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Discover delicious, chef-curated recipes from YaDa Chef, a personal chef service, in Jensen Beach, Hutchinson Island, Stuart, and Port Saint Lucie Florida. Explore fresh, creative dishes that bring gourmet dining to your home!

Jacques Pepin’s Flatbread Recipe

Jacques Pepin’s Flatbread Recipe

  I saw Chef Pepin make this on one of his shows, and thought, that is almost like the bread I used to make when I lived on the Beach in St. Augustine Florida and I had no yeast. I called it a cheat pizza dough, and I added tons of granulated garlic.   Serves 6   1...

Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe

Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe

Serves 8   1/3 cup/80ml mayonnaise 1/3 cup/80ml sour cream Juice of 1/2 lemon 3 ounces/85g crumble blue cheese Salt and pepper to taste   Add the mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice and blue cheese to a bowl.  Mix well.  Taste for seasoning.  Add salt and pepper as...

Caesar Dressing Recipe

Caesar Dressing Recipe

Caesar salad was invented in the early 1920s by Caesar Cardini, an Italian chef who owned a restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico. He moved to Tijuana from California to avoid Prohibition, and it was here, on July 4th, 1924, where Caesar is believed to have invented the...

Baked Eggs in Tomato Cups Recipe

Baked Eggs in Tomato Cups Recipe

    This is a Great dish to do for a crowd of 2 or 20.  Many people over cooked baked eggs and they come out tough.  There are two ways to remedy this. Both methods are shown below. Try both choose the one that works for you.  We have not done either of these in...

Prune Sauce Recipe

Prune Sauce Recipe

  We first sauce this sauce on one of our favourite cooking shows, The Two Fat Ladies.  It is really delicious and goes so well with ham, in our case turkey ham.  We’ve cut the original recipe in half and have taken some liberties with spices.   Serves 4   20...

Easy Baked Alaska Recipe (Betty Crocker)

Easy Baked Alaska Recipe (Betty Crocker)

  Ingredients 1box (18.3 oz) Betty Crocker™ Fudge Brownie Mix Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on brownie mix box for cakelike brownies 6cups (1.5 quarts) strawberry ice cream, softened 6egg whites, room temperature 3/4cup sugar 1/2teaspoon cream of tartar...

Orange Salmon Recipe

Orange Salmon Recipe

Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds/680g salmon fillet  1/3 cup/79ml orange marmalade  1/2 cup/120ml orange juice  1 tablespoon/5ml Dijon mustard  1 teaspoon/5ml ginger  2 teaspoons/10ml salt free citrus-herb seasoning Directions Rinse salmon fillet under cold water and pat dry...

Vegan Chocolate Custard Recipe

Vegan Chocolate Custard Recipe

    Ingredients: 4 level tablespoons/60ml corn flour 6 tablespoons/75g/90ml white sugar 2 cups/500ml milk substitute 1 cup/225ml water 5 tablespoons/37.5g/75ml cocoa 1 teaspoon/5ml vanilla extract   Add all ingredients to a saucepan and whisk vigorously until...

Beef Wellington Recipe

Beef Wellington Recipe

    You can use the tines of a fork to “decorate” the edges, or you can place the mixture more in the middle and gather the edges to make a “parcel”.       Serves 4   1 pound/450g filet of beef, cut in 4 equal pieces 2 large shallots, minced 1 pound/450g baby bella...

Cobb Salad Recipe

Cobb Salad Recipe

I like to dress the salad in advance. Too many people drown the salad, obscuring any subtle taste you get with proper dressing. If you do dress the salad it is important to serve it immediately or the ingredients will wilt and get soggy. Everything can be prepared and...

Almond Milk Recipe

Almond Milk Recipe

  The best homemade almond milk recipe you'll ever make!   Ingredients 1 cup/243g raw whole almonds 4 cups/950ml filtered water (plus more for soaking overnight) Instructions Add almonds to a bowl and cover with enough water to submerge. Soak 6-8 hours or...

Date and Dried Plum Chocolate Truffles Recipe

Date and Dried Plum Chocolate Truffles Recipe

  We started making our own Almond milk again as the store bought brands have so much crap in them.  We would sometimes dry out the leftover pulverized almonds and use  almond flour. We came across this wonder and incorporated it into energy balls.  We started making...