Running a little late this morning, not just in writing this but in all things. I really have to go grocery shopping sooner rather than later, the fridge is looking a little bare. Asked the hubby what he needed for the week and what did he want for Sunday dinner. He asked for beef stroganoff, seriously I have never made that, he was shocked, it … Continue reading Beef Bourguignon
How many times have you come across a recipe where you spend time getting your chicken thigh skin nice and crispy and then they have you cover it was some wet ingredient. My daughter and I have seen it time and time again. Why even bother spending the time if you are going to submerge it in gravy, sauce or something that makes it soggy. … Continue reading Braised Chicken with Tomatoes and Herbs
Last Sunday I was kind of an over achiever; of sorts. I must have been hungry when I went grocery shopping since I came home with short ribs, a brisket and some sweet Italian sausages and a plan; well kind of a plan. I hadn’t planned on making everything on Sunday but it didn’t stop me. I had both of my crockpots going and some … Continue reading short ribs in a slow cooker
Confession – my son and I made beef wellington for New Years Eve. I bought 2 – 1 pound beef filets so we each got to assemble one. I will start with they tasted fabulous. The process is quite long and a little tedious it was a lot of cleaning and chopping (mushrooms) cooking and cooling (mushrooms and beef). I was like OK one and … Continue reading Beef Bourguignon
I was looking for an older recipe I wrote about before for today’s blog. Reason being is I didn’t really make anything note worthy this past week. For our #worldwidewednesday family dinner we went to the Azores and while we liked everything except for the sausage, it was SO smoky and the texture was not to my liking. So this recipe Portuguese recipe popped up … Continue reading Portuguese Braised Pork Shoulder and Clams
Well this has been one hell of a week for me. I know it’s not all about me but sometimes it sure does feel like it. My son and husband test positive for Covid, they are both fine, my husband had no real symptoms, my sons was flu like and he is on the mend. Working from home; for now (that’s a another story) I … Continue reading Dutch Oven Pot Roast
This morning did not go how I had envisioned how it was going to go; not complaining just pointing out why I am so late in posting. I had planned on looking through some of my food pictures; decide on one to write about and share the recipe. I awoke to my husband making breakfast and he invited his parents and my son and daughter-in-law … Continue reading slow-roasted pork shoulder with garlic and citrus
Now this is a recipe my daughter made a couple of weeks ago; a recipe she got from a cookbook called cook beautiful. Pork shoulder does not spring to mind beautiful. We usually end up shredding it and dousing it in BBQ sauce; which makes for a fantastic sandwich don’t get me wrong but beautiful I don’t think so. I do suppose beauty is in … Continue reading Stewed pork butternut squash and walnut gremolata
OK so maybe the title didn’t grab your attention but let me tell you these were melt in your mouth delicious. A few weeks ago I was going through a bunch of recipes and making my grocery list. Sometimes this works out fabulously and sometimes not so much. I was a little to over ambitious with how many things I had wanted to make and … Continue reading Braised Leeks and Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese
Last weekend I made up for the lack of spending time in the kitchen. I almost made too many things if that is possible. We had leftovers all week long which for us is not a bad thing. I know so many people that do not like leftovers. I wonder why that is. Do they make things that don’t reheat well? What they ate … Continue reading Portuguese Braised Pork and Clams
