Welcome to
The Black Sheep
Cooking Club
Where you learn to cook
the way all professional chefs learned to cook, by watching a mentoring
chef do it!
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Below is a listing of some of the many videos, photos and PDF books
currently available on this web site.
More will be added so check back.
See this short video on
The Black Sheep Cooking Club -
We take you into our working kitchens and really show you how to cook!
Just Good Fun- Numerous crafts and projects for
the whole family. Go green and turn trash to treasure.
In His Image- Diana's still photography of
animals. nature, places and more. In full size JPEG's!
The Raven Diaries- Rick's obsession with the
amazing wild life he encounters everywhere!
(See how to join below!)
At the Black
Sheep Cooking Club we teach you how to cook, not how to follow recipes.
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to season! This
is one of the simplest yet most overlooked steps in good cooking! |
You'll learn to make your
own Seasoning Salt!
For both great flavor
and good health!
Great Flavor! - This is
the most important video in the entire program,
learn this, be consistent, and you will be amazed at everything you
make!
For Good Health! - You
will cut your sodium intake drastically!
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Herbs de
Provence
One of my most
used
seasoning mixes.
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Minced
Garlic
A kitchen must have!
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Here's
a fun party idea!
A Seasoning Salt
Tasting
Don't want to make your
own?
Set it up like a wine tasting!
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seasoning videos for " Kids" of all ages! |
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Kids Learn to
Season 1
The first "sauce" I learned to make!
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Kids
Learn to Season 2
Here we'll do a hot
sauce!
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to determining how much to fit your personal style and taste! |
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How Much
To Use?
Learn to cook to your own tastes and needs. Look at a recipe, don't
follow it!
(Please know that this does not apply to
many baking disciplines like; breads, pastries etc.)
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watch how it's done! |
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I believe this is one of the
greatest opportunities we offer at The Black Sheep Cooking Club
for we give you the ability to "watch how it's done" over and over
again in the comforts of your own home. Realize, all true professional
chefs learn by watching a mentor do it. For many of us that meant years*
in a hot and dirty kitchen only being allowed to do various forms of
grunt work. And when one finally starts to get the opportunity to
actually cook, one must watch until "Chef" of the kitchen is convinced
you've got it down right. Then and only then is one allowed to go and
make the dish for themselves.
Know also that at The
Black Sheep Cooking Club we are giving you real life situation
dishes. In other words we aren't just showing you how to make it, we
are creating the dish for a real meal, so it's cooked and seasoned for
a live person, and many times that person is a paying customer, who is
going to eat it. We shoot each recipe so that it's as if you were
standing next to the chef in the kitchen during the dishes actual
preparation. The same rule applies to those shot in the home and on the
road, they are made for real people eating real food. We feel it's as
close and real as you can get without actually being there. And, by
watching it again and again, you get every detail down pat.
*For a great
book on the subject, read Jacques Pepin's, "The Apprentice: My Life In
The Kitchen"
Inside the
Membership site the rest of this page is set up like a menu, you can
view a sample here:
Below you'll find samples of our Appetizers,
Soup & Salads, Main Courses, Desserts and Extras (sauces &
how-to.) We've also got sections for Equipment and Suppliers (where to
get your ingredients.)
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Aioli
(a quick & easy version)
This was by far the restaurant's
most popular sauce!
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Aioli
Dinner Suggestion 1
Now dinner is fast
and easy!
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< Some uses with Aioli >
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Aioli
Dinner 2
(Mediterranean Tacos)
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A Favorite
Spring Lunch
On the BBQ
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Start with this
special section
seeing
"How a chef thinks..."
These are
short videos to help you see how a chef organizes, makes use of
odds & ends, and gives you unique ways to prep ahead, saving time
& money!
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Trimming
a whole New York Strip
Save money, eat
better.
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Cooked
New York Salad
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Using
New York Trim Meat
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Roasting a Beef Sirloin
Save money and
prepare for
future meals at the same time.
