1-30-11

Pulled Pork

Pulled pork but with baked potato and green beans. If you want to know how I prepared it, CLICK.

1-28-11

Turkey Soup

I made this soup with the turkey I cooked and the stock I made form the bones. This one has ditalini pasta. Served it with crusty French bread.

1-27-11

Blackened Mahi Mahi

Mahi Mahi fillet dusted with my Cajun spice blend and pan blackened; served with a saute of snow peas, carrot and red pepper & rice pilaf.

1-26-11

Chicken Scampi

A breast of chicken lightly floured, sauteed with minced shallot & garlic then deglazed with white wine and lemon juice; finished with lemon zest, parsley and whole butter - served with roasted green beans, sweet and red potatoes.

1-25-11

 Fresh Homemade Pasta

Served with homemade sauce, meatball & sausage - note the Parmesan at the ready.

1-24-11

Turkey Pot Pie

 The filling is the last of the turkey I cooked Sunday (froze 1 breast) with celery onions carrot cut green beans and red potatoes in a rich turkey gravy.

 Baked with a homemade pie crust.

Served in a bowl.

1-23-11

Ham, Mmmmm...Ham

Spiral sliced ham with homemade au gratin potatoes and steamed broccoli.

1-20-11

Sauteed Pork Loin

A slice of center cut pork loin sauteed with shallots, deglazed with white wine and chicken stock which is reduced and finished with a little whole butter; served with rice pilaf and roasted asparagus.

1-19-11

Meat Pie

The second meat pie I made & froze a few weeks ago. Topped this with beef gravy and served it with steamed broccoli.

1-18-11

Cajun Chicken Alfredo

Chunks of chicken breast sauteed with zucchini, broccoli, red pepper, onion and garlic deglazed with white wine, chicken stock and a touch of cream; finished with home made Cajun spice blend, Parmesan cheese and tossed with home made fettuccine.

1-17-11

Roast Turkey

Took advantage of a day off & roasted a whole turkey, served it with mashed potatoes, roasted green beans and a gravy made from the pan drippings.

1-16-11

Corn Chowder

Went out for dinner, but made a pot of corn chowder in the afternoon; corn, onion, potato and bacon in a rich base with cream. I ended up giving most of it away.

1-14-11

Baked Haddock

Haddock fillet baked in white wine with a seasoned crumb topping, served with steamed broccoli and roasted potatoes.

1-13-11

ManicottiA cheese blend with browned beef & sausage fill these manicotti that are baked in a meat sauce topped with provolone and mozzarella; served with an "old school" iceberg lettuce salad.

1-12-11

Cherry Bomb

A rip off of Tory's/T.C. Lando's Cherry Bomb sandwich; shaved steak BBQ sauce, diced cherry peppers, provolone & lettuce. Served with tater tots and a pickle. The "real" version also has pepperoni - overkill.

1-11-11

 Black Pepper pork Loin

Pork loin pounded thin, coated with cracked black peppercorns seared with diced shallot, deglazed with brandy and stock; finished with a bit of heavy cream and reduced.

Served with rice pilaf and a saute of zucchini, snow peas, red pepper & broccoli.

1-10-10

 Wine Braised Chuck Loin Roast

 Seared the chuck loin roast and braised it in a mixture of beef stock Zinfandel wine with garlic, onion, herbs and seasonings.

Served with sauteed green beans, mashed potatoes and beef gravy made from the cooking liquid.

1-7-11

Pizza

A home made crust with tomato sauce, diced chicken breast, diced jalapeno peppers, pepperoni and mozzarella cheese.

1-6-11

Leftovers

The leftover turkey breast from Sunday was diced and tossed in with  sauteed carrot, onion and celery in a gravy made with homemade turkey stock (bones from the breast); served over rice with steamed broccoli.

1-5-10

Hot Pastrami

Hot pastrami sandwich on French bread with Swiss cheese and lettuce; served with seasoned fries and a home made pickle.

1-4-11

Chicken Cacciatore

Chunks of chicken breast seared with green pepper, onion, garlic and celery; deglazed with white wine and stock and simmered with tomato, tomato sauce, fresh herbs and green beans. The dish was served with crusty French bread.

1-3-11

Rump Steak

Not a real popular cut, but delicious when cooked properly. I seared the steak in a smoking hot saute pan and finished it in a slow oven - the key is to cook this to medium/medium rare, no less. Served the steak with steamed broccoli and fettuccine Alfredo with home made fettuccine.

1-2-11

Roast Turkey Breast

Roast turkey breast served with roasted green beans and red potatoes.

12-31-10

"Homemades"

 Used my new Kitchen Aid pasta attachments to make fettuccine.

Had the noodles with sausage, meatball & homemade sauce - prior to a generous shower of Parmesan cheese.

12-30-10

Chicken Sandwich

BBQ spice rubbed chicken breast with bacon, cheese, tomato and lettuce; served on French bread with seasoned fries.

Made a massive batch of chili.