I’m adding a “healthy eating and lifestyle” section to the blog. The page is already listed in the directory and soon will have live content. Just ironing out a few details on it and trying to work out a schedule of posts as this will be written by someone other than myself and I have…
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Pineapple Pork
Pineapple Pork Healthy and light sweet & sour Asian dinner. Made with ultra-lean pork (or you can substitute boneless, skinless chicken breasts) and tangy pineapple. Very easy and quick and perfect for days you are pressed for time but still want a hot, satisfying meal. I sometimes add a tablespoon of brown sugar if the…
Coming Soon–The Midnight Baker Cookbook
I’ve just begun work on a cookbook that will be sold on this site. Price is yet to be determined, however, it will be more than affordable. The book will contain many recipes of mine that are not on the blog as well as selected recipes that are on the blog. I hope to have…
Herbed Potato Salad with Pesto Aoli
Herbed Potato Salad Gourmet twist on a classic potato salad. Potatoes are cooked with a bruised sprig of rosemary in a pressure cooker, as pressure cooking will infuse the rosemary flavor in the potatoes. Potatoes are also cooked and served with skin on for a rustic look. Dressing is a basic aoli (basically mayonnaise, and…
Ricotta Lemon Poppy Muffins
Ricotta Lemon Poppy Muffins A different twist on a classic muffin. The secret ingredient is ricotta cheese. This cake-like muffin is super easy as it’s base is a cake mix! You can use yellow, white or lemon flavored cake mix. I used lemon, as I felt it would up the flavor. However, the other mixes…
Rice Salad
Rice Salad This versatile salad is made from ingredients you have on hand. Yesterday, I made a couple of cups of rice to use as a prop for my rib photo (on this blog, Plum Good Asian Baby Back Ribs) for this blog. I wanted to use this up. I took the rice, added some…
Dinner Torta Redux
Mushroom Torta Can you stand another savory torta? I had a bit of ricotta left over from a lasagna that I didn’t want to go to waste, plus some mushrooms I bought and almost forgot about, so this was an easy dinner. You can actually put anything in the cheese base, but this was the…
Making Pesto with Robin Ellis
For those of us who remember Robin Ellis as “Poldark,” here’s a real treat. He loves to cook and after he was diagnosed with Type II diabetes, wrote a cookbook for diabetics geared toward Mediterranean-style food. The book is available through Amazon.com (US) and Amazon.uk (UK). Robin’s a hoot in this video because he cooks…
More On Props–Making A Distressed Wood Backdrop
Grey Side of Backdrop Here’s the story in pictures. The only thing I don’t have pics of is the way it’s laid out and then glued. This is pretty simple because all you do is lay the slats in one direction, tape them in place, then take the other set of slats (I used a…
Chocolate Orange Haystacks
Chocolate Orange Haystacks Dark chocolate and orange mixed with coconut. Could there be anything better? Hard to believe something so good can also be so easy! An interesting option would be to toast the coconut, but you don’t have to do that; they’re good just as they are. Chocolate Orange Haystacks 1 1 /2 cups…
