Sponsor |  Merino-Teflon | Oct 7, 2007 3:29am | Last night, I carried on a bad tradition I have acquired, of cooking late, around 11pm this time, but anyway, I combined a couple of different recipes that reside in corners of what left of my brain to come up with something just a little new, so I am here to share, because it was nice.
Anyway, as I was boiling some spinach fettuccine, I skinned and halved some brussel sprouts, which I tossed in with the pasts about 4 minutes towards the end of its cooking time (Being roughly nine minutes).
I had already finely chopped 5 cloves of garlic, and created an unhealthy heap of parmesan shavings.
After hurling the sprouts into their scalding doom, I heated a pan with a fair slosh of extra-virgin olive oil, tossed the garlic and a load of chili flakes into it, immediately followed by about 200-250 grams of fresh green prawns, its done by the time the pasta and sprouts are done.
Take prawns off heat, and put half of the shavings on top, so they kinda melt into the prawns.
After draining, put pasta and sprouts into a bowl, or unto a plate, top with a few generous dollops of coriander pesto, top with prawns from pan, toss a wee bit, season with a heap of ground black pepper, a wee bit of salt, and the rest of the parmesan.
I thought at the time that either a drizzle of yoghurt or sour cream may be nice as well, but I didn't have any, anyway, share yer off the cuff recipes, if you will. |
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Sponsor | | Thomas-Jefferson | Oct 7, 2007 7:52am | Sounds rather good, I like it!
Last night I took a sack of dry lima beans, and instead of soaking them overnight I boiled them hard for a few minutes (after rinsing them in my pasta strainer), removed from heat, and let them soak for almost an hour. Then I drained the water, rinsed them again, and added plenty more water (maybe 8 or 10 cups?), lots of dehydrated onions and black pepper, along with the bony end of a pork roast I had been carving off of and needed to use up fast.
After 20 minutes or so of boiling, I deboned and diced the pork, and continued boiling until those beans tasted done. I then served it with parsley. I added ridiculous amounts of cayenne pepper to my bowl as well, but I do that with nearly everything I eat. In hindsight some fresh onions would have been a welcome addition, added raw right at the end (preserving the bite and nutrients). |
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Sponsor | | anb | Oct 7, 2007 8:24am | | 1. sounds delish! I think the yogurt or sour cream would have not gone with the flavors at all so i am glad you didnt have any. |
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Sponsor | | sagemark | Oct 7, 2007 10:51am | Ya'll are making me hungry!
I've always enjoyed mushroom caps at parties and decided I was going to try my hand at some. I wanted to keep it real simple on my first batch so I gathered a package of white mushrooms (about a dozen), ground country sausage, a box of stovetop stuffing, and an egg. I browned the sausage, made the stuffing, then combined them in a mixing bowl w/ the egg and a pinch of basil. While my meat and stuffing were cooking I cleaned the mushrooms, removing the stems and readying them for the mix. I heaped a table spoon of stuffing mix into each cap and placed them onto my cookie sheet.
I haven't baked them yet so I can't tell if they are any good or not. I tell you what. I'm going to drizzle some olive oil over the top of each one and place'em in the oven for about 45 minutes. Then I'll come back and let you know. :)
Edit: 1:35pm They smell great! The neighbors just called and asked if we are up for some brawts and cards. I said "Sure, I'll bring some mushroom caps!" |
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Sponsor | | sagemark | Oct 8, 2007 10:48am | | They were damn good! I can't wait to step up the next batch with some better meat like crab or shrimp and a home made stuffing. Some red wine over the top before baking should insure an "Oh my gosh!" |
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Sponsor | | anb | Oct 8, 2007 10:59am | | stuffed mushrooms, a staple on any Italian hot antipasto platter.... yum!!!! |
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Sponsor | | sagemark | Oct 8, 2007 11:24am | When we go to a party we love to take Green Bean Bundles. They are so good, so easy and so fattening, but they are worth it.
Cut a slab of bacon in half and pinch a wad of french cut green beans, roll them into a slice of bacon creating a little bundle. One can of green beans will do a slab of bacon. Melt a half cub of butter and 1/3 cup brown suger in the microwave and pour over the bundles. Bake for 30-45 mins and your ready to go. These are so cool cause you can prep them way ahead of time so you just bake and go. Arrives nice and hot. |
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Sponsor | | sagemark | Oct 14, 2007 1:09pm | I found myself home alone for lunch today and went digging in the fridge. I was coming up short and knew I had to step up my game. I took out the left over flounder fellet, the half cup of the local Mexican restaurants salsa, a clove of garlic.
I startd to clean the pan left over from last nights pan seared chicken breast, but thought I'm going to need all the flavor I can muster. I finely smashed and minced the garlic and got it the hot pan first. Bam! The fragrant garlic exploded right in the pan. I slid in my flounder, which I had chopped into strips of sorts, poured the salsa over the top and began praying while moshing the mix in my pot. Soon it began to caramelize and I plopped a couple of tortillas on top to warn them up. Removing the tortillas with them back to back and the bottoms on the plate I filled my tortillas w/ the my taco mix. Topped with cheddar cheese they were pretty good, but I still prefer chicken or beef. :) |
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Sponsor | | datura | Oct 15, 2007 6:18am | 
last night's dinner |
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|  stumbleling | Oct 18, 2007 6:07pm | datura that looks goooood.
My Dinner: king crabs, rice pilaf and a couple glasses of Pinot Grigio |
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