How to Make Pico de Gallo Salsa: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
In one’s repertoire of Mexican cuisine, it is essential to know How to Make Pico de Gallo Salsa. This is a very popular and prevalent accompaniment with Mexican dishes. How to Make Pico de Gallo Salsa: Depending upon what your family’s spice level is, add an appropriate chili pepper. In this recipe, we’re using a jalapeño, but if you’d like something more mild, try using a sweet Cubanelle pepper or green...
How to Cook Mexican Quinoa Salad + Video: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
Quinoa, being an ancient super grain, is one food you should, by all means, include in your diet often, and this recipe for How to Cook Mexican Quinoa Salad is very tasty & healthy. Once you taste this salad, you will wish to serve frequently, especially when preparing Mexican food. This show is brought to you by the Cooking with Quinoa Cookbook. How to Cook Mexican Quinoa Salad: This red milled variety of quinoa, I used in this...
How to Make Jicama Salad: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
Jicama Salad is a refreshing and healthy salad that pairs very well with most all Mexican or Latin-type entrées, especially now in early spring to liven things up. How to Make Jicama Salad: Type: Salad Recipe Prep Time: 35 min Yield: 6 servings Ingredients: 1 medium-sized jicama – approximately 1 lb 3 cucumbers – peeled, seeded & halved lengthwise 4 medium-sized oranges 8 radishes – sliced thinly 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp...
How to Cook Pear Vinaigrette Roasted Whole Chicken + Video
This Pear Vinaigrette Roasted Whole Chicken recipe is so succulent & delicious, you will want to prepare it often for friends & family. I am using a brown rice stuffing for my chicken, containing lemon, ginger and sweet potato, then slathering the bird with my Pear Vinaigrette to add some more complexity to the flavors. How to Cook Pear Vinaigrette Roasted Whole Chicken: The vinaigrette, which I made myself, contains pear...
A Champion’s Kitchen: Ode to Hot Sauce
Super Bowl XLVIII is around the corner on February 2nd, 2014, and you will find hot sauce on tables around the globe! Any self-respecting foodie that’s tailgating on Super Bowl Sunday has to have hot sauce in abundance for this event… Hot sauce is a condiment of champions. It’s hot, spicy goodness spiked with flavor & high octane, goes perfectly in breakfast, lunch, dinner, as well as savory beverages. Whether...
How to Make a Bouquet Garni
What is a Bouquet Garni? Well, it’s not a floral arrangement or a special garnish. Actually, bouquet garni is a combination of fresh herbs, vegetables &, at times, even coarsely crumbled spices, which are bundled in layered cheesecloth or they are tied up with a string in such a way to flavor soups, stocks & sauces. The herbs are tied up in such a way that the chef can remove them easily & quickly before serving,...
How to Cook Southern Greens
If you want to cook a great Southern meal, you want to be sure you perfect How to Cook Southern Greens! In the American South, two or more kinds of greens are frequently cooked together & serve as side dishes, especially with Holiday dinners. Oh, my…the way they are prepared is ever so delicious, and of course, with rich Holiday meals, greens are typical of what we tend to crave. It’s almost a contest to find who...
A Celebration of Peppers: National Pepper Month
It is November, and National Pepper Month has finally arrived. We have written about peppers in our quest for various pepper dishes & found they are a most popular vegetable, included in many of the most familiar ethnic dishes. The terms pepper & chili are used interchangeably, both being vegetables. Amazingly full of vitamins, peppers are vibrantly colored, add texture, and sometimes heat to dishes. Store unwashed & in...
Quick Pickling Facts & Guidelines: Pickled Peppers Week
Pickled Peppers Week starts today, marking the 3rd week in October, and we’re talkin’ about perfect pickling. This requires a few pickling guidelines you should follow, but first, some quick pickling facts. Quick Pickling Facts: Most dill pickles, sauerkraut, olives & pickled peppers get their special flavors from undergoing fermentation. Liquor or spirits (alcoholic beverages), as with vinegar, keep food edible by...
National Vodka Day & How to Make Black Pepper Vodka
Happy National Vodka Day – oh, the possibilities. Although vodka looks deceptively like plain water, it is actually a neutral type of spirit distilled from grain. Generally used is wheat or barley, occasionally corn or rye, and sometimes potatoes, beets or grapes. Vodka is a good cocktail mixer, as it doesn’t have a strong flavor, and won’t change a cocktail’s taste. There are more and more flavored vodkas...
How to Pickle Hot Peppers: National Pickled Peppers Month
National Pickled Peppers Month spices up our menus this October, and you too can Pickle Hot Peppers of your own. Although my recipe works well for red shepherd peppers, it works better for Hungarian banana & jalapeño peppers. It’s best to wear gloves if you’re working with hot peppers & scrub your hands thoroughly with soapy water before touching your face or body. How to Pickle Hot Peppers: Peter Piper picked a...
How to Cook Vegetarian Chili Made in a Bare-Bones Fixer-Upper Investment Property Kitchen
That’s right! You can be healthy and still cook real recipes, even if you only have a bare bones kitchen when fixing up an investment property… We spend so much time at our rehab properties that we often end up staying in one to get more cleaning and repairing done, which leaves us with limited seasonings, fresh foods and large appliances to work with. For dinner today, I made a vegetarian chili out of what we had left in...
How to Cook Spicy Thai Ginger Coconut Chicken Soup
The flavor combination of this Spicy Thai Ginger Coconut Chicken Soup is absolutely divine. Spicy chilies & fresh ginger, along with creamy coconut milk, and succulent chicken, make for a Thai inspired meal, that’s not only scrumptious, but quick & easy to make too. Spicy Thai Ginger Coconut Chicken Soup: I love the coconut chicken soup from Spicy Thai in St. Catharines, Ontario. Since I loved it so much, my family...
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