Shakshuka with Lamb Merguez
A tasty North African dish of eggs poached in a spicy tomato sauce, and some homemade lamb merguez sausage.
A tasty North African dish of eggs poached in a spicy tomato sauce, and some homemade lamb merguez sausage.
This twist on Crab Rangoon uses fresh salmon, hummus, and cucumber for the filling.
At work I make lattes all the time and i’ve gotten pretty good at it. One of my first jobs ever was actually at a coffee shop that was WAY ahead if it’s time and I have carried over many of the coffee fundamentals from that job into all coffee making aspects of my life….
I saw a tweet from @ourcookquest that simply said “Egg Nog Ricotta” and I instantly was intrigued by the idea. My first thought was to buy store bought egg nog and follow the cheese making method to separate it, but I didn’t think it was going to work because there is a lot of junk…
Here is a new recipe. And it’s STUFFED! I made these for Friendsgiving this past saturday and they were a big hit. It’s like thanksgiving in a bite! The meatballs were turkey, cranberry, parm, breadcrumbs, and an egg.Mini mini. I was kind of in a hurry making these and cursing myself for wanting to make…
The stroganoff burger has egg noodles as buns and is topped with an onion and mushroom cream sauce.
A fun twist on thanksgiving stuffing that uses cinnamon rolls as the bread!
It’s my favorite time of the year to go to the farmers market around here because all the fun fall flavors are out. I knew I was going to make fresh pasta on Tuesday because I have been craving it recently and my gluten free roommate was out of town so I could really get…
The best lunch in town is the double awesome at Mei Mei, and everyone knows it. I used to live in walking distance of their brick and mortar location and I went for lunch all the time. Now that I am a little further away, Last week when I was craving the flavors of the…
One of the best moments from my recent trip to Italy was exploring the Bacari in Venice and sampling the bar bites known as Cicchetti, Italy’s version of tapas. My family and I basically stick out as tourists and can be spotted from a mile away. As we piled into these hole in the wall spots down the side alleys of Venice in the pouring rain we would first get interesting looks from the waiter/bartender/food preparer. Once he could tell that we sort of knew what we were doing with little things like ordering wine as “ombra” instead of asking for house red, everyone relaxed a bit. In the Venice bacari, ombra means a small glass of local wine. Once we got settled with our wine and dried off a bit, it was time to get to the food. All of the small bites would be lined up behind a glass case and it was easy to point at what we wanted. Little bit of this, couple of these, maybe one or 2 of the weird looking one, and we were ready to eat! We went to 3 or 4 bacari during our time in Venice, some more traditional, and others more modern, and we sampled tons of Cicchetti, most of which I hope to recreate for posts in the coming months.
Salmon burgers usually have an asian flair to them at least when I have seen them out at restaurants, but I was more in the mood for very simple flavors that really felt like spring and showcased the fresh salmon. I grabbed some vibrant green beans and ramps at the store and put together a quick slaw with a mustard vinaigrette as a topping for these burgers. Some hard boiled eggs and nice whole grain rolls pulled everything together. Some of you are probably grilling this weekend, and I highly suggest trying out these burgers as something different for a small get together.
Charred yogurt marinated chicken tikka wrapped in an egg roll with onion and hot peppers and served with cilantro mayo.