Personal Chef
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Chicken TORTILLA Soup
I LOVE a good tortilla soup. I have a confession though. Not even thinking about the name itself, I used to make it without tortillas! I’ve just enjoyed it so many times while…
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Red Chicken Pozole
Red Chicken Pozole is another one that came to me from a request by a weekly meal client. I hadn’t made it before. To be perfectly honest, I had never even eaten it…
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Cream of Chicken Soup with Ricotta Dumplings
“Chicken and dumplings meets cream of chicken soup” is how I describe this dish. The dumplings, very similar to a gnudi, are lighter than most traditional ones. Also, they are 100% food, unlike…
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Chef Scratch is Back in Action!
There is about a 30-minute chunk of time toward the later part of the day that a ray of light shines through my kitchen window perfectly onto my cutting board. Every time I…
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Grilled Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Bacon Crimes Series Edition 1: Flabby Wrapped There is only one texture that bacon should be and that’s CRISPY! It’s one of the reasons I actually prefer thin-cut bacon over thick. When I have…
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Caprese Penne Pasta
The fresh tomatoes in this dish really brighten it up. Truly a perfect summer pasta. Simple, light, and delicious. Sometimes, that’s all you need. (function() { var d = document, s = d.createElement(‘script’);…
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Chicken & Waffles
This is another time my recipe will sway a bit from the classic. Don’t get me wrong. I love a good traditional bone-in fried chicken, however I am often cooking for specific…
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MY Chimichurri
I was browsing through Instagram the other morning when I scrolled upon a photo of a Greek salad that Jaime Oliver posted with a link to his recipe. I noticed all the naysayers…
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SoCal Summer Succotash
I was planning my new summer dinner party menu today and searching for inspiration so I decided to visit the weekly farmers market that comes every Wednesday. With summer pretty much here, I…
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Passion Piece
I often get calls and emails from solicitors trying to sell me everything from plates to advertising to what I like to call “middle-men” that try to take a cut of your…
