Recipes by chef regina

 My hope is that you will find recipe inspiration and education for your own cooking journey. Learn more about how you can create delicious meals for yourself, family, and friends!

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HELLO, Sunshine! If you crave a soft-boiled egg with perfectly cooked tender whites and gooey, jammy yolks, this is a recipe that will bring you success.  If you ask me, it’s something everyone should know how to make: like hard-boiled and scrambled eggs. It takes minutes, it requires 1 ingredient, and it’s an easy way […]

Soft Boiled Eggs

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HELLO Sunshine, Scrambled eggs are one of the little luxuries of everyday life. It’s great for breakfast or dinner, or even as a hearty snack. I have to admit that I probably use a different method for scrambling eggs every time. Sometimes I’ll add a splash of milk and sometimes not. Often, I cook them […]

Scrambled Eggs

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Summer entertaining doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming. If you happen to be the one who signed up to bring beverages- you don’t have to grab 2-liter pops. Plan ahead and really be the ‘Beverage Person’. These Agua Frescas aren’t just ‘Eye Candy’ they are delicious and a refreshing cool down.  Using just 3-4 […]

Simple & Refreshing Aguas Frescas: Agua Fresca 101

Holidays and Seasonal, Sips, Tips and Techniques

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Whoa, There’s a Much Better Way to Use a Garlic Press WHAT IS A GARLIC PRESS? A garlic press, or garlic crusher, is a kitchen tool that looks similar to a nutcracker. It turns fresh garlic into minced garlic by dropping garlic coves into the well and pressing it through small holes. A garlic press […]

HOW USE A GARLIC PRESS

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HOW TO CUT BASIL Chiffonade is a culinary term for any thinly cut strips of vegetables or herbs – usually a garnish. In French it literally means “made of rags.’ Note-there are 6 photo steps but I’ve combined steps 2 and 3 in direction notes.  Steps to the Chiffonade Cut 1.Take a few leaves of basil […]

HOW TO CUT BASIL

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5 Ingredients, Dinner

lemon butter fish on top of a bed of asparagus and vegetable rice

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Lemon Butter Fish may be more frequently ordered at restaurants than made at home. It’s not your typical Tuesday night, in-between after a long day’s meal. But it can be. And it is.  This Easy Lemon Butter Fish goes from stovetop to tabletop with five ingredients in just 20 minutes. This recipe is fabulous with […]

Lemon Butter Fish

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You can make your own blue cheese dressing with just a few ingredients and just under 10 minutes. I’m sure it will tastes even better than store-bought. It’s true, you either love blue cheese or you can do without it. My husband, Stan, is staunchly on the “love it” side of things. There are so […]

Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe

Homemade Pantry Condiments, Soups or Salad & Dressing

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A great deal of Americans love a good Root Beer Float – a classic and fun drink recipe made with bubbly root beer, creamy vanilla ice cream, and a few other ingredients that takes it over the top! Here’s how to make the absolute BEST one! A nostalgic throwback to simpler times and soda shoppe […]

An American Classic – Root Beer Float

Holidays and Seasonal, Sips

Holidays and Seasonal, Sips

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Stay cool and hydrated during these summer days with this thirst quenching Watermelon Mint Agua Fresca! It’s incredibly quick and easy to make this cool and light mint infused fruity beverage.  DID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE? Tag @reginadmitchell on Instagram and hashtag it #reginadmitchell If you love this recipe, please consider giving it a star […]

Watermelon Agua Fresca

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