Best. Potato. Salad. Ever. For reals. This is our friend Lil’s recipe and it’s crazy good. We served it when we catered the community BBQ and pool party this past weekend. All of the party goers raved about it and asked for the recipe. Will Lil’s permission, here it is! This potato salad has only … Continue reading
Here at CPM we LOVE corn season and, with Larry’s Produce finally open, we put fresh corn in all sorts of delicious things. After we’ve cut all the corn off the cobs, we realized there is still a lot of crazy good flavor left on that cob that just can’t go to waste. So we … Continue reading
Oh fried rice, how I love you. Seriously, fried rice is such an awesome comfort food. It also is a fast, cheap and easy way to repurpose leftovers! But you can’t have good fried rice without a good sauce. This is a sauce Amelia developed years ago. It’s crazy good! I use the sauce to … Continue reading
All hail Larry’s produce! At CPM we get SOOOOO excited when summer rolls around because that means the opening of Larry’s Produce, our favorite place to shop for all the freshest ingredients. Larry’s is only open mid-June through mid-December-ish so you have to get it while the gettin’ is good. Last week at Larry’s I … Continue reading
This easy recipe works well as a glaze, dressing, or sauce. Enjoy over salads, on grilled meats, or as a drizzle over savory dishes! Ingredients: 2 cups mixed berries (strawberry, blueberry & raspberry) 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar (1/2 cup vinegar if you like more tart) 1 tablespoon sugar Instructions: Mix all ingredients into a pot. … Continue reading
This is more of a technique than a recipe. It makes your enchiladas perfectly saucy. My family ate every last one of these enchiladas at dinner. Awesomely Saucy Cheese Enchiladas Warm enchilada sauce on the stove top over very low heat. If the sauce is too hot, your tortillas will fall apart. Put corn … Continue reading
This is probably something that grill masters all over the world already know. I didn’t know until Fall of my 38th year. I was in Washington visiting, and my brother invited me over for dinner. The man is a Grill Master. He made perfect baked potatoes (just the way he was taught when he worked … Continue reading
Or, maybe you do like cabbage but your family constantly tells you they hate it. And they probably do. At least the boil-until-all-integrity-is-gone variety that most people serve up this time of year. This recipe is a real crowd pleaser and will have your family chuffing down cabbage way past St. Patty’s Day. Vanishing Oven … Continue reading
This pot roast recipe is super easy to make and, as the title implies, crazy good. No fussing over the stove or oven bags or braising. Best of all it utilizes trip tip, which is a good, lean meat. This can be cooked in a much smaller quantity of course, but I was feeding a … Continue reading
This delicious pasta sauce recipe is so easy, it will be ready by the time your penne pasta is al dente! There is an abundance of fresh tomatoes and basil this time of year in the San Francisco Bay Area – here is a quick and easy way to enjoy the abundance. Caprese Pasta: 5 … Continue reading
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