I have an equal love for creating my own recipes and reviewing other people’s recipes. I have learned more skills, techniques, flavors, and ingredients. I wanted to take a chance to share with you some of my favorite recipes I have done over the years on this blog. Giada de Laurentiis Giada’s Orecchiette with Roasted…
Recipe Reviews
Alton Brown’s Swiss Steak Recipe Review
Living on a tight budget causes you to learn how to take cheap cuts of meat and turn them into flavorful dishes. One of those cheap cuts that I use and have talked about before on this blog is bottom round. It’s a cut that will be tough if you don’t do it right. I…
White Chicken Salad with Giada’s Roasted Root Vegetable Vinaigrette
Soup or salad? A question I often received as a kid that I despised when dinning out. Only rarely did I want the soup being offered so I had to go with a salad. Salads I was never impressed with either. Reason being I hated salad dressing. I thought they were all yucky. I would…
Review of Alton Brown’s Butterflied Dry Brined Turkey
In November 2011 I watched with eager anticipation Alton Brown’s Countdown to T-Day. The Good Eats episode Romancing the Bird is a classic that influenced me so much in the kitchen. I really wanted to see what Alton came up with. His original turkey recipe is beloved by so many. It’s the most commented recipe…
Ina Garten’s Beef Barley Soup Review
I think often people only think of beef, when they hear the words barley. While barley has many uses, I am definitely all for the beef and barley combo. I have made this kind of soup before, but I am always open to new techniques and recipes. So after an episode of the Barefoot Contessa…
Alton Brown’s Blueberry Buckle
Have you ever had a recipe that you wanted to use for a while but was just waiting for that perfect moment? That was the case last night when I gave Alton Brown’s Blueberry Buckle recipe a try. In case you don’t know what a buckle is, it’s an early version of a coffeecake. It’s…
Alton Brown’s Broiled Sirloin Steak Recipe
I like sirloin. It’s a good steak with a good flavor. When you find it on sale you can find for a reasonable price. I cooked up one last night. I choose to try the Alton Brown method. This involves using one of the most neglected things in your kitchen – the broiler. Most people…
Jeff Mauro’s (Sandwich King) Pretzel Hot Dog Buns
Last summer when I was watching Food Network Star, I thought contestant Jeff Mauro had the best show idea – a show all about sandwiches and the unique things you can put between pieces of bread. I was happy that he won the show. This past week I tried out my first recipe of his…
Alton Brown’s Steamed Couscous
From watching Food Network, I have heard about couscous several times. I had it for the first time at a work Christmas party, and thought it would be a useful thing to have in my kitchen. I finally got around to buying some, so that I could serve it as the base for my Moroccan…
Robert Irvine’s Chicken Francese (from Resturant Impossible – Anna Marie’s)
Last Thursday, I was planning on what to make for dinner, when it dawned on me I had on hand the ingredients I needed to make a recipe a Restaurant Impossible episode that just aired the previous night. So I thought that would be something great to review for the site. In this episode Robert…