Red cabbage and green bean slaw with a Thai peanut coconut dressing. This salad has crisp veggies, sprouts, fresh herbs, and crunchy peanuts mixed with a Thai-style dressing flavored with ground peanuts, lemongrass, lime juice, and coconut milk. In the recipe instructions below, the red cabbage gets soaked in cold water for 5-10 minutes. This […]
Fresh star fruit juice mixed with lime and tequila, served over ice and garnished with a sweet-salty lime rim. Star fruits have a sweet, punchy floral flavor that makes them a perfect addition to fresh-squeezed margaritas! Star fruit is a species of tropical fruit tree grown in this region. The fruit has a thin edible […]
Blackened ahi tuna, avocado corn salsa, cabbage, and smoky crema on a crisp corn tortilla. This is a light, tasty meal with lots of fresh ingredients, including some beautiful ahi tuna that I got from a local fisherman. I realize that you may not have access to ahi straight out of the ocean, but that […]
Pumpkin cream cheese-filled gingerbread bundt cake. This recipe is a molasses-y spiced cake wrapped around a slightly sweet pumpkin filling. This cake is fairly simple to make and has a generous amount of filling. But like any bundt cake, the challenge lies with getting it cleanly out of the pan. To aid this, I use […]
Bourbon and apple cider brined Cornish game hens with apple, sage, and sausage stuffing. The sweet-savory flavors of the bourbon and apple cider really come through in these brined hens. Add to that the sweet-salty sausage apple stuffing you have a tasty fall meal for two. The recipes below can be prepped and assembled a […]
Cream cheese, almond cookie dough spiraled around seedless raspberry jam. These are simple cookies with simple flavors, but the rolling and shaping process can get a bit tedious. There is a lot of in and out of the freezer/refrigerator, and the jam can become a sticky mess. Just be patient and remember that as long […]
