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!

Chicken Brine Recipe

Chicken Brine

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a brine that I use for chicken. While it's good for any piece of chicken, I almost always use it for whole roasted chickens, and for pieces still on the bone. The result? I get a more flavorful and juicier chicken. This brine, uses the standard...

How to Peel a Potato

In this cooking technique video, I show you show to peel a potato. Now, I hesitated even putting this video up, because, you know, who doesn’t know how to peel a potato? Well, it’s true that peeling a potato is not the hardest thing out there, but there are some methods that are better than others...
Dave Beaulieu July 11th, 2011
Spaghetti Pesto Recipe

Spaghetti Pesto

In this recipe video, I show you how to make spaghetti pesto - one of my favorite, simple pasta dishes. There's no cooking for the pesto sauce, so you can have it done is just about the time it takes to boil the spaghetti. And in addition to tasting delicious, spaghetti pesto, with it's...

How to Toast Almonds

Toast just about any nut, and you bring out the natural flavors and make the taste more intense. In this cooking video, I show you how to toast almonds. It’s a very simple technique, but sometimes the simplest things can add the touches that make a good dish, outstanding. I won’t toast nuts every...

How to Zest a Lemon

Citrus zest is one of the most under used and under appreciated food items in the home cook’s repertoire. The zest contains a tremendous amount of essential oils and is very aromatic. A surprisingly small amount can really add a good amount of flavor to a dish. You also get the benefit of adding...
Basil Pesto with Almonds Recipe

Basil Pesto with Almonds

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a basil pesto with almonds. Why almonds? Well to tell you the truth, I got home ready to make my pesto, and discovered I didn't have pine nuts, the more traditional ingredient. But, true to the point of this site, not having an ingredient is no...

How to Bake a Potato

There’s no great magic or mystery to baking a potato. But there is a bit of magic in how delicious they are. Baking a potato is one of the simplest cooking techniques out there, but properly cooked, you get a soft pillowy potato that you can add a bit of butter to for the perfect side dish. And...
Mango Salsa Recipe

Mango Salsa

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a very simple, but very delicious fresh mango salsa. Mango is one of my favorite fruits on it's own, but I also like to prepare it this way for use as a "sauce" with fish, chicken, pork and even red meat. And course, it's also great...
Tarragon Butter Recipe

Tarragon Butter

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a simple tarragon butter. The technique is called a compound butter, or sometimes a maitre 'd butter. I think they used to be more common than they are now, but there's really no good reason that they should have faded from use. Yes butter...
Filet Mignon with Tarragon Butter Recipe

Filet Mignon with Tarragon Butter

In this recipe video, I make a Filet Mignon, which is one of my favorite cuts of steak. Filet is the most tender cut, but some complain that it lacks the flavor of some of the other cuts. I actually agree with that...but frankly don't think it's a problem at all, because there are ways...

How to Slice Mushrooms

Slicing mushrooms, or any vegetable really, is no great miracle. It’s just slicing vegetables. But I have seen some techniques that truly make me cringe. Most important, using sloppy knife skills and a poor technique can be unsafe, but it can also be slow, and give you an inconsistent finished product, that makes creating a great dish more difficult.
Southwestern Spiced Chicken Recipe

Southwestern Spiced Chicken Breast

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a Southwestern Spiced Chicken breast. We probably all eat our share of chicken and the boneless skinless chicken breast are such an easy option, I'm cooking one at least once every couple weeks. Unfortunately, they can also be pretty boring, so...

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