Wayne Johnson

Pressure Cooker Red Beans and Rice makes 8 servings Ingredients 1 lb Smoked Sausage, sliced at an angle 1 lb Dried Red Beans, rinsed in cold water and drained 1 med Yellow Onion, chopped 2 tbl Cajun Seasoning 1 tsp Cumin 1 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Black Pepper 2 Celery Stalks, split and chopped 1 [...]

I had some friends in from out of town and wanted to make easy "hand" food for the morning.  So, I made these breakfast empanadas.  There's a little work involved on my part, but they're very easy for my guests to enjoy.  Here are some pictures of the steps, and the recipe follows.   Once [...]

Extra Layered Lasagne This is a modification of a recipe I saw at Epicurious a while ago. But, I've modified it to create a huge family style size that can easily feed 10-12. The recipe uses two boxes of lasagne noodles in 8 total layers. With my lasagne pan, it takes four noodles per layer [...]

Like a lot of folks, I enjoy celebrating Mardi Gras, primarily because of the food.  I love gumbo and thought I’d create a new recipe for this year’s Fat Tuesday celebration.  The key to this gumbo is the roux and you have to take your time to do it right.  If you burn the roux, [...]

On my recent trip to San Francisco, I fell in love with Irish Coffees.  The combination of hot coffee, Irish whiskey, sugar and cream is a perfect match for the cool breezy climate of the city.  The Buena Vista Cafe, in San Francisco's Marina District, is supposedly the birthplace of the Irish Coffee in the [...]

I hadn't made this recipe in a long and time and a friend of mine asked for a great wintertime hearty soup.  I sent him a list of some of my favorites and he picked this one.  He reported back that he liked it and that suddenly gave me a taste for it too.  I made [...]

I have a collection of favorite holiday desserts.  But I thought I'd experiment with a new one this year.  I've take Granny Smith Apples, Anjou Pears, Cranberries and the juice and zest of a Naval Orange and made a new holiday pie for this season.  The recipe uses my mom's cream cheese crust, which is [...]

My parents have two large pecan trees in their backyard, so pecan pie has always been an easy favorite of mine to make. But, recently, my friend and syrup maker extraordinaire, Tim Burton, of Burton's Maplewood Farm in southern Indiana, introduced me to his bourbon barrel aged maple syrup. It's really delicious and I've incorporated [...]