What are you cooking today and how?

[grrlscout]

Meatloaf, mustard greens, mashed taters and gravy.

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mmmm do love me some greens.

[grrlscout]

Potluck today at work, so I made a cake.

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With mesquite flour and chocolate chips.

Recipe

I subbed mesquite flour in for 1/4 of the AP flour. I also stuffed the raspberries with chocolate chips, and then sprinkled some more throughout.

OK, I didn't sprinkle anything. I carefully distributed the berries and the chips in an even, OCD manner.

As you can see, I managed to break it a couple of times, in the process of putting it on the rack, and then off again, and then on again. The mesquite flour does make it a bit fragile. Plus, I'm a klutz.

It's actually more of a tea cake. I had a piece for breakfast. But I probably would have done that anyway, regardless of the type of cake.

[rebel]

A trip down memory lane. Smoked chicken, beans, cole slaw, potato salad and bread.


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[intothenew]

We have to skin and gut a Portobello. Spoon out the gill, carve out the stem.

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Next, add the super secret crab concoction.

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Capers for effect.

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Parmesan

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A topping of Mozzarella

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Let's give it a few

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Anticipation

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The vino and square plates are optional.

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[Rick]

Jeeeez. I'll bet you hold your pinky out when you drink from a canteen cup don't you? Go on. Admit it.

As minister of science I will need to test a sample to ensure it doesn't contain .... uh .... crab thingies. That would be bad. So send some samples to me.

[intothenew]

Jeeeez. I'll bet you hold your pinky out when you drink from a canteen cup don't you? Go on. Admit it.

Depends on what is in the cup.

As minister of science I will need to test a sample to ensure it doesn't contain .... uh .... crab thingies. That would be bad. So send some samples to me.

Sorry, I don't figure it will travel well. And more importantly, I can't trust that you will not reverse engineer the super secret crab concoction. Now that would be bad.

[crashdive123]

Well then I guess you'll have to come to next year's Jamboree and do the cooking.

[Rick]

Reverse engineer the super secret crab concoction?! How dare you?! I am a man of the highest honor. It's about this high. See? I can't hardly reach the top. If I were wearing gloves there would be a challenge laid down! How fortunate for you I'm not wearing them at the moment.

[intothenew]

I best level with ya. Even I do not know the ingredients in the SSCC, my wife makes it. I do have security clearance for the original recipe. Realize that if I was caught disseminating such top secret family info, it would be a felony charge. Hanging the only sentence. Scares me just to think about it.

[rebel]

Decided to have the holidays meal.
Smoked a turkey and beef brisket. Whipped up some corn bread dressing, gravy, real mashed taters, beans, butternut squash, cranberry sauce and a diet coke so I don't get fat.
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[Rick]

We are so going to your house.

[Pal334]

Soaked some dry split peas, then put them in a crock pot with a ham bone and a bunch of cube pieces of ham, a big onion chopped up and a bunch of baby carrots cooked at high for about 10 hours. Served with biscuits at a neighborhood get together today. Sorry no pics, went too fast and I was struggling to get any for myself.

[grrlscout]

mmm split peas and ham! One of my favorites.

We didn't have Thanksgiving at our house. Thus, no turkey leftovers, which means no turkey tetrazzini.

But I did scoop up a half turkey breast, when they were deeply discounted, after the holidays.

To get it to that leftover state, I simmered it in the crock pot, with water, bay leaves, garlic, onions, celery, and salt.

I used this recipe, with some alterations (as always!)
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/ch...etrazzini.html

I used ziti instead of fettuccine.

I added a clove of minced garlic to the leeks.

I used the juice from the crock as my stock.

Instead of 2 cups stock + 1/2 c milk, I used 1.25 c stock, and 1 cup buttermilk -- BEST substitution ever.

I subbed peas for mushrooms. Added them after the the gravy thickened.

All out of bread crumbs, I used crumbled Ritz crackers as my topping.

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[rebel]

I agree with Andy Griffith , "everything is better on a Ritz".

[grrlscout]

The parade of comfort food continues. Meatloaf (beef, pork, and veal), sweet taters, and corn.

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[Willie]

I got a pot of red beans and rice on the stove.....cannot wait until they are done!

[rebel]

I got a pot of red beans and rice on the stove.....cannot wait until they are done!

Can't go wrong with that. Hope you have some corn bread to go along with it.

[Rick]

Ham and beans on the stove. Cornbread later today. MMMmmmmm.

[crashdive123]

Creamy chicken soup with barley, orzo, corn, carrots, taters,...............

Good for those cold winter days like we're having today.

[2dumb2kwit]

The vino and square plates are optional.

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I was using square plates long before the foodies decided they were cool. The ones that I use come on rolls. I like Bounty, but any will do in a pinch. LOL