Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Quick radish pickle


  • Equal parts red wine vinegar and apple cider vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp. sugar per cup of vinegar
  • Salt and pepper
  • diced radishes and or cucumber.



Mix together enough liquid/sugar to just cover the vegetables. Add in veggies and let sit for at least 30 minutes. Serve up to 3 days later.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Thai chicken pizza


  • pizza crust
  • Sauce (mix together)
    • Peanut butter
    • soy sauce
    • sesame oil
    • rice wine vinegar
    • a sprinkle of the cilantro and green onion for toppings
  • shredded chicken
  • mozzarella or colby jack cheese
  • green onion-chopped
  • cilantro-chopped
  • shredded carrot

Preheat oven to 400. Roll out your dough and place a thin coating of sauce over the dough. Sprinkle shredded chicken over than and cheese on top. Sprinkle half your carrot over the top. bake for 15-20 minutes or until crust is cooked. 

Top with fresh shredded carrot, cilantro, and green onion. 

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Shrimp Scampi


  • minced garlic
  • butter
  • white wine
  • raw shrimp-peeled
  • lemon

Start with the garlic and butter in a pan. Sautee until just starting to brown. Add in the white wine and reduce. Add in the shrimp and cook till just done through. Take off the heat and squeeze lemon juice in. 


Served over pasta with Parmesan, as a side, or just eat it like this. 

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Strawberry shortcake


  • sliced sugared strawberrys (let sit till they get juicy)
  • sweet whipped cream
  • Shortcake
    • 2 cups flour
    • 2 tsp. baking powder
    • 1/4 tsp baking soda
    • 2 Tbs. sugar
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 3/4 cups cream
    • 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
    • 1/2 cup milk
Mix cake ingredients together and let bake at 400 in an 8x8 dish for about 20 minuted or until cooked though and slightly golden. 


Let cool


Slice whole cake in half by height then slice into squares (each square should have a top and bottom piece). layer cake, strawberry, cream, cake, strawberry cream. Serve and enjoy. 

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Chicken "wing" drumsticks


  • 1 large pkg. drumsticks or wings 
  • 1 cup flour
  • salt
  • onion powder
  • paprika
  • season salt
  • Oil
Mix together everything but the chicken and oil. Coat the chicken and bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Make the sauces now. 

Pour enough oil in a pan or pot to fry the drumsticks without them sticking to the bottom. 

Fry the chicken till golden and cooked through. Place on a paper towel to remove excess oil. Coat in sauce of your choice.

The traditional hot sauce goes great with this tomatillo ranch dressing as a dipping sauce.



Traditional hot sauce:
  •  minced garlic
  • hot sauce
  • dash of cumin
  • apple cider vinegar
  • stone ground mustard
  • Butter

Soy ginger hot sauce:
  • soy sauce
  • minced garlic
  • grated ginger
  • mustard
  • honey
  • sherry
  • Butter
Garlic parmesan sauce:
  • minced garlic
  • white wine
  • chicken stock
  • butter
  • Parmesan
Simmer all ingredients except butter (and parm) until reduced to about half liquid. Then add in butter till melted and take off the heat. Add in Parmesan after it cools slightly for the garlic parm sauce.