What did I cook this weekend.....

[mattmmille]

Those look nice! I don't have a salad spinner or convection oven but I think low and slow with my "air bake" perforated pizza pan and then high heat after saucing will be good. I don't have corn starch but I might try pancake mix to see if I can make mine a little less crunchy and a little more crispy.

Did you soak, cook, then dry them? I've never bought bagged beans but decided to incorporate more in my diet so I want to save money over canned beans. I was wondering if I could soak chick peas and then slow roast them to cut out the boiling.

Yeah, I did these from dried beans...soaked overnight and simmered for about and hour and a half. I have actually bought a larger bag and pressure canned them in the past, along with blackeyed peas and black beans. They are cheaper and if you do a good sized batch and get several jars, it's worth it. Just need to find the time to do it!

 

[dan6310]

It's been a while since I last posted. I've been drooling over all the great food posted lately.
Today I made a gazpacho. Most of the ingredients came from my garden.
I stopped at a farmers market and picked up some fresh picked corn and roasted it on the grill to go with the gazpacho.



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[passedpawn]

It's been a while since I last posted. I've been drooling over all the great food posted lately.
Today I made a gazpacho. Most of the ingredients came from my garden.
I stopped at a farmers market and picked up some fresh picked corn and roasted it on the grill to go with the gazpacho.

That looks so, so good.

 

[dan6310]

First time making it and It turned out better than I expected.
I also made some beet chips but as soon as they came out of the oven SWMBO grabbed them all.


Dan6310

 

[BUCKNUTS]

It's been a while since I last posted. I've been drooling over all the great food posted lately.
Today I made a gazpacho. Most of the ingredients came from my garden.
I stopped at a farmers market and picked up some fresh picked corn and roasted it on the grill to go with the gazpacho.



Dan6310

Looks great and you cant beat the flavor of veg you pick from your own garden.


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[ChefRex]

A little freestyle mexican, tortillas,chicken thigh,beans,corn and queso,tomatoes and peppers for the sauce from the garden. Forgot I'm going out for mexican tomorrow, Not complaining, it was delicious!

 

[unionrdr]

a lightning storm is passing over while I was working on my books & cooking dinner. Power went out a couple times. good thing I saved my book files I was working on. Making a poor man's dinner. A cross between hot hot dog currie & general tsao's something or other. This Fried Rice Seasoning mix is some kind of hot seasoned sauce. Dang, is that stuff hot! My son makes it at Custom Culinary where he works. They get to take home the odd amounts. I put in 3 sweet Hungarian banana peppers, one red/orange sweet bell & 1.5 lbs of hot dogs, sliced length-wise & 1/8" chop. The peppers were sliced & chopped coarse. After frying the veggies a bit, I added 2C of beef broth & the 4C of seasoning sauce with 3C of brown rice. Then added one can each (drained) Sweet corn, peas & red kidney beans. Pics in a while...

 

[brewbama]

Tonight, I led off with Bacon-Wrapped-Tater-Tots and added some glaze with SWMBO's Pepper Jelly, brown water, and Sweet Baby Ray's. I wrapped them with my homemade bacon thinly sliced on a mandolin. I can highly recommend these served alongside a cool drank.

I used this recipe for the chicken brine and rub. Again, I definitely recommend it. I did sub Chipotle Powder for Adobe Powder but I didn't even sauce it and it was awesome.

For sides, SWMBO made a little tomato and cuke salad and a squash and zucchini casserole with garden fare. Wondermus!

Of course, I served my Simple Sunday Supper with a homebrew Blonde Ale.
















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[BUCKNUTS]

Tonight, I led off with Bacon-Wrapped-Tater-Tots and added some glaze with SWMBO's Pepper Jelly, brown water, and Sweet Baby Ray's.

O-M-G! I know I have to try this out. brewbama you're an evil genius.

 

[jeffjm]

I'm afraid to ask about the brown water...

 

[cheezydemon3]

2 smoked pork cuts, thanks to Headbanger, stewed with a bunch of onions, peppers, garlic. Made into smoked pork tamales....DELICIOUS!!

 

[adiochiro3]

Getting some of the first canning done out of the vegetable garden. I put up 2 quarts of tomato sauce and three pints of a new super easy recipe for pepper relish.

I'm growing 5 kinds of peppers this year: Fresno, ancho, banana, yellow bell, and chocolate. (Got a late start on the Habenero's, so they arent' in yet.) I blended a total of 1.5 lbs. all together along with a yellow onion. Turned out very colorful and fantastic!

Thanks for looking! Cheers!

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Nothing too elaborate this weekend, but wife made a vegetarian Mexican enchilada bake using black beans, quinoa, tomato sauce, an OUTSTANDING enchilada sauce, and a bit of cheese on top.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Ya, I was wondering just what this "brown water" is as well.
Regards, GF.

 

[Melana]

Cake I made over the weekend...

 

[BUCKNUTS]

Ya, I was wondering just what this "brown water" is as well.

Regards, GF.

That's where brown trout swim.


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[Homercidal]

Thawed a small ham from the pig we had butchered. Baked it last night with some brown sugar and pineapple sauce on top. Turned out really good, and went well with the instant mashed potatoes. I went ghetto since we didn't have but a couple of small real potatoes on hand. I mixed some milk and a small cup of Little Ceaser's Butter and Garlic dipping sauce I found in the fridge.

