Carnitas nachos! Imagine Mexican slow-cooked pork over tortilla chips and topped with jalapeños, avocados, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream. Doesn’t that make your mouth water? Not long ago I saw that on the appetizer menu in a barbecue restaurant. I didn’t order them, but didn’t forget about them either. One […]
Chicken peanut linguini was one of the meals I missed most when I first went gluten free in 2003. Since then I’ve discovered chicken peanut sauce is just as tasty over zucchini noodles (or “zoodles”), yellow squash noodles (are they “yoodles” from yellow squash?), spaghetti squash, rice or gluten-free linguini. […]
Pulled pork is a delicious barbecue meal, and there are plenty of ways to cook it. The traditional way is to brine it overnight, then smoke it for 8 hours or so. With a crock pot, it cooks for 8 to 10 hours. An Instant Pot can get the job […]
Almond chicken salad can be served in several ways: as a main dish, on a bed of salad greens, on a sandwich, and as a dip with crackers. My sister-in-law, Roxanna Zalmanek, made a big batch at a family reunion. We all loved it and I asked for the recipe. […]
Salmon is a healthy, versatile fish. I like it however it’s prepared, but the unique blend of flavors in pesto salmon with orange sauce is one of my favorites. Sometimes this blog reminds me of what a lazy cook I’ve become. In 1999, I fell in love with a recipe […]
I suppose this dish could be called Salmon over Cannellini Beans and Spinach or something a bit more descriptive, but I’ve always called it Wichita Salmon. Years ago on an RV trip through Kansas, we ate at a restaurant in Wichita whose name I long ago forgot. After I raved […]
With shrimp fresh off the boat and fennel and tarragon from a farmer’s market, flambéed shrimp is one heavenly dish. Even with previously frozen shrimp and dried tarragon, it’s very good. Fennel and Sambuca give it a mild licorice flavor. If you want to double the recipe for company, keep in […]
The original recipe calls for clam and artichoke sauce to be served over linguini. Since I’m on a gluten-free diet, I substitute zucchini noodles or rice, or use gluten-free pasta. It’s easy to make zucchini noodles — some people call them “zoodles” — using a small, hand-held spiralizer. I have […]
Lavender pepper steak has been my favorite beef dish for more than 20 years. It has a flavorful spice crust. Over the years, I’ve found ways to make it even tastier. The blue cheese sauce came about after tasting a similar sauce on a pork chop. If you are not […]
Oysters! I love them! Here are my favorite three ways to prepare them: baked with various toppings, grilled and dipped in spiced butter, or raw with a cocktail sauce. While I used to think of oysters as an appetizer, we now make a full meal out of them, along with […]
Hi! My name is Mary Zalmanek and I love to cook. My husband Jim and I also love to travel in our motorhome, which means I cook a lot of meals in the tiny one-butt kitchen in our motorhome. My recipes come from various sources: my family and friends, successful experiments, and inspiration from restaurant meals enjoyed during our travels, various cookbooks, and food blogs. All of my recipes are gluten-free.