Category: Sauces
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Really Sloppy, Sloppy Joe’s
Holidays are a great time for getting together with friends and family, and more than likely, you’ve got quite a bit of food leftover that will be taking up room in the fridge for the next couple of days. Sounds like a food reinvention intervention is in order to keep the family interested at…
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Hubert Keller’s Secret Hollandaise Sauce
I’m a huge fan of Celebrity Chef Hubert Keller, and one day I happened to catch his PBS show called Secrets of a Chef, where he just happened to be making one of the mother sauces, the very delicious Hollandaise Sauce. Hollandaise is a very creamy emulsion of egg yolks, butter and lemon juice…
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Green Plantains (Tostones) with Garlic Mojo Dipping Sauce
Growing up, my best friend was Cuban. We were inseparable and needless to say, we spent a lot of time with each other’s families. I always laugh when I remember going over to her house on the weekends, and her grandmother (abuelita as we lovingly called her) would always answer the door. Her greeting…
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Lazy Man’s Dulce de Leche
On any given day, you will usually find me multitasking on 20 different things, so time is definitely of the essence for me as I am sure it is for many of you in your daily lives. I always want to try and simplify my life with easily prepared meals and desserts because friends are always…
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Homemade Pizza Or Marinara Sauce
Making delicious pizza at home is not difficult at all, as long as all of the components you use are equally well made and delicious. I recently came across a great recipe for pizza dough and shared it with you on my recent post for game day pizza, where we made a white pizza without tomato…
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Hot Rod Chicken Wings
I was a vegetarian for many years, but there were a few things that I would find myself drawn to during this non-meat eating time in my life. The two items were chicken wings and bacon…ok, not the most healthy of treats, but if you enjoy them sparingly, there is no harm in indulging. Today…
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Apple Cranberry Compote
With the Holidays coming up, I wanted to share my recipe for a quick apple & cranberry compote that I make every year. I usually add a little fresh squeezed orange juice in the liquid, and a few drops of orange oil (from the orange skins), and it is truly lovely and luscious. This goes…
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Mother Sauces
I think that the basics of good cooking does not only involve the preparation of a good meal, but many times involves the preparation of a flavorful sauce that compliments but does not over power a dish. A mother sauce is a base sauce that is used in making different variations of the original sauce.…
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Crème Anglais
Crème Anglais is one of those versatile sauces/bases that you can use for many different things. I use it not only as a desserts sauce, but as a base for a delicious custard ice cream or for a Bavarian mousse. I made a batch today to show you how easy it is to make. Once…
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Summery Basil & Pistachio Pesto with Pasta Shells…
Most days when it is hot outside, I hate to eat anything that is too heavy because it will just roll around and wreak havoc in my stomach like that artificial strawberry and cornstarch topping the old Haussner’s in Baltimore used to sell on top of their cheesecake and strawberry pie…uggghhh! Instead, in the Summer…
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Feasting on Lasagna…
When I think of the ultimate comfort food, homemade lasagna is definitely one of my top ten picks. Most people think that it is difficult to make, but it is actually so easy that I want to cry when I hear that people are buying that horrible frozen stuff. Nowadays, with gourmet grocery stores at…