Old-World Tomato Soup
https://youtu.be/7L6hF_-HdQY I'm calling this old-world tomato soup because of the way the French originally thickened things like bisque. Bisque was originally (and with many classically trained chefs) thickened with rice instead of roux. So we're going to thicken our tomato soup with brown rice instead of roux or cornstarch. Now,…
Guiness Lamb Tips with Mint Sour Cream
https://youtu.be/o5FtSVJ1WDs This is another lamb stew only this time instead of curry I went with Guiness. It's really a take on Steak and Guiness pie that you get in London pubs, but we're just going to serve it over pasta or something. Who knows we might do mashed potatoes. So…
Lamb Curry Cassoulet
https://youtu.be/HOJRG1YxYhE This is a great recipe that even my littlest boy likes. He's 8 and we had this last night when I made this vid and he said "This is stupid good". And he claims to not like curry or lamb. So this is just a basic curry, nothing fancy,…
Roast Beef with Veggie Gravy
https://youtu.be/2y3xNGE8dNI This is an excellent method for making gravy. Many people don't like the extra calories and fat of traditional gravies because they require butter or oil and flour to thicken. That adds gluten, fat, calories, etc to your sauce that you just don't need. Here I show you how…
Tuna Waldorf
https://youtu.be/Q16sDvJPNuY This is a fabulous tuna salad. I call it Waldorf because it's the same recipe I use for Chicken Waldorf. It uses the mustard dressing instead of plain mayo. I'm not really going to give you a recipe here because the video will speak for itself. So basically you're…
Mustard Dressing
https://youtu.be/Ad3Zqa97m6s This is a great mustard dressing. It's not honey mustard, it's just mustard and it's the same one I've used as the house dressing in 3 5-star restaurants. So it's not only battle proven, it's been reviewed by some of the pickiest critics out there. In our house…
Making Mayonnaise
https://youtu.be/X58IrjE_Ek8 As mayo goes, nothing beats making it yourself. Having it fresh on hand not only tastes so much better, but it's cheaper and you can control what goes in it. I have no idea what's in packaged mayo, but I do know what's in mine. So I like…
Beet Stalk Saute
https://youtu.be/TSxy3SZEaMw I love to use everything I buy. It lowers your food cost and stretches your grocery money to its limit, and when you have a large family that's essential. Here I show you how to saute your beet stalks. You've already used the beets themselves, and hopefully you've sautéed…
Homemade Pasta
https://youtu.be/4gw1Mwp9Vr4 I love making pasta. It's easy, cheap, and pretty fast. It doesn't really take that much skill to master the basics and there's a lot of room for error because getting it a little too wet or dry is easy to recover from. When I was in professional kitchens…
Ultimate Fudgy Brownies (with glossy brownie crust!)
Ingredients 5 oz bittersweet or semisweet chocolate pieces 2 oz unsweetened chocolate pieces 8 T (1 stick) unsalted butter in pieces 3 T cocoa powder 1 1/4 cups sugar 3 large eggs 2 t vanilla extract 1/2 t salt 1 cup AP flour Procedure Heat oven to 350, line 8″…