Ingredients:
1 T olive oil
2 t garlic, minced
dash hot red pepper flakes
12 oz broccolini, rinse, dry, and trim the dry stem end a bit, but leave whole
1/4 cup water
Optional Garnish: 2 oz grated Parmesan Cheese, or to taste Read More
Breakfast Veggie Saute
Ingredients:
1/2 cup onion, rough chopped
1/2 cup sweet red pepper, rough chopped
2 cups arugula, torn in half
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
pinch of salt (one twist from the grinder)
1/2 t turmeric
1/4 t fresh cracked black pepper Read More
Butternut Squash and Onion Saute
Serves 6
Ingredients:
1 T olive oil
1 T butter
1 onion, chopped
Pinch of salt
3 garlic cloves
1 butternut squash, peeled, de-seeded, and cut into 1 inch cubes
A few twists of fresh cracked black pepper
1/3 cup walnuts
2 T parsley Read More
Baby Kale with Mushrooms
Ingredients:
2 T olive oil
16 oz mushrooms, sliced or left whole
1 cup onion, chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
5 oz baby kale
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
Sea salt to taste (not too much, just a turn of the grinding knob)
1 T balsamic vinegar
Optional: grated Parmesan and crushed red pepper flakes Read More
Pan Sautéed Chicken with Shallot Wine Sauce
Ingredients:
6 pieces (2 ½ – 3 lbs) bone-in chicken
2 T butter
1 T olive oil
1/4 t ground white pepper
1/8 t dried tarragon
Pinch of salt
1 recipe Braised Pearl Onions and Carrots
1 shallot, minced
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 cup chicken stock
1 T cold unsalted butter Read More
Garlicky Shrimp Saute
Ingredients:
24 large or extra-large shrimp, peeled and deveined, tail left on
1 t fresh lemon juice
2 T olive oil
1/4 t ground black pepper
1/2 t oregano
1 t dried garlic
1 t dried onion powder
2 T unsalted butter (or high heat oil of your choice, coconut oil would be delicious)
1 lemon, thinly sliced
6 garlic cloves sliced, then crushed by whacking with a mallet or knife handle
1/2 cup good white wine (or substitute chicken, vegetable, or fish stock)
1 T parsley, chopped
Cracked red pepper flakes to taste
4 lemon wedges Read More
Chicken with Sherry Sauce
Ingredients:
2 T clarified butter or high heat cooking oil
4 thin chicken breasts
2 pinches of Kosher Salt
1/4 t fresh cracked black pepper
1 large shallot, minced
3/4 cup good sherry (please do not use “cooking sherry”)
1/4 t tarragon
1/4 t white pepper
A few shakes of Kosher salt
1/2 t Dijon mustard
1 1/2 t cold butter, unsalted Read More
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