Laurie made some awesome chicken paprika
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
different recipe than I'm used to and its always tough going against moms and grandmas recipes but she nailed it!
Kitchen is back together and some Turkey Burgers
Made some turkey burgers last night after finally getting my kitchen back together (i had made some upgrades)
made a bacon ranch sauce, mainly because i wanted to cook the bacon in the cast iron before the burgers.
sauteed some veggies quick too. Made about 3 lbs of burgers, (about 8) and froze half cooked the rest. 
Ikea on a Sunday..
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Bolognese over pasta anyone?
Thursday, March 6, 2008
came out great! used my own kinda recipe with some hot italian sausage and believe it or not, you couldnt notice it much, but it gave it a great taste!
Ski weekend and the perfect steak...
Monday, March 3, 2008
Ski weekend was amazing, of course...but I didn't expect it not to be! Pictures on SmugMug..to lazy to post a link.
One hiccup was going to a supposed to be nice restaurant, ordering a ribeye medium-rare due to a SERIOUS craving I have been having for one for weeks...and getting it well...first time I ever sent food back. Since Laurie was done her meal by the time I sent it back I just told the waitress I'd pick off hers as I was already miffed....
Not to be defeated dad came through and dropped off some ribeyes to the residence when I returned home.
Ribeye cooked perfect (medium rare, even color inside, perfect crust and sear outside)
A kind of Gratin concoction that I made from some left over potatoes (not sure on the types i used, but whatever decided it wanted to start growing roots in my fridge got the ax. Put some heavy creme in a pot and the sliced taters and cooked for a few minutes, then put it in a baking dish, poured another cup of heavy cream and some butter milk (hey it was left over too) and then grated about a cup and a half to 2 cups of Gruyer cheese over it and baked for good 25 min.
Thai Stir-fry
Got a cut of sirloin on sale at shop-rite, cubed, lots of paprika, some of this "spicy" oil that I picked up, some soy and pepper....let it sit while I threw some Jasmine rice into my new pot.
stir fried the beef up with some red and green peppers, chilies, shitake mushrooms, garlic, and shallot, with more soy, and a little fish sauce and I threw some basil in at the end.
The pot worked great for rice....first time I cooked rice where it was this great....perfect stickyness and taste.
Sundays "Support the Economy" Day at the Timko's...
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Happened to "stumble" upon a Le Creuset factory outlet and they had a "red" sale....
Now...to learn how to use them...wish I had them a few days ago come turkey chili time....
Cooking update...
Friday, February 22, 2008
Baked macaroni, feta cheese with bacon, panko breaded tenders, homemade BBQ sauce and left over baby tomatoes stuffed with fresh moz with basil and olive oil....
P.S. My new 5qt. Calphalon Skillet is amazing.
P.P.S.....killer turkey chili on the stove right now......
Some cooking updates...
Monday, February 18, 2008
OK 2 updates in 1.....
Valentines day I made 2 desserts for my valentine to choose from....(she had a little of both!)
homemade Strawberry shortcake, with some kickbutt whipped cream I "whipped" up. (nothing special, I just like homemade cream)
and chocolate lava cake (couldnt believe how easy it was!) with vanilla ice cream and chocolate covered strawberry
last night i had my parents over for dinner, partly moms birthday and my father is laying his mother to rest today so I didn't want them cooking.
I made a caprese salad again
appitizer of pesto shrimp
main course of veal with a marsala cream sauce with white truffle oil and capers over linguini and a side of roasted garlic parm asparagus.
and for dessert.....
"Bill Gates Peanut Butter Chocolate Mud" (because its too damn rich!)
This weekends dinner
Monday, February 4, 2008
Caprese salad with balsamic
Homemade filet mignon ravioli with brown butter balsamic sauce
Garlic and parmasian roasted asparagus
Tiramisu in chocolate bowls with chocolate covered strawberries
chocolate martinis with chocolate chips at the bottom
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