Tag: Cooking
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Indian Spiced Ground Pork and Okra
We came up with a new interesting and satisfying dish that will beautifully showcase and compliment the amazing Gruener Veltiner Grand Reserve 2006, as promised on our last post. This wine brings out each and every spice and magnifies it’s taste to the utmost senses; Here is what you need to put this awesome meal…
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Black Cod in Tomato Puree
We are finally back from our Europe vacation, and oh man…have we gotten slammed upon returning to work. We will share photos from our trip, including wine, awesome dishes, and beautiful scenery. But for the next few days, we hope that you’ll find this new and super easy dish tasty and want to give Justin…
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Nutty Kitchen is on Vacation
So much has happened for us, Jo took a new job, family was visiting, clients, … and then a planned vacation to her home country in Austria for her dad’s 70th birthday among other family things. Upon arrival and for her dad’s birthday, we had grass fed steaks, various salads, and great wines from the…
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Cuban Ground Beef – Picadillo de carne
So this time we thought that we would share a different way to prepare ground meat…Cuban Style. This dish is not only extremely delicious, easy to make, but also very light. We served ours with some white cauliflower rice (without bacon), and some traditional Colombian Patacones, twice fried green plantains; watch for our recipe. We’d love…
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Rockfish Ceviche
We went on this awesome hike early this morning, Tom’s Thumb, took another “new” way down, was not a good idea in hindsight; we took Gardener’s Wall down. Oh boy…LOL We were hungry, but wanted something light and fabulous, because it is getting hot out, so Henry whipped up some amazing ceviche. Check it out…
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Platanos Maduros Caldenses – Colombian Sweet Plantains
This is a modified version of a very typical dish from the Caldas region of Colombia. This may seem like a dessert, but it is always served as a side dish and usually accompanied by rice and meat. We were feeling a little homesick and had to indulge; yet, still managed to make this dish in…
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LGL’s Kiwi-Coast Mussels
Ladies and Gents: this is such an easy and ultra delicious dish that one of our dear friends shared with us while visiting…it is a must try. LGL told us that he learned this dish while traveling around New Zealand’s South Island coastline. According to him, locals boasted a vast array of healthy and delicious…
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Baked Taro Chips
Behold the Baked Taro Chips! We make these anytime we want some sturdy dipping chips. These are awesome to make ahead of time for guacamole, salsa or a great yogurt dip. They are hardy and very tasty, easy to make and a must try. Taro root is a great alternative to potato chips but must…
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Ćevapi – Croatian Sausage
What a treasure to have my parents visit. This is a very old, very traditional dish that I grew up with. A good glass of wine and good company makes this meal even more enjoyable to share. Tonight my dad made these amazing Cevapi, I loved every bit dad! Thank you! Ingredients for about…