Easy Red Sauce for Pasta
Everyone has heard about a pot of “gravy” cooking on the stove for hours. I’m sure it tastes great, but let’s be honest, who has […]
Recipes
Yorkshire Puddings – The Base for Great Stews
Everyone likes stew, but it does get a little boring just served in a bowl with a hunk of bread on the side. These Yorkshire […]
Breakfast Polenta In About 60 Seconds
Healthy breakfasts are always something that are illusive for busy people. It’s much easier to pick up a muffin or a couple donuts on the […]
Lazy Man’s (or Woman’s) Salad
This is exactly what it says. The easiest, “lazy cook’s” way to serve a great looking salad. We even use bottled dressing to make it […]
Beer Braised BBQ Country Style Pork Ribs
Country ribs are great because they have enough meat on them so just a couple are enough for a meal. The problem is, unless you […]
Mr. Marco’s Famous Caesar Salad
In the 80’s, there was a well known restaurant here in Rhode Island called Mr Marcos that made Caesar Salad at the table for you. […]
Smoked Bluefish
Smoking fish is a three step process which will take you, literally, all day. If you plan on serving this at a party at 7 […]
Le Bistro Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce
Le Bistro in Newport Rhode Island was one of the classiest restaurants on the Newport waterfront. Unfortunately, it’s now out of business. There were several […]
Quick and Easy Chicken Pot Pie
We call this chicken pie, but it’s cooked on the stovetop and served in one of our pastry shells. Oh. Are you worried about making […]
Sweet Tender Roasted Carrots
Don’t let the simplicity of this recipe fool you. Carrots and olive oil; that’s it. But something happens when you roast carrots in the oven […]
Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin with Garlic Infused Dijon
Usually, we wait until the recipe is cooked to take a picture of it, but this was so beautiful before we put it in the […]
Healthy Butternut Squash Soup
Eating healthy usually means staying away from creamy soups like butternut squash soup. Typically, they have lots of cream and butter in them. But, there […]
Rhode Island “Clear” Clam Chowder
New England clam chowder has milk or cream. Manhattan clam chowder has tomatoes. Rhode Island (where I live) clam chowder has neither! This may be one […]
How to Hard Boil the Perfect Egg
This recipe is adapted from a Julia Child recipe. At first it may seem there are too many redundant steps, but it really isn’t that […]
Awesome Granola
Tired of eating breakfast cereal full of sugar and who knows what else? The great thing about this granola is you will be full eating […]