Category Dinner Tonight
Frenched Rack of Lamb
This method will rival the best French Restaurants, yet is simple and easy enough for any home cook. The hardest part is finding a Frenched rack of lamb. Ask your butcher to do it for you, or keep in mind that lamb chops and lamb loin chops, or even a boneless leg of lamb will […]
Killer Garlic Bread with Roasted Garlic
This garlic bread is so good that it’s easy to eat it in place of eating dinner by mistake (my wife did this last night). For whatever reason, it is highly addictive. Also, it’s guaranteed to keep the vampires away but won’t leave you feeling like a giant bulb of garlic due to the fact that […]
Grilled Fish Tacos
These Fish Tacos are as simple as they are delicious. The thing that really, really makes them is the toppings – Fresh Homemade Guacamole, Homemade Pico De Gallo, Chipotle Mayo – and Cotija cheese. The perfect treat for a summer evening. Ingredients 2-3 lbs Mahi Mahi (figure 8-12 oz per person) Medium sized corn tortillas […]
Grilled Mahi Mahi with Rice Pilaf and Summer Greens
Other than salmon, Mahi Mahi is my favorite fish to cook with. It is firm, but not too firm, flaky, but not too flaky. Meaty like swordfish but tender like cod. Really, it’s the perfect fish. Perhaps most important, it is currently not over-fished and is therefore a sustainable option. It works well pan fried, […]
Pasta with Shrimp and Lots of Vegetables
This simple pasta dish comes together in less than 30 minutes and is both healthy and delicious. Serve with whatever pasta you like and a nice hunk of garlic bread to mop up the sauce. A word on shrimp: That “fresh” shrimp you see on ice behind the glass case at your grocery store isn’t […]
Antipasto Salad
This salad is a meal in itself. Variety is the key here: Do what you like, but be sure to include lots of different veggies, greens and Italian deli meats. Also, be sure to make the dressing from scratch – the dressing really livens up the salad, and since you’re having salad for dinner, you […]
Tuscan Style Roasted Red-Pepper and Tomato Basil Soup
This recipe is a riff on classic tomato soup, but the addition of fresh basil and roasted red-peppers bring it a superior depth and a fresh, vegetal brightness that truly elevates this dish to the next level. Serve with grilled cheese, in a bread bowl, with a rustic hunk of French bread, with soup crackers […]
Lamb Kebabs, Rice Pilaf, Homemade Hummus
I finally broke out – and cleaned – the grill after what was one of the coldest, wettest “winters” on record here in Southern California. I had a lot of fun making many warming soups and stews and one pot wonders that were perfect for cold winter nights, but now that we’re at the beginning […]
Southern Chicken Salad
Chicken Salad is one of those things that people apparently have really strong opinions about. That should come as no surprise, considering the number of different versions there are out there; there’s chunky chicken salad, smooth chicken salad, Napa Almond chicken salad. Some people like to add grapes, some people like to add Indian or […]
The Best, Easiest Roast Chicken
Stick with me on this one people: Trust me. If you do, you will be rewarded with the juiciest, tenderest most succulent chicken with the crispiest, most delicious crackling skin you’ve ever had. A good roast chicken should be both simple and delicious rather than fussy and difficult. The method described in this post is, […]