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Basic Beef Stew
You can use most any
kind
of meat for this dish.
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Working
with my favorite, Lamb!
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Roasting
a Bone in Leg of Lamb
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Trimming
a Lamb Rack
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Selfish
and Guiltless Pleasures
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Gnocchi -
Using Lamb Trim Meat
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Use that
lamb bone
to start a Cassoulet!
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Roasting
a Lamb Rack
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Make
dinner fast by
Pre-Cooking a Pork Loin
Some things are great when done ahead!
Then look at the recipes below.
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Wait!
Don't waste those Pan Juices!
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Pork
Loin Fideo
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Now that
you've made Risotto!
Risotto Cakes
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Note: You can use
all the same recipes above with both your roast sirloin and a leg of
lamb!
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Here's
some Poultry ideas!
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A Spanish
(and healthier) version
of Chicken Cordon Bleu?
Great re-heating secrets included!
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Roast
Quail Salad with
a"Far East Feel"
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Roast
Chicken & Vegetables
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Special
Section - Confit of Duck Favorites!
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Ou La La!
Fresh Foie Gras and Confit!
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Cassoulet
Tacos & Burritos
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Heating up
Cassoulet
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Confit
and Chanterelle
Mushroom Stew
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Building
a Papaya Salza!
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Salads - Combining
Favorites
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A fast,
easy Salza!
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A Salad
with Fresh Lima Beans
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We'll show you how to
save time by making breakfast and starting dinner at the same time!
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You'll also get SPECIAL ADDITIONS >
Learn to "think like a chef" on the road!
Travel with a chef and see how to
prepare great meals on vacation (or at home!) and save money doing it.
Rick and Diana love to travel and they also love to cook while
traveling. In this section you'll find what they've done while on their
numerous road trips. Many episodes include; where they shopped, what
they bought, the menu, how each dish was prepared and how much it all
cost! Although they love to eat out, they also love using what they
find where they are!
See
the contents of "Vacation Cooking in the San Juan Islands"
Join Rick and Diana for five days in
a vacation rental on the west side of San Juan Island where they made
full
use of the kitchen and still had time to go chase Orcas (Killer
Whales), eagles and more. You'll see they ate
very well for less than $7 per person, per meal! (This is most of the
DVD of the same name, online.)
This is a great mini
cooking class in itself for it demonstrates
how a chef uses everything on hand, saving time and money!
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Favorite
"quick ones..."
These are very short videos made to inspire, and encourage you to
expand on what you learn elsewhere in our program.
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Pizza from
Black Sheep Bread
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Lamb
Chop Salad
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Confit,
Beet &
Goat Cheese Salad
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Steak with potatoes
& corn
on the cob in only two pans
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Shrimp & Asparagus
Fideo with Aioli!
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Baby Trout with
Egg-pancakes
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Broccoli
Sticks from Stalks
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Making Paella
Cakes
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Aioli
Salad
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Heating
Plates Fast!
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Turkey
Thighs
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Avocado
Sauce
This could be listed in the "Healthy" section and
it's great with so many things!
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Rare
"Ahi" Tune Steak
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Turkey
and Avocado Tacos
A nice change for left-over turkey!
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Some large
serving party ideas
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Saffron
rice
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Basic
Pork Stew
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Pork Two
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Desserts:
Some from the Black Sheep menu, some brand new!
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Our Chocolate
Gateau and
a Pumpkin version!
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Mini Chocolate
Gateau
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Mini Chocolate
Gateau Sammys!
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Just For Fun
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Party Ideas!
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A Chocolate
Mousse in 10
So quick, make it before going to
work! Ready when you get home!
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Chocolate Mousse in 10
real fast!
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A Chocolate
Sauce Tasting
This is a great party idea for friends!
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Kate & Avery's Chocolate Mess!
2 kids vs. 6 lbs of chocolate.
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Specila
things for kids too!
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Playing
with Snails!
