Cooking at the lodge went really well this week. It was all about comfort food. The first night I converted a large smoked pork ribeye roast into Southwest Pork. I served it with baked potatoes and Green Bean and Tomato Salad. The pork was perfect, stuffed in the potato. The second night we had Beef…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
Potato Crunch Salmon Cakes (Cooking for One)
I haven’t done a “cooking for one” recipe in a while, and this is a good way to start. Normally, I pan fry cakes or croquettes, but this is so good and so much easier. You could use tuna instead of salmon, or just skip all the mixing and use the topping on a chicken…
Ham and Cheese Mashed Potatoes
Potatoes mashed with meat, cheese, and other stuff I have available. I’m calling it dinner! Admittedly, potatoes are kind of a food group for me, and I can easily create breakfast, lunch or dinner around them. It’s easy to change up ingredients in this recipe, and make it equally as delicious. So let your leftovers…
Living Longer
More Magazine had an article entitled The New Science of Living Longer. Researchers are finding that we can alter how quickly our cells age. Some functions of DNA can be enhanced, or cancer cells suppressed, by a few simple things we can add to our diets and/or lifestyle. The researchers found protective effects from vitamin…
Marinated White Fish
I got a fairly large piece of swordfish at the seafood counter the other day, but you could use any good textured fish, like cod, halibut, or mahi mahi. After I cooked it, I served it on top of greens, but it would be delicious in tacos, or with rice or pasta. PrintMarinated White Fish…