It sounds nasty. It looks nasty… like… surprisingly nasty. But it's actually good. I promise.
Read MoreCauliflower Turkey Chili
in American Food, Gluten Free, Meat, Soup
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Spicy Chicken Jalfrezi
in Gluten Free, Meat
For those of you who don't know, I am not a chef by any means. I work at a leading laser manufacturer in the semiconductor industry, which is even more boring than it sounds. Anyway, I work with a lot of mechanical engineers and software engineers from India. I asked around for everyone's opinion on the most spicy dish they could think of. Obviously I got a thousand answers because everyone I work with is from different regions within India, but I did manage to get two whole votes for a single dish: Chicken Jalfrezi!
Read MoreHam and Mushrooms Pizza
Ok! Visitor season is officially over! I now have time to blog again! And what do I do when I have time? Pizza!
Read MoreThe Meaty Pablo - Pulled Pork and Rice Burrito
Hot sauce-marinated pulled pork and Mexican rice and (not pictured) garlic-sauteed kale and fried eggs all wrapped up in a giant chewy flour tortilla? There's literally nothing to not like about that.
Read MoreBye Bye Mexicans Sadness Tortilla Soup
Essentially, I live in Mexico, and I'm soaking up all of the Mexican-American culture I can before all of my wonderful south-of-the-border friends are deported from my beloved San Diego, which owes so much of its charm to their presence, so here is some chicken tortilla soup.
Read MoreBetter and Better Bolognese
Bolognese is the first recipe I ever cooked out of a cookbook with Jess (wife)! It was my idea to make the sauce, unknowing that Jess was Buddhist and did not eat pork. I just thought, hey, I'm Italian and I have never actually made Bolognese sauce before, so let's do it! Jess, ever the angel, did not mention that she was morally averse to eating or cooking with pork, so she just helped chopping veggies and stirring the flavors together and we talked about Harry Potter.
Read MoreSmashed Up Mashed Up Curried Shepherd's Pie
in Meat, Gluten Free
My wife (Jess) doesn't eat red meat, but she does when I make shepherd's pie!
Read MoreMeatball Meatbowls
in Gluten Free, Meat
As all 15 of you know, I made way too many meatballs last week, and I ran the risk of over-salting my blood if I continued eating Swedish meatballs all week, so I replaced salt with low sodium soy sauce, and bing bang kitchen magic: spicy Thai peanut sauce meatballs in bowls of rice with pickled veggies and lime-tossed peanuts.
Read MoreMeat Week Swedish Meatballs
in Meat
The pork and beef at my local grocery store was on sale so.................... I made 85 meatballs! For this smaller batch, I made some creamy beef gravy of the Swedish variety.
Read MoreGetting Schnitty with Schnitzel
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I basically get schnitzel for every meal when I'm in Germany. I was in Berlin recently and my best German friend, Matze, taught me how to make schnitzel just like his mom's!
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