Category Archives: Butter

A Three Egg Fromelette w/ Sausage, Sun Dried Tomatoes, & Parmesean

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

So what do you do when you dream of having a nice greedy three egg omelette for breakfast on a Saturday morning, one for you and one for your wife, or visa versa, and you only have three eggs? You … Continue reading →

Posted in Basil, Breakfast, Butter, Cheese, Cooking, Cuisine, Eating, Eggs, Food, Frittata, Fromelette, Garlic, Herbs & Spices, Leeks, Meat, Omelette, Onions, Parmesean, Recipes, Sausage Links, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Swiss Cheese, Turkey, Vegetables | 10 Comments

Pork, Red Wine, and Wild Mushroom Bolognese

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

Ingredients: 1/2 cup of chicken stock 1/2 cup of red wine 50 g of dried wild mushrooms 8 cloves of garlic chopped 2 small cans of whole peeled tomatoes with juice 1lb of spaghetti 4 tbl of butter 1 tsp … Continue reading →

Posted in Basil, Black Pepper, Boletus, Butter, Button Mushrooms, Cheese, Chicken Stock, Cooking, Cuisine, Dinner, Eating, Food, Garlic, Herbs & Spices, Italian, Leeks, Meat, Mushrooms, Onions, Parmesean, Pasta, Plum Tomatoes, Pork, Pork Cutlets, Recipes, Red Pepper Flakes, Red Sauce, Red Wine, Sauces & Marinades, Sausage Links, Spaghetti, Stock, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Whole-Peeled-Tomatoes, Wild Mushroom Sauce, Wild Mushrooms, Wine | 4 Comments

Chicken & Carmelized Onion Sandwich W/ Gruyère & Sicilian Pesto

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

  Tired of ham and cheese sandwiches? This will light your pants on fire and have you begging for another one……..please Sir! It’s the second thing I do that my wife begs for, and I’m not telling you what the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread & Grains, Butter, Chicken, Chicken Broth, Cooking, Cuisine, Dinner, Eating, Food, Italian, Italian Cuisine, Meat, Onions, Recipes, Rhye Bread, Sandwiches, Sicilian Pesto, Spreads, Stock, Vegetables, Yellow Onions | 14 Comments

Broken Omelette

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

There is an old saying that goes something like this; “Take comfort in knowing that anyone who can make an omelette most likely can do nothing else.”  Author Unknown (I just Forget) I do not recall the author at this … Continue reading →

Posted in Basil, Breakfast, Butter, Cheese, Cooking, Cuisine, Eating, Eggs, Ementhaler Cheese, English Bacon, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Food, Garlic, Herbs & Spices, Kernal Corn, Leeks, Meat, Olive Oil, Omelette, Onions, Parmesean, Recipes, Scallions, Vegetables, Yellow Onions | 9 Comments

Bouillabaisse Number 143

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

Why #143 you ask? Well, I suppose it’s because I almost never make it the same way. Sometimes I just don’t have all the ingredients. Sometimes it is just the availability of product depending where I am living. Like chicken … Continue reading →

Posted in Alaskan Pollock, Alcohol, Basil, Bouillabaisse, Butter, Calamari, Carmelized Onions, Cooking, Cuisine, Dinner, Eating, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Fish, Fish Soup, Food, French, Garlic, Herbs & Spices, Leeks, Olive Oil, Onion Soup, Onions, Recipes, Red Wine, Seafood, Shrimp, Soup, Stew, Thyme, Tomatoes, Tuna, Tuna Steak, Vegetables, Whole-Peeled-Tomatoes, Yellow Onions | 4 Comments

Linguine With Chanterelle Mushrooms & Chicken

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

  Ingredients: 1/2 Cup of Dried Chanterelle Mushrooms 1 Cup of Chicken Stock 1 Medium Red Onion 1 Medium Yellow Onion 1 Yellow Pepper, sliced into medium strips 2 Garlic Bulbs, or 16 Cloves, crushed with mortar and pestle 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Basil, Butter, Chanterelle Mushrooms, Cheese, Chicken, Chicken Stock, Cooking, Cuisine, Dinner, Eating, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Food, Garlic, Herbs & Spices, Italian, Italian Cuisine, Italy, Linguine, Meat, Mushrooms, Olive Oil, Onions, Pasta, Pecorino Romano, Recipes, Red Onions, Red Pepper Flakes, Salt, Stock, Vegetables, Yellow Onions, Yellow Peppers | 7 Comments

how to make onions disappear (via Crafting Health)

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

I’m a big fan of a tasty condiment. They are especially useful when you’re trying to make healthful changes to your diet and maybe missing a few of your old not-so-healthy favourites. Think of them as a chance to discover … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Course ground Mustard, Cuisine, Eating, Food, Garlic, Olive Oil, Onions, Recipes, Red Wine, Red Wine Vinegar | Leave a comment

