Since we’ve gone low meat and all, I decided for a quick white bean stew on this coldish day. It is quick and easy-peasy. Italian / Catalan -esque white bean stew === 3 slices smoked bacon 1 med onion – fine dice 1 stalk celery – fine dice 2 cloves garlic (pressed) 1 bay leaf [...]
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Quickie Dinner: White Bean Stew
Posted in At the Homefront, Recipes on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Using up post Cast party goods… Pork Fried Rice
Posted in At the Homefront on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, I over-cooked for the cast party. They said 60. Do you know what it is like to plan for 60? Unfortunately only about 25 showed up. That is okay, since it just means I have “prepared ingredients” on hand. I pretty much went through the Steak and Guinness pie and Colcannon without issue. The [...]
Tom Jones cast party update
Posted in At the Homefront on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, as Robbie Burns used to say, “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley”. Due to lack of ingredients, there’s gonna be a couple of changes to the menu. I had no luck getting a lamb shoulder. Drat. I’ve always wanted to do that. Big ‘ol hunk roasting in the oven, [...]
Tom Jones cast party / Charmed’s (my) Birthday
Posted in At the Homefront on November 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lucky and I are in the local production of Red Mask’s production “Tom Jones”. Tech week has arrived. As per tradition, cast parties occur usually at one of the cast and crew’s house, post-show. Much rumination and ribbing over flubbed lines and “long pauses” ensue, with the help of a little libation and nibbles. The [...]
Simple Sides
Posted in At the Homefront, Recipes on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, sometimes you just don’t have time to have your two veg and meat quickly prepared. The next couple of posts are easy side dishes I throw together, when I’m short on time. Remember, make the most of your “pre-cooked / prepared ingredients” a.k.a leftovers… Red and Green Rice This is the easy use for [...]
Fridge Cleaning, again… Zucchini with Shiitake stuffing and homemade tomato sauce
Posted in At the Homefront, Recipes on October 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yep, at it again… Time to clean out “Ye Olde Refridgerator Bins”. Add this to the fact that I’ve gone “low meat” lately, which makes it quite a challenge. So here’s what I came up with. I had four zucchini needing to be used up. I had a poor wilted and floppy celery stalk, along [...]
End of Summer, end of fresh herbs, maybe…
Posted in At the Homefront, Recipes on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So as per normal, the end of the summer season provides me with a quandry. What do I do with my herbs that need to be brought inside? Usually, this means I bring them in and hope that they can get enough sunlight in the office as to stay mildly productive. Unfortunately, what normal happens [...]
Gazpacho Romesco
Posted in At the Homefront, Recipes on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
End of summer means oodles of tomatoes. So here is a recipe to use some of that victory garden bonanza. This was inspired by my time spent in Madrid which pushed me to make Romesco sauce. Romesco is a sauce of fire roasted tomatoes, onion, red pepper, nora chile, and garlic. It is seasoned with [...]
TV Debut : Chilis, Soups and Stews 09 March 2009
Posted in At the Homefront, Recipes on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a quick draft of snips of my TV debut on PBS at WILL-TV for their special presentation, Chilis, Soups and Stews. Thanks to Lisa over at Taste of Champaign who posted this opportunity on her blog. I went ahead and submitted a couple of recipes. WILL then took the recipes and made a cookbook [...]
When it’s -30 below in Illinois (with wind chill), its has to be soup for dinner
Posted in At the Homefront, Recipes on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is about 13:00 in the afternoon and its a balmy -7 degrees according to accuweather. Earlier this morning it registered -30 below with the wind chill. Yeah, yeah, I don’t want to hear it from all of you people out there in sunny CA or AL! The temperature made me think of the song, [...]
