7-UP Biscuits are one of my favorites to bring to get-togethers.

Ingredients

• 4 cups of Bisquick
• 1 cup of sour cream
• 1 cup 7-Up
• 1/2 cup melted butter

Directions

1. Mix Bisquick, sour cream and 7 up. Dough will be very soft - don’t worry.
2. Knead and fold dough until coated with your baking mix.
3. Pat dough out and cut biscuits using a round biscuit / cookie cutter.
4. Melt butter in bottom of cookie sheet pan or 9x13 casserole dish.
5. Place biscuits on top of melted butter and bake @ 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until brown.

Kheer, an Indian rice pudding.

Add 1 part rinsed rice by volume to a pressure cooker, 6 parts milk, 0.5-1 part sugar, a little salt, and cardamom. Cook as you would for porridge. When done it should look soupy and thicken when stirred.

korean egg rice: crack an egg into a bowl of rice and mix with sesame oil and soy sauce, microwave for 2 min, sprinkle some furikake on top if you’ve got it and you’ve got a solid comfort food in like 5 mins tops

Brussels sprout hash. Slice 1/2 pounds brussels sprouts into ribbons. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a non stick pan. Add the brussels sprouts and half a bag of frozen hash brown potatoes. Stir everything together. Then I usually add some thyme, paprika, salt and pepper. Cook for about 20 minutes stirring every few minutes until you get nice golden brown bits on the sprouts and potatoes. Divide it on plates and then top with either a fried or poached egg.

Carbonara …

Garlic Bacon Spaghetti 2 eggs Parmasen Pepper

• Boil salted water and add spaghetti until aldente
• Cook around 6 cloves of garlic in olive oil
• add the diced bacon and cook until crispy
• whisk two eggs, parmasen and pepper in a bowl
• take bacon off heat and let pan cool down slightly
• remove garlic gloves from pan
• add spaghetti into the pan with bacon with a tablespoon of the water the spaghetti cooked in and mix
• pour in the egg mixture into the pan with the bacon and spaghetti and mix
• put spaghetti onto bowl and crack pepper and a splash of olive oil on top
• eat the goodness

Notes: make sure the pan is not too hot otherwise the egg mixture will turn into an omelette which you don’t want.

Caribbean Canned corned beef and Cabbage

1 canned corned beef (Libby’s or Grace) 1 small cabbage, washed and shredded 1 medium onion diced 2 cloves garlic diced 1 tbsp oil 1 medium tomato (chopped) 2 sprigs Thyme 1 scotch bonnet pepper diced and de-seeded (optional) A dash of black pepper (optional)

• Wash the cabbage then shred it.
• Add oil to skillet or Dutch oven over medium high heat.
• Sauté the onion for 3-5 minutes.
• Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
• Add the shredded cabbage, tomatoes, black pepper, and thyme.
• Cover saucepan and cook cabbage for about 5-7 minutes until tender.
• Add the scotch bonnet pepper (optional)
• Add the corned beef. Use a big spoon to break-up the corned beef and stir with the other ingredients.
• Simmer for another 3-4 minutes
• Serve with any of these items: rice, boil banana/ plantain, fried dumplings, or bread.

Chickpea Salad:

• canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• tahini (a scoop or two)
• sliced almonds
• red onion, diced
• celery, diced
• splash of apple cider vinegar
• Seasonings: salt, pepper, cumin seed, coriander

Mash the chickpeas just a bit in a bowl (pastry cutter works well). You want to keep it pretty chunky. Add all the other ingredients and mix. I don’t measure anything, but I have a pretty heavy hand with the seasonings. This is best after it sits for a few hours. I like to eat it on toast or just by itself (usually at night in front of the fridge).

Honestly just salmon and broccoli for me. Fish, seasoning, butter, garlic, broccoli (with seasoning of course). Roast the broccoli and throw in the salmon when there are 10 or so minutes left, and done. It’s what we do when we’re tired after work but don’t feel like spending the money to order something.

Made a salad today: peach, cucumber, feta, ham, olive oil & balsamic vinegar. I also added basil & black pepper. It was fresh and delicious!

French Omelette.

Throw a bit of butter on a non stick, crack open 2-3 eggs, add some salt, whisk, stir vigorously while egg is cooking, fold before inside solidifies.

3 min and taste like heaven.

Creme Brulee is egg, cream, sugar, vanilla, effort, and time. That’s 6.

Pea soup is my easy go-to meal. Onion and carrot sweated in oil/butter, dried split peas, stock, and bay leaves. Enjoy with quality bread.

Miso soup… I usually throw in a block of frozen udon to make it more of a meal

Quick Zucchini Curry: 2 Medium Zucchinis, Green Onions, 1-2 tbsp of Ginger, Mushrooms sliced real thin, Coconut milk. Spices: Ground Red Pepper (I prefer Birdseye), Soy Sauce, Red Curry Paste, Brown Sugar, Lime Juice

Takes about 15 minutes and pretty minimal chopping. It’s all in one pot too if you already have rice made.

Not counting spices is cheating!

Stew beef in big dice. Onion Soy sauce Sesame oil Ginger Garlic Dried orange/mandarine peel Star anise Honey Chilli

Brown meat. Add everything else and some water, simmer at least 1 hour. Serve with plain rice.

Should be melty, sticky, & tangy. Hot if desired.