April 22 2012

the grilled chicken.. cook once and eat all week!

and the wine for tonight.. Thanks Emily (I think this one was from you)

Truffle Pasta

This pasta is all mine!!  Pasta with avocado, mushrooms, lobster meat tossed with Truffle oil!  YUM.  See you can cook good for yourself after a days of work.


Oh and to drink, ONE glass (I am hitting the gym hard core, have to cut down somewhere, that and there is Happy Hour tomorrow night)

Homemade pizza 4-10-12

first layers, sausage and green peppers from the farmers market

next layers, pepperoni and mushrooms

out of the oven with the ooey gooey cheese

the red wine that went perfect with it!

Beef Stew 4/6/12

Went to the Farmers Market today and decided to use most of the goodies in this soup.  First I boiled the spuds on their own for about 10 minutes.  As they were bubbling away I prepped the rest of the veggies (carrots, cabbage, brussle sprouts and snow peas).  I also cut the less than one pound of beef stew meat to more bite sized pieces.  Once the potatos were done, drained them and the cooked the meat (got to love the one pot meals)  Of course seasoning everything during the whole process.  Added a box of beef broth and 4 more cups of water.  Added carrots and brought to second boil.  Then everyone into the pool!!  Simmered everything for about 15 minutes more.

Along with this had some homemade french bread that I had in the freezer (that is another post)

Orange Chicken Stir Fry

for sauce:
3/4 cup orange uice
3 tablespoon soy sauce
1 table spoon cornstarch
2 teaspoon orange peel

mix all above in a small bowl till cornstarch is desolved.  set aside

Dice up 1/2 small onion
Dice up 1 pound chicken into bite sized pieces
8 oz snow peas
8 oz sliced mushroms

Stir fry onions and chicken.  Once chicken is just cook through add snow peas and mushrooms.  then add sauce mixture, toss until thick and veggies are crisp-tender.



I put this over rice.  after eating it, this needs more spice, maybe some red pepper flakes or hot sauce in the liquid mixture.

Backwards

I posted tonights dinner before I did the weekend fun.  This isn't just about my food, this is also about my drink.  I indulge in both.  This was at a good friends house.

 Started off the night with the above, had a cucumber martini

 First taste of the Crown 16

 Yes there was two of us drinking

 one of the wines of the night

 this is the wine that I ended with but first I had......

Yes folks THE XR.  can retail up to 250.00 a bottle.  this was just beyond.  just to be able to remember that taste still makes me smile.

April 2

Green salad with poppy seed dressing, smashed potato's with chives from the garden.  Beef meatballs with special sauce as follows:

3/4 cup catsup
1/4 cup sriracha
2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons white vinegar
few dashes of favorite hot sauce to taste

fry the meatballs in a skillet, working in batches if needed.  Once meatballs are done de-glaze pan with red wine.  add in meatballs back in and pour over sauce, heat through!