Category: Leftovers
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Ground Lamb Kofta
We like my fake Gyros I make with ground beef but I’ve been wanting to try them with ground lamb or a mixture and I finally saw some ground lamb at the grocery store. And I will do that one day…but tonight I saw this recipe for Ground Lamb Kofta Kebabs on AllRecipes.com and decided…
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Repurposed Food: Steak Soft Tacos with Black Beans
A few nights ago I made my own corn tortillas using my new tortilla press and made huevos rancheros for myself and a friend for dinner, cooking up some canned black beans with some spices, cooked onions and tomatoes and using my own chickens’ fresh eggs! Cheap and delicious! I had leftover corn tortillas and…
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Chicken Under a Brick, Roast Potatoes and Salad
Flattening a whole chicken by cutting out the backbone and flattening it a bit makes it cook more quickly. I’ve done this before, with a recipe from Jacques Pepin that was browned on the stove and then finished in the oven. Tonight I did the same technique, but just rubbed some salt, pepper, granulated garlic…
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Menu: Pork Chops, Applesauce, Spinach and Baked Potatoes
No cookbooks to credit with this dinner tonight. Definitely one I can do in my sleep almost! In order of cooking: Baked potatoes Scrub, pierce with a fork a few times, bake on an oven rack at 350-400F depending on how much time you have and how large the potatoes are. My medium sized ones…
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Sliders for Lunch
I wish I’d taken a picture but I did not. Last night I made patty melts with Swiss cheese. There are just two of us for dinner these days and I had a pound of hamburger. I could have frozen half, which I often do, but when I was at the store I had picked…