Mains

Lamb Rogan Josh

Lamb Rogan Josh

Lamb Rogan Josh is a gorgeous, aromatic dish loaded with seven spices worth stocking your pantry with. This might seem complex but once you measure out your spices you’ll find its addictively delicious and easy enough to make a weekly staple.  This Lamb Rogan Josh stew was a spur of […]

SousVide Strip Steak

Sousvide Strip Steak

Sousvide is a method of cooking which submerges a sealed food in to a constant temperature water bath for several hours. A Strip Steak cooked at 132°F for 2 hours results in a perfect medium rare interior temperature. 

Coconut Miso Mussels

Coconut Miso Mussels

These plump and delicious PEI Mussels are steamed in Coconut Milk, Miso, and Lime Juice drawing on influences from South East Asia.

Roast Cauliflower Tacos

Roast Cauliflower Tacos

If you’re in love with tacos as much as me, you might be looking for something a little lighter and easier to make on a regular basis. Roast Cauliflower is dead simple and can be seasoned in any creative way you’d like to rival even the best meat-filled tacos.  I […]

Eat Up! Kitchen Split Roast Chicken

Split Roast Chicken

The Roast Chicken is a simple, nourishing, inexpensive, staple recipe that everyone should be able to prepare. There are a hundred ways to make it but this is my favorite. This post was updated on 2/19/2019 with additional photos and improved cooking time and temp. If you ask any accomplished […]

Flank Steak Stir Fry with Broccoli and Peppers

Flank Steak Stir Fry with Broccoli and Peppers

This simple stir fry with flank steak, broccoli and peppers comes together quick with one of the best homemade stir fry sauces ever! The most important step to this recipe is prepping the ingredients before you start cooking. Stir fry happens fast so you want to be ready.  Besides, a clean […]

Mexican Pork and Tomatillo Stew

Mexican Pork and Tomatillo Stew

  This simple and flavorful Mexican pork stew with tomatillos can be prepped in under 25 minutes. The sauce is made with just a few ingredients you’ll combine in a blender or food processor. The bright acidic tomatillos melt away and thicken the sauce as they stew with the pork for […]

Crockpot Pork Tacos

Crockpot Pork Tacos and Homemade Hot Sauce

Slow cooked pork shoulder makes for some easy weeknight tacos. There’s a thousand ingredients you could smother over crockpot pork but we’re only using a handful to braise the pork and render in to a homemade hot sauce. 

Dan Dan Noodles

Dan Dan Noodles

Dan Dan Noodles get their name from the spicy sauce and noodles found on either side of a stick (dan) spanning the shoulders. The merchant would combine the ingredients from each of the two buckets to serve the spicy noodles. What makes Dan Dan Noodles so notable is the combination […]

Shish Taouk

Shish Taouk

Shout out to my friend Catherine for telling me about Shish Taouk.  Shish Taouk is, from what I’ve gathered, skewered chicken with a wide variety of marinades and accompaniments depending on what part of the world you’re in.  As Catherine and I discussed, this particular preparation contains sumac, a wonderful spice […]

Chicken Parm

Chicken Parm

I really wanted chicken parm and and spaghetti this week.  I’m also trying to avoid heavy starches like pasta.  Wait until you see what I used instead.  This recipe includes chicken parm, tomato sauce, and slow braised asparagus with garlic and lemon. When I told my friend I was working […]

Seared Scallops

Pan-Seared Scallops with Microgreens

I feel like scallops don’t get enough attention.  They’re one of the easiest, most delicious, and healthy, sustainable land or sea foods you could eat or cook. They’re low in fat and high in protein and B-12. Your basic pan-seared Atlantic sea scallop with butter and lemon can be made […]

Fajita

Chicken Fajitas

Previously, on Eat Up! Kitchen… I was having a hard time deciding on something quick and easy to make with the defrosting chicken breasts in my fridge.  I’ve braised and I’ve nuggetted.  I’ve pan roasted and I’ve souped.  The weather was nice but I was feeling too lazy to clean the grill.  Not […]