Posted in Cooking, Food Pics, Recipes, tagged Noodles, pasta, Tahini, Veggies on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was feeling in the mood for something with a bit of a Chinese/Asian flair to it. And, I had a bunch of veggies that needed some cooking and eating. I started off going the Sesame Oil route, till I realized that I wouldn’t have had enough of it. So, that got supplemented with Olive Oil and Soy Sauce. Then, I added the remainder of my Tahini to the mix. Tahini can be tricky this way, in that it can be dry if there’s not enough oil with it. This batch was a bit dry. Honestly, that’s why sometimes Peanut Butter works better if I’ve got a nutty hankering… PB is moister and creamier. But, in the end, it was not too bad. It always feels good to eat a boatload of veggies, personally. D. added some ranch dressing to his, to get some moisture in there. For my lunch the next day, I did the same thing. 
Oh, and D. prefers his veggies on the mushy side. So, I steamed the Green Beans, Carrots, and Broccoli first, before tossing them into the skillet. Doing skillet-only cooking with them would have been too crunchy for his tastes, I do believe. I try to be accommodating… 
Actually, I had cooked some remaining-fridge eggs into a scrambled patch, and was intending to slice them up and add ‘em to the mix. However, as I was cooking the veggies, I hadn’t started the water for the noodles yet. We then decided that the eggs looked good in and of themselves… so we went with egg and cheese bagels that night. The cooked veggie mix went into the fridge, and all was prepped for the next night’s dinner! We do stuff like that sometimes…
Posted in Food Pics, Thoughts & Musings, tagged Beer, Non-Food on September 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m going to be a debate junkie tonight. So, woefully, no food-related posting. I will, however, be imbibing in the above, along with some pizza. Yes, it happens… We actually found a six-pack of Magic Hat #9 last weekend, while simply out and about. It’s a South Burlington, Vermont brew that we used to enjoy while living in NH. I never expected to find it out here, so of course, it was an immediate purchase. And yumm, I am enjoying it. Onward…
Posted in Food Pics, Thoughts & Musings, tagged Truffle Oil on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I picked up this bottle of White Truffle Oil at a local-ish Italian imports food shop. However, I still need to find out how best to cook with it. All I basically now is that truffle oil is supposed to be wonderful. Still need to do some research on it. I suppose I could just dive in and use it in a pasta dish, too…
Posted in Cooking, Food Pics, Gardening, tagged Garden, Salad on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This salad turned out very well. The addition of the leftover Buffalo Wings gave it a nice tangy flavor. Truly fresh and local salad season will be coming to a close soon. This was definitely a yummy one! Not the last, but nearing the end of the season, yes. Sad, but true.
I’ve noticed how the days are getting shorter now, as dusk falls earlier and earlier. The evenings are chilly… the mornings are cool and dewy. The basil is still growing, albeit slower. And I wait for the tomatoes to turn…
Posted in Cooking, Food Pics, Recipes, tagged Bacon, mushrooms, Stuffed Mushrooms on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The aluminum foil background isn’t the greatest, but sometimes you work with what you have. We made these stuffed mushrooms for Football Sunday. Yes, that is like a holiday and it gets capitalized. They turned out quite yummy, especially with D.’s secret ingredient: Maple Bacon. Big yum!
Saute filling ingredients together, after cooking bacon. Stuff into mushrooms. Cook in a 325 degree oven for approx. 8-12 minutes. Enjoy!
We really, really liked the Maple Bacon flavor (and smell, too)! Normally, we use Turkey Bacon when cooking, because of the lower fat content. But, this was a very tasty and unique addition to this recipe. I’ll bet we’ll be using it a bit more in our cooking. Just a lil bit seems to pack a nice flavorful punch, so I think it’ll be fun to play with this in the future.
Posted in Life, Thoughts & Musings, tagged Musings on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And cooking hasn’t been much on that list. But, I do have a different stuffed mushroom recipe to share.
The tomatoes got knocked around a bit by storms and winds, but I think they’ll come through. The weather is cool now, but supposed to be warming a bit. I’ve [...]
Posted in Food Pics, Gardening, tagged Basil, Pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, Toaster Oven on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a batch of basil that I picked almost two weeks ago now. It has been made into pesto, both regular pesto and sun-dried tomato pesto. The plant is slowing down in its growing a bit, which is helpful because I’ve been a bit busy. It may be time to pick some more leaves this weekend. I might also try to dehydrate some leaves in my new…
Toaster Oven. Yes, we got the toaster oven. So far, so good. The only thing I don’t like about it is that there is no way to know when it’s on when looking at it. The elements don’t turn red right away, so other than it’s warm, you might not know it’s on. However, it does have an interior light. My thinking is to get into the habit of automatically turning on the light whenever we’re going to use it. That way we know something’s going on over there. It toasts nicely… a bit slowly, but when one likes lightly toasted items, that’s a plus in my book… heads off some over-toasting.
As I said, it’s been busy, and tired, around here. We did have some football fare on Sunday for the games. I was going to jot down some of that (actually I think I still have some pics in the camera)… But since this Sunday is coming up soon, I’ll probably just wait for then.
Posted in Cooking, Cookware, tagged Toaster Oven on September 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
D. saw a toaster oven that he really liked recently. He said it had something like a 12″ x 12″ opening, which does sound nice. Not too long ago I hit the top of my finger on the heating element in our current one, so I got a slight burn. We’ve also [...]
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