Easy, seasonally and pantry-inspired gourmet recipes
Sharing The Best Shrimp Creole! Friends, this is IT! This New Orleans-inspired dish is one I've been making for clients for as long as I've been a personal chef and this recipe never fails to please! It's always a little scary when you proclaim something to be.... The best! The greatest! The most perfect! Well, can I just tell you I've made this a few times over a 17-year personal chef career? ...
Welcome to this week's “Taste Matters” where I serve up some tasty tidbits for your week! I share a reader rave review, weeknight menu inspiration, a themed weekend entertaining menu, recipe roundups including my latest Parade.com post, my current cookbook crush, a kitchen tip or two and even some food for thought for living your best life! ...
Cauliflower White Bean Puree is the perfect stand-in for decadent mashed potatoes! Cream cheese makes it creamy while white beans add that touch of thickening and body you crave in a mashed potato substitute--all while keeping it low-carb! My husband and I love us some decadent mashed potatoes but we also love a good, slightly more healthful substitute! In all honesty, it's tough to make mashed potatoes for two people. The peeling of potatoes, the boiling, the ...
Slow Cooker Boneless Beef Short Ribs Bourguignon is the easiest way to make this classic French wine country dish! And everyone needs some Beef Bourguignon in their winter! Before you say, "OMG, Beef Bourguignon....! Isn't that some fancy French dish?" Let me just say "Yes, it is, but I guarantee you can make it better than the French." No doubt them's fightin' words to someone of French origin. ...
Welcome to “Taste Matters.” This is where I serve up some tasty tidbits for your week with a From A Chef's Kitchen reader favorite, weeknight menu inspiration, a weekend entertaining menu, recipe roundups including my latest Parade.com post, my current cookbook crush, a kitchen tip or two and even some food for thought for living your best life! ...
Skillet Salt-Roasted Baby Potatoes with Sour Cream Horseradish Sauce makes a fun side dish or party appetizer! Salt-roasting makes the skins super crispy, the interior beautifully creamy and it's the perfect cooking method for baby or "peewee" potatoes. This recipe is one of those times that the cooking geek really comes out in me. I recently picked up a copy of a cookbook from Better Homes and Gardens entitled Fresh: Recipes for Enjoying Ingredients at Their ...
Old-Fashioned Potato Cabbage and Kielbasa Soup is the perfect hearty meal for a winter night! With lots of vegetables, potatoes and kielbasa in a spicy, tomatoey broth, it's sure to warm you down to your toes! Whenever I return home from visiting my 92-year-old father in Wisconsin as I did for Christmas, I crave something old-world, simple yet hearty. I love to sit and listen to him tell stories about growing up and about times that were difficult but simple. In today's ...
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Thai Green Curry Butter is a flavorful and out-of-the-ordinary way to serve Brussels sprouts! Hey, all! Merry Christmas! A month or two ago, I started a new feature here at From A Chef’s Kitchen that deals with food waste. Specifically, NOT wasting food without getting preachy or holier-than-thou because I even have a long way to go in this regard. I end up with a lot of odds and ends in my refrigerator after cooking ...
Welcome to “Taste Matters.” This is where I dish up some tasty tidbits for your week with a kitchen tip or two, my current cookbook crush, some menu ideas from some of my favorite food bloggers to get you through your week, a weekend entertaining theme and menu, recipe roundups for more ideas and even some food for thought! ...
Creamy Shrimp Salsa Dip is super easy, super tasty and will be the hit of your party! It has a touch of elegance and totally elevates chips and salsa to a whole new level! With everything going on this time of year, it's easy to forget a few things... Like... the office Christmas party, the church potluck, the neighborhood social! Then, it suddenly dawns on you and you realize you have to bring something! I've been there! This Creamy Shrimp Salsa Dip is the perfect ...
Welcome to “Taste Matters.” This is where I dish up some tasty tidbits for your week with a kitchen tip or two, my current cookbook crush, some menu ideas from some of my favorite food bloggers to get you through your week, a weekend entertaining theme and menu, recipe roundups for even more meal ideas and even some food for thought! ...
Cauliflower Welsh Rarebit is how to turn cauliflower into an easy, cheesy beer-infused lower-carb comforting meatless meal! This Wisconsin cheesehead finds cauliflower covered in a cheese sauce something hard to resist. However, when it also includes beer, I'm really all over it! Welsh Rarebit is a classic old English tavern dish where a beer-infused cheese sauce smothers good, toasty bread. Here, that venerable dish gets an update with cauliflower in Cauliflower Welsh ...
Welcome to “Taste Matters.” This is where I dish up some tasty tidbits for your week with a kitchen tip or two, my current cookbook crush, some menu ideas from some of my favorite food bloggers to get you through your week, a weekend entertaining theme and menu, recipe roundups for even more meal ideas and even some food for thought! ...
