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baked summer squash - stuffed to perfection!
By TheCulinaryChase
Summer squash is available all year round which sounds a bit confusing
- 3 to 4 cousa squash or small zucchini
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 to 2 Italian sausage, squeeze meat out of casing
- 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 1 can whole Italian plum tomatoes
- Parmesan cheese, grated
poached pears – an easy dessert
By TheCulinaryChase
A super easy dessert to make and one where you don’t need any special ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 6 tablespoons honey or maple syrup (I used maple syrup)
- lemon or orange peel
- 2 pears, peeled
- 1 cinnamon stick
Homemade Grainy Mustard
By TheCulinaryChase
This mustard is so delicious! Try it on the usual suspects (sandwich, salad, meat) but also chuck it into dressings...
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard seeds
- 1/4 cup brown mustard seeds
- 1 cup hard apple cider
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- Lime wedge
How to Spatchcock Cornish Hens
By TheCulinaryChase
Sounds a bit gross but by removing the backbone you actually decrease the cooking time, the bird cooks evenly, and ...
- 2 cornish hens
- Salt, pepper and other seasonings to taste
Gnocchi mac n’ cheese
By TheCulinaryChase
Mac n’ cheese (aka macaroni and cheese) has been around since the 1930’s and I grew up with it; both the boxed ...
- gnocchi
- 4 cups milk
- 5 cups of assorted cheese grated (old cheddar, blue, Parmesan, brie)
- 1/2 cup butter
- 6 tablespoons flour
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Plum Dessert
By TheCulinaryChase
A dessert concludes the main meal and for me, it's the last thing I think about when planning a meal
- 2 plums, washed and sliced into quarters
- good handful blackberries
- 2 to 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 cups Greek plain yogurt
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom (optional)
- Simple Nut Brittle -
- handful of pecans
- handful of almonds
- splash of maple syrup
- sea salt
sautéed purple cabbage with pasta
By TheCulinaryChase
Do you ever wish you could turn back time? I do, not to alter events but to be more inquisitive with my elders thu...
- 1/2 small purple cabbage, sliced thinly (about 1 1/2 to 2 cups)
- 1 to 2 teaspoons caraway seeds (more if you like)
- 3 slices bacon, chopped
- 1/2 fennel bulb, thinly sliced (roughly 1 cup)
- olive oil
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup chicken broth or water
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- splash sushi rice vinegar
- 3 to 4 handfuls broad pasta noodles
- chopped parsley, for garnish
baked eggs with salsa – perfect brunch food
By TheCulinaryChase
Baked eggs are simple to make and you can add just about anything to the dish that suits your fancy
- eggs
- individual baking dishes or cast iron frying pan
- cheese curds, broken up if stuck together
- hot Italian sausage, meat removed from casing (about 1 per dish)
- 1 to 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- olive oil
- salsa sauce (commercial or homemade)
- country bread slices toasted (to mop up the juices)
lamb tagine - a feast for the senses!
By TheCulinaryChase
A tagine, the conical shaped cooking vessel, is traditionally made out of clay and was first used by North African ...
- 3 lbs. boneless lamb shoulder, fat removed and cut into 1.5-inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 cinnamon stick
- pinch of saffron threads
- 1/2 cup dried apricots
- 1/2 cup pitted dates, sliced
- 1/4 cup flaked almonds, toasted
- 1/3 cup fresh coriander, chopped
- cooked couscous, to serve
roasted peppers and gorgonzola crostini
By TheCulinaryChase
Crostini (little crusts in Italian) are the easiest appetizers one can make
- grilled bread slices (use oven, griddle pan, bbq or toaster)
- 2 red bell peppers
- 2 yellow or orange bell peppers
- Gorgonzola cheese, room temperature
- 2 large cloves of garlic, peeled and cut in half
- balsamic vinegar
- extra-virgin olive oil
- Italian parsley, chopped