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Fish Curry
Tired of turkey? We are, so something decidedly different in flavor in texture is in the works. We cooked this batch of fish curry sometime ago, but we’ll be duplicating this tonight. I had thought I posted this already, but when I came back to my blog to check the recipe, I realized I hadn’t posted it yet! So here, I’ll revisit the recipe with you. As I am typing this, I’m starting to wonder how curry would fare with the turkey….but, I better not push my luck with these folks. They loved the brined turkey I fixed for thanksgiving, but I think they’ll thunk me in the head if I put anything turkey on the table one more time. I’ll sneak in turkey soup on them tomorrow INGREDIENTS:2 … Read entire article »
Grilled Steak & Beets
This is round two of beets in the garden and the last (probably) of outdoor grilling. Nothing beats grilling steaks so when we had a few days of unseasonably warm weather recently, we decided to grill one last time. One of our favorite marinades for steak is bottled teriyaki sauce, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, crushed garlic, cracked black pepper and herbs. We still had some fresh rosemary and thyme in the garden so that’s what we used this time around. When we had plenty of basil, we used basil; but one night of freezing weather pretty much burned all the basil left. These were New York Strip Steaks grilled medium for hubby and I but well done for the princesses. It is definitely soup weather time again, and we’ll have plenty … Read entire article »
Filed under: beef, grill, vegetables
Strawberry Tiramisu
This is one of Asi’s favorite desserts, tiramisu. She likes tiramisu so much, she even asked for tiramisu for her birthday treat rather than the traditional birthday cake. Every so often when we just have a craving for something sweet and creamy, we also make tiramisu without needing an occasion for an excuse. This strawberry tiramisu came about because we wanted to use up some last-of-the-season strawberries. We adapted this from a Strawberry Tiramisuwe found from Best of the Best from Colorado by Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley who spent 22 years combing the country for the best recipes and have compiled them in the Best of the Best Series of cookbooks. INGREDIENTS:16 oz. mascarpone cheese at room temperature1 pint heavy cream1 & 1/2 pint strawberries, rinsed & hulled3 Tablespoons confectioners … Read entire article »
Filed under: desserts
Steamed Garden Vegetables
This is an Easy Friday post. I just made that one up, don’t bother looking for a link. We had our first hard frost last week, and now our garden looks like it has just been hit with napalm. Everything is blackened and dead save for a few cold weather herbs. Before the frost came, we scrambled to get what we can out of the garden, not that there was much left. So, what to do with a little bit of this and a little bit of that? I decided to just steam them all and eat them in their natural glory. These were dressed in soy & lemon dressing but I suppose any type of dressing would do. The Clone of course had to have her ranch dressing. … Read entire article »
Filed under: side dishes, vegetables
Chicken & Corn Chowder
With the weather turning cold once more, what better way to welcome fall than chowder. The clone really wanted to use some of the leeks from the garden, but they aren’t quite ready yet so we settled on using scallions and corn instead. I wish I could say the corn came from our garden, but unfortunately our corn didn’t do so well this year and we only got a couple of ears. The potatoes used for this soup was from our garden though. 4 T butter3 cloves garlic, chopped1 med onion, chopped2 stalks celery, choppedScallions (green onions), separate white end from green, set green ends aside for garnish3 carrots2 cups corn6 med potatoes4 deboned chicken thighs or 2 chicken breasts, cubed1/4 c. floursalt and pepper2 cups milk3 cups chicken broth Melt butter … Read entire article »
NaBloPoMo Shameless Plug
In case you, like most of my friends, never use the front door to our house and always come through the kitchen door instead, I invite you to visit me In Our House this month. Through the front door. This month, I have done something that I will probably regret in a week or so. I am participating in NaBloPoMo or National Blog Posting Month. NaBloPoMo is fashioned after another event called NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, where you are supposed to write a novel in a month. Hah! no, I’m not writing a novel. NaBloPoMo participants are only expected to update their blog every day for a month. Anyway, visit me there once in a while and see what I’m rambling about. … Read entire article »
Filed under: miscellaneous
Herbed Potato Crab Cake with Basil Aioli
With all the basil from our garden over the summer, we had plenty of basil infused dishes while it lasted. We probably have basil coming out of our pores, but it’s a pleasing scent, so w/e, whatever, as my daughter would say. Here is another way of using up some basil and also some parsley from the garden, one of our last hurrah recipes from the garden. The yucon gold potato used here were a couple that we dug up from the garden too! I think they just came up on their own from kitchen scraps that got buried in the plots. They were a nice surprise. INGREDIENTS:1 lb. lump crab meat2 yucon gold potatoes, cooked and mashed1/2 cup chopped green onions2 Tbsp. chopped flat leaf parsley1/2 teaspoon kosher salt1/2 teaspoon … Read entire article »
Filed under: seafood
LP 15 – Siopao Adobo
Lasang Pinoy, a monthly food blogging event which features Filipino cuisine. The host for this month is Mike of Lafang and he has chosen as the theme: Recycled, Reloaded. For this theme, we will post recipes that have been given a makeover otherwise known as resurrected leftovers. Adobo is one of the favorite dishes in our house, and it’s easy to make, so we make it often, at least once or twice (sometimes thrice) a month. We often have leftovers as I try to make extra for a second meal. On the last time we made chicken adobo with potatoes, I used more breast pieces than was desired by the family, so I decided to recycle it another way, as siopao. Siopao is another Chinese recipe adapted by Filipinos. In Chinese restaurants, … Read entire article »
Filed under: chicken, Filipino, Lasang Pinoy
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