One of the latest kitchen appliances in the past few years has been what is known as single serve coffee machines. The angle being that you make one cup of fresh coffee for immediate consumption. .. And how can we disagree? Most everything (especially coffee) tastes much better fresh. This compared to my parents “coffee” that sits on the coffee maker hotplate burning and turning bitter. Although this is an improvement over the days when they had a percolator which would actually boil the coffee. .. Actually, this is one of my “back in the day how tough [...click to contimue reading...]
Feb 122008
Feb 112008
Proper Olive Oil storage to minimize oxidation leading to rancidity involves three major things: Keeping the Olive Oil Away From Heat Keeping the Olive Oil Away From Light Keeping the Olive Oil Away From Air You also want the Olive Oil in a small enough container that is easily handled when cooking. But if you’re like me, you also want to save some money and buy it in bulk. One solution is to purchase a smaller bottle of Olive Oil, use that up and keep the bottle for refilling from your large bulk container. Then just [...click to contimue reading...]
Feb 112008
My friend Diane is trying to cut down the amount of fat in her diet and wanted to know how best to make a hard boiled egg as a substitute for fried. Here it is: Shopping List: Spring Water (enough to cover the eggs in your saucepan & fill a cooling bath) Organic Eggs Recipe: Place Spring Water in the Frig 8 hours before to cool down. If you don’t have 8 hours just add some ice. This is for the cooling bath. Place the eggs in a saucepan. Add Spring Water until the eggs are [...click to contimue reading...]
Feb 112008
It seems that the most common form of pepper is the already pre-ground type that sits in a container with holes in it (aka the pepper shaker). My brother, who does spend some time cooking, will top off his creations with this stale excuse for a flavor enhancer. But pepper is a spice who’s sole purpose is to add flavor to your foods…there’s something wrong here. But when pepper is pre-ground and exposed to air 24/7 it’s aromatics simply evaporate. And if this isn’t bad enough he further insures that all his pepper turns into flavorless black specks on [...click to contimue reading...]
Omelettes have so many variations that are great..you literally can remake the basic omelette in any way to suit your taste. Well, here’s one that I particularly like..cheese and spinach.
Feb 092008
This is a preparation for an Organic Spinach Puree that involves blanching the Spinach and creating the puree in organic butter. Once done, you’ll have an ingredient to add to many recipes such as the Organic Spinach with Cheese Omelettes.
Feb 082008
Most people have this rule that they’ll drink the good wine and cook with the cheapest, crummiest, shoe polish remover type stuff they can get their hands on. In talking with those who do, we find that they feel that adding some garbage wine is all the same since the alcohol will evaporate during cooking anyway. This is right but way wrong at the same time. Yes, most if not all the alcohol will be evaporated, but no it does really matter because the flavor of the stuff that’s left is what we’re really after anyway. [...click to contimue reading...]
This is a side dish that’s good served with a main beef course. There are no specific quantities listed in this recipe since it’s best to add just enough ingredients for your own personal preference. Shopping List: Organic Russet Potatoes Organic Butter Heavy Whipping Cream Grated Swiss Cheese Recipe: Bake the potatoes until done Split and remove the flesh. Place in a medium mixing bowl Add Sea Salt, Fresh Ground Black Pepper, Butter and a small amount of Heavy Cream. Break up the potatoes and mix all ingredients together (I generally use a wooden spoon [...click to contimue reading...]
The other day I witnessed someone removing a heavy casserole dish from the oven using a kitchen towel..What the.? This daring individual made sure he had several layers of towel to play it safe..Of course, these layers could have slipped..burning, dish on floor and meal ruined. Hey, get some protection…The next best are the pot holders but these to are lame in my opinion since the back side of your hands are still totally unprotected. Come’on go industrial and get some good quality oven mitts. Yes, they look not-good. Yes, they’ll eventually get splattered and look even worse. [...click to contimue reading...]
