Wasabi Coleslaw

Years ago my old boss walked into my office and threw a bottle of ground wasabi at me with a recipe.  She then explained that she got this recipe and went out and bought ground wasabi for it.  Proceeded to make the dish, tried it, and could not breathe.  Apparently she underestimated the strength of wasabi […]

Roasted garlic mashed potatoes

Over the next couple of months I will occasionally be redoing a previous post since there are earlier posts I am not happy with or now notice they were missing something major. 
The big debate with mashed potato is the type of potato that is used, russet or the yukon gold.  The yukon crew claims that the yukon […]

Sweet potato mashed potatoes

This is a different spin on the normal everyday mashed potatoes using sweet potatoes instead of Russet or Yukon Gold potatoes.  Some people when they have sweet potatoes love to add stuff like marshmallow, honey, or brown sugar.  Personally for me I just like them the same way I like a normal potato with just some butter.  […]

Cheesey red onions

A simple and easy side dish that tastes great.  Feel free to use any type of onion and maybe even a couple shallots. 
For this dish you will need:

4 onions quartered
3 cloves of garlic
3 sprigs of thyme
Pinch of crushed red pepper
4 ounces of mascarpone cheese
1/2 cup of grated gruyere cheese
1/2 cup of grated parmigiano reggiano cheese
1/2 […]

Potato wedges

Since I was already going to make my house smell like a McDonalds from making beer battered fish I decided why not go all the way and throw some potato wedges together also.  Normally I will fry in the garage but well I was lazy today.  I would have had to drag the tripod outside […]

Root vegetable mash

Want a quick simple easy side?  Want to be able to justify the purchase of the ricer to a loved one as just not a way to make the world’s greatest mashed potatoes?  Well tada I present you with the root vegetable mash.
For this dish you will need:

1lb of celery root cut into 1 inch […]

Baked beans

So we have all had baked beans.  They come in a can and taste horrendous.  These baked beans are simple, easy, and taste 100x better than anything from a can.
 For this recipe we are going to need:

1 lb of dried great northern beans
2 cups of ketchup
1 cup of brown sugar
1/2 cup of molasses
1 tb of […]

Roasted garlic mashed potatoes

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Risotto Alla Milanese (saffron risotto)

This risotto is the classic dish that accompanies osso buco.  After already paying for the veal shanks it won’t kill you to spend the extra cash and get the saffron.  The little bit of investment adds a lot to the dish as a whole. 
For this dish you are going to need:

6 cups chicken stock
1 teaspoon saffron […]

Basic tomato sauce

This recipe has been updated.  The new link is http://www.culinarydisaster.com/wordpress/09/basic-tomato-sauce-2/

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