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Cooking by the seat of my Pants details our (mis)adventures in cooking and provides a little bit of insigt on the life and loves of an expatriate Californian in Texas
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Korean-Style Short Ribs
I couldn't exactly throw up a recipe on Independence Day without that dish being grilled, now could I? So here you have it, my prerequisite grilled Fourth of July dish and my entry for the fourth Fr...
Frugal Fridays #2 - Southern Comforts
Welcome to the second installment of Frugal Fridays, the weekly event where food bloggers andfood lovers alike strive to make a wonderful meal that will feed four for $10.00 or under. (Or has been poi...
Pan Seared Beef with Avocado, Alfalfa Sprouts and Plum Vinaigrette
(You could also call it a California Steak Salad, but I hate branding a thing "Californian" just because it uses Avocado and Sprouts.) It was all about a quick and healthy lunch. I had a basic idea...
I’ll have a cheeseburger with a side of memories, please.
For most of us Memorial Day Weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, the start of grilling season and provides that much needed three day weekend for tackling projects around the home. It's a ...
Curried Pork with Sweet Peppers
I whipped this up for myself on the same night I made the beef in plum sauce for my wife. It was a perfect pairing with fried rice, and more than spicy enough to make my mouth sing. All three dishe...
Beef in Plum Sauce
Making Asian inspired dishes should not be daunting. While it's true that there are a lot of very complicated recipes for Oriental cuisine, there are likewise a ton of simple recipes you can experim...
Italian Style Sausage Ragu (Meat Sauce)
This sauce was originally inspired by the classic Italian Bolognese sauce with a dash of my mother's own ragu from my childhood. the result is neither one or the other, but has become my own unique c...
Steak and Field Green Salad with Tzatziki and Feta
As a long time cook I am well aware that nearly nothing I make is a completely original creation. In most cases I probably couldn't tell you what the original dish that inspired me was. It may have ...
Beef and Butternut Squash Chili with Beans (a.k.a Jerry’s Texoma Chili)
As much as I appreciate Texas Red Chili, it's not what I crave when I'm in the mood for a bowl of chili. The chili I crave is a variation of the chili my father used to make when I was young and eve...
Roasted Stuffed Acorn Squash, a Sage Sensation
A while back my wife and I decided that if we were going to justify storing our cookbook collection, we needed to make at least one recipe from each book every week.It sounded simple enough, and I hap...
Texas Red. Chili, That Is
Texans in general are a laid back bunch of folks. We’re generally not in a big hurry to get from place to place, and rather than seeing people power walk through a parking lot to get back to th...
Braised Beef Short Ribs
Slow cooked, rich, sumptuous and packed with flavor. Braised short ribs are well worth the time and effort to make them. If you’ve had a dish like this before, you know what I’m talking...