Pineapple Upside-down Cake (via Just Today)

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

One of my favorite cakes to bake is the Pineapple Upside-down Cake. It’s very simple to put together, but it still looks very festive and special. I particularly love the caramel top with pineapples and cherries. I remember asking my mom … Continue reading →

Posted in Baked Goods, Baking Soda, Bread & Grains, Brown Sugar, Butter, Cooking, Cuisine, Dessert, Eating, Eggs, Flour, Food, Fruit, Lemon Extract, Maraschino Cherries, Pineapple Juice, Pineapple Rings, Recipes, Sugar | Leave a comment

Baked Turkey Thighs With Bacon

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

There is nothing better than cooking than having someone else cook for you. Just went over to my mother in laws for sunday lunch. Here is one of her recipes, not much to it but truly delicious. Perhaps it’s so good because … Continue reading →

Posted in Butter, Cooking, Cuisine, Czech Cuisine, Dinner, Eating, Food, Meat, Potatoes, Prague, Recipes, Salt, Turkey, Turkey Thighs | Tagged | 6 Comments

Cajun Shrimp and Rice (via Festiva Resorts Portland Blog)

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

Celebrate Mardi Gras the right way this year with some good Cajun cuisine. Ingredients 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails intact … Continue reading →

Posted in Butter, Cajun, Cajun Seasoning, Cooking, Cuisine, Dinner, Eating, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Food, Garlic, Olive Oil, Parsley, Pepper, Plum Tomatoes, Recipes, Rice, Salt, Scallions, Shrimp, Vegetables | Leave a comment

Shrimp Stuffed Bannana Peppers with Onion & Swiss Over Fried Potatoes

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

I originally bought these peppers to make chicken salad, but I used the chicken for the salad in last night’s dinner, “Chicken Sandwich with Roasted Red Peppers & Carmelized Onion,” instead of the chicken salad. That gave me a perfect opportunity to … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Spinach, Banana Peppers, Basil, Butter, Cheese, Cooking, Dinner, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Food, Fried Potatoes, Garlic, Herbs & Spices, Olive Oil, Onions, Pepper, Potatoes, Recipes, Red Onions, Rock Shrimp, Salt, Shrimp, Swiss Cheese, Vegetables, Yellow Onions | 6 Comments

Frittata With Whatever The Hell I Could Find

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

  The first time I heard the word Frittata I was working in a luxury hotel and the chef was making them for our breakfast buffet as part of an action station. He was serving egg white frittatas, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Baby Spinach, Basil, Breakfast, Breakfast-Links, Butter, Button Mushrooms, Cheese, Eggs, Ementhaler Cheese, English Bacon, Food, Frittata, Garlic, Ham, Herbs & Spices, Leeks, Mushrooms, Onions, Recipes, Red Onions, Ricotta Cheese, Vegetables | 20 Comments

Caprese Scramble with Sausage & Mozzarella

Posted on February 28, 2011 by

Saw a mouth-watering scrambled egg dish over at “Leftovers For Lunch,” that I wanted to try out. Made a couple of changes because as you know I gotta have some meat with my eggs. Ingredients: 1/2 a Medium red Onion … Continue reading →

Posted in Basil, Breakfast, Buffalo Mozzarella, Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Garlic, Herbs & Spices, Pepper, Recipes, Red Onions, Sausage Links, Scrambled Eggs, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Vegetables | Leave a comment

Eggs Over Home Fries With Ham & Onion

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

Breakfast, breakfast, breakfast I can’t wait to have breakfast. Looking forward to sunny side up eggs today with toast. Lets see where the bread is to get this started. Hmm, where is the bread? Is in the basket? No not there. … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Butter, Eggs, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Food, Garlic, Ham, Herbs & Spices, Home Fries, Lovage, Meat, Olive Oil, Pepper, Recipes, Red Onions, Salt, Vegetables | 2 Comments

Chicken Stuffed with Feta, Spinach, & Sundried Tomatoes, with a Porcinni & Chantrelle Mushroom Sauce

Posted on February 26, 2011 by

The only thing I love more than chicken is chicken stuffed with something. It could be stuffed with cheese, vegetables, crab, sausage or whatever else you can think of. It does not matter to me, just stuff it and make something … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Spinach, Basil, Butter, Chanterelle Mushrooms, Cheese, Chicken, Dinner, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Feta, Food, Garlic, Marinades, Meat, Olive Oil, Recipes, Red Pepper Flakes, Roasted Garlic, Roasting Garlic, Salt, Sauces & Marinades, Stuffed Chicken, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Vegetables, Wild Mushrooms, Yellow Onions | 1 Comment