Pan-roasted rosemary chicken thigh with potato, carrot and asparagus. 1 large potato, peeled and cut in eight pieces 1 medium carrot, peeled and cut into pieces about the same size as the potato chunks 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 or 2 chicken thighs, whole or cut in two. salt and pepper 1...

Pasta with tuna, tomato cream sauce Spaghetti for two 2 tbsp olive oil 1 clove garlic 1 small dried chili pepper (optional, or use some hot pepper flakes) 4 sundried tomatoes, soaked in hot water for 5 minutes and chopped 4 or 5 black olives, pitted and chopped 14 oz can crushed or diced...

Here’s something I threw together today because my mom is heading over on the ferry tonight and likes some good home cookin’. My baked beans are really easy to make and they do away with any pre-soaking stuff with the beans. It turns out you don’t need to pre-soak the beans...

1 serving spaghetti or linguine 1 tablespoon good extra virgin olive oil (Bertolli or Gallo is fine) 1 small fresh or dried chili pepper (optional actually) 1 finely minced (or sloppily chopped, depending on your knife skills, it doesn’t really matter) clove of garlic 2 tablespoons...

2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped fine hot chilies, hot sauce or chli flakes to taste 1 large ancho pepper (or just use one of those “dried Mexican peppers” you see at the Superstore),...