Steak and Mustard Cream Sauce

This is a kinda simple dish that will please your taste buds so much that you won’t feel your arteries clog. OK, it’s rich, but this is a once-in-a -while dish, and your diet is on you. Three keys; 1) cooking steak to your desired doneness; 2) let the sauce reduce enough; 3) cooking the…

Cherry Crisp

As a kid you could sit me down with bowl of cherries, and I would be a happy boy. I love when cherries are in season, and I have been using them a lot. That brings me to this dish; when people think of crisps, apples usually come to mind. I decided to switch it…

Japanese Style Chicken Livers

Everyone does the breaded chicken livers either deep fried or pan fried. Simple, right? Then I thought Eastern cultures must do something different, and was I right! Now, once again using soy is not an option because of the salt content, so I had to be creative. Also, there is fried, and there is wok…

Dark Chocolate Cherry Almond Cookies

Most of us need to eat healthier; that is why I made this cookie. Cherries have antioxidants as does dark chocolate; this contains both. Almonds and eggs are full of protein. Now, how bad can some butter, sugar, and flour be? I also added some chocolate vodka with the vanilla for some extra flavor. I…

Blackened Tuna Salad

This is the second dish I am stealing from Big Joe’s Raw Shack. This dish has the punch of the blackening season with the briny capers and creamy mayo. No cans were injured in this recipe; fresh tuna is the star. I used the Bagel Joy bagel (nothing like a New York bagel) as the…