Kimchi Air Fried Tater Tots with Spicy Aioli

My wife loves Molly Yeh, the food tv show host. She is so cute, who wouldn’t. One of Molly’s shows featured these Kimchi Tater Tots. I didn’t watch the show but I found the recipe online and we tried it. My sauce is a little different and we air fried the tater tots but dang…

Local Shitake and Swiss Burger with Black Garlic and Soy Aioli

Who doesn’t like a mushroom and Swiss burger? This one is elevated with the black garlic and soy sauce aioli. I had never worked with black garlic myself. I’ve had it at restaurants and seen it on cooking shows but I had never even seen it in any of the stores we shop at. One…

Double Dark Chocolate and Bourbon Cookies

My wife, knowing my how much I like dark chocolate and bourbon, purchased a cookie similar to these at one of our favorite local grocery stores. I have to say this recipe turned out great. Maybe a little over the top, but they tasted great. The Double Dark chocolate comes from the dark cocoa powder…

Burrito California

This isn’t a California burrito, the one that has French fries in it. This was inspired by a local Mexican restaurant called El Primo. Their Burrito California has steak, chicken, shrimp, vegetables, beans, rice and an amazing white cheese sauce. The restaurant uses really fresh ingredients. It’s just a little strip mall Mexican restaurant but…

Seared Salmon, Succotash, Creamy Corn Sauce and Lemon Confit

This one was inspired by an episode of TasteMade‘s Make This Tonight, TV show. Years ago I made a Sweet Corn Soup and the creamy corn sauce recipe reminded me very much of that meal. It really honors the fresh seasonal corn we have right now. Seared Salmon with a Corn and Asparagus Succotash, Creamy…

Fried Chicken Grana Padano, San Marzano Sugo with Rotini Pasta

Like a few of my other recent Italian recipe posts (Bucatini all’Amatriciana and Spaghetti al Pomodoro), this one is super easy and super good. Unlike the other recipes, this wasn’t inspired by the time I spent in Italy. This one was inspired by a menu item at a local favorite restaurant. Restaurant 17 had a…