Harissa seasoned shrimp on guacamole and cucumber bites

Our offering for Peggy’s Pier this evening. Harissa seasoned shrimp on guacamole and cucumber bites. A slice of English cucumber topped with a spoonful of chunky guacamole and then a piece of cooked shrimp marinaded in olive oil, lemon juice and Italian seasoning. This was seasoned with Harissa Seasoning and kept cool in a new multi-tray...

Blackened Harissa Fish Sandwich

This is, without a doubt, the best fish sandwich we’ve made. Based off a note of a friend (Chip Gorman) about air fried chick peas, we bought some Harissa seasoning. But when it came it…it was SO good, it needed to be part of a chicken or fish sandwich. So tonight we created this wonder. We used a generous amount of the harissa seasoning with olive oil and put it onto the Blackstone griddle. We used the juices of this to season the bread, a hearty small rustic bread. The construction was a toasted bun, with a slather of my usual mix of Duke’s mayo and Cholula hot sauce, the fish, a pile of garden fresh romaine lettuce, pickle slices and t topping of bread with the same sauce. Served with thin sliced air-fried sweet potatoes. Finished with a...

Easy Smoked Ribs

I’ve been messing around with ribs last year, and now that it’s rib-time again, I’m diving back in. I know I can fill my Orion cooker up with 6 racks of ribs and have every one be perfect, but it’s the short-order I’ve been messing with, usually with my pressure cooker and air-fryer. But tonight I leaned into just the grill. No Orion, no smoker, no air fryer. And it turned out perfect. First, apply the rub. My classic ‘Don Rub’ is like everyone else uses, salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, celery salt and a bit of cayenne. For pork, I also use a little turmeric. On a high burner I put some applewood pellets in a foil tray and left the heat off the burners under the ribs. I replaced the pellets 3 times....

Quazi-Cheeto Spicy Chick Peas

Tonight a give you a snack. I’ve been wanting to write up more of my favorite snacks, since I’ve been heavy on dinners and breakfasts. Quazi-Cheeto Spicy Chick Peas I love air-fried chick peas as a snack. Usually I just air fry them with some garlic powder, salt and onion powder. But tonight I tried something different. And yes, I’m eating these while I type this. Open and drain two cans of chick peas (garbanzo beans). Rinse well and drain well. Put them on a kitchen town and dry, rolling them around between towels and remove all the skins you can. Let them dry. Meanwhile, in a food processor/blender mix 1/4 cup of nutritional yeast, a quarter teaspoon of citric acid, and to taste…garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt and turmeric....

Shrimp Scampi!

This is a classic, but it deserves a place in my dinner lineup. Simple, but wonderful. Heat up some olive oil and butter in a skillet. I like cast iron. Season with black pepper and add your shrimp. Before flipping, toss in a generous amount of garlic. Flip and then after a minute, add white whine (I used Ingleside’s Albariño for most of my cooking) and lemon juice. Add parsley. That’s it! I served mine on a bed of linguine tossed with the drippings of the pan, parsley and finely grated parmigiano...