Posts by The Culinary Chase
Red Wine Braised Boneless Short Ribs with Fried Ricotta Gnocchi
Braised anything for me shouts out one-pot goodness! This method of cooking works wonders for inexpensive cuts of meat as it helps to coax tenderness and flavors from the meat that you may not otherwise be able to extract. Braising can be done in a crock pot/slow cooker, pressure cooker, large sauté pan or the…
Read MoreParsnip and Apple Soup
Boy, has it been cold here the past two days! Yesterday I had my hair cut and while waiting I glanced over Real Simple magazine looking for ideas for last night’s supper. Sometimes the oddest combination of ingredients can really make a rather hum-ho dish into something rather delicious and flavorsome. Such was the case…
Read MoreFennel and Cucumber Salad with Goat’s Cheese and Dill
As I sit here composing this, I look back on all that went on in our lives last year and for some odd, unexplainable reason, I feel that 2012 (a leap year) is going to be a good one. Not that 2011 was a poor one for us, but it certainly had its challenges. Perhaps,…
Read MoreCranberry Sauce
Making your own cranberry sauce is so easy and with few ingredients, I am amazed why one would ever want to buy the commercial stuff. Cranberries are a good source of vitamin C and dietary fiber. They have been used to treat UTI’s (urinary tract infection) which blocks adhesion of bacteria to the urinary tract…
Read MoreStilton and Rosemary Shortbread
Instead of cookies and milk for Santa, how about these cute little treats? Christmas certainly has its share of traditions from all over the world but have you ever stopped to think who invented Christmas? The answer can be found in a book: How Charles Dickens‘s a Christmas Carol rescued his career and revived our…
Read MoreMince Pie Cookies
Mincemeat originally had meat in it (in Medieval times) along with fruit and beef suet. The meat was finely minced and was a way of using up leftover meat. The word may sound like an odd concoction as a dessert and evoke an unpleasant visual, but fondly enough the mince does have a sweet flavor…
Read MoreChipotle and Rosemary Spiced Nuts
This has to be the best holiday snack I’ve tasted! I was just thinking that other than the holidays, I really don’t go out of my way to buy nuts unless it’s called for in a recipe. Funny that! Nuts contain proteins, folic acid, vitamin E, vitamin B, flavonoids, folic acid, potassium, magnesium, selenium, zinc,…
Read MoreSheila’s Ginger Snaps
Holiday baking in my family goes back a few generations. I come from a line of women who enjoyed cooking and the holidays were no exception…hours of food preparation went into each Christmas season. This recipe is one that my mother gave to her mother back in the 1960’s and now I have it. It…
Read MoreThai Sweet Potato Soup with Coriander Pesto
We had friends, Lawrence and MJ over for dinner on Saturday. MJ is a vegetarian and although I could have cooked a meal and remove the non-vegetarian pieces for her, I decided to search my food blog archives for vegetarian recipes – I have a few – and went from there. We started the evening…
Read MoreCathedral Mountain Lodge – French Onion Soup
As I was flipping through the magazine and spotted this recipe, I was thinking to myself is there another recipe out there that can really improve on French onion soup? Onions, water, broth, bread, cheese, yada yada yada! Onion soup has been around for centuries (ancient Greek and Roman times) and was seen as food…
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