Cheese Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Shrimp and Hatch Green Chile Cheese Grits

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Keeping with Hatch chile season we made this creamy, spicy, flavor packed meal last night. WOW! Continue reading Cheese Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Shrimp and Hatch Green Chile Cheese Grits

Faux Steak Tartare: Compressed Watermelon with Mango Yolk

Faux Steak Tartar

OK, you can blame this post on Alice Lau, Girl in a Food Frenzy and her post “Time to take a bath…a water bath that is…” as she really piqued my interest into Sous Vide and Modernist Cuisine. Now while this isn’t your typical sous vide dish, it is definitely “Under Pressure.” Continue reading Faux Steak Tartare: Compressed Watermelon with Mango Yolk

New Mexico Green Chile Stew

New Mexico Green Chile Stew

Can you hear the fires burning and smell the roasted chiles in the air? I can because it’s Hatch chile season and I love Hatch chiles. Look at this beautiful green chile stew. Continue reading New Mexico Green Chile Stew

A Most Unusual Bruschetta: Goat Cheese Mousse on Toast with Tomato Salad and Crispy Pastrami

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I have noticed of late that I am stuck on tomatoes but I just cannot help it. Baby Lady and I love tomatoes and summertime is when they are in abundant supply. Everywhere you go they have tomatoes. Heirloom tomatoes, grape tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, orange tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes, different shaped and sized tomatoes, tomatoes are just everywhere. Red, ripe, juicy globes full of sweetness and savoriness. They are just incredible and versatile, too. So, we always enjoy them and this dish was unbelievably enjoyable. Try it. You will like it.
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Salmon Pasta

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So much food and so little time to post of late. Work, life and projects have been interfering with food blogging of late but such is life. Nonetheless, we always have time for food and this was a flavorful weeknight meal.

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Baby Lady’s Chicken Mole Huasteco Crepes

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After I made the Crabmeat Purse with White Wine Lemon Butter Sauce, Baby Lady got to thinking. She liked the crepes, especially the purse, but felt it needed a sauce on the bottom so when you cut into the purse you would pull the bite through a nice sauce. I felt the purses were fine the way they were served but… Anyway, after giving it careful consideration she decided she wanted to fuse a little Mexican and French cuisines to come up with this dish. It’s good, too, so we thought we would share. Continue reading Baby Lady’s Chicken Mole Huasteco Crepes

Cooking on a Rock: Striped Marlin with Roasted Poblano Citrus Pesto and Garlicky Roasted Broccoli

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This will be a particularly long post because today’s post is more about technique and flavor. Also, while this meal may not be the prettiest meal I have ever posted it was absolutely delicious. It was cooked on a rock, too, a salt rock that is. Now, some of you are wondering how you can cook a piece of protein on a salt rock. Well, read further and find out. 🙂 Continue reading Cooking on a Rock: Striped Marlin with Roasted Poblano Citrus Pesto and Garlicky Roasted Broccoli

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