Column Antonio Villagomez
- Asian style pork tenderloin is amazingly easy
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- When I served this amazingly easy and tasty Asian style pork loin at a recent catering, many people offered their compliments and asked me to share the recipe.
AMAZINGLY EASY ASIAN STYLE PORK TENDERLOIN
Ingredients
2 pounds pork tenderloin
For ma... Full story
- Pan-seared salmon makes a quick meal
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Today I am sharing a very simple pan-seared salmon recipe that you can prepare in just a few minutes.
PAN-SEARED SALMON
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 6-ounce salmon filets
4 boiled red potatoes, cut into cubes
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
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- Enjoy a tasty shrimp linguini
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing a very tasty pasta recipe.
SHRIMP PUTTANESCA WITH LINGUINI
Ingredients
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
2 tablespoons capers
1⁄2 cup chopped kalamata olives
1 tablespoon cho... Full story
- Eating Around the World: It's time to get back to grilling
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing a very easy grilled chicken recipe.
GRILLED CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES
Ingredients
2 tablespoons smoked paprika
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon lemon pepper
1 tablespoon finely chopped chipotle pepper
4 t... Full story
- Eating Around the World: Try a savory bread pudding
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing a recipe for a very tasty savory seafood bread pudding.SAVORY SEAFOOD BREAD PUDDING
Ingredients
2 cups diced croissants
2 cups diced sourdough bread
4 tablespoons melted butter
2 cups chicken stock
2 cups heavy cream
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- Enjoy a tasty picadillo casserole
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing a simple recipe for a very tasty picadillo casserole, a dish that is popular in many Caribbean and Latin American countries.
PICADILLO CASSEROLE
Ingredients
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped ca... Full story
- Serve elegant lobster to your valentine
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing a very simple and elegant recipe for lobster that could make a perfect Valentine's Day dinner.
ELEGANT LOBSTER IN CREAM SAUCE
Ingredients
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 pound lobster meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 cup slice... Full story
- Serve a traditional Veracruz red snapper
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing a very popular recipe from the Mexican state of Veracruz: huachinango en salsa de tomate, or red snapper with tomato sauce.
HUACHINANGO EN SALSA DE TOMATE
Serves four to six
Ingredients
3 tablespoons cooking oil
4 red sna... Full story
- Try a broccoli rabé pasta
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing another simple pasta recipe that is delicious as well. It uses broccoli rabé, a leafy vegetable also known as rapini.
BROCCOLI RABE PASTA
Ingredients
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound broccoli rabé
1 tablespoo... Full story
- Enjoy a healthy veggie lasagna
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, one of my customers requested that I share a very simple recipe for vegetarian lasagna.
VEGETARIAN LASAGNA
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
1 cup chopped onion
1⁄2 cup chopped celery
1⁄2 c... Full story
- Chicken piccata offers a taste of Italy
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing a very simple recipe for chicken piccata.
CHICKEN PICCATA
Ingredients
1 pound uncooked chicken breast, thinly sliced
Flour, for tossing the chicken in
5 tablespoons olive oil, divided use
2 teaspoons chopped garlic, divi... Full story
- Enjoy an easy-to-prepare 3-cheese ravioli
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, we are preparing an easy three-cheese ravioli served in a tomato-basil sauce.
THREE-CHEESE RAVIOLI
Ingredients
For ravioli:
2 cups ricotta cheese
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup grated Manchego cheese
1 cup caramelized fennel, se... Full story
- Enjoy traditional holiday chowder
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Every Christmas Eve, my mother-in-law makes clam chowder. Since I'm writing this recipe on Christmas Eve, I decided to share the recipe with you.
CLAM CHOWDER
Ingredients
1 cup chopped bacon
1 cup chopped onion
1⁄2 cup chopped carrot
1&fr... Full story
- Shrimp pasta makes an easy, delicious dinner
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing a simple yet delicious recipe for Shrimp and Mushroom Pasta. If you prefer, you may substitute chicken for the shrimp in this recipe.
SHRIMP AND MUSHROOM PASTA
Ingredients
1 pound dry linguini noodles
3 tablespoons butter
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- Beer brightens lamb stew
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing a very simple and tasty lamb stew recipe that I am sure you will love.
