Articles tagged with: Cooking

Jim’s Turkey Brine Recipe Jim’s Turkey Brine Recipe
Posted in Food, General, Headline, JimPhelps, Life in Madison, Recipes on 23 November 2008

I’ve had several requests for my turkey brine and herb paste recipes. In a just-in-time fashion, I’ve posted them below. I use an organic, range raised heritage turkey for my Thanksgiving turkey. I also use this brine for pork chops and turkey breasts that I cook on the grill.

Jim’s Fire and Wine Scallops Recipe Jim’s Fire and Wine Scallops Recipe
Posted in Featured, Life in Madison, Recipes on 29 August 2008

The sauce and spice mix add a little heat and sweetness to the already sweet scallops. This recipe takes about 15 minutes to prep and 10 minutes to cook. I served these with a cold Green and White bean salad and crostini and an Italian white wine. This serves two as a [...]

First from the Farmer’s Market
Posted in Food, Life in Madison on 20 April 2008

Last night we cooked the first dinner of the season from the Farmer’s Market. All of the food came from the Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square except for the Mint Newman-Ohs. We made grilled trout with a parsley pesto (italian parsley, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper), grilled fingerling potatoes [...]

Black Bean and Chorizo Soup
Posted in Food, JimPhelps, Life in Madison on 10 December 2007

This was dinner last night. It worked out well especially for a “found this in the freezer” dinner. Note: I did not measure out the ingredients exactly. Somethings are pretty easy - a can of X is a can of X. Other things were by eye and taste.
Ingredients
2 Chorizo [...]