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Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts….again? Sure they are easy, inexpensive, and easily available, but.....they are so common they just start to get boring. Fortunately, with a few universal cooking techniques, you can easily find over 1001 recipes for them (sounds like a book title). For all the bland, "uninterestingness" of the boneless, skinless chicken breast, they are a perfe
While a simple green salad is always a “nice” option, I love to find new and interesting ingredients that really make a salad something special. For this recipe, I show you how to make a Jicama and Apple salad, served over some butter lettuce, that has a huge variety of flavors and textures. Those flavors and textures, enable the salad to really stands up as substantial portion o
One of the core principles of NoRecipeRequired is teaching you how to use basic cooking techniques to change and modify your standard dishes – and of course still have them be outstanding. Seasonal changes present great opportunities to do just that, and here I’m going to show you how to “Autumn-ize” a simple seared Halibut recipe. To do that we’re going to use some
One of my favorite soups is Butternut Squash. The soup is sweet and savory, has a beautiful color and texture, and while it’s great all year long, it is the perfect soup for Fall. I make a very traditional butternut squash soup that is great, but in this recipe I change it up with the addition of Coconut and Curry. Th
Quick salsas are a great way to “dress up” a dish with both flavor and very cool presentations. They are so easy to make and there are almost no rules…so you can make them out of whatever ingredients, for whatever occasion you like. I love using apples in savory cooking, and in this recipe video for Apple and Black Bean Salsa, which is light, crunchy and flavorful. The apple brings a really
Butter, despite the bad press and ill will from some, is a very good thing to cook with. In addition to great flavor, butter does add fat, which can enhance the texture, and the way food feels in the mouth. In addition to using butter in it’s natural form, you can also add in more flavor though the use of compound butters. In this recipe video, I show you how to make a citrus compound butter
Putting twists on fairly standard ingredients, in addition to being potentially delicious (or admittedly disastrous) is just plain fun. In this recipe video, I do just that, by taking standard gnocchi, normally soft and pillowy, and frying them up in a bit of olive oil, to make the outside crispy…almost French fry like. While the center of gnocchi stays soft and creamy, frying t
I love little bites. Call them canapés, Hors d'oeuvres, finger food…or anything else, I say good things come in small packages. And in this recipe video, I’ve got a really good one for you – a savory Apple and Brie bite that's scented with a bit of thyme. I’ve made these for parties, but sometimes the mood strikes and I’ll make up a batch for just my wife and I. They aren’t com
I love cooking pork in all it’s wonderful varieties, but a nice thick grilled pork chop is definitely one of my favorites. There are several different ways to cook pork chops; in this video recipe, I show you a grilled preparation. Pan, or oven roasting, is great, but the smokiness and char that you can get on the grill adds a unique and delicious flavor all its own, and I’m sure to make gril
