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Jump to Recipe Print Recipe If there’s one recipe that everyone should make one time from scratch, it’s the classic Beef Burgundy.  It’s also one of the more time consuming recipes around, so I was looking for a way to save time.  The answer is to make beef burgundy in a pressure cooker, instead of […]

I love quinoa, and I love salsa, but never had I thought of combining them in the same dish until attending a Chicago media event to preview upcoming menu items at the Corner Bakery.  One of the dishes they served was a quinoa salad made with a corn and black […] Simple Awesome Cooking uses […]

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe This is the best, and the fastest, pulled pork I’ve ever made.  And it truly is a No Sauce Pulled Pork.  Sometimes people say “no sauce”, but you still end up putting some sauce on it.  Not here.  When you pressure cook pulled pork in a sauce-like cooking liquid, it […]

I love the flavor of grilled salmon, but don’t love when it’s overcooked.  The solution is slow roasted salmon, protected by a cedar plank, and grilled at a lower temperature. There was a clickbait food site article I read recently about “10 Foods You Should NEVER Cook on a Grill”.  […] Simple Awesome Cooking uses […]

Of all of my favorite, intensely flavored, Mediterranean style dishes, anything containing shawarma has to be a favorite. While traditionally seen as grilled chicken shawarma, this grilled tofu shawarma is an awesome variation for the flexitarians, vegetarians and anyone else hungry for great meatless options. You might be familiar with […] Simple Awesome Cooking uses […]

Breakfasts, Mediterranean If you love pizza, love recipes that are ready in minutes and love Mediterranean food, then this Mediterranean breakfast pizza recipe is one to try. The secret behind this Mediterranean pizza recipe is whole wheat flatbread pita. There’s a great Middle Eastern bakery called Sanabel here in Chicago that makes […] Mediterranean, Salads, […]

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe Over the summer, I was in San Diego for work and was enjoying as many different types of tacos as possible. One really unique taco that I wanted to recreate was the Fried Avocado Street Taco. Crunchy on the outside, creamy in the middle, delicious all the way around. There […]

Of all of my favorite, intensely flavored, Mediterranean style dishes, anything containing shawarma has to be a favorite. While traditionally seen as grilled chicken shawarma, this grilled tofu shawarma is an awesome variation for the flexitarians, vegetarians and anyone else hungry for great meatless options. You might be familiar with […] Simple Awesome Cooking uses […]

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe After years of overcooking salmon, I’ve tried numerous ways to make slow cooked salmon that is flavorful and not dried out.  My favorite so far is this miso ginger glazed salmon that is poached in olive oil.  This is similar to poaching halibut in parchment paper with olive oil, though […]

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe Of all of my favorite, intensely flavored, Mediterranean style dishes, anything containing shawarma has to be a favorite. While traditionally seen as grilled chicken shawarma, this grilled tofu shawarma is an awesome variation for the flexitarians, vegetarians and anyone else hungry for great meatless options. You might be familiar with […]

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe Roast Red Peppers for 22 minutes at 400 degrees in your Air Fryer One of the first things I wanted to do with my new Cosori air fryer was roast red peppers. Come winter time, going out to the grill to roast a red pepper isn’t super appealing. So typically, […]

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe Starting to get a scratchy throat?  What about the sniffles?  Was that sneeze from allergies or the start of a cold?  Even worse, what if you are getting a sore throat in Summer? This is when you need this Garlic and Ginger Immunity Tea Given that it’s the time of […]

(See an updated version of this recipe for a lower sodium rub and more tender meat) Start with pork back ribs. You’ll need them ready to go at least 1 day before cooking (thawed if you previously froze them). Remove the membrane from the bottom of each rack, or ask your butcher to do this […]

This recipe is definitely on the other end of the scale from “simple”, however it still qualifies for “awesome”.  Think of these Smoked Salmon Rolls as a dinner party plate – since the prep and planning required disqualifies them from the “easy weeknight dinner” category. The long description, as if […] Simple Awesome Cooking uses […]