Mahi Mahi the caribbean way a little spice

Caribbean mandarin Mahi Mahi. Fish coated in a caribbean jerk rub (you can make this yourself) in olive oil, fresh chopped parsley and mandarin oranges popped in oven at 375 for about 15 min then flip sides for about 10 more (depends on your oven). Sauteed kale, a new fav of mine to experiment with….

Tabbouleh – chop chop chop

Freshness is key: lemon juice, parsley, mint, tomatoes, onion, pepper (I love pops of color), garlic, olive oil, s/p and of course couscous. I used combo of wheat and regular. Tiny chops are important and parsley tops only for best results (I have a chopper that makes this easier). Play with olive oil garlic and…

Adding flavor to boring turkey bacon

I grew up with a nice treat on Sundays – brown sugar bacon. TJoes turkey bacon is – well meaty- and actually doesn’t taste like bacon for a lot of reasons- it’s not. So to “spice it up” I cook (stovetop in pan) it up with a spread of brown sugar and then some caliente…

What can you really do with cranberries? Cranberry port sorbet!

I got this idea from hunting around what can you do with cranberries besides make sauce or jam. I don’t have an icecream maker and remembered reading somewhere you can use frozen cookie sheets and it works just as well. So I improvised. Ingredients: fresh cranberrys, sugar, water, port, lemon zest and not pictured vanilla….

Stew on it- mediterranean chicken stew

Dinner for 4 or more… healthy and tasty. #Mediterranean #chicken #stew in process for tonites gathering. 3 cooked cubed chicken breast (see my previous posting on cooking perfect chicken breasts-I marinated these in o/o, lemon pepper), eggplant, artichoke hearts (+ juice from jar), 4 cups of chicken broth, some cooking wine, kalamata olives (+ a…