Hawaiian Tuna Steak

Tuna steak steamed in foil with tequila, lemon, fresh grated ginger and pineapple. Brine and red wine vinegar cucumber, cherry tomato & onion salad with a raisin and almond rice pilaf.

Corned Beef and Cabbage

Happy St. Patrick's Day! What else? I made Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage with fingerling potatoes. Served with a big piece of warm buttered Sourdough bread.

1 lb       Potatoes, baby or fingerling

1           Onion, med, chopped

1 c.       Carrots, baby

3 lb.      Corned beef, brisket w/ seasoning packet.

15 oz.   Guinness Beer, (Stout)

1            Cabbage, medium

One of my favorites  Corned Beef & Cabbage.  Corned beef is a salt-cured beef brisket. It’s called corned beef because of the large grains of rock salt called "salt corns", that are used to preserve it. Frequently nitrates or nitrites are also used in the cure to provide additional flavor and that pink color. 

Put baby potatoes in the slow-cooker with a rough chopped medium onion and baby carrots. Almost cover with water then place corned beef brisket on top, fat side up. Added a bottle of stout beer and the seasoning packet. Put the lid on the pot and set to high and cook 8 hours til meat is fork tender. After 7 hours, add rough chopped medium cabbage, a heavy pinch of Kosher salt, cover and allow to cook the remaining hour.  Remove the meat from the broth and let it rest for 10 min while loosely covered with tin foil. Slice it thin across the grain .  Serve it with a thick slice of homemade bread with butter.

Coconut Chicken Curry

Made a coconut curry for dinner with onions, sweet peppers, chicken and snap peas. Mixed with noodles and served with cheese, apples, yogurt and peanut butter as condiments. Dressed it up with prickly pear.

Spicey Glazed Pork Chops

Orange, Ginger, Clove, Honey, and Habanero glazed Pork Chops with mashed Parsnips and a mixed green salad with heirloom cherry Tomatoes drizzled with a Balsamic vinegar reduction and olive oil.

Chicharrone Chicken Tenders

Set myself a task of using chicharrones (fried pork rinds) in a dish. So...
Baked panko and chicharrone breaded chicken tenders served with grilled white asparagus with a roasted red pepper sauce and butter and garlic sautéed plantains and mushrooms in a Marsala wine cream sauce.

Chicken Tacos

Found something to do with some of the chicken left over from earlier this week, I made Tacos!. Sautéed onions and green peppers with a little garlic. Added the Chicken, Adobo seasoning and some Mexican oregano. Steamed with a little sangria. Stuffed into grilled flower taco shells with fresh avocado & salsa. Garnished with fresh cilantro, green onions & cheese.

Asian Bitter Mellon and Shitake Mushroom Soup

Cooked up a pot of chicken with stock over the weekend. Used some of the of the stock and chicken to make an asian inspired soup. Bitter mellon, napa cabbage, fresh parsley, bean sprouts, shitake mushrooms, a dose of five spice and a little red pepper sauce for touch of heat, with wide lo mein noodles