Author: rockinchef

Chocolate Gelato

Chocolate Gelato Yield: about 1 quart 2 ¼ cups whole milk ½ cup heavy cream 2/3 cup granulated sugar, divided 1 ounce semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 1

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Chef’s Pantry Favorites

Bottled Sauces/Condiments Catsup/Ketchup Dijon Mustard Hoisin Sauce Soy Sauce Sriracha (hot chile sauce) Worcestershire Sauce Canned Products Beans, Black Beans, Pinto Beans, White (Great Northern) Chick Peas

Beefy Noodleroni

Easy Recipe: Beef Noodleroni

Beef Noodleroni Serves 4 1 cup dry elbow macaroni 1 lb. ground beef ½ ea onion, finely diced Garlic powder ½ tsp Salt ¼ tsp Black Pepper

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Rockin’ Bacon

Rockin’ Bacon Serves 8 16 slices thick cut bacon ½ cup brown sugar Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with foil. Place bacon

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Fennel Three Ways

Fennel Gratin Serves 4-8 4 large fennel bulbs 3 T butter 2 oz. freshly grated Parmesan Garnish: feathery fennel tops Trim feathery tops and tough bases off

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Cutting your Food Budget: Monthly Meal Planning

Here’s how it works: Plot each main meal (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner) on a 1-month calendar, planning left-overs for other day’s meals (Monday’s roast chicken dinner left-overs become Tuesday’s chicken

Fresh Apple Crostata

Fresh Apple Crostata Dough: 1 cup all purpose flour 2 Tbsp granulated sugar ¼ tsp kosher salt ½ cup (1 stick) butter, very cold, diced 1 Tbsp

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Decoding Terms – Sauté vs. Sear

Sometimes sauté is confused with the term sear, which means to brown quickly over high heat. When you sear, you want to keep the food product in

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Simple Recipe for Fall – Slow Cooked Pork Roast

Slow Cooked Pork Roast Serves 4-6 3 lb pork roast (I use butt shoulder) Salt & pepper, to taste 1 pkg Lipton Onion Soup Mix 2 Tablespoons

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Trip to Farm Boy

Took a field trip the other day to Farm Boy–the coolest, ecclectic store I’ve seen. It’s like walking into a Korean Alice in Wonderland. At first, I thought

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