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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 onion, minced
1/2 green pepper, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper
dash cumin and cayenne pepper
1 c bread crumbs
2 eggs, beaten
thin sourdough baguette slices, toasted
diced tomato
minced onion
brown mustard
grated Parmesan cheese
Mix all the ingredients up to the eggs, mashing the beans until lumpy. Place onto the baguette slices and garnish with [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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