Last night my date was running late so had to take a detour, run into Whole Foods, made up a couple of salads & bought a pound of wild haddock. Just had time to put something together before heading out the door (had tickets so we had to get out of there). Tossed the salads with some extra virgin olive oil and vinegar. Set aside. Then set out a deep plate so hold some milk and fried the fish: Fried Haddock What you’ll need: 1 Pound of Fresh Wild (not Farmed Raised Haddock) Deep Dish [...click to contimue reading...]
Feb 162008
If you want warm and fresh tasting Tortilla Chips try the following: Pick up some Organic Flour or Corn Tortillas (the amount and type up to you) Preheat your oven to 400F Place Tortillas on a baking sheet Once the oven comes to temp, bake for about 15 min. You want them “Chip Consistency” .. just be careful not to over-bake and burn them Carefully remove from oven since you could be severely burned Season with Sea Salt Transfer to a serving dish Serve these guys ASAP with some room temperature salsa while they’re still [...click to contimue reading...]
Feb 122008
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 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...]
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.
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...]
Extra Virgin Organic Olive Oil is a beautiful thing. The flavor is so rich with so many layers/notes..I absolutely love the stuff. But you know, sometimes you need a little heat & spice. So let’s amp up this wonderful oil..pump it up with roids..make it extreme..dress it up dangerously sexy. The recipe is given below. Recipe for Hot & Spicy Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil Shopping List: 1 Cup Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 Organic Red Chile Peppers (or a hotter or milder pepper if you choose..remember your Scoville Units) to yield one Tablespoon when [...click to contimue reading...]
Just about everyone was into organic food back in the day. Well this book is supposedly the best of the best from regular people. Some recipes no doubt handed down through the generations. Here’s a couple that are new not so much for the recipe but in what seems like an unusual combination:
Well, we made a few tweaks to the meat eater’s version of Boston Baked Beans (which used the traditional salt pork) and worked out a vegan version. Actually, we found that very few tweaks were necessary. These involved the amount of molasses used, extra virgin olive oil, additional cooking of the onions (to substitute flavor that had been in the salt pork) and adjusting the temperature & baking time (to give a little extra margin of protection between the oven temp. and the smoke point of the olive oil). And something really nice happened .. these [...click to contimue reading...]
