hahaha, that is a recipe to me too but I am not sure who could follow or reproduce it but it sure is sounding delicious.This is what I am up to with the chicken curry:
hahaha, that is a recipe to me too but I am not sure who could follow or reproduce it but it sure is sounding delicious.This is what I am up to with the chicken curry:
hahaha, that is a recipe to me too but I am not sure who could follow or reproduce it but it sure is sounding delicious.
Meal I could eat every day (and did so for a month to recover from ulcerative colitis it worked great (note: I did not use any Salsa or beans when I had UC)):
Shredded Chicken Burritos.
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
- 4 cups no salt added chicken stock (not broth)
- 4 tsp Knorr Chicken Boullion Granuales
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 Tbs Onion Powder
- 2 tsp Cumin
- 2 tsp Dried Oregano
- 1/4 Cup Herdez Salsa Verde
- 2 Tbs Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice (About one fresh lime)
Place all ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil and simmer at low for at least one hour. Remove chicken from pot. Shred with forks. Return to pot and bring back to a boil then simmer on another 15 minutes. You can cook this all longer and have more flavor seep in. Just add water as necessary.
Filling:
Guacamole
- Three Ripe Hass Avacado (nearly black and soft) - Florida Avacado also work but they aren't as creamy
- Lime Juice squeezed from one lime
- 3 Tbs Herdez Mild Salsa
- 1/4 tsp Salt
Just mash up and cover until ready to serve. Guacamole does turn brown when exposed to air. You can slow this by sealing the top with plastic wrap against the guacamole.
La Constena Whole Pinto Beans: I just heat up in a small pot. They are already seasoned. Usually two cans.
Kraft Mexican Cheese Blend or a mix of extra sharp cheddar and parmesan
Romaine lettuce chopped
Yellow onion diced
Herdez Salsa Verde and Mild Salsa
Lite Sour Cream
La Banderita Flour Tortilla
This recipe is lower sodium than many of you are probably used to. I'd rather let people add their own salt. I'd consider this meal fairly high in salt. Most stuff I make is much lower sodium.
Favorite meal but I'd get sick of:
Tri Tip Beef (normally I just use Chuck Roast but tri tip is the best, sometimes I substitute pork loin/tenderloin/butt)
- Slow baked in the over at 200F all day
- Marinated the day before with a home made dry rub using an Emeril Lagasse recipe
- Coated with BBQ sauce and wrapped in foil
Sides:
Bushs Grillin Beans - Southern Pit Barbeque
Zucchinni and Yellow squash - marinated in lemon juice, soy sauce and balsamic vinegar
Home Made Biscuits - J.P.'s Big Daddy Biscuits recipe from allrecipes.com
Corn on the cobb -Boiled then rolled in butter
Really there's a lot of meals I prepare which are very good. Turkey, Beef Wellington, Lasagna, beef ribs, burgers, pork roast and so forth. Along with many other Chinese, Italian, Indian, Mexican, French and English dishes. I just couldn't handle them every day. While I love pepperoni pizza. It would give me too much heartburn.
Sounds really good, thanks for sharing.Going to try this, will report back:
They turned out great!
Mexican Black Bean Soup with Sausage
Mexican Black Bean Soup with Sausage Recipe
This authentic black bean soup with sausage is as warming as it is delicious.Slideshow: More Warming Soups Recipes...www.foodandwine.com
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, very finely chopped
- 1 canned chipotle chile, seeded and finely chopped (not used)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Two 15-ounce cans black beans, drained. See note*
- 3 cups chicken stock or canned low-sodium broth
- 3/4 pound smoky cooked sausage, such as andouille or kielbasa, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons very finely chopped cilantro (not used)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Sour cream and lime wedges, for serving
*Black bean note: Unlike this recipe, I started out with 1lb of dry black beans, and let then soak in a pan of water overnight.Water has to be added as the beans absorb it. Then the beans must be boiled for 90 minutes, until the beans will smush. So when it came time to add the beans, I ladled them out of the pot they were boiled in, minus most of the water and to the skillet as per the recipe.
