Category Archives: Adephagia

Bacon Chicken Recipe with White Wine Mushroom Sauce

Stuffed Chicken (Can do without if you make enough sauce) 6 or more chicken breasts, butterflied and pounded. 2 tablespoons olive oil 8 ounces portabella mushrooms, sliced 6 ounces onions, diced 2 -4 garlic cloves, minced 4 ounces fresh spinach 1/3 cup white wine 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1/2 teaspoon rosemary salt and pepper 2… Read More »

Best Ribs ever

Back in ’06 I blogged about a tasty way to make ribs. But the problem in the end was that they just didn’t fall off the bone as planned. Now, I think I’ve got an approach that finally succeeds. Plus a nice BBQ sauce if you love sweet and over the top tanginess. The Sauce… Read More »

Shawarma anybody?

I just finished sending a message to my friend Chris regarding a Shawarma that is second to none. I realized that I must let everybody in on KW’s best kept garlic secret. There is a little hole in the wall near Highland and Belmont aptly named “Shawarma”. It is really just a hole in the… Read More »

More food experimentation

Sometimes on weekends I do find the time (or we make the time) to do some serious cooking. The same weekend I made the lasagna, I also made an excellent pork tenderloin dish. The reason is that we picked a basketful of pears the previous week from Sam’s tree and needed to start using them… Read More »

Make your tomato sauce with roasted love

I haven’t been posting on this site lately. Been more active on OGD’s and Christien’s site now that they are both in full gear….they live far more interesting lives than me. Plus, keeping up with them leaves me no time (nor the want of it) for taking notes and observations of the world. I will… Read More »

Garden reminders

This year’s garden: 2 rows of onions 1 row of lettuce 1 row of spinach. Note: next time plant another row each 2 weeks after first planting 1 row of french beans – best yield to date 1 row of yellow beans 16 pepper plants 16 tomatoe plants 2 rows of potatoes, 5 or 6… Read More »

Here are the fresh Salsa recipes

Salsa 2 large tomatoes, seeded (don’t have to) and diced ½ small sweet onion, like Texas sweet or red, finely chopped 1 to 3 jalapenos finely chopped 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped 1 large garlic clove finely chopped 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lime juice 1 teaspoon olive oil ¾ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon cumin ¼… Read More »

Salsa Recipes

The garden has been bountiful this year. With 4 plum tomato plants, 4 Early Girl, 4 Bonny Best and 1 Rutgers plant I’m swimming in tomatoes. Also with 12 sweet pepper plants, 8 jalapeno plants, 4 salsa pepper plants and about 5 dozen onions, I’ve decided to spice things up a bit when it comes… Read More »

Trip to Ottawa

A couple of weeks ago my ‘step’-Grandfather Ernie passed away.  Being a WWII veteran there was a military service followed by a family service at the funeral home in Ottawa.  That gave me an opportunity to visit with some Uncles, Aunts and cousins that I have not seen for 15-20 years. It was a very… Read More »

My Restaurant At Home Revisited

Last year I brought up an interesting idea that I’m more prepared to take on.  I believe I have the confidence to pull this off now that I’ve had some education in creative cooking.  One step closer to switching professions to the more interesting and exciting culinary world.  Just need to come up with the… Read More »