8/30/2025 – Made one quart of refrigerator pickled okra with the brine proportions as used here. The small pods of okra had the stem and shoulder removed leaving enough to hold in the interior slime. Tasted after three days and … Continue reading
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8/28/2025, updated 2/13/2026 – This Broccoli Salad was inspired by Chef Billy Parisi’s recipe here. It has fresh broccoli, bacon, cheese, seeds, and dried fruit tossed in a creamy mayo dressing. We did not have the seeds or dried cherries, … Continue reading
8/24/2025 – Mary made Tuna Salad inspired by Chef Billy Parisi’s My Tuna Macaroni Salad Recipe with some changes. The most significant being to leave out the macaroni. It was very good with a more flavor from Mom’s but also … Continue reading
8/20/2025 — This was a great way to use okra from the garden and was inspired by Suzy at Okra Recipe, Mediterranean-Style (Bamya). Okra and tomatoes prepared Mediterranean-style with onions, garlic, hot peppers, warm spices and a splash of lime … Continue reading
8/4/2025 – Made a quick gumbo that was very good using a large can (25 oz.) of Bluerunner Seafood Gumbo Base that was added to a trinity with flour for a simple roux and seasoning. Served it around Jasmine Rice … Continue reading
6/17/2025 – Mary and Olivia made this during Olivia’s June 2025 visit. It was a lot of work. The finished tender had a tasty but thick and heavy crust that Olivia said she does not eat so hers went into … Continue reading
4/17/2025 – Inspired by the recipe developed by Ann Maloney in Rouces’ spring 2025 magazine and from their web site here. This was excellent and could be used with shrimp, sausage, etc. We used at least 25% more spices. This … Continue reading
This recipe was inspired by Chef John’s Roman-style chicken recipe and has a lot of potential. He is John Mitzewich and has a good video at his page. Our version below has much larger volume of spices than his but we … Continue reading
3/2/2025 – This dish was great and fairly easy to prepare. It was inspired by the recipe here. Ingredients: For the Shrimp: 1 pound large shrimp. Used frozen easy-peel and deveined from Publix2 tablespoons olive oil – or more if … Continue reading
2/22/2025 – This was a great, easy meal inspired by Suzy here. Ingredients For chicken 6 bone-in, trimmed, skin-on chicken thighs Kosher salt and black pepper 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon coriander 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil For Mushroom Sauce 2 tablespoon butter 12 ounce fresh large mushrooms, sliced … Continue reading