Beef & Cheddar Sandwich
While trying to figure out what to do with my remaining thin sliced, deli-cut Angus top round roast beef, I came across a series of videos on YouTube of people replicating Arby’s Beef & Cheddar. So I thought I’d give it a shot. First, I toasted a couple slices of sourdough with a little butter. I turned off thee heat on the skillet, set the toast aside and tossed in about 1/3 LB of my roast beef, just to warm it slightly. Meanwhile, to make my Arby Sauce I mixed ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and a splash of apple cider vinegar. To make the cheese sauce I melted a couple tablespoons of butter, mixed in a couple tablespoons of flour. After blended, I added about 1/4 cup of milk. So, a Béchamel sauce. Once well mixed, I added 3 slices of chopped up...
Shrimp Pasta with basil and feta.
I’m leaning into a classic tonight. A simple meal of basil shrimp and pasta. My garden basil is looking stressed because of the heat, so I wanted to celebrate it a bit. Cook the shrimp in olive oil, black pepper, dried basil. Boil a pot of water with a bit of virgin olive oil. Toss in some angel hair pasta. Dice up the fresh garden basil and grate some parmigiano reggiano. Drain the pasta, toss in some Kerrigold butter, stir in garlic and the basil while it is hot so it ‘cooks’ a bit. Crush in black pepper. Add half the parm and mix well. Plate the pasta. Top with the remaining parmigiano reggiano. Add the cooked shrimp. Dust with feta cheese crumbles. It doesn’t get much better than...
Not your everyday Roast Beef Sandwich!
The star of this sandwich is the sauce. A 2-1-1 ratio mix of Duke’s Mayo, Dijon mustard and Worcestershire sauce. But first, caramelize some thin sliced red onion in a mix of olive oil and butter. Toss in some diced red bell pepper at the end Two slices of sourdough bread go down on a plate. Both get a smear of the sauce. The 3 slices of Swiss cheese go down. Place about 1/3 LB of thin sliced (#1) deli-cut Angus Roast Beef. Drizzle on a little sauce. Spoon on the onion/pepper mix. If you like, add some lettuce. Arugula works well. I put on a mix ot romaine and basil.Roll on the top bread and brush with a butter/garlic powder mix. This goes into the skillet on a medium low heat, butter side down. Brush on the remaining butter/garlic. Cover and cook till the...
Blackened Fish Tacos with a Black Bean Sauce
Start early with the black beans. Saute some onions and red bell peppers in some olive oil. Add turmeric, black pepper and whatever seasonings you like. Garlic, cayenne. Whatever. Cook this over low heat for about half an hour. A bit of cumin is good too. We blackened some haddock with paprika, garlic powder, black pepper, Himalayan pink salt, Flat Iron Pepper, Italian Seasoning, Cayenne Pepper and Kevin’s Creole Seasoning. This was pan seared on a medium high heat in a skillet. It was too hot to cook out on the Blackstone tonight. Meanwhile we made a simple sauce of yogurt and hot sauce with a little lemon juice. Just before the fish was done, we toasted a pile of tortillas in the air fryer. Construction was… TortillaBlack Bean mixPico de...
Upscale your Ham and Cheese Sandwich!
Upscale your Ham and Cheese Sandwich! First, caramelize red onion slices in a little butter and olive oil. Take your time, this is about 15 minutes over a medium low heat. Remove the slices, but don’t clean the pan. You’ll use the drippings to cook your sandwich. Little chunks of leftover onion will cook into the bread, and the butter/oil remaining will be infused with the onion flavor. Lay down two slices of sourdough bread. Smear one side with Duke’s Mayo. On the other, spread on some horseradish and some whole grain mustard. You can actually do what you like here. They make a Dijon/horseradish spread that would be perfect here. Add a pile of thin, deli-sliced Black Forest ham. Then place your onions and top with cheese slices. I had a medium...
Shrimp Frittata!
This is a simple but exquisite meal. Thin slice and wash carefully a single leek. Dry well. Put this in a skillet with some olive oil and cook it down until it is tender. Meanwhile, we brought in some basil, grape tomatoes, and hot chili peppers from the garden. These were diced up. We took five eggs and beat them, and then added the basil and chili peppers. If you don’t have any leeks, just use fenced, sliced sweet onions.  if you don’t have any chili peppers, use dried red pepper flakes.  On this run, we decided to use pre-cooked shrimp, so we just marinated those with some olive oil and black pepper with a little bit of garlic powder. With the leaks done, we added a couple tablespoons of minced garlic for about 30 seconds to bring up the aroma. To this we...