Roasted fennel and onion adds superb texture and sweetness against the spicy sautéed Italian sausage with an addition of chicken for excellent texture and a healthy spin. I promise you will love this and if you decide you want to share, they will love it, also. Ingredients 2lbs spicy Italian sausage 1lb ground chicken 3…
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Keto Shepherd’s Pie
Because, January is all things Keto. This casserole is three layers. The bottom layer is fresh green beans cut into 1/2″ pieces, sautéed briefly in butter, S&P, finely chopped mushrooms and cream. Simmer this down to thicken and then place this bottom layer into your casserole. The next layer is browned ground beef, finely diced…
Keto Stewed Peppers & Beef
Beef chuck makes a fantastic stewing beef because it’s flavorful and tenders up nicely when stewed. It’s super Keto friendly as its nicely marbled with adequate fat. Yes, fat. Oh, how I love Keto-ing. Cut your chuck roast into your preferred size for stewing. I find if I cut the pieces too small that sometimes…
Keto Easy Garlic Roast Chicken Thighs
This chicken recipe is easy and a good choice for planned-ahead meal preparation. I freeze two pieces in a package so there is some available when hunger hits or just for ease of use. Costco has great bulk amounts of pieces or even whole birds. Here, I’ve use thighs, skin and all. They’re Keto friendly….
Keto Chunky Avocado ‘n Tuna
Avocado and tuna mixed together with the addition of a bit of mayo, finely diced celery, cilantro, a squeeze of fresh lemon and S&P makes for a satisfying lunch. Is it a salad? Is it a spread? I’ve topped this one with a bit of green onion and freshly ground black pepper.
Grain-Free Coconut Bread
This grain free bread is low carb friendly because it’s made with coconut and buckwheat. Buckwheat is a seed so it’s Paleo, Keto and Candida diet friendly. I’ve blended the ingredients traditionally and also just added and stirred everything at once – because I like shortcuts. The results were the same. This recipe doubles perfectly…
Sweet and Savory Crepes
I use Julia Child’s recipe for the batter. When you blend all the ingredients it will thicken so add water to make it runny so you have a crepe and not a pancake. Crepes should be tender, thin and browned a little. Here, I have made black Forrest ham and Swiss crepes with Hollandaise…
Grilled Curried Chicken and Vegetables with Angel Hair Pasta
I’ve found that I like my results with chicken better if I butterfly each breast. The chickens cooks more evenly and is easier to keep moist and tender. With at in mind, butterfly your chicken breasts, and season with olive oil, curry, salt and pepper. Set aside. Wrap an entire bulb of garlic in foil…
Summer Vegetable Soup
Finely and evenly dice your butternut squash, onion, celery, carrot and zucchini, Sauté and soften then add your smashed garlic cloves. Add finely chopped fresh rosemary. Throw in 3 or 4 large bay leaves and deglaze with Harvey’s Bristol Cream Sherry. And add your fresh strained chicken broth, boxed chicken broth, or vegetable broth…the choice…
Canadian Cheddar and Chive Farfalle
Begin as usual with your finely diced onion softening in butter on medium high heat. Add your smashed garlic and heat through. Add your flour and heat without browning. Add milk and stirring to blend until it comes to a gentle simmer and thickens. Add your Canadian sharp cheddar and stir to melt. Remove from…
Creamy Basil & Goats Cheese Pasta
Basil and goats cheese are a match made in heaven, simply put. This is a scrumptious dish with just the right amount of freshness and brightness that fresh basil and goats cheese gives a creamy sauce. It will wow your friends and family. Start with your base of butter and finely diced onion softening on…
Summertime Potato Salad
This is my favorite potato salad because it is smooth but has a dilly crunch to make it extra special. Boil your potatoes – Russet, Yukon, New, Red Skinned (whatever you have or prefer – I used peeled russets here) in salted water. Drain and set aside uncovered to let cool. Finely dice sweet onion,…
Grilled Pineapple and Corn Salsa
Cool, crisp, sweet, tangy with a bit of heat – I should bottle it for sale – good with grilled meat, fish or poultry, on a hotdog or in a taco. I think I’ll serve it with seared steak very soon. Grill your whole green onions and freshly cut 1″ pineapple rounds, (core in tact…
Orange Chicken Fried Rice
Simply Stunning Asian Spaghetti Chicken fried rice isn’t necessarily a simple dish as there are many components. I’ve made many versions but there was something inauthentic about the result for one reason or another. However, this fried rice is out-of-the-park or I-love-chopsticks perfect. Butterfly your skinned and deboned chicken breasts. Pound them out flat (I…
Paleo Shepherd’s Pie Soup – What?
