What's for Dinner?

Making one of my favorites, Jambalaya, from a 'Frugal Gourmet' cookbook I used when I was first learning to cook. Jeff Smith may have been a pedophile (!!) but he had some great recipes. This one requires a lot of prep work, so it's a great one to do on a Sunday while you sip a beer and watch a movie or two as you put it together. Very good.
 
Love jumbalaya, one of my favs. What meats do you put in?

Our eldest graduated yesterday so we threw a graduation party and did the cooking. Two pork shoulders, hot dogs and hamburgers, plus two kinds of potato salad, macaroni salad and two kinds of coleslaw. Made a peanut butter pie, fruit tart and raspberry charlotte for dessert. Had 50 some people over, I made dinner for them all, but she walked out with gifts and $1000+. Not sure how that worked...

Biggest hit was Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Hot Dogs. Seeded and sliced jalapenos, then wrapped the slices around the hot dogs with bacon. Cooked in the oven at 400 for twenty minutes. They were gone FAST.
 
This recipe calls for pork spareribs (braised in the oven before add to the pot), ham chunks, and hot link sausage. I've added chicken in the past too. Glad to share the recipe if you want it.
 
Yeah, if you don't mind. I usually make with chicken, sausage and shrimp. Always up for different varieties.
 
Yeah, if you don't mind. I usually make with chicken, sausage and shrimp. Always up for different varieties.

Here it is...word for word...

'Originally this dish, like so many dishes that have become classics, was designed to use up leftovers. The dish stands in that great tradition of frugal cooks who could not afford to throw anything away, or, in the more profound tradition, that good community of cooks who refused to throw out any edible leftovers. This bit of Cajun ingenuity is now common all over New Orleans, and there are as many variations on this dish as any one I know. I think I love them all!

2 pounds pork spareribs cut into single one pieces
1/2 pound smoked hot link sausage sliced in 1/4 inch pieces
3 tablespoons peanut oil
1 cup diced ham
1 large yellow onioin, peeled and chopped
3 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley
2 green peppers, peeled and chopped fine
2 teaspoons Tabasco
3 cloves garlic chopped fine
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
4 ribs celery chopped
6 green onions chopped
1 can (28 oz) tomatoes
3.5 cups chicken stock
3 teaspoons fresh whole thyme leaves
2 cups uncooked white rice

Place the spareribs on a broiling rack and bake them in a 400 degree oven until brown, about 15-20 minutes. Set aside.

In the meantime, heat a large frying pan and add the oil. Saute the yellow onion, green peppers, garlic, celery, and green onion until all are tender. Place the vegetables and the ribs in a 12 quart stockpot along with the canned tomatoes and chicken stock. Cover and simmer for 1 hour.

Pan fry the sliced sausage until it begins to brown. Deglaze the pan with a bit of chicken broth and add the drippings to the stockpot. Set the sausage aside.

Add the remaining ingredients, except the sausage and rice, and simmer, covered, for another 20 minutes. Add the sausage and rice and simmer for 25 minutes. Correct the seasoning and serve.'
 
It is killer - trust me.
 
Kids are home for Summer and now I'm making lunch too! :)

Made a homemade pizza with red onion and red potatoes and goat cheese. Holy crap. Will be making that again.
 
So we watched GMO OMG, Fed Up and Food Inc in the past week. Stop rolling your eyes. Now we're on a major Farmer's Market kick. We bought veggies before just about every week, but now we're trying the local meat too.

Last night I made locally grown NY Strip with roasted potatoes and stewed swiss chard. Damn. Don't know what we're going to do when the Fall rolls around and these good veggies are gone. The wife is seriously looking in to how to grow veggies indoors.

We're pretty much hippies at this point.
 
Just made cucumber-honey dew soup for lunch, chilling now in the fridge. Supes-easy. Just peel and seed 3 medium cukes, carve up a honey dew, then use your food processor (I'd guess a blender would work well too) to chop it all to a soup consistency, with some greek plain yogurt, a tiny bit of sugar and some lemon. Chill for a few hours, and viola! You have a fantastic Summer soup.
 
Good day today. Bought a Ruger 9mm, drinking a beer, watching a flick, and making Pho. I have very little experience with Pho, but found a pretty good basic recipe I have done a few times before.

Authentic Pho Recipe - Allrecipes.com

In the morning, I shall wake up whenever the **** I want to, go out back and pick a big pile of fresh blueberries, make me some muffins, and celebrate the 4th of July. 'Murica!
 
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Amazing dinner even if I did enjoy it alone. Highly recommend this recipe even if only used as a general guideline...


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Okay I just concocted some garlic/chicken flavored rice w/shredded chicken, cayen & black pepper & all season salt. Simmered it with small pineapple chunks too.

Would that be something you guys would try...with the pineapples? Had 2 of my family members revolt on me just for that fact
 
Sounds amazing to me, Win. Pineapple is one of my favorite flavors to cook with. I love adding it to fried rice. Hell yeah, I woulda tried it and probably loved it!
 
Okay I just concocted some garlic/chicken flavored rice w/shredded chicken, cayen & black pepper & all season salt. Simmered it with small pineapple chunks too.

Would that be something you guys would try...with the pineapples? Had 2 of my family members revolt on me just for that fact
You're going to make a lovely wife one day

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Made homemade ranch dressing, dipped boneless, skinless chicken thighs in it, then dredged them in flour, cornstarch, dill, cilantro and parsley to make ranch fried chicken. Pretty effing good. Also made homemade creamed corn (with corn from the farmer's market), green goddess potato salad, and sweet potato cornbread.

Pretty ridiculous dinner.
 
Wow - that sounds original AND amazing! I have a suggestion for next time. Before you dredge them in flour, dip them in dill pickle juice...

Maximize the dill!!!!
 
Baked talapia
Asparagus, peppers, onions, mushrooms sautéed in virgin olive oil
Steamed rice with pineapple

The wife swears she's mediocre in the kitchen when she's cooking it. But after she sees me run my finger across the plate to get all of it off she knows she did good...

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Wow - that sounds original AND amazing! I have a suggestion for next time. Before you dredge them in flour, dip them in dill pickle juice...

Maximize the dill!!!!

Now that is an interesting idea. I did that with the potato salad, after cooking them I drained them well, then while they were still hot, bathed them with a dijon-pickle juice mixture so they could soak up the flavor. Really good potato salad. I'll try to remember that for the chicken next time.
 
Shredded chicken with pico, lettuce, tomato, corn, black beans & shredded cheese topped of a fantastic chicken taco salad.

Used 'scoops' for the foundation and threw in some Tapatio.

Pretty amazing
 

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