Welcome to Tim and Victor’s Totally Joyous Recipes

We have recipes from family reunions, heart-healthy from the ’90s, artery-clogging from the ’60’s, rustic breads, gooey desserts, hundreds of recipes from friends and family, quick and easy ideas, and whatever we decided to pull together for dinner.

Eclectic, to say the least.

And eclectic really does sum up what it’s all about – fun food for fun people with something for any occasion.

Peruse the site and have some fun! There are several thousand recipes just waiting for you!

Tim in the Kitchen

Tuna Burgers

We had a couple of odd-sized tuna steaks in the freezer - one rather large and one rather small - so I thought it might be a good idea to figure out how to make them more equal-sized. Chopping them

Victor in the Kitchen

Sunday Pasta

Sunday pasta. What a treat - especially when it's homemade! Victor has been making pasta for years - and every batch just seems to be better than the last. There's something about homemade pasta that just can't be compared to the fresh

Bread

More Pitas

Pita has become my new favorite bread - this week. I tend to go through stages with types of breads - artisans, sourdoughs, sandwich loaves, Italian rustic - just to name a few. It's fun to make several loaves of something

Tim in the Kitchen

Cooking with Cucumbers

Tonight's dinner is a complete surprise - neither of us has ever had a cooked cucumber before. After tonight, I think we will be seeing more of them! I did an early morning harvest and brought in a dozen cucumbers -

Tim in the Kitchen

Shrimp and Cod

Relaxing after dinner, last night, Victor said: You know what would be good? Those grilled vegetables on rice with shrimp and cod. With one of the pita breads. A meal was born! The grilled vegetables in the 'fridge are getting a workout,

Bread, Tim in the Kitchen

Taboun and Spiced Chicken

It seems that the more I learn, the less I know. I learn a bit of something and next thing I know, I need to learn a dozen more things to learn the how's and why's for the first thing

Victor in the Kitchen

Gazpacho

Summertime, an' the livin' is easy... And cold soup on a hot day is perfection - especially since most of the ingredients came out of our garden! There are as many recipes for gazpacho as there are people making it - some

Victor in the Kitchen

Chicken Soup for the Soul

I still have a cold. It still sucks - and I am not a good patient. But I will be a good boy and eat all of my soup when it's freshly-made by Victor. I may not be the best patient in

Tim in the Kitchen

Thugs and Ainsley

I'm sitting here with the Summer Cold From Hell. Since I actually don't remember the last time I had a cold - it's been a few years, at least - I suppose I shouldn't complain, too much. On the other hand, it

Both of Us in the Kitchen

Shrimp Ravioli, Part Deux

When Victor made his Shrimp Ravioli, last month, he made a double-batch. Half went into the freezer. When he made the Goat Cheese a few days ago, the whey went into the freezer. Tonight, they both came out. So to speak. Creating

Tim in the Kitchen

Baked Cod

Time for more fun food from the garden! First off, is a quick Cucumber Salad. The cukes are coming in fast and furious - and huge. Color me naive, but I had no idea one little cucumber plant could produce so

Victor in the Kitchen

Stuffed Cabbage

When I was a youngster, my Birthday Dinner was Veal Marsala and Pineapple Cream Pie. My mom made a great dish with pounded beef, mushrooms, and marsala - we never saw $$$ veal in our house - and she served it

Victor in the Kitchen

Goat Cheese with Apricots and Pistachios

We were at the Bryn Mawr Farmer's Market, today, and found raw goats milk. Victor has been making his own cheese for a while, now, and raw goats milk is not easy to come by - we picked up a quart

Tim in the Kitchen

Steaks and Marinated Goat Cheese

We took a trek down to the Bryn Mawr Farmer's Market, this morning. We really didn't need anything, but we thought it might be fun just to see what sort of gastronomical delights were available. We picked up some fresh onions,

Tim in the Kitchen

Ground Pork and Vegetable Galette

The latest batch of grilled vegetables is almost gone. I really do love having them in the 'fridge - they are so versatile. Tonight, they got worked into a galette filling - a perfect summer-y dinner. I started off by making a pie

Both of Us in the Kitchen

Dinner From The Garden

It is so much fun going out back and picking dinner! Tomatoes, cucumbers, beets, tomatillos, and hot peppers are all starting to arrive. Well... the cucumbers are arriving with a vengeance, but that's okay. We're figuring out lots of fun

Tim in the Kitchen

Fresh Tomatoes

The garden is finally starting to produce something besides cucumbers - and if we can get a bit more sun and a bit less rain, we're going to be in for one hellava harvest, this year. The Purple Cherokee tomatoes and

Tim in the Kitchen

Pickles, Buns, and Burgers

Sometimes, I amaze myself. Actually, I often amaze myself. Usually it's in the form of how did I get to be 67 years of age and not know some basic bit of otherwise common knowledge. Every once in a blue moon, however,

Both of Us in the Kitchen

Chicken Pesto Pasta

Tonight, dinner was cooking some pasta and mixing it with stuff in the fridge and from the garden. Victor made a batch of sun-dried tomato pesto and a batch of traditional pesto, so I had options! We're still working on the

Tim in the Kitchen

Burgers and Tomatillo Salsa

Burgers are my friend. I have always loved hamburgers - charred on the outside and juicy on the inside - a good burger is a thing of beauty. We had things of beauty, tonight. The actual burger was merely 80/20 ground beef with

Tim in the Kitchen

Steak Tips and Roasted Vegetables

We're still working on the roasted vegetables and tonight, I mixed in a green tomato and some Hatch Valley Salsa into them to give them a bit of a bit of a Southwestern spin. Reasonably awesome, if I do say

