5 taste y Recipes

salad, uncooked pasta. i usually use three color rotini but any short pasta type will do ., frozen mixed veggies, to taste. i use the carrot , green bean, pea and corn mix., chopped ripe olives , to taste., sliced fresh mushrooms , depending on size., dressing, real mayonnaise ., dijon mustard , to taste., dry white wine or vinegar, to taste., a pinch of sweet basil ., a sprig of cilantro, chopped ., chili powder , to taste., salt and fresh ground pepper to taste.

extra virgin olive oil (spanish olive oil is preferrred), cauliflower, broken into florets (make sure the cauliflower is very fresh and has no blemishes or black spots), fresh thyme (i substituted fresh parsley), dates, pitted and cut into quarters (*unsulphured* dates!), cured black olives (not yucky canned black olives, no! i used oil- from france ( ), green olives (i used standard pimiento-stuffed), sweet dessert white wine (such as pedro ximenez. i subbed a riesling from a local winery), paprika, to taste (reduced to 1 tsp in my test recipe and of that 1/4 tsp. was spanish smoked paprika)

olive oil (preferably extra-virgin) or rich-tasting pork lard, plus a little more for the tortillas, button mushrooms (or other flavorful mushrooms, such as shiitake, oyster, cremim, or chanterelles), cleaned and sliced 1/4-in-8h thick (about 4 cups), serranos or 1 to 2 jalapenos, stemmed, seeded and thinly sliced, chopped fresh epazote leaves or 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves, salt, fresh corn tortillas (or flour tortillas if good corn tortillas are not available), mexican melting cheese (quesillo, asader, or the like) or monterey jack or mild cheddar, shredded (about 2 cups), salsa, store bought or home made

diced tomatoes (san marzano or any good quality italian tomato, or if you can tsp find any, hunts or a similar brand w), tomato sauce, tomato paste, red wine (cabernet or merlot works great), vegetable broth (or you can use water), onion, fine diced (if you want more onion flavor, just use a large onion), garlic (again , add more or less according to your taste, i use 3 teaspoons), dried basil, dried oregano, fresh parsley (fresh please, it really makes a difference), sugar, red pepper flakes, red wine vinegar (at the end of cooking), olive oil (to saute onion and garlic), salt, pepper, fresh basil, fine chopped, ground meat (beef, turkey, chicken, sausage or any combination, you can also use diced pork sausage as well. if y), vegetables, fine diced (celery, peppers, red or green bell, spicy such as jalapeno, cubenelle, banana, etc. any of your favo), fresh mushrooms , rough chopped (you will use more mushrooms than the other vegetables because they cook down more)