Kevin's Watch

I am having a chipati. I am happy.

One of my "dump some stuff in a pot" concoctions .Lean pork browned in olive oil,some garlic,fresh basil,some pinto beans,some black beans,a couple of carrots,a jar of prego,a few shakes of tabasco,a couple of shots of worchestershire sauce,and some chicken stock=bean soup.It was quite satisfying served up with some cornbread.

sunbane: that's how I make the extras at work. whatever is left over at lunch gets dumped in a pot and I add appropriate items. less waste. I'm the only fsm who does that though. I learned it from an ex-army man I worked with at the prison.

Cheese fondue for dinner. Crusty french loaf, black olives and salami (for me) on the side, olive oil and balsamic vinegar for dipping, and a bottle of reasonable red wine. Can't wait.

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mmmmm....Avatar! That sounds good!

I'm having beef burgundy. That's good, too.

does anybody know a good pineapple dish?

A hot dog and some mac and cheese.

Damelon wrote:A hot dog and some mac and cheese.

with pineapple!!!

Tazzman wrote:does anybody know a good pineapple dish?

I am not a fan of pineapple, but I will eat it this way.

Grilled Pineapple
(Lynda/ LyndaMc994@aol.com)

1 medium pineapple
1 TBS butter -- melted
1 TBS packed brown sugar
1/8 tsp ground ginger -- optional
Splash of rum -- optional
1/2 cup vanilla ice cream
2 TBS toasted coconut

Cut pineapple crosswise into six 3/4-inch-thick slices. Stir together butter, brown sugar, ginger and rum. Grill pineapple slices on an uncovered grill directly over medium coals for 6 to 8 minutes or until heated through, turning once and brushing once or twice with butter mixture. To serve, cut pineapple slices in half. Serve warm with ice cream, top with toasted coconut and additional rum if desired.

Yield: 6 servings.


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Per Serving (using non-fat vanilla yogurt and excluding unknown items): 91 Calories; 3 g Fat (28.1% calories from fat); 1 g Protein; 16 g Carbohydrate; 1 g Dietary Fiber; 5 mg Cholesterol; 35 mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Fruit; 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

i'll have it tonight! thanks a bunch menolly. i really love the watch!!

Since I am getting over a horrible tummy bug, tonight's "dinner" is blue gator-aid. Lunch was a bit of bread and red gator-aid. Breakfast was water, then juice, then tea.

Maybe I will try some more solid food when I get home from work.

WFD~Thursday: India ICN

Tonight we are featuring the the cuisine and culture of India at our village monthly International Cooking Night. I know we are having Samosa Chaat with two chutneys, as I typed up the recipes for them earlier this afternoon to be copied as handouts for our attendees. We are having two other dishes as well, but I am unsure of what they're called.

Once I receive the recipes for all of the dishes and upload them to the website, I'll share the link.

Menolly wrote:Once I receive the recipes for all of the dishes and upload them to the website, I'll share the link.

The recipes are finally uploaded. I had publisher right issues with the website yesterday on IE at work, but it worked fine using AOL's browser on my slow computer at home this morning. :shrug:

Here's the link to the recipes.

ICN Recipes

Chili tonight. With mashed pertaturs. Probably a salad with balsamic vinegar dressing.

Hamburgers topped with onions and blue cheese marinated in olive oil with a touch of balsamic vinegar. Homemade potato salad on the side.

hey Lady Revel, I'm having Salt Potatoes tonight......with a seperate dish for butter-dunkin'

Beef in Guinness

You ever order a meal in a restruant and it smells and tastes so good but you think there's probably too many weird steps that are beyond your cooking skills before you could duplicate it?

Check this out:

2lbs of beef (I use the pre-cutup stew beef)
2 Large onions
6 medium carrots
2 tbsp of flour
some butter or oil (i just toss some in)
1 cup of Guinness and water mixed

(serves 4)

Toss beef in flour and brown.
Remove beef and fry onions gently until transparent (10 minutes for my stove)
Return beef and add carrots and liquid
Bring to boil, reduce heat to very gentle simmer and cook for 1 1/2 -2 hours
Check that the dish does not dry out, adding more liquid if needed (water not Guinness!)
Sprinkle with chopped parsly (which I never do) and server with plainly boiled potatoes.

Serves 4 but I'm probably going to eat the whole thing by myself tonight!
(no, but I bet I could if I wanted!! )

Tazzman wrote:i'll have it tonight! thanks a bunch menolly. i really love the watch!!

Oh, I forgot to follow up, Tazz. How did you like the grilled pineapple?

High Lord Tolkien wrote:Beef in Guinness

You ever order a meal in a restruant and it smells and tastes so good but you think there's probably too many weird steps that are beyond your cooking skills before you could duplicate it?

Check this out:

Oh, HLT, that sounds great! We went to an old English style pub in Niagara-on-the-Lake a couple of summers ago when we visited MIL in Welland, Ontario before she moved cloe to Fisty, and I had their Guiness Beef Stew. It was fabulous! I'm saving your recipe to see if it will come close. Thanks!

WAIT! HANG ON!
I just ate this tonight.

This was the second time I made it and it didn't come out as good as the first.

It wasn't as sweet and the meat was too tough.

I think I used too much Guinness and over browned the beef.

I like the beef to be flakey or stringy and sweet.

So, like everything else, how it comes out will vary greatly.

yeah mennoly, thanks, it was great. having recently embraced veganism with only a touch of enthusiasm its great to find a sweet that is completely gorgeous and has no dairy.(i swapped normal ice-cream for vegan ice cream). i liked the liberal ammounts of rum especially .
if you ever need a vegan menu(applies to anyone at the watch) just ask cos im compiling quite a collection and its tastier than you might think.
you dont have to be a proper vegan, i think its quite good for your overall health to try and stay away from dairy occasionally if you can.

hehehe(it doesnt become me to giggle but i cant help it)...i looked like your dragon when id finished.