Cooking & Recipes Circle
My latest fav salad
So something that I want to start doing is eating more clean and plant based. This salad is a perfect option for that and it makes multiple servings so it is perfect for those of you who meal prep. Plus is it super easy! All you do it chop up your ingredients to bite size…
The PERFECT spring cookies!
Hey guys! I wanted to share with you a new recipe that I found quite delicious and perfectly PINK for the spring time. I personally brought these cookies to my family's easter celebration and they were a HUGE hit so I thought I would share the recipe: What you need: 1 box of strawberry cake…
Beautiful day!
With finger-licking . . . . Chicken Kabab❤️ with Veggies
On Thanksgiving and food…
I originally wrote this in 2005. My opinions remain unchanged. With the gastronomic orgy that is Thanksgiving upon us, my thoughts, as ever, turn to food. Good food, to be specific. My turkey will be organic, free-range, brined, and the meat under the skin basted with a mixture of bourbon, brown ...
COVID-19 Culinary Musings…
We have officially been "in residence" in the United States for over 5 months - a longer period than ever in the last 20 years. And with all the closings, we have dined out exactly twice in the last 4 months. As much as we enjoy cooking, what was once seen as a "nice change"…
Winter won’t leave WNY
So I'm not sure what or how to write this with it being group thing, but here it goes.. So its April and its freezing here in WNY, so here's a get soup recipe: Hot sausage ( if you can get it unlinked, I know that is a made up word, good cooking doesn't mean being…
Delicious Curry Noodle Salad
This Noodle Salad recipe is always a winner, especially with barbeques. Although it has a good dose of curry powder, you may also add a few drops of Tobasco sauce if you wish. The taste is so finely balanced that it is neither too sweet nor too tangy and also appeals to the taste of…
Cooking
I really, really, wanted to learn how to cook so I decided to learn by doing with the movies and menus cookbook. The honey cakes turned out OK I guess, but I really want to cook my way through a cookbook, and doing that while watching gladiator seems to be the way to go. I…
Saucy!
So, something I did while I was away from ODland was make my own pasta sauce. I tend to make pasta and sauce when I'm really short on cash, simply because it's cheap. I decided to try making my own pasta sauce because a) I have a slow cooker and should be able to make…
50 Shades of Rosé…
Last night we drank a bottle of 2017 Bermejo Listán Negro Rosado from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. I can only describe this as a Rosé that drinks like a Red. Such wonderful complexity, nuance and balance - with a unique minerality from the volcanic soil. The environment there means that di...