Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
Flank Steak is a great cut of meat to make fancy-looking roulade steaks! It is a fairly inexpensive cut of meat, and if cooked and sliced correctly – can be the centerpiece of an elegant or impressive meal! One version of a roulade made with flank steak, is Braciole… an Italian version stuffed with breadcrumbs [...]
Recently, we had dinner at Eddie V’s in La Jolla to celebrate an event. For $16, you can get a “Hope Diamond” Martini with the listed ingredients of: “Grey Goose Vodka, Combier Pamplemousse Rose Liqueur, Lemon, Pea Flower Tea, Diamond Ice Cube“. The drink was really special… a lightly sweet, royal purple colored cocktail… with [...]
With the upcoming holidays, I’ve been looking for some simple, but flavorful, dessert recipes to try out for Christmas. I like to stick with ingredients that are in-season if possible – so for winter in Southern California… that means citrus! I love the bright & tart flavors that citrus fruits impart to cakes… the inclusion [...]
This evening, I needed to make a birthday cake for a vegan friend… and I’ve already made her a Chocolate Bundt Cake with Peanut Butter Glaze several times (based on the cake portion of my Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake recipe which doesn’t require dairy or eggs)… thinking it was time to bake something different, I modified [...]
There are many versions of “Buffalo Chicken” dip… and if you’ve ever had it… it can be quite addicting! This is my version of that dip… which I like to make with ranch dressing (because I’m not a huge fan of blue cheese). Because you can use pantry ingredients (including a can of Costco/Kirkland cooked [...]
Glühwein is a traditional beverage (served hot) during the Christmas holidays in Austria and Germany. It is typically made with red wine, spices, and sugar… and heated gently to avoid cooking out the alcohol. This is my father’s recipe for Glühwein. He’s never written it down, but I’ve been watching him make it every Christmas [...]
There’s a restaurant nearby that we go to sometimes that has a wonderful margarita called the “spicy tangerine”. It has a lovely sweetness, with a mild kick of spice and heat. This is my homemade version of that drink – use fresh limes & tangerines to make the juice for the best flavor! Enjoy! [...]
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