Kevin's Watch

Dinner tonight is going to be roasted potato wedges (normal and sweet potato mixed) covered in fresh rosemary, fried leeks and roasted pork and herb sausages covered in caramelised onion sauce (out of a jar cos I'm lazy!). also roasted big mushrooms stuffed with whatever nice is in my fridge.

Pork again tonight!

www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/pin ... 6274.shtml

Pineapple! Mmmmmmm!

Had a beef hot dog and chips, and a bowl of butternut squash soup.

Birthday dinner for me tonight, but it may just be pizza. We're still renting u-Haul's on Sundays and moving things from the townhouse to the duplex...

Had a dead easy (and quick) but delicious dinner on wednesday. Starter is described in the cheese thread, and for main course we had a spicy mussel spaghetti.

Put your spaghetti on to boil.

Fry up the following in olive oil in a wok until soft (ingredients are per person...)
clove of garlic
half a chilli
3 spring onions

Drain spaghetti and add to wok along with about 25-50g of cooked mussels per person, season with salt and pepper, let it heat up for a minute or two, and serve mixed with fresh chopped parsley.

Dinner tonight is probably nothing.

I won a pair of tickets to go see Billy Joel in Jacksonville. Paul and I will probably leave as soon as Beorn comes home from school and we get him scheduled on taking care of himself for the evening.

We barely have enough cash for a tank of gas to get us to and from the show, so we'll eat a large late lunch here at home and will most likely be too tired to eat anything when we get back tonight.

Yesterday my Sam's Club had the Ridge Creek Spiral Sliced honey glazed hams for 98 cents a pound. I bought a half ham for $8.00, since it's just the three of us.

I plan to use the dishwasher method to heat it up tonight.

:::triple post, sorry! C'mon people, join in!:::

I have two whole fryers from Sam's seasoned with lime pepper, granulated garlic, and dill weed in the fridge. They'll be roasted on the Showtime.

I think I'll make some home made mashed potatoes, and green peas. Paul and I will also have a field greens salad with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Then, I'm trying this dessert recipe from Tyler Florence for Paul and me after Beorn's in bed.

Strawberry Sandwiches with Brioche and Brie Cheese
(Tyler Florence)

8 slices brioche
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened, plus 2 tablespoons for browning the sandwiches
About 1/4 cup sugar
1 jar good-quality strawberry jam
1 pint strawberries, hulled and sliced
6 ounces Brie cheese, sliced, at room temperature
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Butter 4 brioche slices on both sides. Sprinkle one side with sugar and turn the slices sugared sides down. Spread each slice with jam. Now make a layer of sliced strawberries and cover with slices of cheese. Butter the remaining 4 brioche slices on both sides and sprinkle one side with sugar. Lay the slices on top of the cheese, sugared sides facing up, to make 4 sandwiches. Press down gently.

Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a cast iron skillet over medium-low heat. Put 2 of the sandwiches in the pan and cook 2 to 3 minutes until the sugar melts, the bread turns golden and the cheese begins to melt. Turn and cook until the second side is golden and the cheese is bubbly. Take the sandwiches out of the pan and repeat to cook the rest. Dust the sandwiches with confectioners' sugar, cut them in half and serve warm.

well, i started the week out by making a slow cooked chuck roast, with mashed potatoes and steamed baby carrots.

last night was spaghetti night, with roasted garlic and mushroom sauce, and garlic bread.

tonight is going to be steak night, since it is V-day and my wife loves steak as much as i do. i will stop by my local butcher and pick up a sirloin for the kids and a couple nice think T-bones for me and the wife. i will give the steaks a nice spice rub and then pan fry in butter at high heat, searing in the flavor and juciness, along with keeping them as tender as they can be. most likely steamed green beans and tossed salad for sides.

We had baked camembert in phyllo pastry parcels with cranberry sauce last night, and mixed fresh berries, also in a phyllo parcel, for desert. Was great.

--A

I had pot roast with a side of fried okra, and a side of mac and cheese at the Cracker Barrel. If you want a healthy meal, just drive on by the Cracker Barrel.

Oh, I love Cracker Barrel.

I usually get the six "vegetable" plate. My combination consists of green beans, turnp greens, mac and cheese, double dumplings, and either carrots or the vegetable of the day if it's either cabbage or lima beans.

When I go for breakfast, I eat badly.

And I adore their Friday fish fry!

Menolly wrote:

1 pint strawberries, hulled and sliced

You Americans are weird....

anyway, tonight I'm cooking a casserole for the first time in my life.

Never ever appreciated casseroles since my mum discovered them when I was a teenager and used to experiment alot!

So in tonight's we have beef, shallots, big mushrooms, parsnip, courgette (zucchini), garlic, carrots all covered in a (packet ) beef and ale casserole mix.

With it I'll be steaming some 'purple sprouting' which is another first. i'd never even heard of it til a veggie mate told me about it earlier. Apparently, it's like broccholi, but skinnier and purple.

I'm looking at this post and wondering how much will be understandable by the USians out there!

Makes sense to me! Let us know how it all goes down.

Is the beef and ale casserole mix a sort of powdered Guiness beef stew flavoring? If so, HLT may be interested in acquiring some.

Yeah something like that, made by these people....

www.colmans.co.uk/

(most famous for their mustard but they do all sorts of powdered sauce things too)

The juice was great, the dinner just so-so !

I forgot to put in some chillis, didn't I??!!! It needed KICK.

Oh, I do adore Colman's mustard powder.

I'm feeling poorly today. Pressure in my ears, and a full feeling just below my rib cage making me a little queasy, even though I haven't eaten anything today. I'm wishing I had some of my Daddy's Bromo-seltzer right now.

I just finished whipping up the egg whites and put some matzah ball mixture into the refrigerator. I have about 12 cups of chicken stock I'm defrosting. I'll add some carrots, celery, parsnip, and broken spaghetti and call it dinner.

The gf is Korean so we went out to celebrate her New Year tonight to our fave restaurant. ready to be jealous?

Had some olives and gherkins while we were deciding on the wine...

Chose 'Navarajos' a white Spanish Rioja, very tasty!

For starters I had 'Mexican mussels' - mussels cooked in a tomato-y red wine-y onion-y spice-y sauce with coriander (cilantro). yum

For main I had a rack of lamb with a herb crust and mashed potato and yummy gravy stuff - sorry can't remember the gravy ingredients but it was DE-LICIOUS!

Dessert was vanilla and strawberry icecream - lovely and thick and semi-melted.

A double expresso (cos we were going out after to a friend's birthday bash) followed by a courvasier cognac.

Had an early 3:00 PM dinner at Golden China. Their sesame shrimp is huge. Steamed rice was steaming. Eggrolls were short but thick.

Around 7:30 PM I had room for some birthday cake. Mmmm, life.