Cuisine Corner

[krebs303]

Couldn't find any Smoked Ham Hocks but these Lamb Shanks caught my eye.

Browning in the roasting pan

Onion, Garlic, Tomatoes, Oregano, Red Wine

About 2 1/2 hrs, at 350F. some left over baked Gnocchi.

 

[krebs303]

Romaine Lettuce, Dried Cranberries, Walnuts, Blue Cheese with White Balsamic Vinaigrette. Please forgive me for not making Candied Walnuts they would be perfect. Simply delicious.

 

[krebs303]

Chicken Breast, Penne Rigate, Dandelion Salad, and Garlic Bread

 

[greenedge]

Haven't made these for a while. So good.

About 2 cups red wine and a cup of sugar. 3hrs at 350F. baste baste baste
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With baked pears i usually peel the skin off it. Is there a taste difference with it on???

 

[krebs303]

With baked pears i usually peel the skin off it. Is there a taste difference with it on???

I never tried peeling them.

 

[greenedge]

I never tried peeling them.

Ok 10 chars.

 

[krebs303]

Homestyle Sushi
Who knew Sushi could be so easy!

This is the restaurant that had the Sushi class


Crab, Avocado, cucumber, and Carrots
Just set everything out and everyone builds their own


Just add your favorites and fold it over. That's it

 

[krebs303]

Anybody make falafel from scratch?
I'd like a recipe please

 

[krebs303]

The Ingredients:
(25 falafel balls)
2 cups of dries chickpeas, soaked in water for 12 hours
Crumbs from 2 slices of white bread
5 cloves of garlic
2 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup chopped coriander
1/2 small onion
1 spoon of sesame seeds
1 teaspoon cumin spice
1 teaspoon paprika
Salt, pepper
Oil for deep frying

Preparation:
1. Wash the soaked chickpeas and put them in a food processor with the garlic, onion and spices. Grind until you get a rough moist texture. Add a little water if needed.
2. Move the mixture into a large bowl, add the rest of the ingredients and put aside, covered, for 30-60 minutes.
3. Warm the oil – it should be hot, not boiling. Add the baking soda to the mixture and knead a little.
4. Wet your hands and shape little balls (smaller then apricots). Fry until you get a deep brown shade. Serve hot!

Quick Tahini Recipe

Ingredients
1/3 cup raw tahini
1/3 cup cool water
1/2 lemon
1 small garlic clove
3-5 stalks of fresh parsley
salt

Preparation
1. Put the tahini in a small bawl and pour a little water.
2. Stir slowly until the texture starts to become thicker, then add more water and stir. Repeat a few times. keeping the mixture more or less homogeneous.
3. Squeeze and add the lemon juice. Chop the garlic and the parsley well, and add them while stirring. If the tahini is too thick, add a little more water. Add the salt.
4. Serve with some chopped parsley on top.


I got this from http://humus101.com/EN/

 

[krebs303]

Used up some left over rice. Had some fresh fruit salad leftover added jalapenos, chile piquin powder, ground cumin, ground ginger, white balsamic vinegar, salt and white pepper. made a lovely chutney to go with with my steak. It would be super with grill chicken or fish

It was cooked perfectly to my taste

 

[krebs303]

Penne Rigate and Chicken

 

[krebs303]

Sauteed Chicken Breast, Broccoli, and Garbonzo Bean Salad

 

[krebs303]

Smoked pork Chops, Iceberg Lettuce wedge with 1000 Island Dressing (so 1950's chic),Leftover salad with California Olives added

 

[krebs303]

Ham Hocks and Lima Beans

Soaked the beans over night

Simmered the hocks about 3 hrs

No Cornmeal so I made biscuits

Got to have some hot sauce and fresh ground Black Pepper

 

[krebs303]

Sticky Wings

Best-Ever Sticky Wings
Ingredients

o 2 1/2 lbs chicken wings ( separated at joint, with wing tips discarded or saved to make stock)
o 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
o 1/2 cup liquid honey
o 2 tablespoons ketchup
o 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
o 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425F; have ready a shallow baking pan that you've lightly sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Arrange chicken wings in prepared pan; lightly sprinkle both sides of wings with salt and pepper (go easy on the salt).
3. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes.
4. While wings are in oven, whisk together the soy sauce, honey, ketchup, garlic powder and ginger; please note that the original recipe called for minced fresh garlic and minced fresh ginger, but I found they had a tendency to burn easily so went with the dried spices instead.
5. Feel free to use two minced garlic cloves and 1 tsp of freshly minced ginger, instead of the dried spices, if you want to give fresh a go.
6. After the wings have baked for 15 mins, remove from oven and drain off any accumulated fat.
7. Pour the sauce over the wings and return to oven.
8. Bake for 20 more minutes, turning wings over in sauce frequently (I do it every 4 or 5 minutes), so that they are thoroughly coated.
9. Wings should be well glazed and sticky when done.

 

[krebs303]

Smoked pork Chops, Iceberg Lettuce wedge with 1000 Island Dressing (so 1950's chic), Garbanzo Bean Salad.

 

[krebs303]

Rib-eye Steak, Tomato, Onion, and Hearts of Romaine Salad, Leftover Pasta

 

[krebs303]

Carnitas, Rice, Beans, Salsa, and Flour Tortillas

 

[krebs303]

Seasoned Ground Beef Patty topped with Romano Cheese, Sauteed Red Bell Pepper, and Onion. Dressed with a Creamy Balsamic Dressing. French Fries with Mexican Catsup

 

[krebs303]

BBQ Chicken, Rice with Red and Green Bell Pepper, Corn, and Onion

 

[krebs303]

An all time favorite. Spaghetti with Broccoli, Olive Oil, Garlic, Parmesan, and crushed red pepper.

 

[greenedge]

That Spaghetti and Pork look really nice.
It is nice seeing dishes on here as it gives me ideas for when i have to cook for myself.

As of late i have been making an Apple and Rhubarb crumble ( with other fruit ). It is great with cream ( if i say so myself ).

I have rolled oats on top, mixed with warm butter and flour to make it crunchy once in the oven.
I mix 6 apples ( cored/ peeled )/ bunch of Rhubarb ( washed of course ) and put that in a saucepan. I don't like tart rhubarb so i add 4 tbs of brown sugar. Boil away for 15 or so minutes stirring, and take when the water turns all red. A mistake i made a while ago was i had the rhubarb cut too small ( therefore it basically disappeared ) and the apples started to foam ( the sauce became apple- not red from the Rhubarb ) and it was not as good.

Get a big pyrex tray and pour in. What i then do is get 3-4 bananas, cut them and lay them on top. Sprinkle as much blueberries over it as desired. Place the oats over- covering the fruit ( depending on the size of the tray make more or less oats ). Usually this makes for 8 servings though since it is hearty it can be 16. The banana/ blueberries are cooked ( making it gooey ) in the oven whilst the rhubarb/ apple gets warm again in the oven ( same dish still ). I have the oven preheated and place the crumble in at 180 ( may vary for some ovens of course ) for 15- 25 minutes.

I might post a picture later.

 

[krebs303]

I used buy strawberry-rhubarb pie at a shop in LA. I'd like to try that but never seen rhubarb down here. Here I go smuggling thing into mexico again

 

[krebs303]

Oh yeah cheeseburger and fries

 

[fatandfast]

twice a week rain or shine

http://www.theletmeeatcake.com

plus they have good coffee