The Screaming Redhead Cooks and Eats

06/20/2026

My Mongolian beef and noodles with broccolini for dinner. So good! (Topped with an egg of course!)

06/08/2026

If you LOVE crab legs like I do (mmmm!) Then you’ll love testing out this oven roasted cooking method for better sweetness and not watered down flavor!
Added note, grilling also does this beautifully! One reason I LOVE char grilled oysters too! 🦀 🦪

Most people boil crab legs and wonder why they taste watery. The water is exactly the problem. 🦀🔥

Boiling is the only cooking method where flavour actively leaves the food.

Crab meat is full of water-soluble amino acids, glycine and betaine — the compounds responsible for its distinctive sweetness.

In boiling water those compounds leach out of the shell and into the water you pour down the drain.

Oven roasting at 200°C does the opposite. Dry heat concentrates those same compounds inside the shell. The natural sweetness intensifies instead of diluting.

Butter roasting with continuous basting adds a layer of Maillard from the milk solids on top of the concentrated natural flavour.

Same crab legs. One method concentrates. One dilutes.

Save this and stop boiling your crab legs.

06/08/2026

Tonight’s dinner… my bucatini carbonara. It was so delicious and silky sexy! A family favorite!

05/05/2026

Happy Cinco de Mayo my friends! In celebration, I’m having avocado toast with microgreens for brekky! Ole!

04/29/2026

This place has some amazing food! I’ve never stumbled upon it until now in London Gatwick, but I’m happy to find out there’s one on Water Street in Tampa, so if I’m ever down that way I’ll definitely be there! My adult kids and hubby would LOVE the food, I’m positive!
After I finish up I’ll write a review. The food is beautiful AND delicious!

true nourishment. from bowl to soul

04/23/2026

Oh yes I DID! 🤭
I had a leftovers from my delish meat free dinner last night and I made an amazing breakfast from them!
I started by heating up a pan and adding fresh minced ginger and garlic, then I put the leftover basmati rice in, and 2 small ribs of celery chopped. I stir fried that until fully fragrant and heated through, then I added my Dal tadka (yellow lentils in a beautiful spiced sauce) and heated that through. Then I made a well in the middle and cracked two eggs in, scrambling them and slowly incorporating the rice into them as they cooked.
Results?? Beautiful Indian fried rice for breakfast that packs in great protein and fiber PLUS a punch of amazing flavors AND I used up my leftovers! Woot! Win win!

04/16/2026

If you’ve never made these, I’m here to tell you now, it’s the BEST way to have sweet potatoes! Swooooon!
I actually season with some taco seasoning and omit the salt & pepper sometimes for that earthy yummy flavor or taco meat but much healthier!
This is a go to lunch or snack if I eat a half at a time!
You can also cut into about 1” rounds too for bite sized to share or add to a snacking plate.
I’ll be making these a LOT in my future!

Recipe:

Crispy Parmesan Sweet Potato Halves

Crispy parmesan sweet potato halves.
Sweet potatoes
Parmesan cheese grated
Olive oil
Garlic powder (I prefer granulated garlic)
Paprika
Seasoning of choice
And or hi S&P to taste
Parchment paper
Prep:
cut the sweet potatoes in halves lengthwise, toss with olive oil and spices (garlic, paprika, seasoning of choice, which is taco seasoning for me, etc), and press cut-side down into a thick layer of grated Parmesan on parchment paper.
Roast at 400-425°F for 25-30 minutes until golden (depending on size, I like to use smaller medium sized ones personally) letting them cool for 10 minutes to ensure a crispy texture. (The cooling is important!!)

04/15/2026

Yummy yummy! Hubby took me to sushi, and I’m stuffed! After edamame I had a uramaki tuna 4pc and a 4 pc of dynamite veggie roll (my favorite!!) and two pieces of nigiri, a shrimp and seared salmon. So tasty! 🍣 🍱
🇯🇵 in 🇪🇬

04/15/2026

Turned onto these titanium cutting boards by a culinary goddess friend and super smart cookie (thanks Laurie-Beth Robbins!) and now these are in my Amazon wish list and MUST become part of my kitchen arsenal (use those good solid blade knives ladies and gents!)

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04/13/2026

This girl might sometimes be hard to please, but today hubby bought me some heart of palm from metro market (something not really regularly found here in Egypt I assume from the unusually high price, as most things are very reasonably priced grocery wise) and they are so good!
Thankfully really great quality and organic. I was so excited I popped them open for a snack as soon as I got home! And I have 4 more to either use in salads, or just snack on again. Yummm🤭🤣