Funny . . . but
On St Paddy’s Day, everyone dresses in green, there are shamrocks and leprechauns everywhere and even green beer. So on MLK’s birthday, I fix up some fried chicken and watermelon and suddenly the NAACP is on my ass! Okay, folks,…
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Chicken Satay With Peanut Sauce
Photo courtesy of Christopher Johnson. However, we’re not making this on a grill, so pay attention. Ingredients The Marinade 1 cup coconut milk (1 cup water + ½ coconut milk powder) 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce 2 ½ teaspoons…
Curry Powder
2 Tbsp ground coriander 2 Tbsp ground cumin 1 ½ Tbsp ground turmeric 2 tsp ground dry ginger 1 tsp dry mustard ½ tsp ground black pepper 1 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp ground cardamom ½ tsp garlic powder ½ …
Kung Pao Brussels Sprouts
Ingredients The Sauce Instructions Preheat the air fryer to 425° with 4 Tbsp of coconut oil in the roasting bowl. After a few minutes when the oil has melted, using hot pads, remove the roasting bowl and close the lid…
Air Fried Cornflake Chicken
Having just purchased a air fryer, we’ve been experimenting a bit, made some great falafel balls, but this chicken, as my guest exclaimed, is to die for. Oh, and we got the Ninja Foodi, by the way. Marinade Ingredients 2…
Profits Are More Precious Than People
I’m old and tired of profits being more precious than people in this country. I fought proudly in Vietnam only to find out afterwards that we were fighting and dying over there for corporate profits. Reagan quashed Jimmy Carter’s energy…
The Unconscious Conspiracy Caper
Starring Sam Spade This story requires an introduction. Sam Spade is a fictional detective created around 1930 by author Dashiell Hammett. Spade was the detective in the book and film, The Maltese Falcon. He lived in the same apartment the…
Chili With Mushrooms and Clams
In the photo, you can see that my large pot was being used for something else so I had to split it all up into two smaller pots. Don’t you ever get tired of the same old same old? I…
Tamarind Rasam Soup
At an Indian restaurant, we asked the waitress to bring us whatever she liked (her favorites), and she lit up a big smile. Our first course was this soup and we were just amazed at its flavor. It was spicy…