Step 1
In a medium saucepan, heat the olive oil until shimmering. Add the onion and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic along with the chipotle, cumin and oregano and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 2 minutes. Add the black beans and chicken stock and simmer, partially covered, for 15 minutes. Using a potato masher, coarsely crush some of the beans.
Step 2
Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over high heat. Add the sausage and cook until browned, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Add the sausage to the beans, along with the lime juice and cilantro; season with salt and pepper. Simmer the soup for 2 minutes to allow the flavors to blend. Ladle the soup into bowls and serve, passing the sour cream and lime wedges separately.
mmmm, I have not had a Franziskaner in a couple of years. Must hunt some down for the summer.Fajitas (skirt steak)
I found a recipe online and then lost it. If you don't know about skirt steak, commonly served as fajitas, it is the lowest quality cut of meat on the cow, a relatively thin strip of fatty meat along the ribs. It used to cost about the same as hamburger, but when the Fajita crazy swept the country starting in the 80s the price of this cut of beef went up.
The interesting thing about the Recipe I found, I don’t remember seeing any portions for the quantities, so here is a guesstimate for making the marinate:
- A bottle of Italian dressing (Entire bottle)
- A bottle of A1 brand or other brand steak sauce. I used Kroger brand About 1/3-1/2 bottle.
- Worcester sauce (not alot), a couple of shakes. Careful with this, it can overpower the taste.
- Squirt of Lemmon juice.
- Some quantity of minced garlic, say the equivalent of 3 cloves.
I just mixed this until it looked good to me. 🤗
Using about 3lbs of steak, I diagonally cut it criss cross 1/4” deep on both sides, then cut it in half so it would fit in a 1gallon zip lock bag. Laid the meat and bag in a 9x9” cooking dish and then poured the marinate in and sealed the bag. The recipe called for marinating it over night (8hrs), in the fridge but due to my schedule, I ended up letting it marinate for about 24 hours. I flipped the bag about halfway though the marinating period.
I cooked it on a charcoal grill. My wife’s sister is an expert fajita and ribs cook. She told us that if we like to look at temperatures, to get an oven thermometer and cook at 350F for 15 minutes per side. I blew the temperature part off, made a hot fire and cooked it 15 minutes per side in my covered Grill. I notice the meat is really infused with oil from the Italian dressing and it turned out, yummy.
We ate this on heated flour tortillas, with Guacamole, shredded cheese, and egg potatoe salad on the side.
When it comes to wheat beer I buy more Hoegaarden, also like Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen, and made locally Saint Arnold Weedwacker.mmmm, I have not had a Franziskaner in a couple of years. Must hunt some down for the summer.
Thanks for the recipe and edu-steaktion.
...and of course some wheat beer. 💪
Thanks! That would be Franciscan Ware (Franciscan Ceramics) Desert Rose, a US company based in Los Angeles that was purchased by Wedgwood, then Waterford, production moved to the UK in 1983. I assume it is discontinued, but it can be found online, saw a set on eBay for $750. Here is a replacement made in China, all manufacturing heads to China? 😢Lovely fireplace...and I like the floral dinnerware.
Thanks! That would be Franciscan Ware (Franciscan Ceramics) Desert Rose, a US company based in Los Angeles that was purchased by Wedgwood, then Waterford, production moved to the UK in 1983. I assume it is discontinued, but it can be found online, saw a set on eBay for $750. Here is a replacement made in China, all manufacturing heads to China? 😢
In the 80-90s time frame we went though our depression glass collecting phase. We have some nice pieces that we never use. 👀Chinese cuisine is not really my forte, but there is one Chinese dish I absolutely can't get enough of - Dan Dan noodles, a 'street food' dish that is quite easy to make. Here is a good video tutorial on the dish (I typically use broccoli as my veg of choice on top).
Lady Blackadder is into ceramics, I think if she had it her way we'd be using almost nothing but vintage ceramics...which is fine, though it makes me constantly terrified of breaking something.
