Category: Main Dish
Chicken in White Wine Cream Sauce
Chicken in White Wine Cream Sauce This chicken in white wine and sour cream sauce is flavorful, tangy and satisfying. It’s a good dish to serve over white or brown rice. Life is still hectic but I hope to post more frequently starting next month. All my traveling should be done at the end of [...]
Tilapia With Brown Rice and Green Beans
Pan Seared Tilapia Tilapia is a great fish to work with and delicious pan seared. The fish gets a wonderful color and crunch on the outside, but the inside is still moist and tender. To make it a complete meal, I served it with brown rice and steamed fresh green beans. This meal is healthy, [...]
The “Joey” Burger – White Bread and Peanut Butter
The “Joey” Burger The “Joey” burger was my entry into the Burger Wars contest hosted by Dining with the Catty Critic this weekend. This burger is named after the love of my life because he is the one who discovered peanut butter on hamburgers.
Pork and Celery Dumplings
Pork and celery dumplings The love of my life has been on a dumpling kick and I made another batch, but this time with pork and celery. Most of my friends prefer dumplings fried or steamed, but we love them boiled. I think the texture of the wrapper when the dumplings are boiled can take [...]
Lentil Balls With Tomato Sauce
Lentil Balls with tomato sauce I made these lentil balls with the golden petite golden lentils from MarxFoods.com. It was part of the bean sampler I received for signing up as a tester. I also received marrow beans in the sampler and made delicious bean tacos with them, you can find the recipe here.
Cauliflower Tart
Cauliflower Tart When I told friends I made a cauliflower tart, the most common response was “that sounds interesting…” which usually mean, not something I would eat. Cauliflower is probably not the first thing that comes to most poeple’s minds when they think about a savory tart and it certainly wasn’t mine.
Stuffed Morel Mushrooms and Giveaway (Ended)
Chicken Stuffed Fresh Morel Mushrooms with Whole Wheat flax seed fettucini I present…Fresh Morel Mushrooms Stuffed With Chicken and Basil Served With Whole Wheat Flax Seed Fettucini. Try saying that five times in a row. Now that I’ve gotten the extremely long title out of the way, let’s move on to the rest of the [...]
Chicken Adobo
Chicken Adobo Chicken adobo is a very well known, if not the most well known dish of the Philippines. Adobo in Filipino cooking means stewing meat in vinegar. About two weeks ago, my friend Kenny invited me to his place for a cooking lesson and taught me how to make pork adobo. Kenny grew up [...]
Vegetable Dumplings With Peas, Spinach, Mushrooms, Carrots and More
Vegetarian Dumpling Yesterday marked the conclusion of no animal protein week and what better way to end it than with these tasty vegetable dumplings. This was my first attempt at making dumplings without a meat filling and they turned out really well. The sweetness of the carrots mixed with the woodsy flavor of the mushrooms [...]
Vegetarian Bean Thread Noodles
Vegetarian Bean Noodles Five days into our animal protein free week and it has been so much fun coming up with satisfying and tasty dishes. Last night we had vegetarian bean thread noodles. This was a great dish for a warm evening and very easy to make. This dish can also be made with rice [...]
