So I found another addition to the Guiding Light menu. This one combines shrimp (or crab meat), pineapple, cucumber, celery, and green onion. I mixed this with a citrus dressing…
I know most of you are saying that guinea pigs are pets not food, but that is not true in Peru. There they are one of the national dishes. With…
A month ago or so I had a guest give me a recipe for a wine cake. I made it and thought it was good, but you know me and…
If my guest want I make a drink of the day, which we all enjoy around 5:30. I choose this time because the day’s activities are winding down, we are…
This salad is a great combo of bland pasta, bitter cabbage, and creamy cheese. You combine cooked couscous with radicchio and feta. Mix with some olive oil, white wine vinegar,…
Last fall my cousin took me out to dinner and she order a pear infused ravioli, which was amazing. The next night I had a beautiful date coming over, so…
This is a tasty way to enjoy fish. Bake the fish and top with the chutney, which includes fresh mango, golden raisins, cider vinegar, olive oil, and cinnamon.
One of the things I am know for is my homemade bread, where I make it from scratch, with yeast, and without a bread maker (some of the questions I…
Whenever I am in Colorado I spend a few days with cousin. Well this year they took me to their favorite restaurant and she ordered a pear infused balsamic pasta…
On Tuesday I told you about the main course Shane tried out now let me tell you about the dessert. It appeared to be an innocuous chocolate truffle, but I…
Shane used me as a test subject as he tried out a recipe for a grilled pork chop dish. The meat was cooked to perfection and the flavor provided a rich medley…
This was a good layered cake. I baked two cakes in 8 inch round pans with crushed walnuts and grated orange baked into it. Between these and on top I…
Another dessert sounds like a winner. This one is a s’mores pizza. I mixed flour, yeast, and graham cracker crumbs to form the dough. On top of this I smeared…
This is a traditional flat bread served in Italy (I actually made this before my trip there 🙂 ). After it had risen a bit I coated it with olive…
Another experiment during this offseason was chicken mango tacos. They were good, but I think having them as fish tacos would be even better. I took rotisserie chicken, shredded it,…
As always during the off season I am experimenting with new recipes. Well my first dessert this offseason is the éclair cake and it is De-lich. It is layered graham…
A couple weeks ago several of my charter boat buddies got together for my birthday and to have an end of the season get together. The best part was that…
Everyone, Here is the banana pancake recipe Leala brought to the boat and we need the eggs for (read the blog from two days ago to learn about that ordeal!)…
Everyone I have created a new dish, but I need your help naming it. What I did was sauté thin slices of eggplant and then rolled ricotta cheese inside of…
Besides my homemade bread for lunch and me cooking some dinners for you while on charter, a benefit of chartering aboard the Guiding Light is the fact I will pick…
Every now and then I get people aboard that really enjoy fishing. In fact I have had two different guest this year bring a duffle bag of lures and supplies…
One of the gifts my Christmas charter gave me was a silicone mold to cook eggs as a pirate skull. It took a bit of practice, but I think the…
Here is the latest creation. It is sautéed jalapenos mixed with cream cheese and colby cheese, rolled inside a butterflies chicken breast, wrapped in bacon, and covered in BBQ sauce…
On my last full day in Dallas I made cranberry scones for my family and as a thank you for the Cook’s who housed me in Dallas. This was another…
This is a dessert I have wanted to try for a while now. I started by mixing up a batch of cream cheese filling and divided it into three bowls. …
This was my latest experiment. It is a double layer carrot cake with mango juice added to the batter. There is homemade cream cheese frosting between the layers plus on top…
For the 18 years I lived in Colorado there is one Texas delicacy that was not available (just my luck they started shipping it since I left)! Even though Colorado…