Southwest Salad

Kidney beans, corn, avocados, sweet red peppers, sweet onions, cilantro, olive oil, lemon juice, and chili powder.

Schnitzel with Roasted Potatoes, Brussels Sprouts, and Spaghetti Squash

Pork schnitzel breaded with flour, egg, and bread crumbs. Roasted potatoes with parsley. Sauteed brussels sprouts, Roasted spaghetti squash.

Ocean Perch with Potatoes and Beans

Lightly fried ocean perch, red potatoes with parsley, blanched green beans with butter.

Breakfast Fry

Brown rice, onions, and green peppers fried in a bit of olive oil and finished off with some eggs.

Barbequed Turkey with Okra

Barbequed turkey thighs slowly roasted with garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, and finished with BBQ sauce. Okra spiced with chili and garlic powder sauteed in olive oil and finished with some fresh lemon.

Adult Happy Meal

BBQ'd pork side ribs (garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, and salt done in the oven at 250F for 3 hours and then finished on the BBQ with BBQ sauce) served with smiley fries and fresh blanched green beans.

Serious Home Fries

Aggressively fried russet potatoes, sweet onions, mushrooms, BBQ'd bacon and finished with some chunks of old cheddar. Ideally this is all fried in the bacon fat. This is definitively a complete meal containing all the food groups!

Zucchini Tofu Stir-fry

Stir-fried zucchini and firm tofu with sweet onions and fresh garlic in olive oil. Served with steamed brown rice and topped with some hot sauce.

Frying outside in the summer is a good thing :-)

Shrimp Pasta Salad

Shrimp Pasta Salad made with sweet red and yellow peppers, celery, sweet onions, parsley, salt, olive oil, cider vinegar, and rotini. Some might like this served with bread :-)

Pulled Pork Sandwich with Cajun Corn Salad

Pulled pork (a boneless pork loin, onions, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, and salt done in the slow cooker and finished with BBQ sauce) topped with BBQ sauce on a fancy bun with Cajun corn salad on the side (corn, sweet peppers, sweet onions, cilantro, chili powder, salt, olive oil, and cider vinegar)

Cinnamon Buns

Making them yourself they're a fraction of the price and and they're OMG good. This recipe is for 12 rolls in a 9x13 pan

• 4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 package quick rise yeast
• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup butter
• 2 eggs

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/3 cup softened butter

1. mix 1 cup of the flour, yeast, salt, sugar
2. warm the milk and butter to 130F then add to dry and mix
3. mix in the eggs
4. add the remaining flour and fold till smooth
5. let sit for 10 minutes
6. knead for 5 minutes then roll out a big rectangle ~18x18
7. spread dough with butter, sugar, and cinnamon
8. roll up dough and cut into 12
9. grease the pan and fill with the rolls
10. cover and let rise until nearly doubled ~45 minutes
11. bake at 400 till golden... ~ 20 minutes
12. make the frosting... beat the cream cheese, butter, sugar, vanilla and fire at will

• 1/2 cup cream cheese
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Quick Baba Ghanoush

Don't buy this stuff premade :-)

4 cups of roasted eggplant
3 cloves garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
1/3 cup tahini
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tsp salt

Roast the eggplant till soft then peel. Use a food processor until desired consistency. Don't kill it... keep some texture.

Quick Hummus

Don't buy this stuff premade :-)

4 cups of drained chickpeas
3 cloves garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
1/3 cup tahini
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 tsp salt

Use a food processor until desired consistency. Don't over process. You'll need to add some water to get it right.

Erik's Veggie Platter

Thank you son :-)

Banana Bread

• 4 large very ripe bananas
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 c melted butter
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup yoghurt
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1.5 tsp baking soda

1. mash bananas with extreme prejudice
2. beat in yogurt, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg
3. gently mix into flour and baking soda
4. a buttered Bundt is best
5. bake at 350F
6. ~45 minutes

Vegan Stir Fry

Sweet onion, carrots, bok choy, celery, garlic, ginger, and firm tofu sauteed in olive oil and finished with mirin and soy sauce. Served with steamed brown rice.