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Stuffed Zucchini

Stuffed Zucchini

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a stuffed zucchini. I'm always looking for dishes like this, because with most vegetables, prepared very simply, I'm a bit "take it or leave it". However, being the chubby little man that I am, I recognize the need to work more onto...
Orzo with Summer Vegetables

Orzo with Summer Vegetables

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a very simple side dish, Orzo with Summer Vegetables. Orzo is a small pasta, shaped a lot like a grain of rice. It's really very common in soups and in pasta salads, but tossed together with some simple vegetables, it makes a wonderful side dish...
Apple and Black Bean Salsa

Apple and Black Bean Salsa

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a very simple, but very delicious Apple and Black Bean Salsa. Salsas like this one, are a great to add character and flavor to an otherwise plain dish. Like a nicely seared piece of fish is...nice. Over rice...it's good. Over Apple and Black...
Pumpkin Macaroni 'n Cheese Recipe

Pumpkin Macaroni 'n Cheese

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a Pumpkin Macaroni 'n Cheese - a Thanksgiving/Autumn spin on a traditional American classic. There is little more to do here, that is different from a "normal" mac and cheese than to add some pumpkin puree. You can certain buy and peek a...
Roast Potatoes with Rosemary and Lemon Recipe

Roast Potatoes with Rosemary and Lemon

In this recipe video, I show you how to make Roast Potatoes, flavored with fresh rosemary and lemon. Roasting potatoes like this are one of my favorite side dishes. The outsides are nice and crispy, and inside fluffy and tender, and they go great with everything from light fish dishes, to the...
Pea, Corn and Potato Succotash Recipe

Pea, Corn and Potato Succotash

In this recipe video, I show you how to make one of my favorite side dishes - Succotash. Traditionally, succotash, is made with bean (kidney or some other shell beans), but like just about everything else at NoRecipeRequired, I say why follow tradition. In this version, I combine peas, corn and...
Stuffed Eggplant

Stuffed Eggplant

In this recipe video, I show you to make a stuffed eggplant. Now, like just about every recipe on the site, this one affords you a wide variety of options, and I really want you to focus on the cooking techniques. I'm using baby eggplants for an appetizer portions, but you easily use large...
Steak Fries Recipe

Steak Fries

In this recipe video, I show you how to make homemade steak fries. Deep frying can be a bit intimidating to people, and certain for some things it can be tough. But not for fries. In the video, I'll show you how to cut steak fries from a russet potato, and then fry them up into beautiful,...
ColeSlaw Recipe

ColeSlaw

In this recipe video, I show you how to make pretty traditional coleslaw. Coleslaw is one of my favorite summer salads to server on the BBQ days, but frankly, I think the hearty cabbage, and the different herbs/spices you can use, allow you customize it for whatever season you'd like. This...
Grilled Balsamic Portobello Mushrooms Recipe

Grilled Balsamic Portabella Mushrooms

In this recipe video, I show you how to make some Grilled, Balsamic Portobello Mushrooms. Now for these mushrooms, we use two gooking techniques, both grilling and sauteing, but that doesn't mean a complex dish. First we take the portobellos out to the grill, where I show you step by step...
Roast Chicken with Polenta

Roast Chicken with Polenta and Mushroom Sauce

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a Roast Chicken. The chicken itself, is very simply prepared; but any well roasted chicken is delicious enough on its own, but I lay the chicken a bed of cheesy polenta, that is rich, and creamy; and then top it all with a pan sauce made of roasted...
Chessy Polenta Recipe

Cheesy Polenta

In this recipe video, I show you how to make "Cheesy Polenta". What's cheese polenta? Well, shockingly, it's polenta with cheese added to it. The dish is the perfect side for roasted meats, and even fish dishes, in place of a more traditional potato, rice or pasta; a more...

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