Pastry cream is one of my favorite foods. If it’s part of a dessert menu, you can bet I’ll choose it!
Author: gregnelsoncooks
Visit weekly for original and adapted recipes as well as cooking tips to make your kitchen life easier — and more delicious! I’ll include simple, straight forward instructions along with recipes that are truly worth your time making. And, recipes that elevate the familiar and introduce you to the new and unexpected.
Panzanella is an Italian summer salad made of stale bread (the “pane” part of Panzanella), tomatoes and other in-season vegetables.
Put your pantry and spice rack to work. With barely heating up your kitchen, this vegetarian chickpea dish packs a wallop of flavor in very little time.
“Chicken and waffles.” Ok, they’re good. Fine, whatever. But “chicken and corn kernel pancakes with yogurt sauce,” – fantastic!
I often think of cauliflower as a winter vegetable, but since it’s available year-round, cold crunchy pickles feel more appropriate for warmer weather.
One of my favorite ice cream flavors is mint chocolate chip. Wouldn’t this flavor combination also make a great cake?
The Caprese salad is well known. But what do you do when tomatoes aren’t the best or you want an alternative? Think “(Not a) Caprese 2.0,” with zucchini and mint!
Basil is starting to fill the markets. Let’s celebrate with a lemon-basil martini!
Using high-quality ingredients, tuna salad can be a gourmet treat. Really! Here are two ways to enjoy it, including some variations.
