Last nights enchilada casserole & beans were quite tasty. Humble, nourishing, delicious food.
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Last nights enchilada casserole & beans were quite tasty. Humble, nourishing, delicious food.
Been kind of a crazy holiday. Our youngest got sick on Xmas eve and really sick on Xmas morning (bad temp, strained breathing etc.) so we sent the older kids upstate to hang out with their grandparents & cousins and have Christmas while we stayed at home with our littlest who we then took to urgent care for testing and nebulizer steroid treatments. He’s doing better (no more constant temperature) but still a fusspot as you can imagine a 2y/o being and we are wooorn out so we door dashed some Italian Bistro that is down the street from us. We got a roasted red pepper-ricotta-caramelized onion-sausage calzone and a half Italian sandwich of provolone, copicola, Genoa, pepperoni & cotta and vinaigrette dressed romaine, onions, and tomato slices & rat red pepper. I’d not had a sandwich from this place before and it’s built around a flatbread of what I believe is their pizza dough that they bake as a flat bread per order and then build on that and fold over like a big Italian taco of sorts. Anyways, the calzone was good and what I expected (although they poked a hole in the bottom of it-tsk tsk tsk haha). The sandwich was really quite good - was my fav. We were hungry and ate this while listening to records so I did not get a pic. We shared a cannoli for dessert.
It was good so we’ll be back.
It was good so we’ll be back.
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That looks absolutely delicious.Came out perfecto!
Made it up north for Christmas festivities. My Mother In law made amazing red chile beef tip enchilada casserole, stewed pintos and Spanish rice.
It was delicious. Best in the Southwest as far as I’m concerned. Never had better and I’ve eaten a lot of them
It was delicious. Best in the Southwest as far as I’m concerned. Never had better and I’ve eaten a lot of them
Fancied a break from the fare of this time of year, thus, I made my way to my favourite Asian spot, where I dined on a divine prawn noodle dish in a delicious spicy broth, a dish that isn't even on the menu, but which the proprietor offered to prepare for me as a special treat.
Delicious, warming, and soothing although it was spicy.
Yum.
Delicious, warming, and soothing although it was spicy.
Yum.
Having some of my mother in Law’s chimayo red chile pork posole for lunch this afternoon while I port her phone number over to her new iphone17.
Great way to be reimbursed for your help!
My MIL just had hip replacement surgery in September and she can still get around quite well in her kitchen.
Today’s dinner was a unanimous vote for fried chicken during the 1+ hour ride home. A local grocers deli does 10 jumbo fried chicken legs for $7 bucks on Mondays. We needed some things like coffee creamer and some fresh vegetables so I couldn’t pass that coincidence up. All the goodness of southern fried chicken with built in kid handles and NONE of the mess (oil, dredge, fryer splatters & cleanup etc.) haha.
So we got home and I threw together some Mac n cheese, mashed potatoes and gravy and had a good dinner everyone eats in about 15-20 minutes all in about.
Yeah, in my hunger, I forgot to take a pic of the dinner plate.
Kids are still home for the holiday (they go back next week) so we made a stuffed crust cheese pizza with what we had in the fridge for lunch.
I made the dough this morning around 8a so let it ferment until 130p so round about 5 hours. As the crust was stuffed, I par baked it for 10 minutes prior to sauce and cheese. Topped it with some basic tomato sauce (tomato, garlic, salt), pecorino and some burrata from sandwiches last week.
Middle kiddo was suspicious but little bit ate it without complaint.
I made the dough this morning around 8a so let it ferment until 130p so round about 5 hours. As the crust was stuffed, I par baked it for 10 minutes prior to sauce and cheese. Topped it with some basic tomato sauce (tomato, garlic, salt), pecorino and some burrata from sandwiches last week.
Middle kiddo was suspicious but little bit ate it without complaint.
Chicken ravioli in creamy bacon renders, spinach & tomato sauce & pecorino.
The boys had the usual spaghets with meatballs, marinara and pecorino with garlic bread.
The boys had the usual spaghets with meatballs, marinara and pecorino with garlic bread.
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Last night we had chili mac for the adults (lol) and oven baked bean and beef tacos for the kiddos ... except the kids (except middle kiddo whos favorite food is literally tacos) ended up wanting the chilimac more and ate that with us. Good that I made enough for everyone because there was zero left overs. Kids opted for a refry taco breakfast this AM which Im fine with because its easy; I did all the work last night.
Dunno what we'll have today. I have a few hotplates in the freezer that I should probably move through. Maybe Ill throw one of those in the oven ... or not.
Oh yeah, my wife picked up a new black pepper and pecorino chicken sausage from Costco over the weekend that she wanted to try. I made that on Monday with some pan fried sweet peppers and onions. I made hotdogs, macaroni & cheese and broccoli for the kids but oldest wanted the sausage and peppers. They weren't bad. Id buy them again.
Dunno what we'll have today. I have a few hotplates in the freezer that I should probably move through. Maybe Ill throw one of those in the oven ... or not.
Oh yeah, my wife picked up a new black pepper and pecorino chicken sausage from Costco over the weekend that she wanted to try. I made that on Monday with some pan fried sweet peppers and onions. I made hotdogs, macaroni & cheese and broccoli for the kids but oldest wanted the sausage and peppers. They weren't bad. Id buy them again.
Sounds Great, just curious, what was the meat involved. Here we would use bacon or ham but you may have other options.
The version I chose - which was delicious - was the simple, standard, meat free, eggs benedict; my two friends (and former colleagues, both, as it happened, retired ex-military officers) both selected the bacon option with their eggs benedict, and seemed somewhat surprised that I had not also chosen it (and no, I'm not vegetarian, I simply didn't fancy bacon with my eggs benedict on Wednesday afternoon - and yes, we did subsequently stray into a discussion that touched on the fact that none of us were vegetarians, still less, vegans).
