Movie Night Treats

So last night we decided to order Pizza Man pizza since Jolly has never had it before. In celebration of Tamara's Birthday today, I also made her a Peanut Butter Pie that she had requested along with an Oreo Pie for those non peanut lovers. Everything turned out pretty good, although Jolly is crazy and still thinks that Rocky Rococo's is better than Pizza Man.

Great times!!!

Here was the recipe that I used for the Peanut Butter Pie:

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1646405

For the Oreo Pie, I simple made a package of Oreo pudding and added in some cool whip.

I also cheated and bought store made pie crusts as I didnt' have enough time to make them myself.

Veggies (follow up from 8/13/2007)

Chicken Ka Baobs. Total there were eight. All i had to pay for was 3 chicken breasts (one package), whole Portabella mushrooms, and an onion. Grand total i think i spent $6 on this meal.

Seasoned with garlic and black pepper, the chicken was cut into fairly small chunks so that it wouldn't take too long to cook. Clearly the fire is going a little more hot than we had hoped for but we managed. The following were from my garden:
-2 green peppers
-1 very large red pepper
-1 avg size yellow Vidalia pepper
-1 orange pepper
-2 purple peppers



Thoughts:

The purple weren't anything special in the end. The color cooks out of them and they look green in the end. I had heard that they taste a lot like greens but never personally tried them so there was only one way to find out. No regrets in using them since peppers are always good. The onion was good and plentiful on the ka bobs but i'm debating on whether i should go with a red onion next time. Supposedly the reds hold their flavor and the act of grilling brings it out better. Might pull out the McCormick's marinade again for the chicken next time after i cube it up. That should give it a nice surprise. The shrooms were killer. Period. Never sacrifice taste for cost. The 'Bella shrooms are worth the cost.

Results:

A total of 8 ka bobs were made. Since Jolly stopped by (he has food radar), he contributed 5 hot Italians which stretched the meal. With the Italians, the three of us wound up having 2 leftover which was my goal. They weren't all that great reheated for lunch but at least it was healthy!

We all ate 2 ka bobs and a sausage except for jolly who ate like 50 of his Italians. Washed the ka bobs down with a Berry Weiss while sitting on my front stairs like usual and enjoying a cool evening.

Stay tuned for more ka bob recipes as the summer progresses....

Veggies! (8/13/2007)

'Nuff said.



















Harvested on 8/9. Two cauliflower heads, one green pepper, one yellow, 5 tomatoes, 12 garden salsa peppers (hot and super yummy), sage (for drying), three cayenne peppers (longer in lower left), and 8 super chillies (shorter in lower left).

This weekend i added an additional 10 tomatoes, 6 salsa peppers, 4 super chillies, 3 cayenne, 2 green, one orange, one red, and 2 purple peppers. I accept cash, credit cards, first born, beer, or food in exchange for my spare veggies/herbs!!!

Tonight: Ka-bob time!!!

lots and lots of food

Saturday my parents had a small engagement party for Michael and me and so Michael's whole family came down from Green Bay to Kenosha. My mom grilled out Bulgogi, which is a Korean style Marinated Meat shown in the upper middle of this pic. She also had Brats, veggie salad, cucumber salad, potato salad, fried rice, and beans. Everything was super delish!! Oh and for dessert my sister made me a Lemon Cake and some Brownies!

Well...It was dinner

I went to the Brewers/Mets baseball game yesterday, so dinner was an after thought really. Well Bob/Matt and I went to Pick n Save to buy beer. So we bought pre-made sandwiches. I have a turkey and cheese on white bread. The bacon was a nice surprise. It wasn't that bad. The lettuce was wilted and the tomato was to wet. I can't forget the chips, we had Sun Chips Garden Salsa flavored. They were tasty.

The best part of the night was when we were in the game. (The Brewers lost) I got my favorite baseball accompaniment, peanuts.


Didn't forget to take a picture of those babies.

Lentil Soup 7-30-07

Monday night I decided I wanted to try to make Lentil Soup.


I didn't like the recipes that I found online,
so I sort of mixed things up a bit.





Ingredients:





1- Splash of EVOO

2-Potatoes diced


2 Cups Diced Carrots


2 Celery Stalks diced


1 large Onion Diced

2 Cups Butternut Squash


5 cloves of Garlic Diced


1/2 bag Brown Lentils


8 cups water


3 cups of Chicken Stock


1 small can of Tomato sauce


1 Splash of Red Wine


Salt and Pepper


Dash of Oregano

1-Cup frozen peas (add these 10 minutes before soup is done)

I sauteed the first 5 ingredients in a little Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a large soup pot. Then I added the remaining ingredients and brought to a boil, then reduced the heat and simmered for 1 hour. That's it! I also added some hot sauce in mine to add a little kick. Turned out pretty easy to make, and pretty inexpensive. I will try it again using different ingredients sometime in the future! The pic of the soup was taken today, as I brought some in for lunch!

Sloppy Joe

Well I had sloppy oes for dinner on July 27th, so I am a bit late on the post. I must say that I made some concessions with the meal because I was seriously lazy. First off, I used bread because I was not going to buy buns. Secondly, I remember having corn with this meal. If I wasn't going to buy buns there was no way I was going to buy corn. So instead I had broccoli, I love broccoli. I was a little disappointed with the broccoli presentation wise as it was mostly stems. Oh well.

So lets see if I can remember what i did. I can make ant recipe complicated.

1 lb. of 85% lean ground beef (good choice)
4 oz. can of tomato paste (why buy sauce when you can make it yourself)
2 cups of vegetable broth
1/2 medium onion
red, green, and yellow bell peppers (I buy them frozen)
1/2 clove or garlic
couple turns of olive oil (extra virgin of course)
1/2 teaspoon of chicken grill seasoning (I didn't have steak seasoning)
1 tablespoon of paprika
1 1/2 tablespoons of dijon mustard (a tad bit to much - a little shy of 1 tablespoon would have been fine)
about 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (a liitle over)
about 1 tablespoon of white vinegar(a little under)
a pour or red wine
3 tablespoons Worcestershire's sauce(roughly)
sea salt (enough to taste - tomato paste is unsalted)
pepper
oregano
Mrs. Dash Spicy (mainly red pepper flakes)

Ok those were the ingredients.

cook ground beef - olive oil, onion, bell peppers, paprika, grill seasoning, salt, pepper. Drain. Combine with other ingredients. Simmer 20 minutes.

I cooked the broccoli in a little water. Drained. Plated with a little butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper.



Pretty tasty.