7-29-10

Cajun Crusted Haddock

Mixed fine dry bread crumbs with my Cajun spice blend, coated one side of the haddock fillet and seared - finished in a low oven. Made a garlic beur blanc (wine - butter - lemon sauce) which I tossed garden green beans in and topped the cooked fish with; served with roasted potatoes seasoned with smoked paprika.

7-28-10

Chicken & Snow Pea Low Mien

Sliced chicken breast and snow peas stir fried with onion, red pepper, ginger and garlic; finished with wine, oyster sauce Sriracha, soy and stock. Tossed with thin noodles and basil.

7-27-10

Grilled Chicken Sandwich

Marinated breast of chicken grilled and served on French bread with cheese, lettuce and garden tomato; served with seasoned fries.

7-26-10

Jerk Pork

Jerk marinated pork loin grilled along with marinated zucchini (from garden) served with rice pilaf.

7-25-10

Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast

Chicken breast marinated in a strictly vinegar concoction was grilled and topped with garden basil, garden tomato and melted provolone. I served it with garlic green beans (from the garden) and grilled bliss potatoes.

Garden tomato.

Here are the beans; browned up some garlic in oil and tossed blanched green beans in the garlic, oil, salt & pepper. I put them in a foil pouch with a bit of white wine and threw on the grill to heat up. The wine discolors the beans but they do taste good.

7-22-10

Mini Meatloaf

A nice 'n crusty mini meatloaf with beef gravy, mashed potatoes and fresh from the garden green beans.

7-21-10

Stuffed Zucchini

I sliced a slightly overgrown zucchini from the garden into about 2" rounds, hollowed them out and filled them with a meat stuffing (ground beef, sweet Italian sausage, oregano, basil, parsley onion, garlic, parmigiana, bread crumbs, cream and seasonings). They were roasted then topped with provolone cheese and home made tomato sauce. Served them with a side of penne rigati tossed in the same sauce.

7-20-10

Lemon Basil Chicken

Chicken breast cutlets lightly floured and sauteed with minced onion, deglazed with white wine, lemon juice and chicken stock; finished with lemon zest, basil and a touch of whole butter. Served with a mixed vegetable sauteed and rice pilaf; nice to have a home cooked meal back from vacation.

7-14-10

Cavatapi & Vegetables

Back today from ME; time for a vegetable - eating way too many restaurant meals. Pan roasted asparagus, and zucchini with sauteed onion, red pepper, Hungarian wax pepper, Serrano pepper, broccoli, onion and garlic. The sauce was white wine, stock and a little heavy cream. All this was tossed with cavatapi and topped with Parmesan cheese.

7-8-10

Ground Turkey Tacos

Ground turkey seasoned up for tacos with all the fixings.

7-7-10

Spice Crusted Pork Tenderloin

Pork tenderloin coated with an array of spices & herbs; smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, white pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, ancho chile powder sage, oregano and rosemary. The coated loin was grilled and served with grilled balsamic marinated zucchini (from the garden) and Spanish rice with Serrano chiles.

7-6-10

Cajun Chicken Sandwich

Breast of chicken coated with Cajun spice, grilled and served on French bread with bacon, cheese, lettuce & tomato. Served with tater tots.

7-5-10

Spicy Beef & Green Beans

Some left over steak sliced thinly stir-fried with green beans, red peppers Serrano peppers, onion, garlic and ginger. The sauce is a mix of soy sauce, oyster sauce, stock, mirin, basil, cilantro and parsley thickened with corn starch slurry; served over basmati rice.

7-2-10

Pizza

Tomato sauce, salami, roasted garlic, caramelized onions, salami, prosciutto, green peppers, fresh basil and a four cheese blend on a whole wheat crust.

7-1-10

Grilled Chicken Breast

with Tomato, Basil & Provolone

Lightly marinated breast of chicken grilled & topped with basil leaves, sliced tomato and provolone cheese - a favorite. Served with sauteed snow peas and carrot & rice pilaf.

6-29-10

Grilled Steak

Grilled rump steak with a grill baked potato and roasted green beans with sliced garlic and onions. The garlic in the green beans gets nice & roasted - sticky sweet.