Stopping for lunch in NC for the real thing. I wanted eastern NC Q (characterized by a vinegar based sauce with peppers) as opposed to western NC Q (characterized by a sweeter more tomato based sauce). Purely by serendipity, we encountered Bubba’s. Ordered the platter, with beans, mustard based cole slaw, and the hush puppies …
Category Archives: Meals
Huevos con Chorizo
I decided to give Huevos con Chorizo a try. Made this salsa with corn, black beans and cilantro added to TJ salsa. Mmmmm, chorizo. Cheated and used canned, diced potatoes. Eggs and potatoes combined. If I had omitted the chorizo portion of the program, it would have been a Tortilla Espanola (i.e., Spanish Tortilla). Final …
Lokal Burger in Miami
While visiting my friend Sam in Miami, we ate many good things. One of my favorites was from Lokal Burger. Appropriately called “My Childhood Dream,” this burger uses a glazed donut as the bun. It is loaded with a fried egg, candied bacon, and American cheese. And then I spent the next week flushing out …
Grilled Shrimp, pasta and vegetables
Karen recommended the Argentinian Red Shrimp. I thought they would pair well with pasta and some vegetables. For the base pasta, I used TJ Garlic and Basil Linguine, along with some ever-popular chicken broth. For the vegetable component, I used some “broccoli slaw” mix. I cooked the pastam and tossed it with some broth and …
Italian Sausage and Orichette
So, inspired by a Mario Batali tweet, I decided to put together a version of Orichette and broccoli di rabe. I used TJ baby broccoli, which is pretty close. White wine and chicken broth sauce with Italian seasonings along with some garlic. I also decided to add ceci and cannellini beans.
Leftover corn tortillas. What to do?
So, I bought this Rick Bayless chicken with salsa verde kit from Costco. I mean, it’s from Frontera, right? We had leftover corn tortillas. I’ve always wanted to try Migas, but it looked like too much work. So, I thought, Huevos Rancheros ! Here is what came out of it. I cooked the tortillas in …
Arugula Pizza
So, saw these flatbread pizza crusts in the bakery department at Jewel. So, we thought we would give it a try with the ever popular arugula pizza. Construction: brushed with olive oil, studded out with fresh mozzarella and a little bit of grated parmesan. Mounded high with baby arugula. Covered with slices of prosciutto. Baked …
You Put The Lime in the Coconut
subtitled: It’s not easy being green. Used coconut oil and lime on the tuna. Because, you put the lime in the coconut, and eat it all together. Harvest grains prepared in chicken broth, with pesto. As if there wasn’t enough green, how about some avocado to go with the arugula salad?
Sunday Pork Dinner
I’ve had a hankerin’ for roast pork, so today was the day. A nice TJ pork loin roast, cooked to the now reasonable and FDA approved 145F internal temperature (pink, like Aunt Anne would demand it). Nice overall rub of thyme, rosemary, salt, pepper, garlic powder. Roast potatoes in the pan with the pork. I …
These are a few of my favorite things
An experiment. I know how good baked ziti is with Putttenesca sauce and fresh mozzarella balls. So, this is a variation, including blanched caulflower and sundried tomatoes. The sauce is some broth, with garlic and basil and the usual Italian seasonings. Complete with the crunchy baked noodles on top. Came out pretty good.