Paprika Pork with Fried Shallots
Today’s recipes are stream of thought. Lorraine wanted pork tenderloin, so I quick defrosted a package in room temperature water in the sink. With just us, I cook 1 tenderloin that night and the...
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King Arthur Banana Bread
I got this recipe from the King Arthur Flour site. We had one overripe banana on the counter and several others that were very ripe. I decided to make banana bread. Patrick has been...
Crockpot Brisket in BBQ Sauce, take #2
The recipe for the first time I cooked brisket is here: Crockpot Brisket in BBQ Sauce Patrick is coming for dinner today so I convinced Lorraine that we should do brisket again (this took...
Crockpot Brisket in BBQ Sauce
I have never cooked a brisket before now. Nope, I have no idea why. It just was not on the agenda. That deficiency has been fixed. I purchased a brisket and searched for a...
Grilled Shrimp & Scallops Wrapped in Prosciutto
I saw jumbo shrimp and sea scallops at Costco this morning. The fish that Lorraine asked me to buy didn’t get bought. I spotted prosciutto … and that told me what I was making!...
Bleu Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms
Lorraine asked me to get fish from Costco this morning. When I arrived, the seafood bar was there — it’s typically open only for special occasions. Apparently the Superbowl is special enough. Instead of...
Baked Lobster Ravioli in Lemon Butter Limoncello Cream Sauce
I like doing surf-n-turf on Christmas Eve. Lobster seemed like the thing to do … but since we were making Beef Wellington (heavy portion), lobster tail seemed like it would be too much. Eric...
New York Style Pizza Crust
I’ve been dissatisfied with my pizza crust recipe — it tastes great, but generally rises too much and just does not spread in the pan. I spotted this recipe and decided to give it...
Whiskey Marinated Pork Tenderloin
I whipped this recipe up for dinner tonight — Lorraine liked it enough that she asked me to record it. Recently I read some recipes for pork tenderloin that involved marinating it in various...
Griddler Fried Chicken
I haven’t posted a new recipe in a LONG time … but I haven’t done anything I considered original in a long time. If I don’t think something is of interest, I don’t bother...
Margherita Sauce
I purchased prosciutto with the idea that I’d find a recipe for it … sometimes that’s fun — pick an ingredient, then find a recipe for it! In searching the net for something new,...
Rub for Ribs
This rub is for baby back ribs. If I recall correctly, our friend Alison found it in Southern Living around 1995. We tried it and loved it. Yeah, the first ingredient — chili powder...
Mediterranean Tacos
Wednesday night I had Lorraine get a package of ground venison out of the freezer. Wasn’t sure what I was going to do with it, but venison was on the agenda. That Thursday she...
Hearty Meat Sauce for Pasta
I got an urge last week — I wanted to create a meat sauce for pasta. So I read a bunch of recipes to get ideas, and then (per usual) did my own thing....
Chicken Cutlets with Prosciutto & Brie
We were planning to make cod for dinner tonight … pending the availability of cod at Harris Teeter. Sadly, they were out and the other seafood was too rich in price for our blood....