tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91884088183398715622026-09-13T14:09:17.723-04:00I love to cook and this is the place where I share some of my favorite recipes.Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.comBlogger323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-36139565982887112322017-06-28T13:20:00.001-04:002017-06-28T13:20:23.017-04:00

Super simple and pure decadence!  Seriously, one ingredient and a minute's time worth of work! The only difficult part in making this is the wait!!  Yes, it is ready quite a bit sooner using the Instant Pot...almost 14 hours sooner, but in honesty, while both come out equally as delicious, we have a preference for using the sous vide method.  Dulce de Leche is a treat for

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-84922519624779970552017-06-22T15:41:00.003-04:002017-06-22T15:41:30.022-04:00

We just adore rich, creamy, dense, luxurious cheesecake.  The problem though, when there's a large cake in the house, everyone keeps trying to "even out" the slices or the cake, eating more and more with no stopping.  Come on, you know you do it too!!  So when we want a treat, the best solution for our waistlines is portion control and making these mini cheesecakes works

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We have visited Belize a number of times, but always quickly as one of many port stops on a cruise. Because of the quick visits, sadly we have rarely enjoyed the cuisine of the island.   On one of our visits though we did explore and had the opportunity to enjoy some traditional Belizean food, including the Stew Chicken.  Well, when we love something, and trust me, we adored the

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-11995337961250366502017-03-12T14:56:00.001-04:002017-03-12T14:56:40.630-04:00

Here in the Cook Lisa Cook home, we adore wings. Some of the wings we've blogged about were our Baked Buffalo Wings, Baked Teriyaki Wings, Baked Tandoori Wings, and Baked Chinese Five-Spice Wings.  One thing you'll notice about all the wings which we make is, every-single-one is baked.  We bake them hot and fast so they remain juicy and moist inside and even without frying, they have

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-77667357453891847982017-03-11T15:55:00.002-05:002017-03-11T15:55:35.329-05:00

For over two years, we have been enjoying our adaptation of Melissa Joulwan’s Silky Gingered Zucchini Soup.  You'd think that by now we'd be tired of it and would have moved on to a different favorite soup, but truth be told, I can still eat this soup every.single.day, especially for breakfast.  It's a great way to get in some healthy bone both and it's always warm and

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We have a favorite Salsa Verde Chicken recipe which we've enjoyed many, many times, but it was time to change it up a bit and add a twist, so enter Coconut Mango Salsa Verde Chicken.  The heat of the peppers and the creaminess of the coconut milk along with the sweetness of the mango are perfection. Add in that it cooks in the Instant Pot in just mere minutes, makes this a winning dish

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We very rarely eat out at restaurants, but when we do, it is most often Asian restaurants of one variety or another,  One of our favorite places to have a meal is in the food court of the Atlanta Chinatown Mall.  While we enjoy food from many of the different restaurants, and have our favorite dish from each, when Mama wants comfort food, it's usually the chicken curry from Hong Kong

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A number of years ago we started eating Cauli-rice in lieu of regular rice, in an attempt to cut down on carbs and be a bit healthier.  Now whenever "rice" is served in our home, it's almost always a delicious version of a cauli-rice.  This Toasted Cauli-Rice is rich, mild and somewhat creamy, because of the ghee.  Toasting the cauliflower a bit adds just another flavor

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-52299785347952840282017-02-09T14:55:00.002-05:002017-02-09T14:55:52.879-05:00

Maisie's crepes filled with Nutella...Yumminess! Maisie adores crepes, but as she's gluten free, they haven't in the past come always out as delicious or as close to regular crepes as we would have liked.  That was until we started using cassava flour in place of other flours.  Cassava crepes cook up beautifully and taste gorgeous! The only difference when making cassava crepes

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-32463102084186580052017-01-20T17:53:00.001-05:002017-01-20T17:53:44.606-05:00

Chile is often on the menu at our home and this Yucatan Green Chili Saute from Melissa Joulwan's book Well Fed Weekends, has become a favorite!  We love that this is a quick onepot meal which includes protein and vegetables.  Even better, it's delicious freshly made or as leftovers.  Of course in our home, no good recipe can be left as found so we tweaked this one to our taste

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-57763958840041429862017-01-07T15:54:00.000-05:002017-01-07T15:54:02.583-05:00

It's a snowy day here in Georgia and nothing is better than a hot delicious bowl of soup.  Maisie put in her request for Creamy Tomato Soup.  As we had all the necessary ingredients in the house, her wish was granted.  This recipe was made in our 8-qt Instant Pot but could easily be made in any pressure cooker or even in just a pot on the stove.  We enjoy the soup with a bit

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-73451660499104479802015-10-04T23:45:00.000-04:002015-10-04T23:45:00.288-04:00

Oh my gosh, we cannot believe that it’s October already, September seemed to pass in an instant!  Guess that getting back into the groove of school and of course coming down with the crud from all those new germs, and being sick for over half the month had something to do with it.  Here we are though, on the mend and Autumn is in the air so back on our game and hopefully back to some

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We have been sick with the crud this month so soup and scrambled eggs have made up the bulk of our diet.  We made some super-easy Cheaters Chicken Soup and then turned around, once we got a bit of our energy back, and turned some of the stock into this delicious, creamy, spicy, hearty, filling soup as it’s a great way to use up the leftover chicken.  We enjoy the soup quite hot and

