Table of Contents
Introduction 8
Starters and Snicky Snacks 11
Freshly Roasted Salsa with Fried Corn Tortilla Chips 12
Spanakopita Triangles with Phyllo Pastry from Scratch 15
Baba Ganoush with Housemade Pita 20
Provolone-Stuffed Long Hots 26
Hearty Chicken Tuscan Zuppa 29
Avgolémono Soup 31
Pasta e Fagioli Napoletana 35
Roasted Pumpkin Bisque 37
Homemade Caesar Salad with Garlic Croutons 41
Shanghai Chicken Salad with Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette 43
Balela Salad 47
Gruyère and Thyme Popovers 48
Homemade Chicken Stock Two Ways 51
Rockstar Dinners 53
Sunday Meat-a-ballz 54
Jamaican Jerk Steak 57
Grilled Chicken Gyros 58
Chilaquiles Verdes con Polio 61
Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce 63
Grilled Chicken Enchiladas Rojas 67
Indoor Barbecued Pulled Pork with Honey Coleslaw 69
Pecan-Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Rosemary Brown Butter 73
Sesame Salmon with Sweet Jalapeño Udon Noodles 75
Veal Milanese 79
Restaurant-Style Crab Cakes with Sriracha Rémoulade 80
Homemade Marinara with Pasta from Scratch 83
Cinnamon Penne with Butternut Squash and Kale 90
Eat Your Veggies! 93
Roasted Cauliflower with Pignoli 94
Grilled Summer Vegetables with Dill Yogurt 97
Roasted Carrots with Goat Cheese 99
Jewel Candy Sweet Potatoes 103
Steakhouse Creamed Spinach 104
Mexican Street Corn (Esquites) 107
Cypriot Cinnamon Potatoes with Dill Yogurt 108
Roasted Beets and Goat Cheese Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette 111
Asian-Style Coconut Broccoli 113
Sautéed Swiss Chard with Cannellini Beans
Champions Eat Breakfast! 119
Buttermilk Blueberry Flapjacks 120
Briám with Baked Eggs and Garlic Crostini 123
Easy Homemade Blueberry Muffins 125
Pressure Cooker Steel Cut Oats 129
Cranberry-Almond Granola 130
Strawberries and Cream Protein Shake 133
Apple Pie Breakfast Pudding 134
Everything Shugá 137
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting 138
Beach Blueberry Pie Salted Caramel Pecan Pumpkin Cheesecake 144
Summer Peach Cobble 147
Best Banana Bread 150
Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies 153
Baklava with Orange Syrup 154
Pecan Pie with Crème Chantilly 157
Red Velvet Cupcakes 160
Gingerbread Milkshake 163
Pecan Candy 164
Crafty Cocktails 167
Jalapeño Mezcal Margaritas 168
Sex Sidecars 171
Raspberry Mojitos 172
Orange-Berry Sangria 175
Candy Apple Martinis 176
Merry Margaritas 179
Acknowledgments 181
About the Author 183
Index 184