Variations on Cooking

Happy New Year, it been awhile since my last post, the holidays and entertaining sort-of got in the way. I do have a bunch of new...

Ingredients 4 16oz cans of kidney beans, drained 2 28 oz. cans of diced tomatoes or 8 to 12 fresh tomatoes diced 2 to 3 eggplants chopped...

Here is a "Veggie" variation to my traditional stuffed cabbage recipe - Enjoy Ingredients 1 large savoy cabbage 2 cans of chickpeas,...

Here is a quick and simple starter dish that I will be serving Christmas day. Ingredients 1 lb. large scallops ½ a stick of unsalted...

Ingredients 2 stick unsalted butter, chilled and diced 2 3/4 cups of unbleached flour 1 1/4 cups raw sugar 3 cooked egg yolks, crumbled -...

I received a request for me to repost my Sugar Cookie recipe. Here is my variation I created in 2011 - Enjoy Ingredients 2 cups...

When I was living in Jackson Heights, I would stop by this bakery on the way home from the subway that had the best buttery amazing...

This a recipe I had adapted from my Great Friend and Neighbor Ina, I use to love baking with her and I always think of the holidays when...

Okay, this dish takes two days to make, the different parts of the dish need to sit overnight to build the flavors. - Enjoy Ingredients...

Ingredients 1 ½ cups unbleached flour ¼ cup warm water olive oil salt and pepper 2 cup scallions, green part to lite green parts, chopped...

Now, this is a veggie version but you can add the lamb or beef, about 3 cups of chopped meat of choice at the parsnip stage. Now I use to...

I had come across the recipe about 18 months ago when I was looking into making my own salmon burgers. We used to get the Trident ones...

Here is a recipe from 2011- Now you can turn these into sandwich cookies, just frost and place another cookie on top. Ingredients 8oz of...

I received an email requesting this recipe, I had developed this back in 2010 and I had brought it to an office party. It is a pretty...

Here is the last of the four galettes I have been working on, you can switch out the squash for potatoes, or eggplant or even a combo of...

Here is a repost of my Gingerbread Cookies with a Twist recipe from 2008. I had got the idea after week took a Victorian Cooking Class...

Ingredients For the pastry: 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons of raw sugar 8 tablespoons Earth Balance, cut...

I have been on a pastry kick lately, here is the second of 4 Galette that I will be posting. I had all this goat cheese left over from...

For the pastry: 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 8 tablespoons Earth Balance, cut into small cubes 1/4 cup sheep sour...

I have been on sort of a seafood roll lately, but i made this for a dinner party we had and it was a big hit - enjoy . Ingredients 1 cup...