When David and Tony were here, we took a trip downtown, which included a trip to Heaven on Seven for breakfast (not lunch, since the gumbo was not ready 🙁 ) I reacquainted myself with an old friend, Shrimp and Cheese Grits. Still, totally awesome. On the way out, I thought we should have …
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Fathers Day 2015
Karen stopped by for Fathers Day, and we teamed up to make dinner. Here is the final result. We made the pesto from Mom’s basil and some parsley. It was delightful, but would have been better if David was here. Fourth of July, so close…
Linguine with Green Olive Sauce
I saw this recipe from bon appetit on my RSS feed, and thought it looked pretty interesting. Mixed up and ready to go. Action shot of Mom tossing the arugula salad that accompanied it: Plated up with arugula salad: It was pretty good, and I would make it again, although I would simplify it. I …
Flambé
We have been making this for years (probably like 1982-83). It came from one of those little recipe leaflets on the Spice Islands brand spice rack. We tried it and obviously liked it. Of course, there are Joe ramifications. I don’t add tomatoes, and use more beef bouillon (actually, I use Beef Better Than Bouillon) …
Chickpea flour pancakes
They are more dense and savory than regular flour pancakes. I just had butter on hand to put on them, but they might be good with some of Trader Joe’s Mango Chutney or Tzatziki sauce.
Better with Bacon
Isn’t everything? Saw this on my RSS feed. Here’s the original article, titled Roasted Cabbage with Bacon. Prepped for the oven. Out of the oven: Final plating. Maryann REALLY enjoyed this. I guess I will be making this again.
Brocolli di Rabe With Sausage and Polenta
We had some Hot Italian Sausage from Paulina Market. So, I devised the following. First, browned up the sausages. Made polenta, using Bob’s Red Mill. Added butter and Parmesan. Cooked Brocolli di Rabe by blanching, and them cooking in olive oil, sausage drippings, red pepper and garlic. Deglazed with some white wine for good measure. …
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A Polish Dinner
From the last trip to the venerable Paulina Market, we had some fresh (unsmoked) Polish Sausage. So, I felt that an Old time polish dinner was indicated. I started with a base of Franks Kraut. I rinsed, and added it to sauteed onions in butter, along with additional caraway seeds (because that is the way …
New Years Day 2015
For New Years Day, I made Traditional Hoppin’ John. According to Wikipedia, eating Hoppin’ John on New Years day: eating Hoppin’ John on New Year’s Day is thought to bring a prosperous year filled with luck I used this recipe from Simply Recipes: Mom always said you had to have seafood at New years. I …
Christmas Pierogies
The traditional Christmas pierogies. We have a plethora of choices: meat, potato, potato and bacon, kraut, cherry, and strawberry. Here’s everyone hard at work in the kitchen.