I originally thought up this sauce as a light summertime sauce to use on some grilled salmon. Because salmon is already a fatty fish I didn’t want to add any calories in oil and so I decided to combine the naturally spicy heat of ginger and garlic with some cool and refreshing cucumber and lemon. … More Cucumber Ginger Dipping Sauce
My basil plants have been abundant this season! I planted three types in my hydroponic garden, sweet Italian, lemon and Thai. Only one seed of each and they just took off in the hydroponics. Then I scattered a couple more seeds around my tomatoes in hopes it would help deter the dreaded tomato worm (which … More Basil and Walnut Pesto
It’s appropriate that my current header is my hydroponically-grown, Thai basil. The plant just exploded in our hydroponic garden and suddenly I had a basil plant that was about three feet in diameter! I tried using some in a regular Italian basil pesto and it just wasn’t right, and two weeks late the basil plant … More Thai Basil Pesto
Angel Food Cake with Plum Sauce Plums are one of those fruits that are misunderstood. If you get a perfectly ripe plum, they are amazingly sweet and juicy, but usually they look beautiful but are deceptively tart, so I typically admire their color and then walk on by. The skin on a plum is tart, there … More Plum Sauce
Chimichurri is a fresh green herb sauce that is tangy, garlicky and flavorful and goes beautifully on steak, grilled chicken or shrimp, or even topped on grilled bread. It is easy to make, and brings on a bold flavor statement that will wake up your taste buds. I worked this recipe up the other night … More Chimichurri Sauce
