Brisket in Sunday Sauce
updated 04/12/2021 Lorraine’s asked me to make this — it was my second try at it. The first one was “ok”, but a bit bland. I doubled all the spices and it worked out...
Category: Bryan Recipes
Chicken & Dumplings
updated 03/22/2021 My mom only made this once or twice that I can recall. At that time, she had to cook the chicken ahead of time and debone it, which was more labor intensive....
Chicken in Puff Pastry
updated 03/17/2021 Our refrigerator died last week — getting new appliances is tough. Two-thirds of the models we looked at on major sites are out of stock, and those that are have delivery dates...
Baked Scallops Scampi
updated 02/22/2021 I recall that I invented this recipe as I wanted to make a dish something like Shrimp Scampi. Regardless of motivation, Lorraine loves it. We haven’t made this in years, as the...
Baked Chicken and Rice
updated 02/19/2021 I invented this recipe when Lorraine & I were first married, living in Rochester NY. I could shut the oven off half-way through baking, we’d go for an hour bike ride, and...
General Tso Stirfry
updated 01/14/2021 I was looking for ideas for dinner when I spotted a recipe for General Tso’s Chicken Nuggets. It sounded interesting, but I wasn’t interested in deep frying chicken nuggets. Or deep frying...
Chicken Stirfry with Coconut Milk
updated 08/15/2020 This morning Lorraine asked me to make a chicken stirfry. Cool! I purchased things a few weeks ago with intention of making something Thai-ish, so I had ingredients. She picked up chicken...
Shrimp Teriyaki
updated 08/14/2020 This title is misleading. The real purpose of this post is the Teriyaki Sauce. I purchased a large bag of 13-15 count shrimp for Eric’s birthday dinner a few weeks ago. The...
Pork-Port Stroganoff
updated 07/28/2020 I read a recipe on Better Homes & Gardens recently that caught my attention. It was a beef stroganoff recipe where the sour cream sauce was mixed together, then poured over the...
Three Onion Soup
updated 06/03/2020 As much as I enjoy onion soup, I’ve never made it until recently. For whatever reason, I had a belief that it took significant effort. A few months ago I spotted an...
Beef Wellington with Chestnut Duxelles
updated 06/02/2020 Most of the family dislikes mushrooms, so when we decided to make Beef Wellington for our New Years Eve dinner, I found a substitution for the mushroom duxelles that surrounds the beef...
Crockpot Brisket in BBQ Sauce, take #3
updated 05/25/2020 Lorraine wanted me to cook another brisket for our pre-Memorial Day dinner, but wanted me to do something different than the last 2 times. I hunted through many recipes, but couldn’t find...
Paprika Pork with Fried Shallots
updated 05/14/2020 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...
Crockpot Brisket in BBQ Sauce, take #2
updated 04/19/2020 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...
Grilled Shrimp & Scallops Wrapped in Prosciutto
updated 02/02/2020 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...