Baked Scallops Scampi
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 sons don’t...
Category: Bryan Recipes
Baked Chicken and Rice
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 it would...
General Tso Stirfry
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 anything, for...
Chicken Stirfry with Coconut Milk
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 breast and...
Shrimp Teriyaki
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 bag is...
Pork-Port Stroganoff
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 meat and...
Three Onion Soup
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 onion soup...
Beef Wellington with Chestnut Duxelles
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 inside the...
Crockpot Brisket in BBQ Sauce, take #3
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 anything that...
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...
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...
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...
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...