For the meat eaters, here are some of my favorite all-time meat recipes including beef recipes, pork recipes & lamb recipes. I do have a few for veal, venison and buffalo, but not too many.
Meatloaf recipes are popular now and I have two – a basic meatloaf recipe that even your kids will enjoy and something a little more fancy called Meatball Nicois. There’s a basic roast beef recipe along with a basic roast pork and roast leg of lamb.
For those who are enjoying sous vide cooking, a technique I’m just starting to learn more about, there is a great recipe for sous vide pork tenderloin. And for those who enjoy cooking in a crock pot, be sure to check out my slow cooked pork chops recipe. There’s a lot here for everyone’s tastes and more recipes added all the time.
The Perfect Recipe For Pork Leftovers As a kid, my mom who grew up in Denmark would make this dish anytime there was leftover pork. It might have been leftover pork loin from a Sunday roast or broiled to death pork chops from midweek. As with most pork dishes my mom made, they were usually […]
Have You Discovered Blue Apron Yet? On Saturday Fed Ex dropped off a couple of large boxes from Blue Apron, “a new concept in grocery delivery, built around incredible cooking experiences.” A friend of ours sent us their once-a-week subscription service because they were out of town and thought we would enjoy the service and […]
Talk About A Simple Pork Tenderloin Dish My wife purchased the Crock-Pot Best Loved Slow Cooker Recipes cookbook and has been trying them out on us. This week we enjoyed two recipes from the book but I think this was the better of them. What’s so great about a slow cooker is convenience. You add […]
How to Make the Best Crock-Pot Lamb Stew with Vegetables This recipe was adapted from our 1975 edition of the Rival Crock Pot Cooking cookbook. Not sure if it came from my wife’s mom or my mom or we found it at a book fair but it’s filled with more than “300 recipes especially for […]
Simple Sage Pork Chops My youngest daughter Maddie requested pork chops for dinner. My wife and I thought that a strange request only because we couldn’t remember her ever asking for them before. So here’s a simple recipe for braised sage pork chops that are easy to prepare and have tons of flavor. Reluctant Gourmet […]
Beef Stir-Fry Gangnam Style Have you ever cooked with kimchi, pronounced [KIHM-chee] also spelled kimchee? Do you know what kimchee is? I heard of it but really had no idea what it is until I adapted this recipe from one of my cooking magazines. Kimchee is a Korean pickled side dish made with fermented vegetables […]
Is London Broil a Meat Cut or Cooking Technique? There are many common misconceptions about London broil and what exactly it is. When I was a kid, my mother would make London Broil for our family on occasion. She would walk into our local butcher, ask for “London broil,” and was inevitably handed a piece […]
Alternative Cooking Method To Traditional Veal Saltimbocca Veal saltimbocca, which probably originated in Brescia, (a region of Lombardy in northern Italy), is a specialty in Roman cuisine. Quite simply, it is veal sautéed with prosciutto and sage in a butter/wine sauce. In the traditional fabrication method two sage leaves are placed on a veal cutlet […]
Filets Mignon of Lamb with Sautéed Spinach and Spring Vegetables In my interview with Chef Alain Braux, we talked about his cookbook How to Lower Your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food and I asked him to share a recipe from the book. Until I read his book, I found it difficult to believe you could […]
Pain de Viande Niçois or Meatball Nicois This recipe comes from Chef Alain Braux’s cookbook Healthy French Cuisine and is an example of how to prepare delicious, healthy, French meals for a lot less than might imagine. I interviewed Chef Braux asking him, “Is there a recipe from the book that I can share with […]
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How to Make the Best Beef Wellington This Beef Wellington recipe has become a tradition in our house. We prepare it every couple of years for Christmas and made it again this year. If I’m lucky, we will have it next year and the year after that. My wife originally found a recipe in Fine […]
Christmas Standing Rib Roast Thanksgiving is a holiday in which turkey really shines. Many of you would rather not deal with another turkey just four weeks after Thanksgiving. Some of you might still have some frozen leftovers. The Christmas meal is a celebratory meal, and as such, celebration food is a natural at the Christmas […]
How to Bake A Ham For Christmas
Baked Christmas Ham Recipe Would you like to serve a wonderfully flavorful and juicy ham for the holidays? Here’s a can’t-go-wrong recipe that will have your guests asking for seconds, and for a plate of leftovers, as well. Be sure to read about the history of serving ham on Christmas and the various types of […]
