
Living in Florida affords us the opportunity to sample what is known as Floribbean cuisine from time to time. This cuisine borrows from those of the Caribbean, Cuba, and Latin America and makes great use of our readily available citrus and tropical fruits, all spiced up with a little bit of heat. This recipe is an adaptation of one I found in a book called Miami Spice by Michael Raichlen. You could use frozen maduros (fried ripe plantains) if you are unable to find fresh ripe plantains in your produce section. We served it with Tropical Cabbage Slaw, also an adaptation from the same book.
I'm always looking for a quick, easy chicken recipe that doesn't require a long list of ingredients or a lot of cleanup time. This recipe is very easy to pull together in a short space of time and the ingredients are pretty standard pantry fare.
This recipe comes from the National Turkey Federation, and these wraps are perfect for lunch or a light dinner. The cumin and cinnamon flavor really comes through on the turkey, but you could easily substitute thinly sliced chicken cutlets. I served these wraps with oven-roasted eggplant "fries" - matchstick-sized eggplant slices topped with a bit of olive oil and salt and cracked pepper.
This post contains two quick and easy weeknight recipes for chicken tenderloins. The chicken is essentially prepared the same way in both recipes, but the two pan sauces are very different. I've made some suggestions for simple side dishes, but both versions work with a wide variety of accompaniments. A California Chardonnay seems to be a good pick with either dish.
This recipe comes from Ming Tsai's Simply Ming cookbook. The neat thing about this book is he bases several different dishes off one sauce or marinade - in this case, the Soy-Kaffir Lime Syrup. I took a few liberties of my own, but the recipe remains fairly true to the original. If you like Asian cooking, I highly recommend adding Simply Ming to your collection.
This recipe is adapted from a recipe from the National Turkey Federation - "Thai Grilled Pizza." However, I didn't have any turkey on hand, so I opted for some chicken thighs I had in the freezer.
I started off with every intention to grill the pizza, as the original recipe stated, but looming storm clouds and the rumble of thunder in the distance persuaded me to abandon those plans. So, I baked it instead.