May, 2019 What's in the kitchen?

bethk wrote:When I buy the little 'twin' pork tenderloins I always take the time to trim them of the silver skin, etc. and take off the odd shaped ends to slice up for my sweet & sour pork.  Then I'm usually left with two nicely shaped pork roasts to either pan roast or put on the grill.

Today I wanted some roasted beets so it was pan roasted pork.....also threw in a sweet potato as long as I was going to have the oven on.

I had picked up another brand of Sweet Kale Salad (Dole) because it was on sale.  The ingredients were very similar to the one I get at Sam's Club/Wal Mart but it wasn't anywhere as good, in our opinion, to the other.  It was suppose to have shaved Brussels sprouts and with the Sam's one I always have to trim them down in size, basically making them bite size.  I sorted through the bag of Dole's and found TWO slices of very small Brussels sprouts.  This one had romaine and Napa cabbage, also, which doesn't hold up if you want to save the leftovers for tomorrow's lunch.  Glad it was on sale......I won't make the mistake of buying it again.

bethk wrote:OK, Jimmy.....just so you don't feel bad about having a super cheat day ~ ~ It happens to EVERYONE!

You know I try to cook on a moderately low-carb diet, mainly because Dane nags at me if I don't....LOL  Well, yesterday at the grocery store I saw some cubed steaks on sale.  The package had three LITTLE pieces of chewed up beef.  And all I could think of was......



CHICKEN FRIED STEAK WITH MILK GRAVY OVER MASHED POTATOES  !!!!!!!!!

I mean, that was the first thought I had when I saw it.  And I've cooked it in my mind three times between yesterday and today just thinking how good it would be browned in some oil/BACON GREASE.  

So, you know what?  It was absolutely every bit as good as I hungered for.  

And I don't feel one bit guilty.  Actually, I feel pretty darn good.  Hahahahahaha

I probably won't make this meal again for a year or so, but if I had deprived myself of it I know I would have found other things just as bad (or worse) for my body to ingest....

And Mr. Amazing ate his fair share, too!  (And I don't think HE'S sorry, either.)

bethk wrote:How did you make your carrot fries, Bugs?

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NO sour cream???  How could you eat them?...........oh, yeah, lots of onions to help 'em slip down!   By the way..........did I say, "YUM!!!"

bethk wrote:Thanks for the wishes, Jimmy.  Sorry you aren't feeling up to going out.

I'm watching a PBS cooking show, Nick Stellino. He made a rigatoni dish you would love. It had deep fried eggplant cubes....flash fried so it doesn't absorb the oil like it does when you pan sauté eggplant. Interesting concept and makes sense for soft cooked eggplant that's not soggy.

bethk wrote:I think I found it!    (Watch the video and then make it as you like it....)

http://www.nickstellino.com/Recipes/Menu/Recipe/?men=20&rec=841

bethk wrote:Here's the link to the video in case you didn't see it.....

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http://www.nickstellino.com/Video/Play.aspx?v=505a

bethk wrote:Happy Mother's Day ~ to all the moms out there!  (and a Great Day to the dads who have had to be a mom on occasion.....)

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Dane had suggested we go out to eat and it was my definate, "NO!  Thanks anyway ~ I'd rather cook!"

I did make a special run to the store (5 minutes on the golf cart.......not exactly a sacrifice on MY part ~ LOL).

I wanted grilled asparagus and there wasn't any in my refrigerator.

As you can see, I managed to pull off one of my favorite meals: