The current musings of a part time madman
Lots of dressings here. A lot from Dr. Furhman’s website. If you’re interested in eating healthy, living longer, etc, visit his site. Big List of No-oil Salad Dressings Almond Ginger Dressing adapted from a recipe from drfuhrman.com makes about 2 1/2 cup 1/2 cup raw almonds 1/2 cup unsweetened soy, hemp or almond milk 1 cup water […]
Trying to eat healthier- which includes limiting my intake of oil. Here’s a healthier orange sesame no-oil dressing. This is a no-oil dressing from Veronica Grace of Low Fat Vegan Chef. I think this is a riff on the Dr. Furhman Orange Sesame dressing, but made a little easier by using tahini instead of sesame […]
I love good potato salad, and I’ve made batch after batch in pursuit of duplicating the best I’ve made (a few of which were the one’s made by a friend- Aaron DiGeorge,) and have regularly come up disappointed. The secret is in cooking the potatoes. I’ve tried roasted, boiled whole (no), boiled diced, etc.. and […]
HISTORY Every year at Coors, when I was there, we had a cookie exchange. Since I organized the exchange, I always made sure I got some of these. They are delicious. This was Statia Shelton’s recipe. INGREDIENTS 1 Cup butter 3 Cups flour 1 Cup sugar 1 Tsp baking soda 2 eggs 1 6 oz […]
HISTORY Here’s a brief history of Toni and Byron’s Chocolate-Caramel Covered Pretzels. Toni saw a packaged Chocolate-Caramel covered pretzels in a catalog from Sundance. I usually try to intercept and destroy this catalog before Toni sees it, but this time she did get to see it. Toni felt these would be easy to make and […]
HISTORY While working at Coors Brewing Co., the company sponsored a wellness class. The class included great info on getting in shape- but the highlight was this “semi-healthy” version of Lemon cake that is just flat out better than any lemon cake I’ve had. The glaze makes it. Don’t use reconstituted or plastic lemon lemon […]
Mark Henry’s Never Fail Brisket This recipe makes creative use of a stove to finish your smoking job. Much easier to prepare several in advance this way. Pull one out, drop in a nice temperature controlled stove for another 14 hours- and presto. This never fails to get rave reviews. (Taken right off the web. […]
O’Connor Salmon Cakes An awesome salmon cake recipe from our neighbors- Kay and R.J.. (Note: We never say R.J. and Kay which just doesn’t have the same alliteration.) INGREDIENTS 1/3 cup fresh parsley leaflets 4 green onions or 3 shallots finely chopped 3 cups fine fresh bread crumbs 2 eggs 2 tbs unsalted butter 1 […]
Wendell Janssen’s #1 Green Chili This recipe came from a chili cookoff we held at the USDA when I worked there. Wendell’s chili was the hands down winner in the green chili category. Ingredients 1 Pork Roast (boneless or something easy to cup up about 3 lbs…) green chilies ( one large can 28oz) jalapenos […]
This chili won 1st prize in a chili cookoff when I was working at the USDA. And it was good! I later made it for Toni’s (my wife) family while winter camping. They promptly declared it, “The best they ever had.” Shortly thereafter, the recipe disappeared. For years, I tried in vain to duplicate the […]