Breads & Muffins
Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead)
Happy Halloween! It's that time of year again when Galley Pirates celebrates Día de Muertos, the Mexican ...
Rosemary Olive Bread with Cracked Black Pepper
Normally I would not post a recipe that didn't turn out exactly the way it was intended. But this didn't ...
Bowline Pretzels with Pirate Mustard Sauce
Yes, all you Galley Pirates out there know how to tie a bowline, right? It's just part of being a sailor. ...
Stuffing Stuffed Biscuits
This is a great accompaniment to any Thanksgiving turkey you were not able to stuff traditionally, such ...
Breakfasts
German Apple Pancake
The thing about Easter is it's always still a little chilly -- spring, no doubt, but not necessarily ...
Chilaquiles
...or, "how to eat chips and salsa for breakfast without explaining yourself." This is one of my captain's ...
Blue Crab Breakfast Arepas
I know we're all prepping for the holidays but I just can't help getting one more Arepa recipe in! Rewind ...
Pork Ranchero Breakfast Arepa
Arepas are my new addiction so be prepared to see a number of these recipes on Galley Pirates. They ...
Cookies
Shortbread Christmas Cookies
Happy High-Seas Holidays from your Galley Pirates! Caroline and Kristin got in the holiday ...
Christmas Biscotti
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Time to deck the decks, set holly in your drip rails, a ...
Nanaimo Bars
These absurdly delicious no-bake, almost fudge like cookie bars originate from a Canadian city on Vancouver ...
Lemon Ginger Macaroons
If you like coconut and occasionally experience URGENT cravings for a fresh, warm, homemade cookie that ...
Desserts
Personal Trifles
A trifle makes a spectacular presentation on any Easter buffet. But even this Galley Pirate, who typically ...
White Chocolate, Pistachio and Strawberry Blondies
I am always looking for good dessert options that require neither complex equipment (there are actually ...
Olde World Newfoundland Raspberry Pudding*
* with "New World" Screech Rum Sauce! A few years ago one of our very favorite followers, Mil York, ...
Carrot Cake Mini-Bundts
Mmmmmm...moist carrot cake with cream cheese frosting in a conveniently single-serving-sized (though ...
Drinks
Talk Like a Pirate? This Moby Drink Is a Clap o’ Thunder!
Aye, mateys, you guessed it ... it's Talk Like a Pirate Day! And yer faithful Galley Pirates are giving ...
Grilled Peach Bourbon Julep
I looked it up: a "julep" is a genre of drink -- the most famous but not only of which is the fabled ...
Prickly Pear Margaritas
Now doesn't that just say "yeah...get the blender and some ice baby...it's time for margaritas!" No, ...
The Night Town Cocktail
Skipper Doug here, filling in for the Galley Pirates.... On SV Night Town, our drinking tastes usually ...
Fish & Seafood
Mardi Gras! Eggplant Bayou Teche
A pirate's got to be flexible, change course with the wind, heave to and regroup. And that's ...
Blueline Tilefish with Tarragon Beurre Blanc
This is Lenny Rudow, editor of Spinsheet Publishing's Rudow's FishTalk with his beautiful Blueline Tilefish ...
Poor Man’s Lobster
I've always looked suspiciously at menus with seafood items called "Krab Sticks" and "Imitation Lobster" ...
Snakehead Chả Cá Lã Vọng
What do you do with an invasive species? Eat it! Snakeheads (Frankenfish, or as National Geographic ...
Meat
Chateaubriand
Chateaubriand. A quintessential, elegant holiday meal. One you wouldn't necessarily think to make on ...
Piñon Crusted Pork Medallions with Avocado Pear Salsa
True confessions. We dug this recipe out of the Galley Pirates drafts from January 2015! It's not that ...
Cinco de Mayo Enchilada Baskets
Feliz Cinco de Mayo from your Galley Pirates!! Get ready for tomorrow. This holiday only falls on a ...
Chiles en Nogada
Feliz Navidad? I admit, I've had a poblano binge underway. But I think the driving force behind ...
On the Grill
Caveman Caprese
Yep, still in our open-air galley here in New Orleans, doing as much as we can on the transom ...
Chimichurri Steak Tacos
Galley Pirates Truth Bomb* : we do not make a completely new and different meal every day of our lives. ...
Fresh Lobsters, Two Ways
Cruisers rave about the San Blas Islands. And I get it. Totally. These are remote islands off the Atlantic ...
Heavenly Grilled Pizza
Today we Galley Pirates are welcoming guest pirate Ann as she walks us through her Italian family's ...
Pizza & Flatbreads
Bacon and Sweet Potato Galette
This, my fellow pirates, was EASY and DELICIOUS. Wow...this recipe showed up in the Wall Street ...
Heavenly Grilled Pizza
Today we Galley Pirates are welcoming guest pirate Ann as she walks us through her Italian family's ...
The Ultimate Sailboat Galley: Pizza Pi!
Full disclosure: This is not a Galley Pirates recipe. This is a galley story too cool not to share... ...
Manchego Turkey Pizza
If you're still stuck with left over turkey and you've exhausted every turkey recipe you can ...
Poultry
Pheasant Under Isinglass
I've always wanted to make Pheasant Under Glass...it sounds so incredibly elegant. But sailors don't ...
Roast Duck with Spiced Orange Bourbon Glaze
We thought you pirates out there might be tired of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey by now. I know ...
