Tay Marinara Sauce

A fresh, simple 20 minute Marinara Sauce requiring little more than ripe, high flavor tomatoes such as Roma, garlic, olive oil, sea salt, and a dab of butter adds a nice gloss.
Saute 3 cloves minced garlic in 2 Tablespoons olive oil until golden, add 4 chopped tomatoes and simmer 15-20 minutes, sea salt to taste, finish with 1 Tablespoon butter, remove from heat.
A few drops of mild honey or a pinch of sugar may be added if sauce is too acidic

Dress it up:
Crimini(baby bellas, brown button) mushrooms, onions, tomato paste, a splash of red wine if you have it, and fresh Oregano or Basil are a yummy addition,( but it's no longer a Marinara)...saute chopped onions and sliced mushrooms in olive oil over high heat in small batches, add mushrooms/onions and chopped Basil/Oregano to Marinara sauce during final 5 minutes of simmer.
Carnivores may add a one or two sweet and hot Italian Sausage, cooked and drained, added to Marinara during last 10 minutes of simmer

Warm Calamari on a bed of Mixed Greens, with Lime Cilantro Vinaigrette

Calamari is one of the few seafoods not in any danger of over fishing.

Delicious, inexpensive, versatile and cooks in only 1-2 minutes.


Safe Squid: U.S. wild squid, Atlantic trap or net-caught longfin, Pacific market ("California")

Salad is a simple mix of greens, tomatoes,
red onion, red potato, and avocado

Calamari steaks are scored, briefly (10min)marinated in Lime juice,

soy sauce, garlic, cilantro, and a few drops of honey.
Heat saute pan with a tablespoon of olive oil,
saute Calamari steaks 1 min on each side, white wine may be used to de-glaze pan.

Om Chef Enlightened Eggs Benedict

Yes! you can have little extravagance without killing yourselfEliminating the Canadian Bacon, no butter on English muffins, no added butter to poached eggs, replacing extra large eggs with the dainty small egg,
adding salad and fruit as sides, and absolutely not scrimping on the Hollandaise, is an example of controlled, but delicious indulgence. The star of eggs Benedict is the Hollandaise. Don't scrimp on the star, and for gods sake don't substitute with fake ingredients...please ;)
Save the egg whites for penance breakfast scramble the following morning, or freeze in a ziplock for up to 4mos.

There is no reason to be intimidated by Hollandaise, it is a simple emulsion of egg yolks, butter (traditionally clarified), lemon juice or vinegar and a flavor agent such as herbs . It can be made over a campfire, all it requires is your complete attention......but only for a few minutes.....commit to that, and it will be great! This a an excellent meditation, and practice of mindfulness...become one with your art

This is a Master recipe that can be practiced and fine tuned very inexpensively, and becomes Bernaise by replacing wine vinegar for the lemon and the addition of Tarragon, or Zabaglione by replacing lemon juice with Marsala or Proseco and adding sugar.....or Lemon Curd by adding sugar and increasing the lemon, and many more

below is an eggceptionaly easy version of how to make a Hollandaise

Play it safe, skip the salmonela, and use
Safe Eggs, Pasturized eggs from Davidson's

Eggs may also be home pasturized, Danilo Alfaro's How To

Eat Your Breakfast!

Mom was right, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Om breakfast bread pudding is a delicious beginning to an awesome and energized day.
Whole grain bread, nuts, berries, milk, soy works fine, a few eggs, cinnamon or cardamom and a bit of honey

Classic Yogi Breakfast

Fresh, live, thick and rich yoghurt is nothing like the overly acidic commercial yogurts.
Topped with fresh, om made, honey sweetened, organic granola and fresh berries, this is a perfect and quick breakfast