Tim in the Kitchen

Grilled Vegetables

Our new favorite thing to have in the 'fridge is a big batch of grilled vegetables. They can be eaten cold as a salad, or warmed and used as a side dish or ingredient for something else - total versatility. And

Both of Us in the Kitchen

Gnocchi and Stuffed Artichokes

Tonight's dinner was a bit of a tag-team affair - Victor made the artichokes and gnocchi, and I made the sauce. I never had stuffed artichokes as a kid - they were always steamed and served with mayonnaise for dipping the

Tim in the Kitchen

Polenta and Sausage

Yesterday's big batch of polenta became the base for tonight's dinner - a quick fry-up of vegetables and sausage served over polenta triangles. The fry-up started with some Italian sausage and included bell pepper, onion, celery, tomato, garlic, oregano, and a

Tim in the Kitchen

The End of Week Fifty-Two

We did it. Fifty-Two Weeks of seeing a Personal Trainer three times a week. One hundred and fifty-six training sessions. The results are pretty mind-boggling. Victor has gone from a Body Fat Percentage of 38.5% to 31.4 and a BMI of 32.2 to

Victor in the Kitchen

The Last of the Eggplant

We have eggplants coming in out back - time to use up the last of last years' harvest. At the end of the season, I took the last few eggplants and sliced them into cutlets, breaded them, and froze them. They

Tim in the Kitchen

Cod Cakes and Grilled Vegetables

Summertime, and the livin' is easy... and hot and muggy and wet. The only thing loving this weather, right now, is the cucumber plant. I don't mind hot, but when going outside is like walking into a steam room... well... I

Tim in the Kitchen

Stuffed Tomatoes

We've picked the first two tomatoes from the garden! They were a bit under-ripe, but... I had to do it. I've been craving a homegrown tomato since last year. The tomatoes in question are Green Zebra tomatoes - they're supposed

Tim in the Kitchen

Grilled Vegetable Salad

Ahhh... the joys of Summer on the east coast... oppressive heat and humidity, thunderstorms, power and cable outages... Just another day in paradise. The storms have been interesting. High winds and torrential rains for two or three minutes followed by blue

Victor in the Kitchen

Chilled Cucumber Soup

The cucumbers are coming in fast and furious. I'm pretty psyched, simply because they're something I've never had an abundance of, before. The dusty, cobweb-laden area that is my mind actually has to think, a bit. Or, better yet, let Victor

The Cookbook Collection

THE COOKBOOK COLLECTION

FAMILY

AND

FRIENDS

This is a collection of recipes from family and friends, TV personalities, and stuff just found along the way.

There are handwritten recipes from long-gone relatives and things we’ve recently found. There’s no real rhyme or reason to anything other than they’re things we like.

Because that’s really what it’s all about.

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TIM’S

MOM’S

COOKBOOKS

Here it is! Tim’s Mom’s collection of recipes from the 1960s and 1970s. Days when cooking was definitely more fun and adventurous!

The two original loose leaf binders contain recipes culled from magazines and newspapers, as well as handwritten recipes by her, her mother, and other friends and relatives.

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RECIPES

FROM

VILLA MODICA

Villa Modica is located in Modica, province of Ragusa, in Sicily – in the southeastern corner of the island. Close to Syracusa, Catania, and easy driving to Mount Etna, it’s the perfect location.

Our hosts, George and his lovely wife, Antonella, were the epitome of Sicilian hospitality.

George has a collection of recipes on his Villa Modica website that I have copied here for convenience.

If you ever have the opportunity to visit Sicily, there is only one place to stay.

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FLOUR

POWER

A collection of sweet and savory baked goods made with various types of flour.

There are pies, cakes, cookies, yeast breads, quick breads, and handmade pastas – something for everyone.

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RECIPES FROM FORT ROBINSON

FAMILY

REUNION

1

Family recipes from our first Family Reunion at Fort Robinson, Nebraska in 1986.

They run the gamut from savory to sweet – with something for everyone.

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RECIPES FROM FORT ROBINSON

FAMILY

REUNION

2

Family recipes from our second Family Reunion at Fort Robinson, Nebraska in 1996. Even more fun foods!

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RECIPES

FROM THE

HEART

These recipes were created for the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center by menu and recipe coordinator Christine Leishman, who has extensive experience in some of San Francisco’s finest restaurants. They are for anyone who is serious about cooking and eating delicious and healthful foods.

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QUICK MEALS

IN

MINUTES

The majority of these recipes were created when Tim was doing Demo work and created by Tim, Ruth, and Elizabeth.

Use your imagination and have fun with them. That’s why we made them up in the first place!

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LITTLE GRAM’S

COOKBOOKS

“Little Gram” was Mary Ferante, nee Taomina. She was our sister-in-law Marie’s Grandmother, and, while not exactly a blood relation to us, was nevertheless “Little Grandma” to us as well. She was spry, active, and ready to talk politics or cooking right up to her passing in July 2008 at 105. Yes, one hundred and five.

The recipes as written are taken from Grandma’s own notes.

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HOLIDAY

COOKING

These are all recipes submitted from all our wonderful family and friends. Recipes that have been handed down over the years as well as fun foods newly created. A one-stop-shop for all your Holiday Cooking!

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OTHER

STUFF

This is a collection of recipes I have had on my computer for years. And years. I am not sure where most of them ever came from. I think a lot of them were collected as ideas for work back in the days when we created recipes. Some of them worked their way into the house under a different guise and a lot of them have never been made in their posted form.

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