This low-carb Soup is very satisfying and full of hearty flavors. This was born out of a desire to have comfort food without the price of indulging in comfort food. First sauté your beef , turkey or chicken. Brown it with finely diced onion. Add in finely diced red pepper and heat through and soften…
Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Sauce
We bought two legs of lamb and had them deboned at our lovely local butcher. One was 5 lbs and the other 4 lbs. The night before we rolled them open and coated the inside with fresh rosemary, olive oil and sea salt. We put the bones back in the middle and tied them up…
Seared Pork Sirloin
Simply put, local meat is the best, if available. This is a pork sirloin steak brought out about an hour before cooking, seasoned with garlic powder, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. I used organic olive oil to wipe the hot clean grill. Sear! Turn a few times and keep flames at bay with…
Hunter’s Mushroom Linguini
This version of a Hunter’s sauce is heavy on mushrooms with a bit of bacon to lend a Smokey flavor. I used shiitake, porcini and baby portabella mushrooms. The smallest ones I left whole and slice the others -discarding the shiitake stem as it can be tough. I sautéed them down in a bit of…
Zesty Key Lime Pie
Cool, zesty and creamy this key lime pie is something you put in your recipe box to make when time is short and you want something citrusy to finish your meal. So easy. Preheat your oven to 350F. Prepare your crust with a mixture of melted butter (5 tbsp,) 2tbsp sugar and 2.5 cups crushed…
Chilli Chicken Macarotini & Cheese
My son picked this recipe from a cookbook he bought for me a few years ago and I’ve modified it to perhaps embellish it a bit. It’s one of those recipes that you can easily make a family favorite for a weeknight casserole. Debone a roasted chicken and place torn bite size meat into a…
Crusty French Bread
Home made bread is a treasure to have in your repertoire. It’s simple and mostly foolproof. The most important thing to make sure that your yeast is fresh so proof it and if it becomes foamy, it’s active. 5 cups flour (3 regular and 2 bread). But I use all purpose entirely and it’s a…
Baked Creamy Seafood
Creamy seafood. Yum. I sauté the scallops and in a bit of butter first to get a bit of brown on them but not to cook them through. Remove them from the pan and place them to the side. Then sauté shallots and one clove of crushed garlic. Deglaze with sherry and sprinkle some nutmeg…
Roasted Organic Chicken with Lemon and Garlic Pan Wine Sauce
It’s so flavorful and bright. Bob Appetit featured this perfect chicken recipe online February 2018, and I’ve added a pan sauce – because I need sauce. The high heat roast makes a crispy skin and chars the garlic and lemon for a complex yet bright flavor. Preheat your oven to 425F. Clean and score your…
Braised Wine Thyme Chicken
Excellent keeper recipe. Simple ingredients. Five star flavors. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Begin with a fresh washed whole chicken. My pot holds two birds and I feed a large family. But, this will work even with chicken pieces in the quantity you want to cook. Brown your chicken that…
Thai Coconut Chicken Soup
Soup. The art of soup. If you make your own soup you control the ingredients and salt. It’s a guilt free indulgence if you avoid adding carbs. For my hungrier crowds I spoon over mashed potato or throw in some precooked noodles – rice or egg. You can season with some hot sauce or soy…
Old Fashionned Roast of Prime Rib
The aroma when you arrived home to the scent of a roast in the oven is why this simple meal must be written. Nothing compares. I’ve cooked a four rib roast and an extra large eight rib roast. In my family, a four rib roast serves 4 adults. Yes, it’s a feast. The principal is…
Rose (Ros-eh) Proscuitto Rigatoni
This creamy sauce has a salty sweet smooth texture and when combined with a ribbed rigatoni, is a match made in Heaven. Start with softening finely diced onion. Add your smashed clove of garlic, stir. Add your finely sliced and ribboned prosciutto and heat through on a higher heat and deglaze with red vermouth-reduce just…
Lulu’s Best Chili…Ever!
