super crispy fried chicken, coated with a honey and hot-sauce glaze, served with creamed corn and steakhouse beans
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Mini beef wellingtons tonight--puff pastry filled with a mushroom and onion pate, provolone cheese, and a bit of filet mignon, baked until golden brown and topped with a sauce that was about equal parts buerre blanc and demi-glace. It was pretty dang delicious.
No photos...my camera took terrible pics tonight.
No photos...my camera took terrible pics tonight.
I haven't had beef wellington in years. My grandmother used to make it once in a while and it was so good.
Buffalo Wild Wings
And I won the in-restaurant trivia game
And I won the in-restaurant trivia game
Homemade smoothies! Not because of anything other than we had a late breakfast, then burgers for lunch which was also later than usual. None of us are interested in eating anything heavy for dinner.
I knew my favorite meal was missing something, TOO A PLACE THAT HAS COOKIES! Which is...almost every store that has food.
Pan fried pork chops (cooked in bacon grease. hah!) and parmesan crusted asparagus
Mushroom and cheese omelette, SO filling.
Speaking of eggs, I want to try to make a tamagoyaki. I'm not sure I can pull it off.
Next time I find a place that makes that I am GETTING it. Cos I am not making that at home, says it needs a special pan and I do NOT have room for another pan.
From what I've read you don't *need* the special pan. You can make it in a regular frying pan/skillet. It just doesn't have the same shape.
Feels like it's going to be a Thai kind of night. 
gonna be posting a lot more in here for a while. Now that the adult kids are out, it's easier to cook better meals. Less mouths to feed..and also, they were both picky as shit. And neither of them had any of their food issues in common. What one liked, the other didn't. So I only had a small handful of choices for dinners while they were here. 
but now...Oklahoma Fried Onion Burgers
but now...Oklahoma Fried Onion Burgers
GIMME!
STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW.
Meatloaf and creamy mashed potatoes, with mushroom gravy
oh, and corn. But I didn't do anything special to it
Meatloaf is 1/2 angus beef, 1/2 pork, with shiitake and button mushrooms, topped with a from scratch gravy using the same mushrooms, and pan drippings from the loaf.
oh, and corn. But I didn't do anything special to it
Meatloaf is 1/2 angus beef, 1/2 pork, with shiitake and button mushrooms, topped with a from scratch gravy using the same mushrooms, and pan drippings from the loaf.
Are Onion Burgers an Okie thing? We do have quite a few onion burger things around the metro area. One of the best is Tuckers. The Mother-tucker is awe-inspiring.gonna be posting a lot more in here for a while. Now that the adult kids are out, it's easier to cook better meals. Less mouths to feed..and also, they were both picky as shit. And neither of them had any of their food issues in common. What one liked, the other didn't. So I only had a small handful of choices for dinners while they were here.
but now...Oklahoma Fried Onion Burgers
http://www.tuckersonionburgers.com/menu
I have family in Oklahoma, so I'm familiar with them from there. Never really seen them anywhere else..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/17/oklahoma-onion-burger_n_2876356.html
Sweet. My wife and I miss onion burgers too. Having grilled onions placed on the burger (e.g. Five Guys) just isn't the same.
I believe I shall make some quesadillas tonight. Pound out some chicken nice and flat so it cooks quickly, throw some seasoning of some sort on it (probably lime juice, vinegar, cumin, salt, paprika, pepper, garlic and onion), a good bit of cheese, and maybe some whole or re-fried black beans... needs a vegetable side though. Eh. I'll think of something.
Roast chicken with smashed baked potatoes and some veggies.
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I had a cooking party on Saturday with my coworkers! This is what we made...
White bean spinach dip...
Sweet potato hand pies
Peanut butter black bottom upside down pie
Asian lettuce wraps (Chicken and Vegan)
This one looks bad, because it had been really picked over before we got a picture. This was seared prosciutto with havarti and apple slices.
Spicy chickpea burgers
Focaccia
Stuffed 'bellas that become...
Bellingtons! (Portobello wellingtons)
And beef wellington bites for the carnivores!
Sweet potato hand pies
Peanut butter black bottom upside down pie
Asian lettuce wraps (Chicken and Vegan)
This one looks bad, because it had been really picked over before we got a picture. This was seared prosciutto with havarti and apple slices.
Spicy chickpea burgers
Focaccia
Stuffed 'bellas that become...
Bellingtons! (Portobello wellingtons)
And beef wellington bites for the carnivores!
My wife likes to make gumbo...but she never makes a roux. It's not gumbo without roux (well, unless you use filé..which she doesn't)
So, since she's working late, and I'm home, *I'm* making the gumbo. With roux. I expect CG to understand
So, since she's working late, and I'm home, *I'm* making the gumbo. With roux. I expect CG to understand
And now, a picture
So good.
Funny thing about gumbo: It doesn't take that many actual spices. 1tsp fresh thyme, 1/4tsp cayenne. Almost all the rich, savory flavor of the broth comes from the andouille sausage, the holy trinity (celery, bell pepper, onion) and the roux.
So good.
Funny thing about gumbo: It doesn't take that many actual spices. 1tsp fresh thyme, 1/4tsp cayenne. Almost all the rich, savory flavor of the broth comes from the andouille sausage, the holy trinity (celery, bell pepper, onion) and the roux.
Chicken tortilla soup. I just have to get a few of the ingredients I don't have and throw them in the pot.