It’s amazing to me how well WordPress works and yet how poorly it works at the same time. I realize that it’s the “Open Source” nature of it all that’s to blame. Programming by committee. Everyone doing their part to make sure that their code works but no one taking the time to make sure…
Author: Michael
Crazy Easy Salmon Patties
Ingredients: 1 14oz can salmon 1 sleeve crackers 1 onion 1 egg 1 tsp lemon juice 1/2 tsp horseradish sauce Pick through the salmon to remove bones and skin (Done because Thea would not even deign to smell them if there was a chance they contained skin and bones). Process the crackers to crumbs in…
Pizza Dough
This is the basic dough recipe I use when making a pizza. I’m not really sure how to classify it. It’s not really a pizza dough although that’s what I use it for. Nor is it a quick bread although it is quick. Nor is it a brioche, challah, crepe, focaccia, rolled-in, biscuit, or sourdough….
Butternut Curry Soup with Green Chile Chicken
You may have noticed that I like combining flavors in my dishes. I could have just made butternut squash curry soup but I thought that I’d add a second layer of taste. I may have been better off with a simpler dish. Or I may have been better off using mild chiles instead of hot….
Bean Dip
Does an implement count as an ingredient? There’s only two ingredients to make bean dip. But I would have a hard time making it without the Cuisinart immersion blender that I got for Christmas some time ago. All I have to do to make really good refritos is pour off the top centimeter of liquid…
Chicken Meatballs with Double CousCous
The balls. This is not the dish that I started out making. I had thawed the chicken tenders to use with a Shake-n-Bake mix to make, well, chicken tenders. But that wasn’t working out so well. The integrity of the chicken pieces was horrible and they were just falling apart. Plan B. I’ll make chicken…