The (excellent) menu also offered a version of eggs benedict that came complete with smoked salmon.
Had my folks over for dinner for a family favorite - Cincinnati Chili 5 ways. My wife made it this time and I quite love how she does it. Being that she likes to play with the spicy sweet nature of this dish, she amps it up a bit with New Mexico Chimayo red Chile powder and then tames it with the sweetness of additional cinnamon which just makes an absolutely fabulous Friday evening treat with the family.
And it was delicious. But wait, there's more! She also made a delicious apple, pear and cranberry pie. Knocked it out of the park on that too. Needless to say I'm stuffed.
One for the memory banks that's for sure. I think I might ask for this again for my birthday dinner this year. everything was absolute money
And it was delicious. But wait, there's more! She also made a delicious apple, pear and cranberry pie. Knocked it out of the park on that too. Needless to say I'm stuffed.
One for the memory banks that's for sure. I think I might ask for this again for my birthday dinner this year. everything was absolute money
That sounds absolutely delicious.Had my folks over for dinner for a family favorite - Cincinnati Chili 5 ways. My wife made it this time and I quite love how she does it. Being that she likes to play with the spicy sweet nature of this dish, she amps it up a bit with New Mexico Chimayo red Chile powder and then tames it with the sweetness of additional cinnamon which just makes an absolutely fabulous Friday evening treat with the family.
And it was delicious. But wait, there's more! She also made a delicious apple, pear and cranberry pie. Knocked it out of the park on that too. Needless to say I'm stuffed.
One for the memory banks that's for sure. I think I might ask for this again for my birthday dinner this year. everything was absolute money
Made some fritters for dinner last night.
My wife made a grip of smoked kielbasa with cabbage and potatoes so took that, added some sauerkraut, seasoning, egg & flour and refried some fritters. Wife got the fritter on its own and I made a cheese grilled sandwich out of it and served with a moderate lager beer. I’d post a picture but MR is not letting me. Maybe my new phone is taking photos that are too big now.
My wife made a grip of smoked kielbasa with cabbage and potatoes so took that, added some sauerkraut, seasoning, egg & flour and refried some fritters. Wife got the fritter on its own and I made a cheese grilled sandwich out of it and served with a moderate lager beer. I’d post a picture but MR is not letting me. Maybe my new phone is taking photos that are too big now.
The above fritters were hit and miss with the family. My oldest liked them with his go-to enhancer ketchup which was surprising considering the sauerkraut (I didnt tell him it was in there) and my youngest ate them but he's two so I think he'll pretty much eat most things I give him lol. Middle kiddo was a HECK NO GET THAT AWAY FROM ME and my wife she was ehhh they're ok. I myself was fair to midland on them as well. They on their own were kind of flat despite the additional seasoning but where my enjoyment amplified was eating them with pickled/fermented things like the above pickles; on my sandwich I plopped a big pile of cold kraut in it as well which was a nice edge as well as the temperature contrast was actually pretty cool.
Aaanyways, last nights dinner was baked beef and bean tacos for the kids and for the adults, I added a few zucchinis diced and caramelized with garlic into the mix and we ate those with some lettuce. Yes it was a low-er carb version of what the kiddos were eating but mostly, I just needed to get those veggies used up. Ehhh again, fair to midland on that. While the filling was quite nice, the lettuce was a little bitter which brought the whole thing down a bit for me but oh wells, dems da breaks sometimes. I tell you one thing, I cant wait for summer because I grow a grip of fresh lettuces which is SO nice comparative to store bought lettuce but that's what we have right now in the middle of winter. No pictures as I was hungry lol.
Tonight Im thinking chicken breasts and rice pilaf - think a one pot skillet meal sort of preparation. Im mulling over if I want to do it dry or more of a smothered chicken style. Kids have Korean tonight so time is of the essence (get home at 430, eat and fly for their 530 class), so I'm thinking more along the lines of arroz con pollo being a bit faster but we'll see.
Aaanyways, last nights dinner was baked beef and bean tacos for the kids and for the adults, I added a few zucchinis diced and caramelized with garlic into the mix and we ate those with some lettuce. Yes it was a low-er carb version of what the kiddos were eating but mostly, I just needed to get those veggies used up. Ehhh again, fair to midland on that. While the filling was quite nice, the lettuce was a little bitter which brought the whole thing down a bit for me but oh wells, dems da breaks sometimes. I tell you one thing, I cant wait for summer because I grow a grip of fresh lettuces which is SO nice comparative to store bought lettuce but that's what we have right now in the middle of winter. No pictures as I was hungry lol.
Tonight Im thinking chicken breasts and rice pilaf - think a one pot skillet meal sort of preparation. Im mulling over if I want to do it dry or more of a smothered chicken style. Kids have Korean tonight so time is of the essence (get home at 430, eat and fly for their 530 class), so I'm thinking more along the lines of arroz con pollo being a bit faster but we'll see.
This as always is delicious. It’s great with chicken and equally delicious with pork chops.
I have always found chicken breasts rather dry and flavourless, but find that (organic) chicken thighs (skin and bone attached) can bring plenty of flavour to a dish.
I agree. Really, I only use chicken breast/cutlets/tenders for a high heat, fast cooking method like deep frying or in a slower, moist heat cooking method (braising) like smothered chicken where it sits in a good amount of sauce/gravy. I’ve found white meat to do well with those methods and not get dry or tough.
Naturally roast chicken is another dry heat (lower temp) method but that entails the entire bird & brining is always done to maximize juiciness & flavor.