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Candied Pecans
You never know when you’re going to need candied pecans. They come in handy as a topping on ice cream or on top of yams for any holiday you’d like. This recipe isn’t hard to follow and results in delicious candied pecans. Ingredients 1 egg white ½ tsp vanilla extract ¼ cup brown sugar ½…
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Borani Esfanaaj
Borani Esfanaaj is a Persian-style yogurt and spinach dip. Like many Persian dishes, this is a very simple dip that accompanies a number of other dishes wonderfully. We recommend eating it with some lavash and fresh herbs, but you can do whatever you like. In fact, there’s nothing wrong with eating this dip with just…
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Greek-Style Roasted Lamb & Potatoes
Let me start by saying that lamb is an expensive, but delicious meat. Don’t expect to make this dish for cheap. While this recipe is rather common and easy to make – found mostly in the villages of Greece – it tastes wonderful. If you ever find lamb on sale, I can’t imagine not buying…
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Salsa Roja
Salsa Roja is a salty and sweet salsa that’s native to El Salvador. Unlike many Mexican salsas, you won’t be blown away by the spice and will be surprised at how easy it is to consume. Many Salvadorans use this as a topping or dipping sauce for their pupusas and we recommend you do the…
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Blanching Spinach
It turns out blanching spinach – like blanching anything – is a piece of cake. But just in case you aren’t sure (as I wasn’t at one time), here are some instructions to guide you. Instructions Was and prepare your spinach as desired. For example, if you want to cut off the stems or chop…
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Onion Burgers
Plain ‘ole beef hamburgers can get boring, but this recipe incorporates some onions as well as garlic salt to give the hamburgers an extra kick. I’ve tried these hamburgers a couple of times and were impress with their taste. Add on some delicious potato salad and watermelon and you’ve got a perfect summer meal! Ingredients…
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The Search for Enjococado: The Best
Note: This is part of a four-part recipe series, the Search for Enjococado. It was a hard road we went down, but there were things that seemed right from each of the enjococados I tried. The first recipe was too red and too spicy, but the flavors seemed close, especially the added cinnamon and cumin.…
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The Search for Enjococado: A Bit Too Oily
Note: This is part of a four-part recipe series, the Search for Enjococado. This final recipe I found is fairly close to the required spiciness, but misses the mark in a lot of different ways. For example, it doesn’t involve cooking the chicken inside the enjococado, but rather boiling the chicken and putting the enjococado…
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The Search for Enjococado: Nutty and Thick
Note: This is part of a four-part recipe series, the Search for Enjococado. I’m not the only one who’s looking for the recipe to a delicious enjococado. A Google Answers thread outlines a recipe that was found on a website, years and years ago. I looked around for someone who had tried it before and…
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The Search for Enjococado: Spicy from Chicago
Note: This is part of a four-part recipe series, the Search for Enjococado. I found this recipe from some googling and it was the first I made, mostly because it seemed like the closest. The flavors are quite wonderful and I was impressed, but something wasn’t quite right. It was clear to me that this…