Sometimes…. things go wrong. I made a great Creamy Dijon sauce for a pork loin today. In the end, it separated.  I’m thankful that it still tasted wonderful, but it just didn’t look good. In fact, it looked kinda gross.  Butter, shallots, mushrooms, swedish dijon mustard, thyme and cream. Man, it looked bland. And oven-roasted [...]

Salmon Puttanesca After a couple weeks of low-carb eating, I was craving pasta!  I didn’t have penne on hand, but this whole-grain spaghetti worked fine…. and I think I used a higher concentration of olives and capers.  Olives actually fall into that “food quirk” category. I used to *hate* olives.  (I know, what kind of [...]

Chipotle Salmon, Apple Cucumber salsa, slaw and avocado This was *super*  yummy. Highly recommend it!  Make it gluten-free by omitting taco shells.

Eric Ripert’s Seared Cod with Spicy Mussel Aioli is a pricey dish with the cost of mussels…. My sauce also thickened a bit too much, but it still tasted wonderful.  I don’t, however, agree that this is a fast meal like the recipe says. Roasting your own red pepper and removing mussels from their shells [...]

Decided to a tasting of Chimay White and Blue. While we didn’t have tulip glasses, wine glasses worked out — Chimay says never drink their beer in a pilsner glass! Paired with Chicken Masala w/ peas….