these guys teamed up with famous chefs and turned the recipes into songs, not just any songs into a song from the chef’s favorite genre of music…..pretty freakin awesome
Author: lynley
THANKSGIVING!!!
i mean really what else is there to say
meatless monday: sweet potato hash
put beets in front of me and i’m all about it. “why don’t you just eat a handful of dirt?!” as taggart usually says to me when i’m professing my recently acquired love for the fall veggie. roasting veggies a new experience for me. was it succesful….yes! instead of the meat filled cornbeef hash this baby has roasted beets, roasted sweet potatoes mixed with quinoa and topped with a couple of poached eggs. yummy is all i have to say.
sunday night dinner: november 13, 2011 — chicken noodle soup
i haven’t had chicken noodle soup in oh probably about 5 years. why? dad went through a phase when i was around 14, where he made chicken noodle soup about every other weekend. the constant smell of chicken broth went from the smells of yum to nauseousness, not to mention i was also a vegetarian at the time. needless to say it has taken a VERY long time for chicken noodle soup to sound good again. so this weekend when i got a sudden feeling for the stuff i knew i had to run with that urge and make it!
lets cook
chicken noodle soup, i discovered while researching recipes, is shockingly lacking in vegetables! just carrots and celery. while i do like celery, i don’t really count it as a vegetable or as food really just sort of a flavorful alternative to drinking water. thus began the tweaking of recipes. my soup may of found some lima beans added to it and a little something else to give it a kick.
yet again i made way to much
that little something extra
for my first batch of chicken noodle soup ever, i must say, i do declare it a success. the banana crumb muffins of course helped make the meal extra splendid. i love baking those because the muffins have a butter/brown sugar crumb on top and when they are baking they make the whole house smell like melted sweet butter……mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
sunday night dinner: november 6, 2011 — pumpkin ale ribs
my freezer space is limited. you have no idea how much i day dream about one day having a deep freeze. so to be able to add more things to the freezer something had to come up. that items some pork ribs. looking at what else i could use up i saw i had potatoes and carrots….perfect i’ll make my ale ribs. now i tweaked the recipe just a little because i had no stout beer on hand but i still had some pumpkin. taking a risk i used it. the pumpkin could have made it fantastic or completely ruined it. luckily it was the first. deliciousness in my belly!
nnoommm
RECIPE
WHAT YOU NEED
2 1/2 to 3 lb bone-in pork country-style ribs
1 12oz bottle of dark ale or stout
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 Tbsp shredded lemon peel
1 Tbsp dried rosemary
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
8 small read potatoes
12 oz peeled baby carrots
1/4 cup water
Tbsp cornstarch
1. marinate pork in the ale, garlic, lemon peel, rosemary, salt and pepper in a plastic bag for 4 hours to over night.
2. place potatoes and carrots in the bottom of a 5-6 quart slow cooker. place ribs on top of potatoes and carrots, pour ale mixture on top. cook on low for 8-9 hours or high for 4-4 1/2.
3. remove meat and vegetables. if you like create a gravy with 2 cups of the ale mixture and the cornstarch.
sunday night dinner: october 30, 2011— chicken and stuffing, pumpkin beer, and arsenic
halloween is my favorite holiday so i got super excited about making a fall meal. on sunday the whether was wonderful and fallish and i got to do one my favorite things….cook all day. i once again busted out my crockpot, which i swear i’m on the verge of writing a love haiku poem too. this meal is an excellent fall dish. in the crock you got chicken, cream of mushroom soup, and a box of cornbread stuffing, topped with peas. its sort of creates a meal that starts off feeling like leftovers, how everything begins all mushed up together.
oh how i love you so
to go along with it i made up some rosemary biscuits. biscuits are one of the easiest things to bake and you can transform them into such a variety of flavors by just adding a teaspoon of your favorite herbs. i like rosemary but oregano, parsley, thyme, and many others work just as well too.
give me them biscuits!
when making a batch of leftovers in a pot you got to have mashed potatoes. do you know the difference between dirty tators and mashed potatoes? there is a big one and i personal prefer dirty tators. dirty tators are when you leave the skins on the potatoes, leaving them extra chunky and colorful when they get mashed. and since it is october i celebrated with an o’fallon pumpkin beer in a frosted mug.
i got so excited for a real fall meal, i ate WAY too much
to make this even more perfect i watched my favorite halloween movie of all time, arsenic and old lace. cary grant discovers that his 2 elderly aunts have been poisoning old lonely men they lure into their home with a room for rent advertisement, they think they are providing charity by putting them out of their misery. the family is all batty including a serial killer brother and another brother that thinks he is teddy roosevelt. minus the killing of elderly men i could see steph and i becoming just like the brewster sisters.
meatless monday: mac and cheese pie
one of my favorite places to go right now and mainly for the yummy food and atmosphere, is the jig and reel in the old city. its a scottish bar and apparently in scotland they like to put everything into pie crust…..genius!!!!! i’m currently in love with their macaroni pie. mac and cheese baked in pie crust like a chicken pot pie. for meatleass monday i ate some of these delicious leftovers. the pie normally comes with benton’s bacon on top, but i had already eaten all that so making this perfect for no meat monday.
mmmmmmmmm
dinner time with mom and dad
the parental units came to visit over the weekend. inter-mixed in the tours of historic plantations, shopping, and going to movies, we ate some spectacular food.
Pasta Dinner made at home: the first night dad and i wiped up a meal of pasta, salad, and bread. secretly what i was most excited about was the frozen coconut cake for dessert. these cakes i associated with mom, and home, and i became a tad bit determined we have one for dessert.
dad cooking away
mom & dad's first night in knox
sssoooo yummy
can't go wrong with one of these cakes
ye olde steakhouse: When listing off options of where we could go get dinner for saturday night on the list was Ye Olde Steakhouse. dad’s face let up when i said old steakhouse where they will basically cut your steak to whatever size you want. with glowing eyes he asked “when was the last time you had steak?!” at that i knew we had to go. and i’ll admit it was damn good. i don’t eat a lot of red meat, but do enjoy a really good steak and they did it perfectly.
ye olde steakhouse had dad at their cheese and crackers
salad and spoon bread to start the meal
rib eye with sweet potato
chicken and potatoes: on sunday we spent the whole day in asheville exploring the biltmore mansion. dinner for sunday night was yummy but also quick and easy. a roasted chicken from the grocery store, some mashed potatoes, salad, and a bottle of wine from the biltmore winery.
craving the chicken
ready to eat
dad went for the fancy wine
me drinking the wine
the infamous litton’s pie
as part of our pie crawl in knoxville, the one place that kept coming up for a go to place for pie was litton’s. litton’s is a knoxville institution that has been around since the 1940s, specializing in burgers and baked goods. steph, john and i timed our pie adventure there poorly because their coconut pie, which has been featured in better homes and gardens, was all sold out for tailgating.
as a second batch of family was here the weekend, we hit up litton’s for lunch and this time they had pie. dad and i split a slice of the famous coconut pie. i would give it 3 stars out of 4. crust was definitely prebought, size of slice was adequate, and unlike the last piece of coconut pie i recently ordered, wasn’t too sweet, nice combination of consistency and taste. but definitely not mind-blowing pie.
i don’t know why pie is such a frustrating experience in knoxville. i couldn’t even get a good pic of the piece of pie. i’m starting to blame the south as a whole. all they seem to want is banana pudding. the midwest i’m beginning to conclude is the king of pie making in america.
Hearty Eaters 