Posted in What's for Dinner, tagged italian, pasta, Quick, seafood on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
IMHO fregola is the tastiest version of couscous. For the dinner tonight the point of departure was couple recipes in Bugialli’s “Foods of Sicily and Sardinia” book.
Took me less than half an hour to come up with a great dish!
Serves 4.
1lb of shrimp, peeled.
1-1.5 cups of fregola cooked al dente.
tiny dice (i pulsed the stuff [...]
Posted in What's for Dinner, tagged Quick, tex-mex on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fajitas – super delicious, super easy, super fast! Be prepared for a lot of smoke though – the meat should be really seared.
My standard recipe – tri-tip steak quickly rubbed and marinated in whatever spice/rub/marinade you have at hand. Seared for 6mins in grapeseed oil. Remove the meat to rest while you pan roast [...]
Posted in What's for Dinner, tagged mussels, Quick on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Prompted by the Top Chef Masters i started to watch other food shows on TV. And the interesting thing happened: some dishes looked so delicious that i felt compelled to recreate them at home. Like queso fundido burgers i raved all over this blog about.
Or those angry mussels from The Best Thing i Ever Ate.
I [...]
Posted in What's for Dinner, tagged appetizer, legumes, Quick on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So good – the recipe adapted from Michael Psilakis.
Boil 1cup of green peas with a small onion and bay leave until soft. Drain. In a food processor pulse 1 roasted poblano, couple garlic cloves, 1 fat scallion, some cilantro and couple tbs of good white whine vinegar. Add peas. With motor running, slowly pour 1/2 [...]
Posted in Mexican, What's for Dinner, tagged Quick, squid on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One more variation on stir-fried squid. This time i added an excellent thick cut bacon.
Couple of squid cooking tricks i learned from somebody. Cut the squid in strips, put them into a bowl, add lemon juice and then olive oil, stirring until emulsified. At this point i usually add some flavorings – onions or other [...]
Posted in Beer, What's for Dinner, tagged chicken, cooking with beer, Quick on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For a vegetable dish tonight i had vignole in mind – an italian braise of spring onion, artichokes, fava beans and peas. I used flageolet beans instead of fava. I had no clue what to make for a meat course and entered Wegmans with some vague ideas of turkey or chicken or maybe even salmon [...]
Posted in What's for Dinner, tagged cabbage, chipotle, chorizo, mussels, Quick, salad, sausages, spicy, tequila, tomatoes on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sauce of fire roasted tomatoes, charred onion, garlic and chipotle in adobo. Slices of fried chorizo. Baked in 500F oven covered, in cazuela.
About the ratio: 2lb mussels, 1lb sauce, 1/3lb chorizo, 1/2 cup tequila: can def tune down on the latter – the flavor was nice but a bit bitter (usually comes with strong liquors).
Served [...]
Posted in What's for Dinner, tagged potato, Quick, squid on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fusing a bit tonight: squid/roasted onion/masa cakes; steamed fingerlings/scallions/marjoram; crema; chipotle salsa; lettuce; cukes. Beers.
Posted in Mexican, What's for Dinner, tagged Quick, skirt steak on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Very quick and a great flavor. Tiny dice of skirt steak flavored with poblano, dry roasted garlic, fire roasted tomatoes, oregano, and some chipotle, very subtle.
served with charred scallions, sprinkled with salt and lime juice; cabbage/carrot/pickled serranos slaw, panela.
Posted in What's for Dinner, tagged beef, Healthy, Quick on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It worked, to my great surprise. Tri-tip (1.5lb), serioulsy seared on both sides for about 3 mins each. 2yellow peppers and huge white onion for 10mins (the initial oil was peanut, switched to oilve for veggies). 1 cup of home made beef stock reduced to nothing, 3canned chipotle in adobo, seeded and chopped added. Meat [...]
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