Chinese cuisine is not really my forte, but there is one Chinese dish I absolutely can't get enough of - Dan Dan noodles, a 'street food' dish that is quite easy to make. Here is a good video tutorial on the dish (I typically use broccoli as my veg of choice on top).
Lady Blackadder is into ceramics, I think if she had it her way we'd be using almost nothing but vintage ceramics...which is fine, though it makes me constantly terrified of breaking something.
In the 80-90s time frame we went though our depression glass collecting phase. We have some nice pieces that we never use. 👀
In the 80-90s time frame we went though our depression glass collecting phase. We have some nice pieces that we never use. 👀
I take the view that if you have something elegant and beautiful - use it and relax, and take pleasure in and enjoy the use of it, if it enhances the quality of your life.
And, if it breaks, it breaks.
I use beautiful glassware everyday, and thoroughly enjoy it; why have it locked away in a cupboard, to emerge, dusty, (and then, cleaned) for use on a special occasion, a birthday, Christmas, an anniversary - when you are then too terrified when handling it, fearful that it will break and thus, you don't really enjoy the pleasure of using it?
My great-grandfather was a glassblower during the depression, my grandmother still has a few of his pieces - dishes and vases. If I inherit any of them I doubt I'd have the intestinal fortitude to actually use them, especially since she's had them in a glass-fronted cupboard for over 60 years.
I am that way about most of the things I own, though I am still fearful of Lady Blackadder's ceramics. I once was messing around with a soccer ball indoors (I know, I know) and broke a handmade ceramic flagon of hers. I will never live that one down. I think I've continued buying vintage decor items primarily to force myself to be more careful!
[/QUOTE]I take the view that if you have something elegant and beautiful - use it and relax, and take pleasure in and enjoy the use of it, if it enhances the quality of your life.
And, if it breaks, it breaks.
I use beautiful glassware everyday, and thoroughly enjoy it; why have it locked away in a cupboard, to emerge, dusty, (and then, cleaned) for use on a special occasion, a birthday, Christmas, an anniversary - when you are then too terrified when handling it, fearful that it will break and thus, you don't really enjoy the pleasure of using it?
Sorry, this is definitely off thread topic...My great-grandfather was a glassblower during the depression, my grandmother still has a few of his pieces - dishes and vases. If I inherit any of them I doubt I'd have the intestinal fortitude to actually use them, especially since she's had them in a glass-fronted cupboard for over 60 years.
I am that way about most of the things I own, though I am still fearful of Lady Blackadder's ceramics. I once was messing around with a soccer ball indoors (I know, I know) and broke a handmade ceramic flagon of hers. I will never live that one down. I think I've continued buying vintage decor items primarily to force myself to be more careful!
Sorry, this is definitely off thread topic...
As a child we visited glass blowing factories which was facinating. Most of those factories were turning out decor and novelty glass items (60s time frame.) Most are closed today.
Of possible interest cherishing old stuff varies as time goes by and by culture. In the early 80s you could buy beautiful used/old wedding Kimonos in Japan because we found them exotic and beautiful, but as a rule we don’t hang up our used Western wedding dresses in the US for decoration and I’ll assume the same in Europe. I‘ll say, I could be in error, that there was little value placed on antiques in general In Japan.
When growing up antiques seemed to be of value, and again in the 80s there were antique shoppes all over with glassware and furniture. I grew up sleeping in a family Victorian bedroom set which was handed down from the turn of the 20th century. Today no kids in the family wants this set of furniture. My brother has several antique pieces some family, some not, but he says antique/used furniture stores don’t want them on consignment. At least in the US there seems to be a shift in attitude with the Millennials, who seem to have adopted a minimalist approach to material things in their lives.
My understanding is that you don’t see crystal and silverware being sold in department stores, other than catalog orders, where there used to be sections of the store dedicated to newlyweds. This is an observation, not a judgement, and it might reflect a time of less, or just a time of changed attitudes regarding material possessions.