Black Sesame Lemon Bundt Cake
Perfectly Delicious – What More Could You Want?! Sesame and lemon – one of my favorite flavor combinations. I’ve tried a couple different recipes in which these flavors are used in a cake, but I haven’t been satisfied yet, so I set out to make my own recipe. This way I could be assured it […]
Chicken Salad with Herb Tahini Dressing
Vivid in Both Flavor and Color! I don’t know about you, but I eat a lot of chicken salads. My family and I love them. I will poach a load of chicken breasts and make different salads with them throughout the week. We love most all kinds – classic, Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc. But here […]
Black Garlic Salt & Pepper Ribs with Spicy Scallion Salad
How About Some Really Good Ribs for Dinner This Week? I keep slabs of St. Louis style spare ribs in my freezer most of the time. Why? Well, they’re always delicious, versatile, and easy to make. You can go in so many directions with them, flavor-wise. This time I kept it really simple – black […]
Red Cabbage and Sour Cherry Salad with Orange Soy Dressing
Keep the Cabbage Salads Coming! Well, folks, as promised, here is what I made with the remaining red cabbage I had left over from the chicken salad I posted last week. There were endless ways I could have gone, but a crunchy side salad to serve with a couple of meals was what I had […]
Chicken Salad with Sesame Tahini Dressing
What Can I Say? I’m Crazy About These Kinds of Meals. Those of you who’ve been following me for years know how I feel about salads. They’re at the top of my list of favorite things to eat. Now I’m not talking about lackluster sad green salads with a slice of a bad tomato thrown […]
Korean-Inspired Pork Shoulder
Isn’t It Time for Some Rich and Crispy Pork with an Easy Korean Style Dipping Sauce? Over the course of my life I have cooked a lot of pork shoulders/Boston butts. My whole family loves this cut of pork, and it’s pretty darned hard to screw up one of these. But as the years have […]
Pork and Black Garlic Dumplings
Homemade Dumplings – So Much Better Than Store Bought. When it comes to dumplings, I’m a fan of most all I’ve ever tasted. Some are better than others, but when it comes to putting together a quick meal, nothing is faster than having a pre-made bag of frozen dumplings on hand. As handy as those […]
Ribs with Black Lime/Sichuan Peppercorn Salt and Asian Celery Salad
Juicy and Perfectly Seasoned Oven-Baked Ribs are Served with a Crisp Asian-Flavored Celery Salad. I’ve previously posted my technique for baking ribs in the oven, but I came up with a new dry rub that I’ve gotta share. If you’ve never tried dried black limes *, I highly recommend you do so. The flavor is […]
2-Way Cabbage Salad
Roasted and Raw Cabbage in a Salad? Oh, Yeah. And It’s a Beauty. Now, this is a noteworthy salad. I ran into a recipe from Ixta Belfrage for a salad in which Napa cabbage was used and part of it was roasted. While I loved the idea, I went in a completely different direction for […]
Ham Sandwich with Quick Scallion Kimchi and Chinese Sausage
How’s This for a Very Different Take on a Ham Sandwich? I ran across a recipe for Quick Scallion Kimchi and had to make it. I love scallions and as the recipe title says, this isn’t a typically traditional kimchi which takes awhile to ferment. It’s quick. After sitting at room temperature for 24 hours, […]