A stew is a great vehicle to add a bunch of your favorite ingredients. A stew is hearty, tasty and filling. When I make stew like recipes, I love to smoke chicken thighs as one of the proteins used…

A stew is a great vehicle to add a bunch of your favorite ingredients. A stew is hearty, tasty and filling. When I make stew like recipes, I love to smoke chicken thighs as one of the proteins used…

So many foods have multiple uses. These Seafood Sausage Dogs were the leftovers from a seafood sausage pasta that I made. Creative Uses for Seafood I love the idea of these seafood sausages. I get …

We love avocados in our household. How many ways can you eat them? We have used them different ways in Mexican dishes from sliced in a Mexican bowl as an avocado cream sauce. I put them in my prote…

Adding fruit to dishes, can add so much flavor. The secret to Sweet & Sour Chicken is the pineapple. This recipe has so many complimenting flavors going on in it that blend so well into one coh…

Probably the one thing I most miss is a good bun. That bite you get when your burger or dog is wrapped by a gluten baked bun is the best. My Gluten Free Hamburger & Hot Dog Buns are my first at…

My exploration of Asian recipes continues. My Asian Beef & Asparagus comes together so quickly. The cool thing about Asian recipes is how easy they actually are and how quickly they can be made…

Yes, you can steam and not boil your bagels! All you need is a steam oven. My last post was about using my steam oven to create Gluten Free Steam Bagels. The result was great. Well, I wanted to try…

Why do I have steam in the title? Aren’t bagels boiled and baked? NOT WHEN YOU HAVE A STEAM OVEN I have mentioned this in a previous post, my new Thermador oven has a steam function in the to…

OK. This might be one of the coolest recipes I have made to date. Or using the rotisserie feature on my new oven made this Chicken Gyros French Fry Salad so easy to make. COOL FEATURES OF A THERMAD…

I am learning to like tofu more and more. The key is developing some texture and/or having it absorb a marinate. Tofu can be treated like most other proteins. In this recipe, the tofu was dredged w…

How many of us and tools, pots, pans, equipment in our kitchens that we have never, or at least rarely used? My such tool was a clay pot. I am not even sure how I got this cooking vessel. I think i…

So much flavor can be achieved in Chinese recipes and still be healthy. My Sichuan Chicken comes together so easily. CHINESE RECIPE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY Creating Chinese recipes can really be ea…

I have frequently discussed my wife’s reaction, opinion about my recipes. My Healthy Matar Paneer may be her favorite of all. Indian food is not spicy. It is all about flavor. This dish has s…

OMG! The words my wife uttered after she tasted my Vegan Gluten Free Spaghetti Ragu. Do you have someone you cook for that is skeptical with anything new you might try to cook. That is my story and…

What do you do with your leftovers? How about a nice healthy soup. My Vegan Gluten Free Mushroom Soup was developed because of the leftover mushrooms I had from my VEGAN MUSHROOM RIBS. I used the s…

I am fascinated with these large oyster mushrooms. The large stems make them the perfect vehicle to create vegan recipes. I got the idea while watching vegan videos on youtube. The inspiration was …

A dish that has texture and flavor – My Honey Sesame Chicken has sweetness and crunch. As I have explored Chinese cooking, I have learned there are many common steps to follow in most recipes…

Such a simple recipe and so much flavor in this Vegan Chinese Tofu. Am I actually becoming a fan of tofu? Carnivores unite. This can’t be. Tofu is for the FLOWER CHILDREN. OK, I just dated my…

My Dal Lentil Masala has so much flavor, is vegan, and very hearty. It is amazing how much flavor can be developed in this dish. I have made this dish many times. The base of the dish is a paste de…

Fried rice can pick up so much and so many flavors. My Ecuadorian Chicken Fried Rice is one of my wife’s favorites. Whenever I make this recipe, it is at the request of my wife. There may not…

I have been seeing the jackfruit craze. Then, I saw or heard about using oyster mushrooms as a meaty alternative. My Mushroom & Jackfruit Gyros is more mushroom than jackfruit. So I did not lea…

What is it about holidays that are so memorable? Is it the food or the family? I would say it is both. Holidays bring families together and gives the opportunity to enjoy one another and great food…

It is amazing how only a few ingredients can create so much flavor. My Korean Chicken & Vegetables is the perfect example. The dish is flavored with ginger, red pepper flakes, garlic and green …

My exploration of Asian food has led me to Korean grocery stores. I now have a few cartons of various pastes. So my Black Bean Korean Beef came about because of the tin of black bean paste I bought…

I owe this recipe to our good friend Dr. Tom. Tom is our friend, an occasional swim training partner for my wife, a great guy and the inspiration for this DIY Giardiniera. Giardiniera is one of tho…

Beginning to explore the ramen craze at home. My Homemade Chicken Ramen should more appropriately be called chicken mushroom ramen broth. I wanted to achieve that clear broth that ramen is known fo…

Exploring Chinese cooking. The flavors are so good and so easy to develop. My Chinese Sichuan Chicken has so much flavor and is so simple. From my limited experience, Chinese recipes are so simple …

Curry goes so good with so many different foods. I happened on to this recipe a while back as a side dish for a Jamaican jerk dinner. There is an assumption that jerk recipes are spicy. They may ha…

These GF Potato Latkes might be the best holiday ethnic food of them all. DUH! It’s a pan fried potato. If you have holiday favorites I would love to hear about them. Latkes and jelly doughnu…