HomeCookin’- dinner- filet mignon w/ kale, cabbage, tomato & radish salad w/ blood orange Dijon vinaigrette.
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HomeCookin’: Lean Mean Burger Machine Homemade burger, Munster cheese, caramelized onion, bacon, tomato & chipotle crema
Sometimes you just gotta have a little big burger for dinner.
On a night that followed hours laying in the sun on our roof, we decided to really *summer* it up and make burgers…
1lb lean ground beef
salt & fresh cracked pepper
Sriracha or good hot sauce
1 glove finely grated Garlic
1 Ciabatta loaf - cut in half to serve two burgers
1 tomato - sliced
6 slices of bacon
1/2 large onion sliced into rings
4 slices of Munster cheese
1/4 cup Sour cream
1 chipotle in adobo
** In a bowl gently mix the ground beef with grated garlic, salt & pepper and about a teaspoon of hot sauce. Mold into burger mounds, and round & tighten.
In a large fry pan, cook the bacon until crispy. Rest on paper towels.
Reserving some of the bacon fat, cook the onions until caramelized. Hey, I won’t tell anyone if you splash a little beer in there. Hell, it’s only gonna make them taste AMAZING.
Push onions to the side of the pan.
Drizzle a little olive oil in the pan and then place the burger down to cook on a med to high heat.
I cooked my burgers about 6 mins on either side.
Once you flip the burger (after the first 6 mins) add the sliced cheese on top of each. The last 3 mins, I put a lid on the pan so the cheese really melted.
Take out the meat to rest.
Drizzle your Ciabatta with a little oil and put face down in the pan to warm.
I added the bacon back on top of the onions to warm up.
In a small bowl, mix sour cream, chipotle and a squeeze of lime juice.
Assemble burgers.
Bun, sour cream, burger w cheese, onions, bacon, tomato, sour cream, bun.
DONE.
Deeeeeelicious.
HomeCookin: Grilled Shrimp tacos w/ garlic black beans, caramelized onions, guacamole & chipotle crema.
*Toss peeled deveined shrimp in salt, pepper and Spanish paprika.
*Saute 1 clove chopped garlic and 1 large sliced onion in a pan until caramelized.
*In a pot, saute 2 tablespoons chopped onion, 1 clove chopped garlic and a teaspoon of crushed red pepper. Add a can of organic black beans. Simmer on low for 15 mins. Season with S & P.
*For guac - mash a large ripe avocado with a 1/4 cup diced tomato, salt, pepper, lime juice and a teaspoon of hot sauce. Stir through a handful chopped cilantro.
* Mix 1 finely chopped chipotle in adobo with 4 tbsp sour cream.
*In a hot pan, saute shrimp in olive oil until cooked.
Serve the shrimp and fixin’s with soft flour tortillas.
DELICIOUS!
HomeCookin: Cacio e Pepe with fennel, tomato and parsley salad.
Thank you Bon Appetit for the awesome recipe for Cacio e Pepe. I may have tweaked it a little here and there. But generally the recipe was SPOT ON.
Served with a simple Fennel, tomato and parsley salad, this was a deliciously simple Friday night meal….
Cacio E Pepe: Adapted from Bon Appetit
1 packet of Spaghetti, Bucatini, or we used Perciatelli
4 tbsp butter
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 cup grated pecorino
1/4 cup grated parmigiano
3/4 cup pasta water
2 tbsp fresh cracked pepper
Boil your pasta in salted water till almost al dente. Drain and reserve 3/4 cup pasta water.
In a saucepan melt 2 tablespoons of butter over medium heat. Swirl through a little EVOO.
Saute half the pepper for a min and then add the pasta water and simmer.
Stir through the pasta until coated in sauce. Add the remaining 2 tbsp of butter, and the pecorino.
Toss the pasta until the cheese melts through the sauce.
Add the rest of the pepper and the parmesan.
Serve immediately!
We served ours with a simple salad. Toss thin slices of fennel with halved cherry tomatoes, a bunch of chopped italian parsley, lemon zest, olive oil, salt a pepper. Toss through with a little squeeze of lemon juice.
Bon App!
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HomeCookin: Salad Feast
Kit and I wanted something healthy and light and I was sick of the typical one big salad meal. So with a little inspiration from the NY Times article *101 Simple Salads for the Season*
I created us a feast of delicious and simple salads.
*Roasted baby beets, blood orange, scallions & cilantro dressed with lemon juice & olive oil.
*Cucumber & frisée w/ dijon vinaigrette
*Cherry tomato, kalamata olive & cilantro
*Italian Tuna, capers, lemon & olive oil
*Apple, radish and fennel
*Whole wheat crostini
AND a little treat we love…. smoked oysters.
Paired with a delicious Rose, this TUESDAY night dinner was unreal.
HomeCookin: Dinner tonight - coconut curry soup w/ mei fun, shrimp, shiitakes and bok choy and my first attempt at home made egg rolls.
Delicious
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