A collection of Quick & Easy Recipes that shouldn't take very long to make, have only a few ingredients, don't require crazy cooking techinques!

How to Chop Thyme

Thyme is one of my favorite herbs. Its very distinctive taste goes really well with fish, chicken, pork, beef, and even a ton of vegetables and side dishes. Dried thyme has its uses, and I’ve always got a jar in the cabinet, but I’ll go to fresh thyme just as often. If you’re looking for a more...

How to Julienne a Red Onion

The julienne cut in cooking is to make long thin strips or sticks out of food. Basically a French Fry shape. Generally, making that cut is not too hard, as you can usually cut planks, or slices, and then further cut those planks into match stick shapes. However, in the case of red onions, things...
Pumpkin Ravioli with Broccoli Rabe Recipe

Pumpkin Ravioli with Broccoli Rabe

I love making non-traditional pasta dishes, and in this recipe video, I've got one for you. Artisan raviolis are really common these days; makers are getting really creative and you can get all kinds of flavors. For this version, I pulled up some pumpkin filled ravioli, which are absolutely...

How to Sear

I would say that at least 3 out of 5 dishes I make, require I sear something. There are 1, 000s of cooking techniques, with more invented all time. No one can know them all, but everyone, that has any desire to cook at all, needs to know how to sear. Most of the time when I talk about searing, I’m...

How to Sear a Chicken Breast

One of the most important, yet mis-understood and poorly performed cooking techniques is searing, also called pan searing. When you sear meat, you create an intense layer of flavor where the proteins brown/caramelize, literally changing their chemical composition. The result, is the development of...
Ravioli Bolognese Recipe

Ravioli Bolognese

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a classic Italian dish - Ravioli Bolognese. The bolognese sauce is a meat sauce that I use ground beef and ground pork in. Along with some tomato, vegetables, some cream, and of course a bit of red wine. It's a sauce that takes hours to make, but...

How to Clean Broccoli

For many, broccoli is a love it or hate it vegetable. I am not one of those people. Some broccoli recipes I really like, others…let’s say I have a tough time with. But regardless of the specific preparation, you always need to clean and prep it. In this cooking video, I show you how to take a...
Crispy Gnocchi with Fig and Olive Recipe

Crispy Gnocchi with Fig and Olive

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a crispy gnocchi, with a sauce of fig and olive. Gnocchi, as you probably know, are traditionally, soft pillowy dumplings...and they are among my favorite pastas. Well in this dish, we actually take cooked gnocchi, pan fry them in a bit of olive oil...
Mashed Potato Recipe

Mashed Potatoes

In this recipe video, I show you how to make the simple, traditional, yet fully excellent, mashed potato. There are all kinds of twists and turns you can take with mashed potatoes, but for all of those, you need to know how to make the classic. In the video, I show you how to boil off the...
Angle Hair Pasta with Sundried Tomato and Chicken Recipe

Angel Hair Pasta with Sundried Tomato and Chicken

In this recipe video, I show you how to make an angel hair pasta dish, flavored with sundried tomatoes, and made more substantial with some diced chicken breast. Recipe like this are great, because they are so extendable to whatever ingredients are on hand, and they only take about 20 minutes to...
Apple and Brie Hors d'oeuvre

Apple and Brie Hors d'oeuvre

I this recipe video, I show you how to make a tiny, little, petite Hors d'oeuvre that packs a ton of flavor, contrasting textures, and is visually very stunning. It's a simple combination of apple & brie cheese, served on a cracker, but to amp up the savoriness, we saute the apples...
Broccoli Soup Recipe

Broccoli Soup

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a simple and easy broccoli soup. The soup is great for a few reasons. I love vegetable applications like this, because I don't eat enough vegetables, and dishes like this, make it super easy to my share. But the soup is also easy to make with only...

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