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Quick, Crispy Quesadilla With Guacamole
Literally meaning “little cheesy thing,” quesadillas originated in northern and central Mexico in the 16th century. I make mine with fresh-made flour tortillas, Monterey jack cheese, and pickled jalapeños. Light and delicious quick and simple – quesadilla with guacamole. Perfect for a healthy lunch or easy snack. Pairs great with an ice-cold Coca-Cola or a frosty beer.
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Best Easy Marinaded Chicken Breasts Camping-Style
This recipe makes super juicy, flavorful chicken breasts. I like to make the marinade the night before a camping trip. The chicken can marinate for hours or a couple of days. I also enjoy foil-wrapped corn on the cob and a little red potato salad (recipes on this website). The potato salad will last up to five days if kept cold in Tupperware.
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Great Foil-Wrapped Corn on the Cob Camping-Style
Succulent and tender corn on the cob with a butter cilantro dressing cooked in foil on the grill. Easy as can be and so delicious! For a touch of heat, add a dash of paprika. The perfect simple side for any camping dinner.
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Simple Foil-Wrapped Fish With Fresh Vegetables Camping-Style
Delicious fresh fish filets wrapped in foil, roasted with fresh-cut vegetables.This Recipe is very healthy and simple to prepare. Foil Roasting is terrific for camping. The tomatoes and olive oil will keep this dish very moist. Wrap it completely in foil and cook on the grill for 30-40 minutes.You can use salmon, halibut, swordfish, and almost any favorite vegetable, like summer squash, mushrooms, or asparagus. See my corn-on-the-cob camping recipe for a terrific side to this…
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Easy Awesome Breakfast Burrito Camping-Style
A delicious burrito made with eggs, melted cheese, bacon, sausage, potatoes, and fresh salsa, all wrapped in a flour tortilla. Easy to make, this hearty breakfast will give you plenty of protein for all your fun activities out on the trails!
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Special Rosemary Onion Skillet Breakfast Potatoes
Crave-able and delicious, these flavorful breakfast potatoes are soft on the inside, yet crispy on the outside. Cooked to perfection in a cast iron skillet with onions and rosemary. Substitute paprika and bell peppers if you prefer. The story goes that Breakfast Potatoes were created in the early 1900s by a New York City restaurant owner named Beefstew O’Brien, who wanted to give more personality to a skillet of fried potatoes by adding a handful of…
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Easy and Delicious Sautéed Mushrooms
Mushrooms sautéed with garlic and garnished with fresh parsley. Perfect as a side or an addition to many recipes. Great with a baked potato.
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Flavorful and Simple Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak With Sautéed Mushrooms
Pan-seared grass-fed ribeye steak with olive oil and butter, finished in the oven, topped with mushrooms sautéed in garlic butter, and garnished with fresh parsley. Great with a baked potato on the side.
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Simple, Really Juicy Baked Garlic Lemon Chicken
This delicious, simple dish will be a favorite of your guests and your family. How can you not love a go-to recipe like this? It is incredibly juicy and flavorful but does not take much brainpower or shopping to prepare. I recommend serving it with rice pilaf or pasta and either a simple arugula salad with shaved parmesan or zucchini sautéed in butter and thyme. Click ‘Read More’ to watch Gilly make the marinade.
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Foil Baked Salmon and Asparagus in a Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
Salmon and asparagus baked together in foil. The sauce has some spice with hot sauce and cilantro (or parsley). This simple and satisfying dish is low-carb, paleo, gluten-free, and keto-friendly. Serve it with rice pilaf, garlic toast, or mashed potatoes. This recipe is also versatile. You can easily swap the fish or vegetables to suit your taste.
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Gilly’s Great Burrito: Bean, Cheese, Bacon, Guacamole, Sour Cream
Super yummy and simple to make, this hearty snack will give restaurant burritos a run for their money! Of course, you can omit or exchange the bacon with another protein such as shrimp, chicken, steak, or scrambled eggs.
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Gilly’s Epic Salad With Gorgonzola, Avocado, Tomato and Walnuts
This salad hits all my favorite palate points and is satisfying and packed with vitamins and protein. I took all the textures and flavors I love most in a salad and created my Gilly’s Epic Salad. I crave it all the time. A fantastic addition – if you have leftover steak, chicken or are in the mood to cook some bacon, add them to this Epic Salad, and the dish transforms from vegan/vegetarian to paleo.
