Meat

Steak Au Poivre from Jacques and Julia

September 20, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

This was not only delicious but the first time I have started a fire in my kitchen! But I’m getting head of myself. Making the sauce (and the flame) is the last step! Take a couple of tender steaks, whichever is your favorite. Jacques Pepin and Julia Child suggested a  loin strip steak. I used [...]

Roast Sticky Chicken for Chicken Tacos

June 28, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

Rub on a fantastic spice mix, then slow roast your chicken to perfection.  The original recipe for this “Sticky Chicken” calls for cooking it 5 hours at 225. I upped the temperature to 300 because I was a bit “short” on time and cooked it about 3.5 hours.   You can go follow the link for [...]

Grind Your Own Meat: My First Home-Ground Beef for Hamburgers

June 28, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Thanks to KitchenAid FGA Food Grinder Attachment for Stand Mixers, which I’ve rarely, if ever, used before, I ground up a two-pound blade steak last night for hamburgers. (Froze 1 pound for later use.) You have to cut the meat up into 1″ cubes or long thinner strips. This is probably a bit easier to [...]

Toast Slices with Pork and Chutney

June 25, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I needed some finger food to bring to a party the other night and browsed through How to Cook Without a Book for some ideas. She has a nice collection of easy appetizers in the back, most of which you’ll often have the ingredients for on hand.  In this case, I had a leftover pork [...]

Bourbon Marinated London Broil

June 14, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

London broil or flank steak could be used here. I believe they are related. The marinade is easy to mix up and really adds a lot of flavor. My mother used to score a flank steak thinly with some slashes of a sharp knife after trimming it and before marinating. I poked this a few [...]

Grilled Lamb Chops

June 14, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I repeated these lamb chops the other night so I won’t repost the recipe.  I did remember to take a picture though!

Hawaiian Style Chicken Kabobs with Pineapple

June 2, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

These were supposed to be pork but I couldn’t read the writing well on the packet of meat in the freezer!  Instead of the single pork chop I thought I was pulling out it turned out to be 3 boneless skinless chicken thighs. Ah well, I just continued with the plan.  These were good but [...]

Church’s / KFC’s Fried and Oven-Baked Chicken

May 25, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

My daughter asked if I’d make up some fried chicken tonight as she and her friends wanted to do a “party” at lunch and have everyone bring something to eat together like a picnic.  This is a cross of two popular restaurant versions of friend chicken. The seasonings are a Kentucky Fried Chicken lookalike and [...]

Pork Scallopini with Mushroom Sauce from Jacques Pepin

May 18, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Another good recipe from Fast Food My Way by Jacques Pepin. You can browse through a lot of great video clips here and print off the recipes for many of the dishes. I’ve been watching this series through my Netflix subscription, not available on demand alas. But well worth watching–and I’m not a big cooking [...]

Stir-Fried Chicken and Leeks

May 14, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

This was mild and good, soothing even.  It’s not spicy at all, so if you’re looking for spicy Chinese you’ll need to doctor this up or find a new recipe.  Prep all the veggies and chicken first, so you can just zip through the cooking part. Start the rice first, of course, then prep. 2 [...]

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