely delicious tacos, that are stuffed with crispy fried beef, cheddar cheese and dill pickle chips. It's like a burger in a taco shell!
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 10 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Lamby Cake
One day, I was leafing through my mother’s Joy of Cooking and - low and behold – the instructions to bake this exact lamb cake is right in the book! This cake is a family tradition.
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 1 hr
- Yields: 8 - 10 Servings