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Energy Boosting Tuna Salad With Kidney Beans and Dijon Vinaigrette
I first ate this wonderful salad at a little French cafe on Larchmont, a quaint tree-lined street near Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. The salad is refreshingly light yet hearty. Perfect if you are on a diet or after a workout. It is an excellent meal to fuel muscle growth because it’s packed with lean protein. I swear, when I eat this salad, it boosts my mood, and I feel like Popeye after he eats spinach!…
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Best Ever Little Red Garlic Mashed Potatoes With Chives
Garlic Mashed potatoes made with little red potatoes, half & half, butter and fresh chives are always the right choice: with steak, chicken or fish. Some Potato History. During the Seven Years War of the mid-1700s, the Prussians captured a French army pharmacist Antoine-Augustin Parmentier. As a prisoner, he was forced to live only on rations of potatoes. At that time in France, no one ate potatoes. They were considered to be just fed for livestock…
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Best Arugula and Shaved Parmesan Salad With Lemon Vinaigrette
A refreshing and light, easy to prepare classic Italian salad and one of my favorites: if you love Arugula and I do, you love lemon, and I do, you love parmesan, and I do – then, in less than five minutes, you can create this delicious, sophisticated salad which pairs beautifully with many dishes.
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Simple, Wrapped Fish Filets in Wine With Fresh Vegetables
This recipe is very healthy and simple to prepare. It also reheats well if you have leftovers. Foil Roasting is also terrific if you are camping. You can cook this without the wine because the tomatoes and olive oil will keep it very moist – Wrap it completely in foil and cook on the grill for approx. 40 minutes. In the oven, it may take closer to 50 minutes. You can substitute almost any favorite vegetables…
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Easy, Creamy Tuscan Salmon With Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Easy Creamy Tuscan Salmon: Prepared with fresh pan-seared salmon in a Tuscan cream sauce made with butter, cherry or sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, pepper flakes, thyme, oregano, basil, a splash of white wine to deglaze, spinach, half and half, freshly grated parmesan, salt, and pepper. Believe it or not, this recipe takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish! Believe it or not, this recipe takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish!
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Epic and Amazing BLTC
Easy to make, filling, delicious, and packed with protein and fresh flavors. This sandwich might be the most satisfying bacon, lettuce, tomato, cheddar cheese sandwich you will ever eat. Try adding a fried egg or avocado to make it even more epic! John Montagu, the Fourth Earl Of Sandwich, invented the eponymous food in 1762. A notorious gambler, he would not leave the gaming table to eat. He asked for meat and a couple of pieces…
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Gilly’s, Grandma’s New York Cheesecake
I tweaked my 86-year-old grandma’s NY Cheesecake recipe. My aunt (her daughter) wanted to test mine against New York City’s most famous cheesecake. She overnighted their best and said mine won the test. The origin of NY Cheesecake: New Yorkers fell in love with cheesecakes back in the 1900s. The credit for creating the NY cheesecake has been bestowed to Arnold Reuben, also known for his signature sandwiches. The NY-styled cheesecake was an experiment Reuben did…
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The Best Ever Cobb Salad
This salad is vibrant and nutritious with a beautiful balance of flavors – and it’s simple to make. It tastes so good you might feel guilty about eating it, but don’t. It’s low carb and gluten-free, with many nutrients, lots of protein, and healthy fats. It’s a salad that eats like a meal. I make my Cobb salad without chicken, but you can certainly add it. I think it makes a lovely and delicious choice for…
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How the ‘Gilly Can Cook’ Blog Came To Be.
Artistry and skill are the hallmarks of great editing and cooking. Inspired by a year in lockdown, this Hollywood film editor has become as passionate about cutting veggies as cutting films. The meals became the movie, the kitchen became the cutting room, the ingredients became the inspiration, and hopes for a culinary blockbuster, the happy ending. Encouraged by friends who said, “Your food photos are great. You should start a blog.” I’ve done just that. Taking…
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Enormous and Epic Gourmet Burger
This recipe makes a burger so incredibly delicious and juicy, the ingredients so healthy and fresh, you might not want to add the sauce at all.