Today’s dinner was roasted chicken halves and from the garden, roasted sweet potato chunks, steamed cabbage and broccoli salad.



The chicken was marinated in a mix of lemon juice, olive oil and white wine with chopped garlic and fresh oregano, rosemary, thyme and parsley tossed in.



The wine is a Gewürtztraminer, my absolute favorite.



Life is good.

I thawed out a USDA Prime Rib Eye for this weekend and forgot about it.
So I guess I am going to have it cooked in a hot skillet tonight.
Along with the wonderful mayocoba charro beans I made this weekend and avocado for the green vegetable.
The steak is slathered in freshly ground black pepper kosher salt and oil.
The cast iron skillet has been on heat for some time.
I cant express to you all if you like dried beans you will love mayocoba beans.
They in my opinion beat any other bean hands down.

Mixed lettuce, arugula from the garden, pomegranate, marconi almonds, feta, choice New York strip. Delicious.

Here's mine.

I thought I would have leftovers but couldn't stop eating.
That was an awesome steak.

today, it was beef stew.
i had bought a couple chuck roasts on sale, and cut one up for the stew.
at a dollar less per lb. than stew meat being sold, i don't mind cutting up the roast
myself. my son gobbles this stuff up.


keith

More of that lentil salad, only because the absolute last pickings of my grape and cherry tomatoes ripened, and this is my favorite thing to do with them, so it's my last batch of the season. My friend that did some work for me got a treat, too, as he loves the stuff, but never makes it.
Last batch of lentil salad. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Had an explanation of what I did hit the wrong button on phone and it was gone.
Totally ticked.
It's a creation from a homemade tortilla failure.
But just look at it..

This puppy is going in the cooler and warmed up for tomorrows breakfast.
The topping is black pepper and smoked salt.
The color came from a beaten egg brushed on the crust.
The insides are leftover carne asada and jack cheese, meat cheese meat cheese in that order.
Baked at 400 for 30 minutes on an oiled cast iron griddle thing from Lodge Cookware.

Sometimes the best results come from mistakes. Bet it was tasty, too!

Today's lunch was good old meat loaf, one of my favorites. And just as good are cold meatloaf sammies with the leftovers. Can you tell I like the end pieces? I also made a new recipe with some of the cauliflower "rice" in the freezer. It had a bit of cream, parmesan and butter mixed in so you could also say it was rather alfredo-ish but not saucey. It was good enough to add it to the recipe binder. There were also some pickled beets Pickles made from canned beets and a pinto bean salad she made. Both are really good.



I also made a “kitchen sink’ salad, loaded with just about everything from the veggie crisper. Some of the ingredients included French Breakfast and Philadelphia White Box radishes from the garden along with parsley and arugula from the front porch boxes.



Lately we've been making popsicles for dessert from Jello sugar-free pudding mix. This batch is chocolate fudge with chocolate chips dropped in there.



Since today's were the last ones I made another batch, this time vanilla with some mini chocolate chips mixed into the pudding. They stayed pretty suspended in the pudding and were pourable, unlike the heavier regular size chips. I think the batch after this one will be pistachio to which I'll add chopped pistachio nuts. They're fun to play with. I'm still looking for a regular popsicle recipe for summer that won't freeze so rock hard and be more like the commercial popsicles.

That sounds like a good idea for a popsicle, [mention]GoDawgs[/mention]. And I have a bunch of those exact molds in my basement, as I used to freeze basil puree in them, until I started growing it inside.

I was in the mood for a Mexican or TexMex type dish, so I made some chili, with ground beef, and I added some canned black beans and some of that dried eggplant, rehydrated, while doing most of the rest of the dish. I cooked the beef in a sauté pan, but I tried using the Instant Pot, to speed up cooking the "sauce", but it just didn't taste right, so I added the beef to it, and let it simmer for about 30 min., but it still wasn't quite right, so I played with the seasonings, then added the beans, and put it on slow cook high, and after 30 minutes, added the drained eggplant, and simmered another 30 minutes, and finally, the flavor was coming around. So now I know, pressure cooking this kind of sauce does not speed up a long, slow simmer! I finished it by thickening with some masa harina, and had a couple of corn tortillas with it, and topped with some Monterey jack.
Chili, with some black beans and re-hydrated eggplant. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

I have had fried catfish three maybe four days in a row this week.
Seemed like the most easy thing to do because of the late hours I have been getting in from work.
Nothing but fish for lunch too.
Haven't had chicken in I dont know how long.

Yesterday it was chicken in a mustard/sour cream sauce. It's the first time out for a new recipe and it tasted even better for lunch today. I think next time I'll cook it the night before to let the flavors meld overnight in the refrigerator.

GoDawgs wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:56 pm Yesterday it was chicken in a mustard/sour cream sauce. It's the first time out for a new recipe and it tasted even better for lunch today. I think next time I'll cook it the night before to let the flavors meld overnight in the refrigerator.

That looks delicious. Can you share the recipe or a link?

I haven't cooked anything really for weeks just living off odds and ends from the freezer, but finally went to the supermarket yesterday and I scored some chicken legs at about $6 for 6 so I cooked two batches last night - this should really be in cheap eaten thread. I couldn't fit them all together in the tiny oven so I did two batches and seasoned differently - one balsamic and the other chipotle. And in keeping with my no waste cheap eaten, today I made rice with the drippings from the chicken - two batches - and made fried rice for supper with one of them. I had cauliflower and peppers from the supermarket as well as my own carrots in there, an egg of course and some raw cashews and onions, garlic cumin and chipotle to season this one. I'm really happy with this method of using up drippings from meat cooked in marinade, the rice is delicious as a base for anything.

mikestuff49 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 4:45 pm

GoDawgs wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:56 pm Yesterday it was chicken in a mustard/sour cream sauce. It's the first time out for a new recipe and it tasted even better for lunch today. I think next time I'll cook it the night before to let the flavors meld overnight in the refrigerator.

That looks delicious. Can you share the recipe or a link?

Thanks, Mike. I just posted it in the Recipe Section. I used legs and thighs as that's what I had.

Been cooking some black beans in a kettle since yesterday.
Spiced them up with sort of a jerk seasoning I dreamed up.
Also habanero cooked with them and added red chili paste.
Thawed out a smoked and dried pork belly plait I had.
Simmered in water a bit and sliced up.
Put in beans with fresh onion.
Gonna have rice with it topped with some habanero chili oil i made yesterday.

Rice with habanero oil and turmeric, chili paste on top.
Black beans with habanero and many spices.
Gotta runny nose and feel like I'm burning up.

Black Futsu squash stuffed with white and red rice (10:1), with coconut milk, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Smells divine. I'm calling it Caladan squash.