January 27, 5:00 PM Cooking
We had our chorizo sausage dinner this evening. This involves combining 2 or 3 chorizo sausages with a sauteed onion and a red and green sweet pepper, plus a jar of tomato sauce.
Sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top and we have a delicious meal.
January 18, 11:00 am Cooking
With the cool weather forecast to last a couple of more days, this seemed like a good time for some Bigos stew (also called Hunter's stew). This is a minor variation on the theme of peasant food or as some say, "food that smucks". One of the nice features of this recipe is that all measurements are flexible, or if one prefers, there are no measurements.
The basic idea is some pork tenderloin, a ring of garlic sausage, and some sauerkraut.
First, sautee a large onion.
Then brown the garlic sausage,
and the pork tenderloin.
Oops! We didn't have any fresh mushrooms. Off to the corner store. It is only an 8 minute walk so there was no danger of frostbite (it takes 10 minutes for exposed skin to experience frost bite under the current conditions).
Then lightly cook the mushrooms.
This is all added to a large pot, with sauerkraut (4 cups), tomatoes (1 can diced, plus a few fresh) and 2 apples (peeled, cored and diced). Cook on low heat for 90 minutes, more or less.
Then add a cup of good red wine. This is very important.
Cook for another 40 minutes. Serve in appropriate bowls. Drink any left-over wine.
Enjoy the moment. It will soon be warm.
January 14, 11:30 am Cooking
First task this morning was to put everything together for a nice bean soup. The primary ingredient was 2 cups of Nutter's Nine Bean Soup mixture.
A slice of ham, cut into small pieces was also important.
Plus 8 cups of vegetable broth, some tomatoes, and some spices.
This is the result:
January 11, 6:40 PM Cooking
I was browsing through "The Best of Clean Eating 2" this afternoon and noticed a recipe for pork cutlets. We were already planning to have pork for dinner so it was an easy matter to change the recipe.
This was called "Dusted Pork Cutlets" [p. 126]
The basic idea is very straight forward. Dip the cutlet in a bowl with a whisked egg and then in some cornmeal.
Finally fry the crumbed cutlets . Meanwhile bake an acorn squash that has a tablespoon of maple syrup in each half.
There was a very nice red from South Africa accompanying this meal.
It was a good meal, but the cornmeal made the pork cutlet seem a little dry, even though it was quite moist. the maple syrup was a very nice touch to the squash. There were also some raisins that had been cooked in balsamic vinegar for ten minutes that added to the flavors.
January 4, 6:00 PM Cooking
We made a delicious Curried Chicken for dinner. This recipe was taken from "The Best of Clean Eating 2", p. 144.
