Grilled Zucchini
Yet another grilled veggie This zucchini recipe is almost identical to our adventure with grilled Asparagus as noted in the next entry, so we won’t repeat most of it. We began grilling our zucchini around the same time. As you can imagine, we found the same olive oils and the same seasoning to evolve right along with it. The only difference being…they are different plants. Thus… Ingredients for grilled zucchini: Several nice zucchini California Lemon Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Napa Valley, Wine Country Kitchens) you can use regular olive oil…but at least try to find California Olive Oil. Tutu’s Organic All Purpose Seasoning (Hawaiian company, Aloha Spice Company)…you can use McCormick Montreal Chicken seasoning if you’d like,...
Grilled Asparagus
Good food, cooked quickly When Don was growing up, asparagus was on his top three most hated foods (brussel sprouts easily took the #1 spot, lima beans #2). But his mom loved asparagus, lima beans and brussel sprouts, so they showed up often. Skip ahead 30 years. One day he ate at a restaurant that served grilled asparagus and Don loved them. Since that day he’s been playing around with the veggie on the grill and has finally perfected his recipe. Now hardly a week goes by that asparagus isn’t on the menu. First step…don’t boil them. That’s how Don grew up. Ick. There are two versions to Don’s recipe. Both are the same except for the complexity of the ingredients. Ingredients for perfectly acceptable asparagus: Thin Asparagus...
Cuban black beans and rice
Another meal that we’ve been trying to nail down for years, and we finally are VERY satisfied with the results. Great even without the pulled pork. Fantastic as a side with fish meals too. Someday we’ll have to plan ahead and prepare these from dried beans. Ingredients 1 cup long-grain white rice (we like Jasmine rice) 1 can of Bush’s low sodium Black Beans (or prepare them from dried beans if you can!) 2 tablespoon olive oil, we mix California olive with a little lemon-infused olive oil 1 onion, chopped, we like sweet onions, Viladia if possible. 1 bell pepper, cut into 1/4-inch pieces. We like a handful of the mini-bells 2 cloves garlic, chopped (or 2 teaspoons of minced garlic in a jar) Black pepper 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 ...
Happy Hanukkah! Foley Potato Latkes
We love a good Latke and Hanukkah always seems like the best time of the year to fire up the skillet and crank out some potato pancakes in honor of our Jewish friends. This recipe makes about six latkes, which is all we need. Ingredients 2 Idaho baking potatoes 1 medium Vidalia, onion (or a sweet onion) 2 large eggs 1/4 cup fine plain dried breadcrumbs 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt or sea salt. We go light on the salt and just grind in a few turns on our sea salt shaker. 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons margarine (we use Earth Balance soy margarine) 2-4 tablespoon vegetable oil (we use canola) Applesauce Sour cream Preparation Preheat oven to 325°. Peel potatoes. Using the large holes of a box grater or the grater disk...
Fish Gravy
We ate at Cat Cora’s last week. We had lamb and fisherman’s soup. But we noticed a fish gravy on the menu and it got us wondering. Is there something better we can put on our fish? Tonight Don cooked up a fish gravy that ABSOLUTELY was one of the best things to come out of the kitchen in the past year. Fire up your grill, a handful of hickory chips on one side loosely wrapped in aluminum foil Ingredients Fish. About a pound of fresh grouper or mahi works well for a dinner for two. Hickory chips California olive oil Sweet onion Minced garlic Sun dried tomatoes Cocoanut milk Tony’s Cajun Seasoning Turmeric Powder Curry powder Directions Heat a skillet on the stove. In the olive oil, add some minced sun dried tomatoes, garlic and onions, simmer for...
Rack of lamb
Don’s been working on perfecting his Rack ‘O Lamb this summer, and tonight he finally nailed it. Ingredients A rack of lamb. This is a 8 rack (lambs have 16 ribs) from the local store, not some huge export from New Zealand. The rub, all measurements are estimated. These are the ingredients we use, but just kind of grind them into a bowl till it looks right. Lamb Rub 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper 1/4 teaspoon oregano 1/4 teaspoon dry basil 1/4 teaspoon paprika 1/4 teaspoon rosemary Olive oil (we use California Olive oil now…great flavor) Hickory chips Some recipes would add kosher salt, but we leave the salt input to the garlic salt Directions Rub the rack down with the lamb rub, put in a gallon sized zip lock. Pour...