French Cabbage Salad

So this can have many variations and it would be considered from another country, skip the garlic, use cider vinegar, and it becomes a German cabbage salad. Add some sour cream and it becomes a Danish cabbage salad.  Believe it or not this was incredibly flavorsome; it was tart and tangy with the smoky backdrop…

Sunomono Salad

  this is a cucumber salad that is just this side of pickled. It is a wonderful light, revitalizing dish for either an appetizer or side salad. The minced ginger adds a really nice zing to this low calorie/zero fat side dish. I love the vinegar “tang”, sweetness with gingery taste in each bite. You can always…

Succulent Chicken over a Caponata Ragout

  This was a wonderful meal, the house smelt so amazing while it was cooking.  It is an easy and inexpensive meal to cook, and I think total it took me maybe 30 minutes to prep and 20 to bake. The flavors were indescribable; but here it goes, sweet with a tang, crispy yet juicy…

Cucumber Raita

Indian cuisine encompasses a wide variety of regional cuisines native to India. When my son asked that we have an Indian themed family dinner I really was not sure what to cook. A lot of the Indian culture is vegetarian and the foods are colorful and spiced with “intense flavors” I frankly was having a…

Creamy Chicken and Rice Bread Bowl

So originally I had thought I would serve the leftover chili in the bread bowls, but I decided during the day (it was cold and I was feeling under the weather) that I would make a chicken soup for the bread bowls. I had thought that a broth type of soup would be best, but…