My nephew and I made a three
course lunch using "caracoles."
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An
Appetizer
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The
Second Course
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The Main
Course
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A
Black Sheep Cooking Club
Subscriber's Exclusive
The Black Sheep Bistro's Video Cookbook Vol 2 Previews
You'll get them here, online,
before the DVD is even released!
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A Basic
Paté
This one's done with poultry
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Salmon
& Fish Terrines
Endless variations and easy for 2 or 50!
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Cabbage
in Duck Fat
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Borrego
Borrgo Borrego
Yes the one with the
stew in the onion cup, the grilled loin and the 3 baby chops!
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Black
Sheep Tomato Soup
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Sun Dried
Berry Sauce
For Venison & Duck
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Sofrito
(An onion & Garlic reduction)
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Mini
French Fries
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Lamb Loin
and Chanterelles
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Fresh
Fish Brik
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Italian
Squash with
Sheep's Milk Romano Cheese
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A Black
Sheep Cocido
Our version was a Spanish Cassoulet!
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Black
Sheep Cooking Club's
Seasonal Dishes
Fun favorites, many of which can be
used year round!
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Roasting
a large Turkey!
The tricks to a brown and moist bird.
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A fast and simple Gravy!
When the Turkey's done, make the
gravy in less than 10 minutes!
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Pumpkin Soup
A great and very versatile soup!
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Turkey for One or Two
With a Turkey "Sauce"
(See also Turkey Thighs in "Quick Ones")
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An
"Adult" Cranberry Sauce
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Now make
a sauce
from that Pumpkin Soup!
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Black
Sheep Cooking Club's
"Pre-Packaged Gifts"
We give you these recipes and gift
giving ideas in the hopes that you will use them to help others. We
encourage you to share them with your friends, family, co-workers,
church group, girl scouts etc. They not only make great gifts for the
holidays, they are a fun way to; welcome a new neighbor, say thanks,
make an easy dinner or side dish for the mother
with the new baby, just to have around for something quick, and so much
more. What can you do?
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Make a
Lental or Split Pea Soup
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Risotto
with dried mushrooms
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Fideo,
Paella or Couscous
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Pizza
Dough
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Makes
fun and easy gifts!
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The best
chocolate sauce, ever!
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The Black
Sheep Cooking Club's Pre-Packaged Gift Ideas
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Black
Sheep Cooking Club's
Heart Healthy and Green Dishes
These dishes lean towards; higher
protein with lower fat and cholesterol, whole grains rather than
processed flours, and an overall attempt to get more salads, greens,
fiber, fruits, vegetables and legumes into the diet without starving
the body of it's needed calories and numerous nutrients.
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Bison Burgers
Lower fat than beef!
"Aioli" and a more traditional
style.
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Venison
Rack
with a truffle scented mushroom sauce!
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Healthy
ways to Thicken
Soups, sauces and more.
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Sausage
& Pepper Variation
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Salmon
& Capellini
Fast & easy!
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Pureed
Cauliflower
Instead of potatoes
& butter.
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Extras
Tools, equipment, suppliers and more!
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Favorite
Tools
Giving you insight and
demonstrations of the best tool for the job.
Tips on cleaning, storing and use.
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Instant
Read Pocket Thermometer
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Black
Steel Pans
The workhorse of the kitchen
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Tongs
No kitchen is complete without them!
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Do two
jobs at once with a
Double Steamer
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Sources,
Suppliers & Purveyors
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Growers
Ranch
In Costa Mesa, for Produce
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D'Artagnan
For dried meats, sausages, confit
and other European Specialties
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Dry Dock
Fish
In Fullerton, for fish
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La
Espanola
In Harbor City, for everything Spanish
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Chef's
Toys
In Fountain
Valley, for equipment
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The Meat House
Meats and more with two locations;
Costa Mesa & Mission Viejo
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Savory Spice Shop
Great spices and herbs in
Newport Beach/Corona del Mar
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