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Today we are re-visiting a favorite recipe of ours Cheaters Chicken Soup, as we’ve spent so much of the month sick with the crud and honestly when everyone is doing just enough to make it through the day, no one wants to cook or have heavy meals but chicken soup is love and makes everyone feel better.  We purchased roasted chickens from Whole Foods, took off some of the meat we wanted to eat

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-7418823188431438902015-09-06T23:45:00.000-04:002015-10-04T15:47:17.638-04:00

Have you ever had a dish which you always enjoyed growing up but over the years it was forgotten?  Well that’s the deal with this easy, past loved recipe from our Secret Recipe Club assigned blog this month. We were perusing Laura’s blog, Mother Would Know, and saw her recipe for Egg-in-the-Hole and all the delicious memories returned.  It was a done deal as to what was going to be

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-92029716783778611082015-08-25T13:35:00.000-04:002015-08-28T13:39:54.483-04:00

For people who love all sorts of food, we dine out very, very infrequently.  When we do go to a restaurant it’s generally to the local Szechuan restaurant where the food reminds us of our time in China.  One of our favorite dishes, which we always order, is Dry Fried Eggplant.  This is our attempt to recreate the dish and honestly we are pretty darn close.  Though this dish

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We adore stuffed cabbage but making it can be awfully time consuming. Enter Un-Stuffed Cabbage Soup, tastes just as delicious and takes just a fraction of the work and time to make.  We make this for a quick hearty meal in the pressure cooker which cuts the time even more, but it’s just as easily made in a pot on the stovetop. Sweet & Sour Un-Stuffed Cabbage Soup  olive oil 1/

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We adore chicken wings!  Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings, Tandoori Chicken Wings, Chinese Five-Spice Wings and now, Baked Teriyaki Wings.  This month for Secret Recipe Club we were assigned Sarah’s blog, Things I Make for Dinner.  We immediately spied her recipe for Teriyaki wings and knowing that we had wings in the freezer which were purchased during a fabu sale, (wink, wink Sarah)

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-71684036867040682092015-07-20T13:08:00.000-04:002015-08-08T20:47:57.741-04:00

Delicious, spicy eggplant, ready to enjoy!  We adore eggplant and this recipe is super simple and just a bit different, one of our favorites. Steamed eggplant dusted with spice, ready for the oven. Baked Eggplant with Cumin 2 lbs. medium eggplants 6 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup olive oil 1 tsp. paprika 1 heaping tsp. ground cumin 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper salt fresh ground

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-39765695842052009232015-07-13T12:46:00.000-04:002015-07-28T12:42:48.499-04:00

We adore spicy food here in the Cook Lisa Cook house so when we spied this recipe for Doro Wat on Nom Nom Paleo’s site, we just knew it had to be made.  The original recipe called for a tablespoon of the spice berbere but Michelle said that they used 1½ tablespoons because they’re masochists, so we figured what the heck, if they can do it, we’ll be masochists too, so we went for the larger

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-81465345273999585632015-07-05T23:45:00.000-04:002015-07-14T18:40:33.662-04:00

Seven weeks down and five to go before it’s back to school for Miss. Maisie.  We can’t believe how quickly summer is passing and honestly none of us are looking forward to it being over and returning to the school year schedule.  One of the things that we’re really enjoying this summer is our time relaxing out on the dock, sipping our cocktails and snacking on appetizers, such an

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-3853567014830595722015-06-24T08:59:00.001-04:002015-06-24T09:18:40.259-04:00

We’ve been on a bit of a deviled eggs kick here in the Cook Lisa Cook house as the eggs are a super simple delicious, ready to grab bite, for a meal or a snack.  They’re also a nice treat along with our Chipotle Stuffed Mushrooms to enjoy with a drink on these hot summer afternoons when we’re kicking back and relaxing on our dock doing nothing but looking out at the water and listening to

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-16475569279176089092015-06-08T09:00:00.000-04:002015-06-08T09:00:06.610-04:00

Every once in a while we crave a special treat and a Thai coffee is often what is desired. As it's hot outside, we decided to take it one step further and turn that coffee into a Thai Coffee Frappe.  Something a bit different and total deliciousness!!    Thai Coffee Frappe 2 cups strong brewed coffee 1/4 tsp. ground coriander scant 1/8 tsp. ground cardamom pinch roasted

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-76296702648213727782015-05-31T23:45:00.000-04:002015-06-02T12:39:07.464-04:00

Summer is here and there’s nothing better than sitting out on our dock on a warm evening, enjoying an adult beverage and a few appetizers.  Honestly we sometimes make appetizers our meal during the summer as it’s laid back, easy and seriously, who wants to spend time in the kitchen over the stove or have the oven running for hours.  Fun-finger-food followed by marshmallow kabobs (

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188408818339871562.post-46808824311725386562015-05-11T11:46:00.001-04:002015-05-11T12:23:31.909-04:00

It seems like forever ago, a friend, Alison, posted a recipe on Facebook for these No-Bake Energy Bites and we thought they would be a hit with Maisie.  That thought was immediately confirmed when Alison shared some of the ones she made with Maisie and she begged to make them that very night!  We have made these bites numerous times and they’re still a requested favorite.  They are

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