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Asparagus Chicken w/ Oyster Mushrooms
This is a quick and easy stir fry. I used Philippine lemon infused fish sauce but any good quality fish sauce with a squeeze of Meyer lemon juice will do. Be sure to use the most natural chicken...
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Jammin’ Juice: ‘Beet me up Scottie’
Val and I, and some of our close friends have been juicing lately and we are loving the results. Besides being a great way to lose weight, you are packing a ton of nutritious fruits and veg into your...
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Juice Recipe: Sunrise Citrus
My wife Val came up with this breakfast juice. Val likes a sweeter juice and this one fills the bill. A friend asked what kind of juicer we use. We use an old Champion juicer. The Champion masticates...
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Juice Recipe: Not for Gringos Green
This third juice recipe is not for the timid but very tasty and with a wonderful south -of-the-boarder kick to it. We still have 2 kinds of kale which wintered very nicely in our garden and the young...
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Broccoli Saag
Apologies for not posting in a while. We have been buying a home and have been quite occupied with all that loan, inspection, appraisal and packing stuff lately. In the cuisine of India, Saag is often...
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London Broil with Chimichurri Sauce
To all my subscribers, I’m sorry for the time between this and my last blog entry. We moved to our new home and it was quite an ordeal with all the packing, cleaning, preparing our old home for rental,...
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Harvest Chicken Salad
I love fall and all the harvest produce. Fresh grapes are particularly great this time of the year. Here is a super easy chicken salad with a tangy dressing with savory, sweet, crunchy and eye...
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Paleo Stuffed Chicken
This is super easy. You can make the delicious sake citrus reduction ahead of time and reheat it before serving if you like. By the way this sauce also works great for fish. This recipe is protein...
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Chanterelles w/ Shrimp
A good friend of mine gifted me some local wild Chanterelle mushrooms and this was the impetus to create this dish. Chanterelles are regarded world wide as one of the finest mushrooms around and are so...
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Japchae Korean Style Sweet Potato Noodles
Japchea or Chapchae (pron. Chap Chea) is a delicious clear noodle dish that is as popular in Korea as Pad Thai is in Thailand (and America). You can use steak instead of ground beef, use ground pork or...
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Teriyaki Chicken with Asian Slaw
I’ve been missing my dad lately. He passed on January 21st 1993 in Portland, OR. He shared a few of his favorite recipes with me when we lived together from 1966-1970 in Berkeley. Mom and dad had...
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Gluten-Free Mackerel Cakes
Here is another recipe my Dad taught me. We were fairly poor at the time in that Berkeley flat. Mackerel in the late 60′s was 29 cents a can. The original recipe was not gluten-free. It was breaded...
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French Peasant Stew
This recipe is a variation on a stew my dad taught me to make when I was just 15 years old. It has been a family favorite ever since. Today is the 21 year mark of my father’s passing and I have been...
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Cod with Lime Gremolata
Gremolata is traditionally served atop Osso Buco alla Milanese (braised veal shanks) but works well with chicken and fish as well. My variation uses lime instead of the traditional lemon zest, parsley...
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Squash ‘Noodles’ with Pistachio Pistou
Pistou is a Provençal sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil. Although usually served cold, it can also garnish soups or create a delicious sauce for noodles of any kind. Like a...
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Cashew Chicken Supreme
Most of us have had cashew chicken in Chinese restaurants and it was probably lots of chopped celery and onions, some carrots or peppers for color, and precious few chunks of chicken and cashews....
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Delight
This recipe is take just a few minutes to prepare and is like a more fit sister or cousin of Strawberry Cheesecake.Val whipped this up one night and I said I’ve got to share this on my blog…so here it...
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Ahi Poke 2 ways
The word poke (pronounced poh-keh) is Hawaiian, meaning “to slice or cut crosswise into pieces.” The poke first eaten by native Hawaiians was a simple mixture of raw fish, Hawaiian salt, seaweed and...
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Lomi-Lomi Salmon
I love this time of the year! The wild caught Copper River Sockeye salmon is in our local stores and is perfect for this simple Hawaiian classic Lomi salmon. Lomi-Lomi is Hawaiian for massage and that...
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Cherry Pomegranate Reduction
I don’t often toot my own horn on my blog but I feel this simple recipe, (that I just developed today) has earned a place in my top 10 best recipes since I started my blog in 2010. Cherries and...
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