Kitchen
The recipes below include printable versions, so you don’t have to get your laptop dirty when you try any of these at home. I’ve now got them sorted by ingredient and by course, to make things easier for you party planners and folks with food preferences. Menus to come soon!
I also encourage you to snap pictures of your creations and send them to my Facebook Group, Adesina’s Cook-a-long, or the matching Flickr site. For a taste of some of my favorite gadgets, ingredients, culinary advice and gastronomical whatnot, take a peek at the posts listed under Culinary Inspiration.
Recent Posts
- Albondigas (Spanish Meatballs)
- Har Gow (Steamed Shrimp Dumplings with Bamboo Shoots)
- Pan-Fried Pork and Chive Dumplings (Jiao Zi)
- Creamy Feta Spread
- Sweet Potato Croquettes
- Arancini (Sicilian Fried Rice Balls or Supplí)
- Tomato Bruschetta
- Lima Bean Bruschetta
- Olive Tapenade
- Boursin (for Fakers)
- Truffled Potato Soup with Chives
- Loaded Baked Potato Soup
- Simple Pasta Salad with Roasted Peppers, Ham and Peas
- Buttermilk Poppy Seed Dressing
- Greek Pasta Salad
- Mixed Greens with Clementines and Pecans
- Matzoh Ball Soup
- Chicken Noodle Soup
- Sesame Mandarin Salad
- Thai Chopped Salad with Crisp Noodles and Herbs
- Grilled Ginger Lemon Chicken
- Lemon Chicken Shish Kebab
- Spicy Mac with Chorizo and Jack
- Easy Western Scramble
- Southern-Style Mac and Cheese
- Chicken Burritos
- Rosemary Lemon Swordfish
- Spicy Stuffed Flounder
- Hoppin’ John (Black-eyed Peas and Rice with Collard Greens)
- Poor Man’s Linguine with Clams
- Watermelon Sorbet
- Berry Lemonade Sorbet
- Açai Blueberry Frozen Yogurt
- Sweet Tomato Tart
- Basil Ice Cream (Basil Gelato)
- Nyquil-Induced Trishy Lou Brownies
- Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes
- Dark Chocolate Pecan Banana Bread
- White Chocolate Walnut Brownies
- Coconut Tres Leches
- Sleepy Arnold Palmers (Lemonade and Valerian Iced Tea)
- Ginger Hibiscus Martini
- Basil Lemonade
- Rosemary Hibiscus Tea
- Ginger Limeade
Straight from the Kitchen
Rice Pilaf with Toasted Orzo
This pilaf takes ordinary converted rice and boosts it with a bit of toasted orzo. The little pasta grains impart texture, nuttiness and a lovely color to the dish – you get depth of flavor with really no additional work.
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Jiao Zi (Boiled Pork Dumplings)
In celebration of Chinese New Year (heck yeah, tigre!), my sister-in-law and I got to work prepping, boiling and crisping up a serious pile of dumpling deliciousness. We’re going to call our new business Kitty Yum-Yum’s Dumpling Emporium. What? Is that name taken already?
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Ode to Bruschetta and Crostini
There is something so delightful about a portable snack – just a little bite of something assembled with care and made from bright, fresh ingredients. I find that of the things that I make for friends, bruschetta and crostini seem to go the quickest – people appreciate a little bite of goodness. The toppings are [...]
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