Kotopita (Greek Chicken Pie)
What prompted me to make a full-on Greek meal tonight was not just the unusually dry, mid-70's, Grecian-like ...
Fig-Glazed Turkey Breast With Tuscan Beans
Okay so this might not look like much, but man was it delicious, easy, affordable, versatile, etc. ...
Pressure Cooking
Pork Pozole
Since we Galley Pirates seem to have a Latin American theme going here, let me throw in my favorite ...
Irish Lamb Stew
I agreed to cover the St. Patrick's Day post this year. Even though we have a serious cold front coming ...
Pressure Cooker Turkey Breast with Cranberry Orange Sauce
Thanksgiving turkey without an oven? I don't know if the pilgrims were onto this culinary concept ...
Thick as Pea Soup
By the time you read this my skipper and I should be happily onboard beautiful SV Solitude in USVI, ...
Salads
Spinach Strawberry Salad With Fried Chevre
After a sail across the lake from New Orleans this morning we tied up at the local bulkhead by the yacht ...
Asian Grilled Shrimp Salad
This is one of those "well, duh" recipes -- simple, but so very easy and satisfying that I'm just going ...
Dead Man’s Greens
This recipe popped up in the paper a few months back as "Kilt Greens" and I thought "well okay, let's ...
Spinach Salad With Apples and Maple Vinaigrette
This is a short-but-sweet recipe just meant to get the seasonal culinary juices flowing! I ...
Sandwiches & One Handers
Cordon Bleu Chicken Fingers
Or as our guest sailor today would call them, "Doigts de Poulet Cordon Bleu." Ace and his dad Wendell ...
Italian Meatball Sliders
It's that time of year when everyone's clamoring for football food—something to bring to the clubhouse; ...
Banh Mi Burritos
Do you ever have those gastronomical descision-making crises where every single ethnic food category ...
Crab Cake Sliders
With old friends in town, the plan was a late summer day sail on the Chesapeake serving Crab Cake Sliders ...
Sauces
Chimichurri Steak Tacos
Galley Pirates Truth Bomb* : we do not make a completely new and different meal every day of our lives. ...
Asparagus Omelette with Jarlsberg Cheese Sauce
The sun finally came through today, just in time for USNA Commissioning Week! It's Annapolis' rite ...
India Night II – Fresh Naan with Raita
Continuing on with our India Night recipes we're going to walk you through making fresh Naan, then ...
Homemade BBQ Sauce (trust me…it’s worth it…)
Barbecue sauce and mayonnaise are two things that are SO worth making homemade -- they are entirely ...
Sides
Fried Rice With Spring Vegetables
Fried rice is one of my favorite dishes to turn to when you aren't quite sure what you have the fixings ...
Ratatouille, His-n-Hers
The crew of Upward Wing are very compatible; few sources of friction; all maritime marital bliss. ...
Relish That Corn Salad
At a loss for what to bring to the July 4th dockside party? Forget the potato salad or deviled eggs ...
Cauliflower au Gratin
This is one of my favorite side dishes, based on Ina Garten's Barefoot in Paris recipe. I like to think ...
Snacks & Starters
Clove Hitch Pizza Bites
It's been a while since we practiced our knot tying. The last time Galley Pirates had a knot tying exercise ...
Fig, Sage & Brie Pinwheels
With Thanksgiving over, all the holiday parties are in full swing from now until January. And you've no ...
Eggplanchetta
Most of my creations start with trying to duplicate something delicious that I ate at a restaurant. ...
Thai Laab Moo
Laab -- or larb on many Americanized menus -- is one of my favorite Thai dishes. So imagine my surprise ...
Soups & Stews
Chinese Hot & Sour Soup
Throw back to one year ago: World ARC 2018. I planned this meal in advance of this epic trip knowing ...
Chicken Jalapeno Soup
Welcome to National Soup Month! In the annals of made-up, commercially-exploitable holidays, this ...
Lucky Black-Eyed Peas
Bonne Année, mes Cheres! In New Orleans -- and, I'm told, much of the South -- we eat black-eyed ...
Cucumber Gazpacho
A few weeks back we promised you a Cucumber Gazpacho recipe, reminiscent of my meal at La Poste in Panama ...
Surf & Turf
Caveman Caprese
Yep, still in our open-air galley here in New Orleans, doing as much as we can on the transom ...
Shrimp Lardon on Fettuccini
Lardons, French salt pork similar to bacon or pancetta, are used as a seasoning for braised meat and ...
Cajun Singapore Noodles
So by now you all know Pirate Caroline is spending the first two months of her 2018 lounging about a ...
Pan-Pacific Kabobs
Interesting day today on Galley Pirates! We were at anchor, making Asian kabobs two ways...but more ...
Vegetarian
Egg Foo Yong (Plus: How not to grow bean sprouts in your head)
Galley Pirate Caroline here, and I'm finally pulling my head out of the sand after sailing the first ...
Spinach Lasagna Rollups
Our apologies to all you followers! The recipe picture is no longer appearing in your weekly ...
Hot Mushroom & Swiss Sandwiches
When you can't afford truffles...and you really wouldn't know where to find them even if you could...you ...
Gobhi Masala (Indian Cauliflower)
Top of the list of sailboat friendly vegetables: cauliflower and potatoes. They're durable and can ...