Paella

I love paella and I have been making it healthier by changing out the rice for cauliflower rice and quinoa. I also have used low sodium chicken stock added a poblano pepper to spice thing up a bit. One more thing that is important to use is a good chorizo with lots of smoked paprika…

Chimichirri Steak Sauce

This sauce works great on rich steaks or lamb 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves 1. cup flat parsley leaves 1/4 cup chives 1/4 cup olive oil Juice from 2 limes 4 cloves garlic Salt to taste Pepper to taste Blend all ingredients in a food processor or blender now would be the time to test…

Virginia Beach Mexican White Sauce

This is a sauce unique to Virginia Beach so I asked my son-in-Law about it. Jack posted about this a few weeks ago  so I decided I could re-create this at home. Well,  I got Jack’s OK after making a couple of batches of this and after a couple of revisions.  I found 5 different…

Fried Smelt

Spring in Michigan is smelt time.  When I was a kid my family would go over to Pointe Pele Canada and get 5 50 gallon trash cans full of smelt.(Try cleaning those in an un air conditioned basement)  So my Dad would host a fish fry.  Here is my take on deep fried smelt.  (we…

Almond butter amaretto white chocolate cookies

I had been thinking about this recipe for a few weeks and after making revision, after revision this is the one that I liked best.  I see this  as a duel threat if you use the colored (red and green) chip, for Christmas.  Hope you enjoy them. 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon…