Maybe “ghetto” is a bad choice of words. “Ghetto” was originally a term that referred to the portion of Venice that Jews were compelled to live during the Middle Ages. Lox, of course, is slices of cured salmon served with cream cheese and bagels that is a staple of an Ashkenazi Jewish diet. Lox also [...]
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keld’s dutch steak
I really like this technique for cooking steaks. I picked it up from the Amateur Gourmet. Nice and browned on the outside edges and barely bloody on the inside. Salt and pepper your meat for a minimum of fifteen minutes before cooking. Heat your pan to the highest setting with about one tablespoon of butter [...]
poor man’s mashed taters
Mashed potatoes without butter (poor man’s mashed taters)
3 russet potatoes
4 garlic cloves
bay leaves
sprig of thyme
vegetable stock
salt
black pepper
I made these because I didn’t have any butter.
Boil some water. Add salt, bay leaves and thyme. Quarter potatoes and place in boiling water. Boil until you can squish a piece of potato between your forefinger and thumb, easily. [...]
spinach chicken noodle
This is a quick meal that involves using one can of condensed soup and getting two full servings out of it. Enough to fill two tummies for a couple hours or so. This is another example of why it is totally awesome to keep cooked rice available at all times. Who needs to fill up [...]
Creamy turkey soup
Made this from leftover turkey. I know that this is more of an after-Thanksgiving type of recipe, but I had an extra turkey in the freezer that I cooked. Soup is a great way to use up leftovers and thing you would usually throw away. Also works well with a couple of picked-over chickens.
For the [...]
cucumber and carrot
I wish I would have thought about taking a picture of the carrot before I sliced it up so that you could see what a real carrot looks like. It’s lumpy, bulbous and covered in dirt. The carrot I used for this salad was probably just under two inches in diameter. Anyway, I’ll explain the [...]
spaghetti and brats
I had an extra packet of mac ‘n’ cheese sauce mix lying around. Amazingly, this was made from stuff we had in the fridge.
1 lb of spaghetti
1 lb bratwurst, sliced into 1 inch pieces
1 onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced or 1 tbsp garlic powder
2 tbsp olive oil
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 c [...]
Keld’s Christmas hors d’oeuvres
Keld asked me to post this. This is a little something he whipped up, and it was quite tasty.
1 loaf Italian sourdough bread, sliced and toasted
1 package dehydrated sun-dried tomatoes
pear juice (or any kind of juice, wine or water)
2 cloves garlic
2-3 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper
sliced onion (we did it raw, but I would try [...]
hippie breakfast burrito
This is the burrito I was making while Eric Hamilton was fixing my blog that has been broken for the last few months. I was taunting him with how good it was and I would have told him what I made when I realized that I could just post it here since everything is working [...]
simple cucumber salad
2 cucumbers, sliced thin
1 small or 1/2 large red onion, cut in half and sliced thin
1 tbsp kosher salt
3 tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tsp dried or 1 tbsp fresh dill weed
black pepper to taste
Toss cukes and onion with salt in a colander and place over a bowl and let drain 20-30 minutes. You will get [...]