LAMB STEW
Makes about eight servings
Ingredients
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 pounds lamb, cut into cubes
2 cups peeled pearl onions
2 tablespoons chop... Full story
- Warm up with poblano chicken stew
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, we are preparing a very simple chicken and poblano pepper stew that is perfect for a rainy winter day.
POBLANO CHICKEN STEW
Serves eight
Ingredients
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 pounds chicken, any cut you prefer, cut into bite-size ... Full story
- Serve roasted butternut squash soup with Parmesan-garlic bread
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, we are preparing a very simple butternut squash soup that is served with Parmesan garlic bread. Instead of pureeing the soup, I designed this recipe to highlight the flavor of the roasted squash by keeping the pieces intact in the creamy b... Full story
- Peppers are a holiday favorite
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week I want to share a very traditional holiday recipe that rarely you find on menus in the US that is called chiles en nogada – minced meat filled peppers topped with a walnut cream and pomegranate. There are many variations for this reci... Full story
- Pozole is Mexico's favorite winter soup
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, we are preparing one of Mexico's most popular winter soups, pozole.
POZOLE
Ingredients
4 ounces dried guajillo peppers
2 cups chopped onion
8 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons dried oregano
3 pounds pork shoulder,... Full story
- Prime rib part of a delicious feast
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, we are preparing one of my favorite meals for winter time: prime rib, mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus.
PRIME RIB DINNER
Serves eight to 10
Ingredients
For the roast:
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
4 table... Full story
- Try a unique autumn soup
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, we are preparing tasty fall soup that I am sure you will enjoy.
PUMPKIN AND PORK SOUP
Ingredients
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 pound pork shoulder, cubed
1 cup chopped onion
1⁄2 cup chopped carrot
1⁄2 cup chopped celery... Full story
- Warm up with an easy white bean and kale soup recipe
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, we are preparing a very simple and tasty soup recipe that my wife has been making for years.
WHITE BEAN AND KALE SOUP
Ingredients
2 cups dried white beans
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1... Full story
- Enjoy tasty Thai green curry shrimp
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, we are preparing a very simple and tasty Thai green curry.
THAI GREEN CURRY SHRIMP
Ingredients
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
1 teaspoon chopped Thai green p... Full story
- Enjoy this simple jambalaya
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing a very simple jambalaya recipe.
JAMBALAYA
Ingredients
4 tablespoons butter
1⁄2 pound boneless, skinless chicken, cut into small pieces
1 cup chopped onion
1⁄2 cup chopped celery
1-1⁄2 cups long-grain r... Full story
- Get ready for fall with Mexican pork shepherd's pie
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, we are preparing a very delicious dish consisting of slow-cooked pork served topped with mashed potatoes in a shepherd pie style.
MEXICAN PORK SHEPHERD PIE
Ingredients
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 pounds pork shoulder, cut into bite-s... Full story
- Cinnamon rolls make a morning treat
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Last weekend, I did a brunch catering. One of the most popular dishes that I served was the cinnamon rolls, so I decided to share the recipe.
CINNAMON ROLLS
Ingredients
For the dough:
2 cups buttermilk
1⁄2 cup melted butter
1⁄2 cup ... Full story
- It's a peachy time of year
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- A friend of mine, Ed Hebert, brought me some peaches, so I was thinking about what I could do with them. To thank him for the delicious fruit, this week we are preparing a very tasty peach crisp with peach ice cream and peach chips.
This recipe migh... Full story
- Mole Amarillo has great flavor
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, we are preparing a very different mole that most people don't know about: Mole Amarillo, or yellow mole with chicken. Some of the traditional mole ingredients are not easily found in our area, so I have made a few substitutions in this rec... Full story
- Enjoy a sweet berry cheesecake
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, I am sharing a recipe for one of my favorite desserts ever, cheesecake. In this case, it's a white chocolate and berry cheesecake.
WHITE CHOCOLATE-BERRY CHEESECAKE
Ingredients
For the crust:
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
6 tablespoons ... Full story
- Grill up some carne asada
- By Antonio Villagomez/For the Appeal-Democrat
- This week, we are preparing a simple, traditional recipe for carne asada.
CARNE ASADA
Ingredients
3 pounds arrachera beef, thinly sliced (any quality butcher shop should carry it)
For marinade:
2 cups sliced onion
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
Jui... Full story
