By mlb, on October 20th, 2009%
The main recipe here is originally from the Portland restaurant Meat Cheese Bread. It was in our local paper, in the weekly food section. I saw it, made Homer Simpson type sounds as I thought about how good it must be, and promptly decided to give it a try.
That said, I tweaked it a bit. Not so much for taste or anything, more due to what ingredients I had and the level of time on a Wednesday that I had to devote to this. Mainly, I crock-potted it while working, so that when I came home, the house would smell so good that I would almost fall over after stepping through the doorway.
One Saturday or Sunday, I will try this in the oven but it did work pretty . . . → Read More: Experiments in Pulled Pork — Sandwiches (and then Enchiladas)
By mlb, on May 25th, 2009%
Memorial Day Weekend. Portland. Sunny. 70+ degrees. No rain. Really, no rain. What to do? Make lamb burgers!
Wow, these were good. Juicy and flavorful. The recipe is very easy to halve and make just two burgers (what I did). I found some kalamata ciabatta rolls at New Seasons which worked perfectly with these burgers.
Middle Eastern Lamb Burgers
Adapted from a recipe in Everyday with Rachael Ray
1 1/2 pounds ground lamb
1/4 cup chopped cilantro (you could sub flat-leaf parsley)
1 tbsp ground coriander
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tsp turmeric
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup low fat, plain yogurt, mixed with 1 clove crushed garlic and 1/2 a grated English cucumber
4 crusty kalamata olive rolls, split
spinach leaves
1/2 cup feta cheese
1 tomato, sliced
In a large bowl, combine . . . → Read More: Middle Eastern Lamb Burgers
By mlb, on March 11th, 2009%
So very sleepy. But, I must post about awesome panini. This was very good. We had it a few weeks ago when we ate a bunch of soup exchange soup. T’was very good.
Okay, here’s the recipe, I’m going to bed now. Goodnight.
Prosciutto and Fig Panini
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup Port
1/2 cup (lightly packed) dried black Mission figs (about 3.5 ounces), stemmed, halved
1/2 tbsp dried rosemary
1 medium red onion, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick rounds
1 tbsp chilled butter, diced
1 cup loosely packed baby spinach
8 slices of good bread or 4 ciabatta rolls, halved horizontally
4 thin slices prosciutto (2-3 ounces)
4 oz goat cheese
Bring water, Port, figs, and rosemary to boil in small saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer until mixture is reduced to a generous 1/2 cup, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. . . . → Read More: Another Tasty Sandwich: Prosciutto and Fig Panini
By mlb, on March 5th, 2009%
Oh, Bobby Flay, you seem like kind of a tool but I really love all of your recipes that I’ve tried. So, I guess that’s okay. We’ll just agree to agree on food and I can still be kind of meh about you personally. Maybe in real life you’re a really nice guy, you just televise kinda jerk-y. I dunno.
Although for some reason I like watching “Throwdown”. Maybe you’ve mellowed since the days you had that one show where you would travel around, taste people’s food with noticeable disinterest and be an all-around ass. Maybe now you are a really nice guy and my “Bobby Flay is kind of a tool” intro to all the recipes of yours that I post about is untrue and kind of mean . . . → Read More: My New Favorite Thing to do With Ground Turkey: Turkey Kofte with Apple Raita and Spinach
