Recipes

My mother would make this salad often, especially during the summer. No need to fix anything else as this salad has vegetable, starch and protein. She always made it with sardines and used canned green beans. I kicked it up a notch with fresh green beans and shrimp. If you love sardines, by all means […]

I rarely use any other dressing for my salads than this simple recipe. It’s a crowd pleaser. I usually make double or triple the recipe to keep on hand and for those who like to pour a little more of it on their salad. MISE EN PLACE INGREDIENTS: 1/2 Cup extra virgin olive oil Juice

I first learned how to make meatballs from my Aunt Margaret. As you have read in other posts, her mother-in-law immigrated to the United States from Sicily and my aunt learned many spectacularly delicious Italian dishes from her. In all the years that I have been making them, they have evolved into a recipe that

This is another recipe that I developed for my daughter and her fitness group.  It makes for a great summer appetizer, especially in the outdoor heat at a picnic or pool party. You can also serve this as a first course soup in a larger container garnished with some minced chives. MISE EN PLACE INGREDIENTS:

Looking for a refreshing summer dessert that is healthy and satisfying? Look no further. A few years back, when my daughter owned a physical fitness boot camp, she asked me to come up with some healthy recipes for her clients. This is one of them. MISE EN PLACE INGREDIENTS: FRUIT: 1 Cup fresh or frozen

One of our favorite street foods when visiting Shanghai were scallion pancakes. They were prepared by a young couple outside a storefront and I couldn’t get enough of them. As much as I tried, the language barrier was too much for me to get the recipe, so during our visit there and once returning to

This is Peru’s answer to Mexico’s Magarita! Refreshing and delicious! MISE EN PLACE INGREDIENTS: 2 Oz. Pisco (most liquor stores will carry this. I buy the Peruvian Pisco as opposed to the Chilean. The Chilean pisco is a little sweeter.) 1 Oz. Lime juice 3/4 Oz. simple syrup (one part sugar, one part water; heat

This is an inexpensive but very delicious and satisfying dish. Like many peasant dishes, there are a variety of recipes for this dish called Picadillo (peek-a-dee-yo). Like goulash and beef stews, there are a myriad of ways others make this dish. Some add pieces of ripe plantains, some add raisins and some use cumin. I

With the summer days coming upon us, one of the most refreshing alcoholic drinks that I serve is my homemade sangria. Sangria generally includes red wine, sparkling water, fruit and sometimes some fruit juice. If you don’t like red wine, you can make it with white wine which is called Sangria Blanco. However, even if

This is a dish that was not only a tradition for Christmas Eve, but was also served as dinner with white rice and a salad. While some recipes call for some type of meat, my mother never put any meat in it and that’s the way I loved it the most. My wife loves the