Bibimbap
Bibimbap I like it cold and I like in a stone bowl. It’s all about a rice dish that has colorful medley of vegetables, one type of protein or none, and Gochujang (hot pepper paste) sauce. It’s also garnished with an egg on top. It not an …
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BBQ sauce and jelly meatballs
Okay, many things have changed as of the COVID19 chronicles continues to keep us quarantined at home for our safety. We can still go out to buy some frozen meatballs! If you can’t find any meatballs I do have Ikea’s link to their recipe …
Grill Cheese with Bacon and Tomato Soup
Survival recipes during a quarantine. Most people have bread and kraft cheese or some kind of melty cheese and possibly a can of condensed tomato soup. I recommend this meal as a nice sharable lunch for a family of 5. I love a simple delicious …
Skillet Potatoes and Eggs Survival recipes
In times like COVID19 pandemic and quarantine, we need good survival recipes. The staple items we can usually still find at the local grocery store, even if all the toilet paper and dry milk powder are all gone or gone up in price. We should …
Roasted Bone Marrow and bacon onion jam
Bone marrow is one of those expensive appetizers or small plate items on the menu. They are delicious on a toasted baguette and some kind of onion jam. However, you can roast bone marrow at home. Not all butchers will cut the bone marrow lengthwise …
Dinner Rolls and the secrets behind making these soft dinner rolls.
Here is my favorite website to get the recipe for dinner rolls https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/big-batch-quick-dinner-rolls-recipe. It’s a great recipe I have a few things I’d like to tweak to make outstanding dinner rolls to impress the dinner guest. One thing I stress about making bread is …
Avocado Toast Guacamole style
The best avocado toast to me is guacamole! Super ripen avocados ready to be mashed up and turned into delicious guacamole. It’s simple to make and takes only about 12 minutes to put together. Ingredients Serving size 4 people Guacamole 3 large super ripe avocados …
Hot Tea drinking
At the age of forty drinking hot tea takes on a whole new meaning for me. It went to infrequently in my teens, twenties even early thirties because I was into other beverages. When I was a kid I drank a lo sugary ice teas, …
Marshmallows!
My favorites website for making marshmallows is King Arthur’s https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/homemade-marshmallows-recipe My best tips for making successful homemade marshmallows always have a candy thermometer on hand you can’t do this without it. I suppose you could but the gaging of when the corn syrup and water …
Food Festival Edition: Chicago Gourmet 2019, Lights, Camera, Napkins!
Lights, Camera, Napkins! “ Rain or shine it’s Chicago Gourmet time !” It was a dark and rainy Friday night on the eve of the Chicago Gourmet. I had prayed and asked God, “please let the sunshine come out to play on the Chicago Gourmet …
Roasted Chicken with Maille Dijon & Honey Mustard rub
There are probably hundreds of roasted chicken recipes out there. The most popular way to roast chicken is with dry spice rubs and brines. However, this was my first time trying a dijon and honey mustard rub and I’d totally do this again. The mustards …