This was our recipe of choice to take to our cousin’s house. I’ll give you an easy version, and a sauced up version. They were both good, but my brother and I agreed that we liked the easy, plainer version better. The picture is of the sauced version. The easier version would make a fabulous…
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!
Food in Ft Worth and Beyond
It was a week of cooking and eating out in the Ft Worth area, with my brother. The first night I was there, we found some great frozen Chantrelle Ravioli at Sprouts Market. We made ravioli and shrimp for supper, and there wasn’t a morsel left. We found a nondescript place in Burleson for lunch,…
Vegetables End of Summer 2015
A few things have survived the scorching heat, and have started to produce again. The greenhouse still has spinach, swiss chard, and kale. I’m waiting for it to get a little cooler, to plant the winter greens. In the yard, we have a new squash vine, and we have white and butternut squash on the…
Bo Bo’s BBQ
This is a great BBQ food truck, in a very obscure place in Belton. Hands down some of the meatiest and best ribs Don’s had. I tasted them and they were delish. I had a brisket taco and a pulled pork taco, and they were both excellent (the sauce is a little sweet, so go…
Asian Cucumber Salad
Technically, avocado is not an Asian ingredient, although it’s used in sushi rolls for mouth texture. For this salad, it works well with the other ingredients. PrintAsian Cucumber Salad IngredientsDressing 1 TBSP toasted sesame oil 1 TBSP rice vinegar 1 TBSP tamari or soy sauce 1 TBSP mirin, sake, or rice wine 1 tsp sesame…