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Firehouse Foodie: A spicy treat
The recipe comes from Ernest DeSantis, a firefighter at Fort Belvoir and the Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Fire Department in Woodbridge.
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Firehouse Foodie: Justin's Pot Pie
With his family, Justin enjoys mixing his “lip smacking pot pie.”
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Firehouse Foodie: Bev's potato salad
Thanks Bev, for your service and for helping “Bring the Firehouse Home.”
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Firehouse Foodie: Creamy, beefy breakfast casserole
This week’s recipe comes from my wife Rebecca, and has been passed down from generation to generation.
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Firehouse Foodie: Creamy lime potatoes
This week’s recipe has received rave reviews a number of times at the station and at home.
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Firehouse Foodie: Farmers Salad
The smell of fresh parsley, cilantro, onions and various other goods permeates the senses when walking throughout the farmers market.
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Firehouse Foodie: Quick and easy cheesy spinach dip
Here’s a great quick and easy dip for entertaining or a pre-dinner munchie.
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Shortcuts: Alligator Pear Salad
No, it doesn't have any alligators in it.
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Shortcuts: Salad for summer
Taco salad is a summer staple at our house when the rising heat index keeps you inside and the oven off limits. I recently concocted a four-star version of the popular main dish to serve dinner guests on a warm summer evening.
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Shortcuts: Don't trifle with the Fourth
My festive rendition for the upcoming July 4 holiday features fresh, ripe berries and whipped topping spiked with lemonade and cream cheese floating over tufts of fluffy angel food cake.
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Shortcuts: Cobb Club is delicious imposter
This handheld imposter steals the show at your next garden party or lawn event.
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Shortcuts: Smoked sausage bolsters microwave cheese soup
Today’s soups will keep you cool — they’re made without turning on the stove. The microwave does the cooking.
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Shortcuts: Whip up 5-star caliber desserts in a flash
Mandarin-Chocolate Timballos? Apple Napoleons a la mode? Sound like elaborate desserts found on the menu of a five star restaurant? Surprise! YOU can whip up these desserts in your very own kitchen without blinking an eye!
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Shortcuts: Company Baked Beans perfect for picnics
I have adapted this recipe for "company" baked beans many times; I give you the simplest version. Don’t leave any ingredients out for the absolute best, mouthwatering results.
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Shortcuts: Taco Bell inspires crunchy creation
Some days I get so eager about a new recipe I literally leap from my computer, excited to watch it come together. Such was the case when I created Crunchy Cheesy Veggie Burritos
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Shortcuts: Shrimp, and all that jazz
I was fortunate to experience my first New Orleans Jazz Fest earlier this month. I’m still smackin’ my lips from flavors of spicy boiled crawfish, gumbo, fried oyster po’boys and sweet bread pudding served up perfectly in the Crescent City!
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Shortcuts: A lighter take on alfredo sauce
If you favor creamy alfredo sauce and rich carbonara pasta but don’t want all the fat and calories that go with them, this healthy entrée will put a smile on your face and not add inches to your waistline.
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Shortcuts: Turbo-charge your diet with protein-rich yogurt
What power-boosting protein can help you lose weight, fend off a cold, ward off bad breath and give you flat abs? Yogurt! (www.fitnessmagazine.com.)
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Shortcuts: 'Poor man's dish' is rich in flexibility
Chilaquiles, sometimes called the "poor man’s dish," is a traditional Mexican food made with leftover corn tortillas.
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Shortcuts: Reward yourself with raspberry-filled cinnamon rolls
Soft, fresh-from-the-oven cinnamon rolls. Sweet, savory raspberries. Is anything more delicious?
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Shortcuts: 'Chowda' recipe too difficult? Fuhgeddaboutit!
Don’t be overwhelmed by the plethora of ingredients in today’s recipe. Do the math; prep time is barely 30 minutes. Follow the steps professional chefs use, mise en place (MEEZ ahn plahs) — get all your ducks [ingredients] in a row and have them ready to combine at the point of cooking.
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Shortcuts: Seafood switch-a-roo jazzes up White House creation
Just in time for Lent, I’ve adapted a recipe from Executive White House Chef Cris Comerford printed in Family Circle magazine September 2010. I flipped ground turkey patties into crab cakes!
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Shortcuts: Learn trick to maintaining flavor, mineral-richness of asparagus
Take a tip from a professional; I got the scoop on cooking thicker stalks after talking with Sous Chef Dylyn Coolidge of Chef Geoff’s in D.C
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Shortcuts: Turbo-charged Frito-Pie perfect for your next pot luck
When my good buddy Marsha mentions one of her families’ favorite dishes, she’s talking about Frito-Pie.
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Shortcuts: Vinegar - A sour wine producing sweet results
It’s hard to believe that a product discovered quite by chance more than 10,000 years ago is still being used in today’s kitchens.
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