I know your chili is fantastic, too, and chili is as personal as a dialect. But I’m sharing this because people eat this chili and say, “Wow, this is really good.” And then I smile. So this is how you do it – brown, season with salt and pepper your beef and turkey, deglaze with…
Spaghetti & Meatballs
I’be been making meatballs for years. I’ve never made ones that were remarkable, despite the claims of the recipes I read. I think I can say that this meatball is a keeper. The key seems to be to have equal parts “mix” to meat ratio. I used 93% lean beef because I’m adding my…
Roasted Tarragon & Sage Chicken
Cut your organic cleaned chicken into pieces. I remove the backbone and the breast meat from the ribs so as no stray tiny bones make it onto anybody’s plate. Lay them in your roasting pan and season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Toss in a slivered onion and drizzle with olive oil. Lay your…
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Savory Poached Chicken Stuffed Crepes
Poach your chicken breasts in your base by simmering for 20 minutes in a base of butter sautéed onion, celery, bayleaf, water, salt and pepper. Remove the chicken and set aside. To your poaching liquid add your sherry and tarragon and reduce your base by half. To make your creamy filling add your roux (equal…
Monkfish in Shallots and White Wine
Monkfish is wonderful and very flexible. I’ve prepared it a few ways because of it’s versatility. Here, I cut it into medallions. In a skillet, sauté your finely diced shallots and garlic in butter until soft. Add your medallions of monk fish around the pan, paying attention not to overcrowd. Do the monkfish in batches…
Creamy Shrimp Linguini Alfredo
Creamy and garlicky, this dish is a family favorite. It starts with finely diced onion and garlic. In butter sauté your onion and garlic until soft. Add your flour and whisk until all is blended. Now you’ve made a roux. Before it gets brown, add cream slowly and whisk until you have a smooth creamy…
Beautiful Apple Pie
Everybody has a crust recipe and it’s one of those fussy things but with a few simple rules, it can be prize worthy both for taste and beauty. This pie is made with vodka instead of water. This evaporates and leaves a lovely flakey crust. Also the butter must be cold and blended into pea…
Basil & Brie Burger
Follow the Perfect Basic Burger recipe and add sliced Brie, whole basil leaves, thinly sliced tomato slices and thinly sliced onion. Decadent.
Perfect Basic Burger
The perfect burger has a fantastic beef flavor, a hold-it-all-together fresh bun, is juicy and has whatever toppings you use to create a themed burger like, Tavern, 4th of July, Southwestern, mushroom & swiss, basil & fresh mozzerella or anything you can dream up. I’ve been on the search for the perfect basic burger…
Lobster Roll
Firstly, buy too many live lobster and have a lobster dinner. Put the extra cooked lobster in the fridge overnight. Next day bonus lobster! Shell your lovely lobster making sure there are no bits of shell. Clean and slice green onion and wedge your lemons cutting out the vein at the center, which releases the…
Autumn Harvest Soup
Fall, autumn vegetables, cool days and warm blankets. Soup summons comfort and happiness not only for our palates and stomachs but also for our soul. Butternut squash is a slippery devil to peel, but go ahead and peel, seed and cube the whole thing. Peel and chop in similar sizes your carrot, potato, apple and…
House Bolognese
First stitch kitchen gauze into a 4″ x 4″ or so pouch, leaving one side open in which to add your pickling spice. Sew the open side closed and set aside. In a large dutch oven, brown your beef in olive oil. Season this with salt and pepper. Remove your beef and now sauté your…
Sicilian Pork Ribs
Hail the pork rib. Slice the ribs apart. I use two racks for this recipe, because I shop at Costco. You can blanch them or not. I was originally taught to do so, and I recommend doing it even just once to see if you find a significant difference. In a large pot with enough…
Marinated Chicken Thighs
This is a tray of grilled chicken thighs. They are tender and delicious. I’ve done this also with chicken breast but if you want to do this with chicken breast they must be butterflied and pounded to keep the tender quality these thighs possess. In a large Ziploc, place your 12 chicken thighs along with…
Mushroom and Lemon Angel Hair
Now realizing I should have wiped my cleaver and removed my tongs, I will nevertheless present this dish because who knows, maybe you need this today, although I may update this photo. It’s amazing and easy. If you don’t have a fantastic clever in your drawer you might want to get one and use it…
Beef and Spouts
This is something we could eat everyday. It’s a soupy, crunchy beefy dish served as is or with rice noodles or even mashed potato. If rice is your thing it would be excellent with rice. As follows: Brown your ground beef with slivered onions, chopped celery, chopped ginger, chopped, garlic, salt and freshly ground pepper….
Simply Stunning Asian Spaghetti
Asian Spaghetti Make it and people will make sounds when they eat this divinely simple dish. Serving with chopsticks as the implement of choice is a must! Start with browning beef in a little peanut oil. Brown your beef and add nicely diced onion. Now when this is all hot and the onions are…
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