Nothing really special about this except that it tastes great and it’s one of my favorite easy things to make. If you don’t know, Chinese 5 spice is (I’m quoting wikipedia here) a combination of star anise, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, and fennel seeds.  I mix it up with some garlic powder and salt, coat a… Continue reading 5-spice crusted pork roast

This is super easy and takes ten minutes to make.  You will need either a blender or a food processor to chop everything up.  Once it’s done, it keeps in the fridge forever, because the oil will separate and seal everything else from the air.  Once it’s done, mix it up with chicken, maybe sun… Continue reading Basil Pesto

Borscht is this delicious Ukrainian soup, very common all over Russia.  It’s made from (in this case) beef, beets, and cabbage.  There are other things but that’s most of it.  And it freezes pretty well, so it’s something you can make and then just have around. Also, a note of caution: There’s no good way… Continue reading Borscht! Yay!

Just trust me, these are really good.  A note though, use thicker pork chops for this.  I used what it turns out were really thin pork chops and they got overcooked almost immediately. Pork chops with prunes 8 pork medallions or 4 manly sized pork chops 16 prunes 1 onion, diced 1/2 a cup of… Continue reading Pork chops with Prunes (yes, really)