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Base Recipes with Turkey Breast

Base recipes add cross utilization and labor-saving versatility to your operation, easily expanding menu options with only a few additional ingredients. In this video I’m using raw turkey breast to showcase the fundamentals of base recipes.

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Slammin’ Salmon Restaurant Recipe

What makes this salmon recipe absolutely slammin’?! A unique and flavorful preparation, it’s the perfect platform to showcase delicious healthy salmon on your menu.

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Game Day Appetizer

Does your pantry need a pregame pep talk? Are your recipes ready to throw in the towel? That’s OK! We all need a little game day inspiration from time to time.

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4 Ingredient Whoopie Pie Filling

Out of your regular whoopie pie filling? No worries! 10-5 minutes and 4 ingredients is all you need! Butter, fluff, powder sugar, and vanilla extract will be back on track and on your way to scooping and filling whoopie pie shells.

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Eggplant, Finding Beauty Beneath the Blemish

Most of us purchase and use eggplant for traditional preparations, such as eggplant Parmesan, grilled and stuffed with ricotta for an Eggplant Roulade or perhaps even a breaded eggplant version of a French fry. But ultimately, there will come a time when you find a handful of eggplant within the case that are looking less than desirable.

Curry Zucchini Salad

It’s a good idea to have a few go-to ingredients in your culinary arsenal–the combination of the ingredients, and the resulting flavors in this dish, translate to fresh, all-season comfort food.

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Quickles! Housemade Quick Pickles

Quickles are an expeditious way to always have fresh “pickled brightness” close at hand; helping you add a pop of sweet and sour crunch to your favorite recipes.

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Chef’s Pantry: Labor-Saving Scones

Although scone dough is relatively easy to make, it does take time to produce, and it can add an unnecessary bake shop-style mess to your limited kitchen space. That said, one of my favorite labor-saving items is the Pillsbury scone dough line.

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Choosing the Perfect Steak Cut

Technically there is no “red meat season”, but if I had to pull one out of thin air, the kickoff would be July. If you choose wisely, season well and use proper cooking techniques, you will be hitting menu home runs all day long.