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!

Garlic Crouton Recipe

Garlic Croutons

In this recipe video, I show you recipe for garlic croutons. This croutons, or crostini, are great for salads, but I use them more frequently for bruschetta. They make great platforms for all kinds of toppings, from the complex (like sautéed mushrooms) to the simple (like cheese). Garlic...

How to Keep Your Guacamole Green

Getting things cooked ahead of time is one the keys to actually having fun at your dinner parties. Whenever I have people over, I make sure I get a solid plan together, and get as much as possible done before anyone arrives. Some things however, are easier than others. Guacamole, along with a few...

How to Make a Wet Rub

Using a rub is a technique to get flavor into a piece of meat. Rubs are very common in bbq cooking, but that’s not the only place I use them. Anytime I want to impart some flavor, and don’t have time to marinate for hours, I’ll use a rub like this – although letting the food marinate for hours in...
Dave Beaulieu December 5th, 2010
Chicken Soft Tacos Recipe

Chicken Tacos

In this recipe video, I show you a chicken taco recipe. There are probably as many chicken taco recipe versions as there are cooks, and admittedly I change my own up pretty frequently. This version has you making a wet rub to season the chicken, and then I serve them with some awesome garnishes...

How to Cut an Avocado

Here’s a quick video demonstration showing the technique I use to cut and dice an avocado. Avocados are great in salads, sandwiches, as a garnish, and of course the primary ingredient in guacamole. Cutting them up though can be a bit tricky, because of the large seed in middle. Fortunately, that...
Guacamole Recipe

Guacamole

In this recipe video, I show you how to make an awesome guacamole recipe. I generally make it for tacos and fajitas, and I also love it as a simple dip. This is what I'd call my standard version, with just a bit of tomato, cilantro, onion and garlic...but you can easily add many other...

How to Chop Cilantro

Cilantro is an herb that people seem to love or hate. I’ve actually heard that some folks are simply predisposed to find the taste and smell repulsive. Fortunately, I don’t count myself amount them. I use cilantro in several different dishes. It’s a staple in most of the Salsa’s I use, and there...

How to Make a Brown Butter Sauce

A brown butter sauce is one of those simple recipes that really needs to be in your repertoire. It’s really very simple, because there’s one key ingredient – butter. It’s really very versatile, because while there’s only one key ingredient, that will go well with hundreds of others. Finally, almost...
Pork Chop Brine Recipe

Pork Chop Brine

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a pork chop brine. Like all brine recipes, this one has salt, sugar and water. For pork, I like to add a few other ingredients to create a more flavorful brine, that gives added taste to the pork. In the video, I show you how to make the brine step by...

How to Make a Flavored Brine

I’ve already posted a technique on how to make a basic brine, but just like all techniques and recipes I post, I don’t want you to stop at “the basic”. A brine can be your blank canvas, and you can paint a different picture whenever you’d like. Different foods pair better together than others, and...

How to Make a Basic Brine

Brining is a process similar to marinating in that both expose food to a flavored liquid, but they actually work in significantly different ways. Marinating is usually a relatively short process (3 – 5 hours) that primarily uses acid to break down meat fibers, resulting in greater tenderness. The...
Making a Bechamel Sauce

Making a Bechamel Sauce

In this recipe video, I show you how to make a bechamel sauce. Bechamel is one of the five French “mother” sauces, and is a sauce that every cook should know. The sauce is a combination of a roux and milk (or cream). In the video, I show you how to make the roux, and then to slowly combine the...

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