How to Roast Leg of Lamb: Easter Surprises
This recipe for How to Roast Leg of Lamb is ideal for a celebratory Easter dinner. How to Roast Leg of Lamb: Succulent and tender, leg of lamb is a satisfying entrée that is bursting with flavor. Type: Entrée Recipe Prep Time: 20 min Roast Time: approximately 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 hrs, depending on how well done you prefer your meat Yield: 12 servings Ingredients: one 8 – 10 lb leg of lamb 3 – 4 garlic cloves – cut into...
How to Make Creamy Tartar Sauce
This Creamy Tartar Sauce is a perfectly ideal accompaniment to fish. How to Make Creamy Tartar Sauce: Though my recipe uses parsley, other herbs are quite delicious added to this sauce as well. You could try tarragon or chives. Type: Sauce Recipe Serve with: fish & lemon wedges Prep Time: 8 min Yields: 1 1/3 cups Ingredients: 1 cup mayonnaise 1 large egg – hard boiled; finely chopped 2 tbsp sweet pickles or green relish...
How to Cook Hot & Sour Soup
Hot & Sour Soup is certainly an Asian food favorite. This soup is almost always on your menu when you frequent your favorite Chinese restaurant, as well as other Asian restaurants. How to Cook Hot & Sour Soup: Type: Soup Recipe Serve with: extra rice vinegar & chili oil Prep Time: 12 min Steep Time: 30 min Cook Time: 15 – 20 min Yields: 6 cups Ingredients: 12 wood ear or cloud ear mushrooms 4 shiitake mushrooms 2...
National Sausage Pizza Day: An All-Time Favorite
National Sausage Pizza Day sounds like a great idea for a celebration… Isn’t it true that almost everyone enjoys a good pizza? Although the various toppings and combinations of toppings are tasty, from simple cheese pizza to mushrooms and pepperoni, to more elaborate pizzas with olives & peppers on top of tomato sauce. One of my personal favorites is pizza with sausage, strewn with torn basil, capers, thinly sliced...
6 Tasty Pizza Ideas for National Pizza Festival Month
October is National Pizza Festival Month, and there are a lot of ways to prepare pizzas. Aside from the usual mushrooms, pepperoni & green pepper choices, here are a few of our favorites using any sized pizza crusts you prefer – either store-bought or homemade pizza crust. I usually use about 8 inch diameter crusts. I make my own tomato pizza sauce, and for the most part, my pizzas are baked at 400 degrees F for 12 –...
How to Grill a Whole Mackerel – Lemon Cedar Leaf Grilled Mackerel
This is a recipe I developed especially for Episode #2 of my new cooking show, “Cooking Adventures with Kimberly” for December’s Edition of Tonka Live Magazine. If you’re anything like me, you are impressed when you see someone do a bang-up job grilling a whole fish. They look so tasty & delicious, and are actually easy to do. However, I’ll bet you don’t venture to try this out very often, do you? Why not?...
How to Make a Really Tasty, Healthy Nicoise Salad
Don’t let the name of the Niçoise salad scare you! Yes, it’s French. No, it’s not difficult to make. No, it’s not really fattening. Nicoise is just a combination of greens, tuna, green beans, new potatoes, tomatoes, black olives and eggs – traditionally. That’s all it means… Okay – now that’s out of the way – let’s get cooking and create this unbelievably tasty salad...
Nakano Rice Vinegar Salmon Salad Recipe
That’s right… It’s made from real rice and has a fabulous flavor, and has so many different uses in so many dishes I make. Take this Salmon Salad for instance… Salmon Salad with Tomatoes, Capers and Dill Vinaigrette 2/3 cup NAKANO Seasoned Rice Vinegar Roasted Garlic or use the “Original” 2 cloves crushed garlic 1 1/2 tsp dried dill weed – Divided 1 tsp salt 4 salmon fillets ~ 5 ounces e/ 3...
How to Cook Quick & Easy Fried Pitas
Quick & Easy Fried Pitas are a staple in our household served alongside meals, as an appetizer or a snack! These Fried Pitas are so quick and easy when unexpected guests arrive at your doorstep…Always have pitas on hand! They are wonderful on their own as a snack on their own, or along with other tasty brined morsels, cheeses & fruit. Quick & Easy Fried Pitas: In a pinch, you can also fry naan up the same way as...
How to Cook Perfect Pan Sauteed Tilapia
Perfect Pan Sauteed Tilapia is a superb meal for Valentine’s Day. Looking for a gorgeous, easy-to-make-for-your-sweetheart dish for V-Day? This is one of my favorites and is made many-a-Fish-Friday as well! Tilapia is my favorite fish to eat! The Seminole Indians bred them in the Florida Everglades region. Meaty and tasty like seafood should be! Perfect Pan Sauteed Tilapia: Keep things simple can make all the difference in the...