American recipes added by professional chefs

Easy Sour Cream Biscuits

Quick to the table because there's no cutting of shortening into flour mixture. Just stir in sour cream, knead lightly, pat out, cut and bake.…

San Antone Black Bean Salad

With friends and family living in the great state of Texas, my frequent visits have always meant new flavor profiles to experience, new ways to…

Roasted Corn & Tomato Salad with Basil Balsamic Dressing

Super simple Summer salad! Almost a relish, yet offering opportunity for countless variations, this is picnic &…

Ninfa's Green Sauce

Ninfa, one of the pioneers in Tex-Mex cooking, used to serve this green sauce in her restaurants. Since she's passed, the Ninfa's near me has…

Blueberries with Lime Sugar & Citrus Confit

This is one of my absolute favorite berry desserts and comes from Tony Bourdain and Les Halles Restaurant in…

Superfast Summer Sauce for ?

It's hot, you're hungry, you don't want to spend more than a few minutes at the stove. You have a main dish in mind. Try this. I use this quick…

“Bear Sign” (Or… a more polite name: “Nut & Berry Shortbread Bars”)

During the off-season, when salmon aren’t readily available up north,…

Homemade Cranberry-Apple Sauce

If some people at your Thanksgiving dinner like cranberry sauce and others prefer applesauce this recipe just might work for you... We decided to…

Skinny Garlic Chicken, Amazingly Easy and Delicious

All you garlic lovers will LOVE this chicken…An instant hit and will have everyone wanting more! As it bakes,…

Zippy Chicken Salad in Reed Avocado

Everyone has a meatloaf recipe - and everyone has a chicken salad recipe. Here's mine - simple, elegant,…

Baja fish tacos

Creole Pralines

Better than a cookie (sorry bakers, but this is a Creole group) and with the true taste of New Orleans, Creole Pralines are one of the signature…

Buttermilk and Butter Biscuits - with Attitude!

Playing with a biscuit recipe one day I pondered…..what if I subbed butter for the shortening and added some…

Creamy Cucumber Salad

This refreshing salad is a departure from traditional marinated cucumbers, and perfect for summer cookouts and picnics. Cucumbers may be peeled or…

Sweet and Spicy Shrimp

Now that Mardi Gras is over and for us Catholics and members of other denominations that observe Lent typically we give something up during the…