The potatoes were just ok. I tried to go by the measurements on the box instead of doing it my sight (the end of the box and if I screwed up I would have no extra potatoes to add!) The garlic was too strong for my taste. I like garlic potatoes, but I would have preferred plain this time with lots of butter.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Well, if we're shooting' for gold on dinner plans...I have a canned ham in the fridge that SWMBO's Grandma gave us the Christmas before she passed in 1987, some grated cheese that was the last of a whole Edam cheese that I bought in Edam, Holland in 1983, a couple of Sauer's spices I bought around 1985-1987...the ground cloves will work to flavor the ham. Oh and for dessert, I have some Jell-o 1-2-3 mixed berry flavor...I don't even know when that was lat manufactured. Sometime in the 1990's?

I just looked it up... Jello 123 was discontinued in 1996. To put this in perspective, the first time my hand touched a female breast was in 1998.

 

[passedpawn]

I just looked it up... Jello 123 was discontinued in 1996. To put this in perspective, the first time my hand touched a female breast was in 1998.

So, for two years you were without jello AND female breasts. How'd you do it?

 

[CreamyGoodness]

So, for two years you were without jello AND female breasts. How'd you do it?

Claire Danes poster and tapioca...

 

[bob1852]

Made some guac and grilled fish (striped bass) tacos this weekend....

 

[DrunkleJon]

Those look nice! I don't have a salad spinner or convection oven but I think low and slow with my "air bake" perforated pizza pan and then high heat after saucing will be good. I don't have corn starch but I might try pancake mix to see if I can make mine a little less crunchy and a little more crispy.

Did you soak, cook, then dry them? I've never bought bagged beans but decided to incorporate more in my diet so I want to save money over canned beans. I was wondering if I could soak chick peas and then slow roast them to cut out the boiling.

When I saw this just now I was inspired. I had a thought though. Has anyone thought to mix a little sriracha in the soaking water to see if you can get some of the spice inside the peas?

Tonight, I led off with Bacon-Wrapped-Tater-Tots and added some glaze with SWMBO's Pepper Jelly, brown water, and Sweet Baby Ray's. I wrapped them with my homemade bacon thinly sliced on a mandolin. I can highly recommend these served alongside a cool drank.

Bacon... wrapped... tater... tots? You have my attention.


Since I was at the beach all last week I did not get pictures of all the meals. We had homemade (not real) meatballs with spaghetti the first night. The second night was Taco night. Third night was fend for yourself night. Fourth? we steamed up 60 lbs of shrimp. I think there were sides, I really do not remember. Baked fish the fifth night, red snapper two ways (with a parm and fresh basil butter topper on one, the other was some Paula Dean recipe). I do not remember the next nights dinner. All I remember is we had a tequila tasting.

I wish I had taken pictures to share with you all, but when on vacation I try to keep the cell phone put away. You cannot relax properly with one of those things around.

 

[mattd2]

... We had homemade (not real) meatballs with spaghetti the first night...
...I wish I had taken pictures to share with you all, but when on vacation I try to keep the cell phone put away. You cannot relax properly with one of those things around.

"Homemade but not real" meatballs? How does that work? you not talking about faux-meat-meatballs are you!
Why not engage flightmode on you cell, then it is just a camera... as long as you don't have games/apps that crave your attention on there.

 

[dan6310]

BBQ chicken leg/thighs with BBQ roast corn and beets along with oven roasted cauliflower. Wash it down with a New Zealand hopped pale ale.


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[paulthenurse]

That cauliflower look freakin awesome.

 

[DrunkleJon]

"Homemade but not real" meatballs? How does that work? you not talking about faux-meat-meatballs are you!
Why not engage flightmode on you cell, then it is just a camera... as long as you don't have games/apps that crave your attention on there.

I misspoke. Homemade but nowhere near authentic. They are always a winner though. Moms recipe.

We had several families, some 60+ people overall with maybe 19 of them children under 6 at the beach. I somehow got branded as the fun one (my fault) and as a result I ended up soaked nightly and covered in sand. My poor phone wouldn't have survived the first night. And I still stand by the point that it is hard to truly relax with one around. The temptation to pick it up and check something real quick is too high.

Now for a week back at work followed by our families 8th annual pig roast this Saturday. I will try to get some good food shots for you all to share.

 

[finsfan]

Bacon pasta salad. Not the cold kind of pasta salad. Onions and peppers where sautéed in the bacon's fat.

 

[ChefRex]

Bacon pasta salad. Not the cold kind of pasta salad. Onions and peppers where sautéed in the bacon's fat.

Looks good, vinegar base?

 

[finsfan]

Looks good, vinegar base?

No but i may try that next time. I found this online today. Just a little olive oil and a little mayo mixed with the cooked pasta, bacon and peppers/onions.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Blurry pic, so I apologize in advance...

More Mexican tonight. Early this morning I took a roast, rubbed it with salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin, and garlic powder, and seared the bejesus out of it in a hot cast iron pan. From there it went in the crock pot with more spices, garlic, onion, jalapeno, a nut brown ale, a pinch of cocoa powder, and the remainder of the morning's coffee. The roast went for about 12 hours and might have been one of the best I've done.

The beans were a huge disappointment. They were soaked overnight and simmered for a few hours today. I changed out the water and added some crispy bacon and onions (I'm not sure there's a better flavor combination to be found anywhere), some tomato paste, and spices. Maybe I didn't mash the beans enough or my seasoning was off but the whole thing tasted watered down and generally not good to me.

Cut up a green and red bell pepper, some garlic another jalapeno, and an onion and took that to same cast iron pan used for bacon and beef with a touch of tomato paste in each batch. Served on a storebought soft tortilla (usually make my own but ran short on time) with sour cream and shredded cheese.

If I didn't have a stupid job I'd be in the kitchen all day and no one would hear a peep out of me