It’s Thanksgiving week.  We all have much for which to be thankful, especially me.  I am taking time out of my busy schedule this moment to be thankful for having the best recipe for a cookie ever to crisp up in an oven.  This one came originally from a Heart Healthy clinic when the nutritionist was [...]

Some days it is easier to the Thankful for our Blessings than others.  Wednesday night brought one of those opportunities.  Discount groceries and ‘day old’ sections of the Supermarket are favorite places for me. Yes, that does indicate that I am easy to entertain; but that’s another Blog.  Regardless, at the Sunflower there was a [...]

It’s the end of August, and a meek chill front cooled things off last evening. It happens that the street vendor had some really fresh medium large shrimp in his van, so I got some.  In the pantry was a dented can of white beans.  The basil and parsley were so fine out on the deck.  [...]

Last night I broiled some fish.  It was some catfish I got at Tri Tran’s Fish Market. The fish was seasoned with ground cumin, salt, pepper, garlic powder.  
It needed a dressing which I made with H’s mayo, fresh lime, some chipotle in adobo, & salt.
Then it needed some Pico de Gallo Salsa.   The fresh salsa involves dicing all the large ingredients into uniform pea [...]

Pasta & Shrimp…….Bacon fond is the key to the hidden flavor of the shrimp.  Just two strips cooked without moving in a sauté pan leaves just enough fond to give the sauted shrimp a current of soft flavor.  The rich butter & minced fresh garlic add the muscle & if just barely cooked through the shrimp [...]

Last night’s dinner was such fun to cook and to eat. Heavy beef ribs, slow smoked all day took up the entire plate.  10″ long & so full of flavor.  Now the dry rub made for some heavy tugging & chewing, but my goodness, it was a cowboys dream.   A very fine new son-in-law’s Dad had [...]