Mushroom Soup en Croûte

En croûte is a French term referring to food that is wrapped or covered with pastry and then baked. Although she didn’t know it had such a fancy name, a friend requested I hunt down a recipe for “mushroom soup with a pastry bubble on top that you break through to eat”. The recipe below […]

Mexican Meatball Soup

Don’t let the jalapenos frighten you off from this recipe. Removing the membranes and seeds renders it rather tame from a heat perspective. The peppers are a great addition to the other ingredients in this recipe. I like it because it’s a bit off the beaten path as compared to other crock pot recipes. Si?  ************************************ Mexican Meatball Soup Serves: […]

Asian (I will not call them fusion) Burgers and ‘slaw

As many of my friends can attest, I can’t make a hamburger and serve it straight up. Grilling onions, mushrooms, smoked meat, and other tasty treats to take it up a notch has become a bit of bad habit. Sometimes burgers are the easiest thing to grab from the butcher and if you’re short on time they […]