Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Fried Green Tomatoes with Sour Cream-Dill Dip

Fried Green Tomatoes:
-1 green tomato, sliced
-2 cups of breadcrumbs (homemade, store-brought, panko, cornmeal)
-2 eggs
-2 small spoonfuls of flour
-a splash of milk
-vegetable oil on medium-high and ready to fry

Method:
using two small bowls
1- whisk flour, egg, and milk (with salt and pepper) to make a batter
2- breadcrumbs
Dip the sliced green tomatoes into the egg batter and then to the breadcrumbs, coat to cover the tomato.
Put them, 3 to 4 slices at the most, in the hot vegetable oil for 2-3 minutes on each side. Spoon them out and put them on a pile of papertowels to drain the oil. Work the remaining tomato slices

Sour Cream-Dill Dip:
-a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream
-about 2 tablespoons of dill (eyeball)
-salt and pepper

Method:
stir to mix in a small bowl (you can do it in the bowl you'll be using to serve)

Place the dip bowl in the middle of the serving plate surrounded by the golden fried green tomatoes and serve.

Pancetta Alfredo

Think spaghetti carbonarra (but without the eggs) & fettucini alfredo

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Labor Day Dinner

Grilled bacon-onion provolone cheeseburger on sourdough bread with roasted potatoes and corn
-I sauted the onion in bacon fat

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Sausage & Peppers with Cheesy Polenta

Sausage & Peppers (green and red with onion and garlic) with Pecorino cheesy polenta (with chicken stock, milk, and butter)

Oatmeal Cookies

Find your classic oatmeal-raisin cookies
replace the 1 cup of raisins with...
 1 cup of chocolate chips
or...
1 cup of dried cranberries

Linda McCartney Tribute Dinner

 On April 17, 2012, I made a vegetarian dinner in honor of Linda Eastman McCartney (I did the same last year, it's sort of becoming sort of a tradition). She always encouraged people to become a vegetarian to save the animals as she's an animal lover. I admit I'm not a vegetarian (as you can tell from this blog) but I do love my veggies and I do make a vegetarian dinner a couple of times per week.
Linda McCartney's Lentil and Cheese Loaf and Cheese Souffle with my tomato-cucumber-garlic salad

Classic Dinner Night

Chicken parmesean with spaghetti and roasted asparagus served with garlic bread