by perfectlittlebites | Oct 11, 2013 | health
Dueling Trail Mix Romesco Makes about 1 pint For this recipe, I started with my traditional Romesco recipe, substituting trail mix for the plain almonds, as well as adding chipotle seasoning. The fruit and chocolate, combined with the chipotle, make this sort of a...
by perfectlittlebites | Oct 10, 2013 | Assorted, health
Another year has come and gone. Here is a small selection of pictures from this years StarChefs International Chefs Congress. I have more photos posted over on my Tumblr page, and the best recap can be found on John Sconzo’s Flickr page. If you like what you...
by perfectlittlebites | Oct 5, 2013 | Assorted, health
We’ve been tweaking our pumpkin risotto, looking to get the most flavor into the dish. We start by making a pumpkin stock with pumpkin purée (canned or fresh), chicken stock, garlic, thyme, bay & burnt cinnamon sticks. The stock is cooled and strained. The...
by perfectlittlebites | Sep 23, 2013 | Assorted, health
Recently I’ve fallen for cottage cheese. Not the watery, low fat stuff, but really the really good stuff. I did a post back in January on Kalona’s organic 4% fat cottage cheese. Back then I expressed my intent to try char-grilling it like the yogurt on...
by perfectlittlebites | Sep 22, 2013 | Assorted, health
Recently, we’ve been working a lot with rendered fat to see what we can do. When cooking a prime rib, sometimes I trim the fat before cooking and other times I don’t. This week as I was prepping a couple of ribs, I had a thought. I trimmed a lot of the thick white fat...
