Crab Cake Watermelon Salad

Crab Cake Watermelon Salad I like to go shopping to the market when looking for some good fresh seafood and the Asian markets here sure do have a lot of good bargains when the seasonal crab supply is plentiful. The Dungeness Crabs are coming in at $10.50 a pound and are fresh caught and shucked of their meat if you wait around. It sure saves doing it at home sure makes a nice treat. Cracked cold crab claws are most delish but I like tasty crab cakes more. Once you have your supply make sure the rest of the ingredients are fresh. Let’s start with; 1 lb fresh shucked crab...

Roasted Lemon Chicken with Dirty Rice.

Roasted Lemon Chicken with Dirty Rice. Start by marinating a whole fryer chicken in lemon juice and peels placed into a zip bag. I use about 3 lemons which I first zest keeping the scrapings in a bowl. Quarter the lemons, place the chicken into the bag and squeeze the pulp and juices into and over the bird. Shove a few of the squeezed wedges into the cavity and under the breast neck skin.  Let rest for a least 2 hours or 4 if there’s time, turning the bag each hour to revive the marinade. Remove after marinating and place onto a roast pan. Season the skin with salt...

Garlic Infused Lamb Rack

Garlic Infused Lamb Rack. Cover the lamb rack with several whole garlic buds and rub in 2 tbs of olive oil ,salt, pepper fresh fine chopped basil, parsley and oregano with a tbs of pommery grainy mustard. Do the same with the shaved corn segments and potato spears. Loosely wrap the lamb rack in some heavy gauge foil and place in a very hot 400 oven or on a BBQ grill for 35/40 minutes. Remove and let rest but do not open. After you get your plates set up open the  foil bundle and remove the rack and slice a few thick cut ribs off  then place back on the BBQ grill char...

Cobb-Cobb Salad.

Cobb-Cobb Salad Fixing’s One of the best salads to make when you want to impress. Once you serve it you will be on the receiving end of many fine compliments from your guests. I enjoy making and eating this salad and take great pride in gathering all the fresh ingredients. The next time you want to make a salad stand out give this recipe a whirl. Just remember that it will only turn out good if you start with the best tasting ingredients at hand. You will need to shop at a reliable produce market to get the tastiest veggies. It may take extra energy to find good...

Roasted Lemon Thyme Chicken

Roasted Lemon Thyme Chicken. The best and quickest way to make a great home cooked meal. I prefer to use a utility grade small organic fryer chicken and after washing rubbed the skin with lots of fresh thyme leaves, lemon zest, sea salt and tucked a tablespoon of butter under the breast skin. I used the juices from two lemons and placed the zested rinds into the birds cavity with some more thyme and salt. I preheated the oven to 350 while letting the chicken rest while getting my rice dish together. I minced some crispy bacon with a strip of red and green bell pepper,...

BBQ Sauce Root Beer Ribs

BBQ Sauce Root Beer Ribs During the summer I was on stage doing a cooking demonstration at the Fusion Fest. I met lots of cooks and chefs and it was great meeting and hearing about their new adventures. It was good fun tasting all the unique foods that were offered from around the world at this Fusion Festival.  All the different countries delicacy’s kept me in a food nirvana for most of the day. The festival participant’s spirits were high and it was a well-run cultural Pow-Wow. When I ever enter a major food festival I will introduce one of my favourite condiments like...