What's for dinner? Here's mine... (Part 2)
 

Swear to God, JIF Natural.

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This. That bone marrow is maybe the most delicous part of the cow. I'll cry if you throw that in a Crockpot.

So you rushed to the store so I can leave forever huh? I thought we were better than that.

LMAO

Going to take Sac's suggestion and make homemade hummus tonight.

Are you close to a Sprouts Farmers Market? They sell the ingredients FAR cheaper than a regular grocery store. Bulk garbanzo, Tahini on the cheap, etc...

I seared it, then braised it in the oven for 2 hours. It was actually very good and tender. Loved the bone marrow too!

I got garbanzos for 77c/15oz can and Tahini for 5.89.

Seems decent enough.

Breakfast burritos with chorizo here.

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Tonight for dinner, I tore off a few hunks off a Honey Baked spiral ham I got using a gift card left from Christmas. It's supposed to be for Easter Sunday. Then I had a few gluten-free chocolate cookies from Whole Foods with a cup of tea. And a handful of pistachio nuts.

Yummy! Easiest meal ever to prepare!

Some damn fine hummus. Original recipe and red pepper.

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Went to a local Southern place here called J's Place. Had meatloaf, Mac n Cheese, collard greens mixed with fried cabbage and cornbread. Sorry no pics, but you can google it if you truly care.

You tease.

Be nice

Went to a small place here called Happy Jacks. Breakfast is great. Here we have chile verde omelet, b & g, and taters.

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this thread is essentially porn for all the resident lardasses here.

Then beat it toothpick!

I had a diet soda

Hardee-har-har-har!

You're crabby today

Who's ready for Inmem's salsa recipe? I will give it to you guys tonight. Stay tuned. Not many people know this. It's basic, it's easy, it's cheap and it makes a lot.

Pour one jar of Pace in a bowl. Bury Pace jar in bottom of trash.

I've got some chuck eye. Thinking about a quick marinade of some kind.

We're having fish tacos tonight.

Broiled talapia marinated in lime and peppers.
Fresh homemade pico.
Avocado.

Black Beans on the side.

Easy, delicious, and healthy.

Just finished the pizza dough and have it rising. We'll do two pizzas:

1) Simple margherita for the kids to eat.

2) Carmelized onion "sauce", cumin and chili dusted sweet potatoes, arugula, goat cheese, and parmesan.

My the good lord have mercy on your soul

Does yours have cilantro in it?

What time should I be there?

I'm ready. I love salsa and have found some good ones here but I'd take something I can make too.

Waiting.......

What's for dinner? Here's mine... (Part 2)
 

Check mine out a few posts up. Good stuff. I modeled it off Buzz's recipe.

ROFL

My wife likes Pace. ROFL

And Buzz takes a lot of shit. He clearly likes to drink and it's hard to drink and cook. Stop dissing him!

You bring the hydros, I'll supply the pie.

No, I was laughing.

Nah, Buzz and I are cool. He's good people, even if his taste buds are suspect.

Lol gotcha

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Late lunch.

Camarones ala Diabla

Do you eat out every meal?!?!?!

Living with a pregnant wife I don't have much say so lol

Must you? I am fasting today. Quit making me hungry!!!! ;)

Sucks for you. These were incredible, they could have been a little more spicier.

Fasting for pool season?

I've held out this far all day,(6:51PM) I think I'll make it...and then feast tommorrow.

No. Just a regular thing. I will do that after my last road trip for a full two-week clean out as I do every Spring before summer.

That can't be good for your body.

Fasting is fine. Fat people say it's bad. That's lol.

Actually, no it's very good to do, depending how you do it. My skin always looks great afterwards too. Lots of side benefits.

Crap, my SO has to watch basketball tonight. I frickin' hate basketball!!

Take your top off and he/she might do something else.

Just FYI.

I've worked 41 straight days and I'm working all weekend so it will probably be 50 days before I get a day off.

So last night I treated myself at Houlihan's to a nice 8 oz filet mignon and had them add the smaller 4 oz piece with a small upcharge plus a big baked potato with extra butter and grilled corn with pepper and parmesan cheese, with a house salad to start.

For cocktails I had a Tito's dirty martini to start, two Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon with my meal and then a large Baileys on the rocks.

I was one happy camper! :D

Louis Martini makes a nice cab.

What's for dinner? Here's mine... (Part 2)
 

Yellow makes a pretty good cab. I'll be here all week.


But seriously... For a little money, Inkblot cab franc is one of the best wines I've ever had. Michael David's Freakshow cab is beautiful, too.

Haven't been to Houlihans in eons [everywhere there is one in the area nowadays, it's next to a better restaurant or 5]. Do they still have the stuffed mushroom caps? Easily my favorite things of theirs.

Here it is folks. 4 cans of diced tomatoes, 4 jalapeños, 2 serranos, one medium onion, one bushel of cilantro, juice from one lemon and you guys already know I love garlic. They should make garlic flavored toothpaste. Seasonings can be used if you have them. No need for Old Bay, I just throw it in for shits and giggles.

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Boil all the peppers for about 2-3 minutes

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Add one ladle of the pepper juice

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Don't be shy with the garlic. It's crushed garlic, not minced.

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Add everything to the food processor and season. I would use 2 teaspoons of everything except for the salt. 1 tsp of salt.

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BOOM!!!!!

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I like to make this in the evening and let sit over night. Homemade salsa to me taste better when everything sits. Usually it can get hotter over night. Be careful if you wanna add more peppers.

Boy! You really like it HOT!

It's really not that bad. My wife doesn't like spicy and she loves this. Boiling the peppers takes most of the heat out.

I am about to finish making this chocolate raspberry tart for tomorrow's dessert:

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I ran out of chocolate for the filling so off to get more. Crust is all cooked and cooled.

Oh, really. That's good to know.

How come you use lemon and not lime?

Just cut back the peppers if you want. Use 2 jalapeños and 1 Serrano. No big deal. Salsa is fun to make. You can always keep adding and adding. It took me about 3 times to make it just right. My first time I used 6 jalepenos and 5 Serranos lol oops.

I made it once before. But lost the recipe. I had to adjust it as well.

How come you don't take the seeds out of the pepper pods?

Too time consuming lol. You'll never know that they're in there. A lot of them boil out as well. I also leave them in when I make my chile verde.

Best salsa I can recall I'm still trying to replicate. It was at a family owned restaurant, available by specific request, and had a number things to set it apart, yet still was quintessentially salsa.

First off, the ingredients were not blended [as in Cuisinarted] together, but were chopped fine and folded in a corn starch-like clear thickening agent.

Second it mixed finely diced habanero and medium [between small corn kernel and large peppercorn sized] diced avocado to give a good bit of heat simultaneous with a creamy sweetness.

There was clearly very finely diced [rice grain sized] sweet onion, garlic and bell pepper in there as well.

Of course, there was fresh cilantro aplenty and some bright notes of citrus in the thickening sauce.

If I ever perfect it, I'll share. But suspect that the thickening agent is the result of some arcane slow simmering method/recipe rather any shortcuts with corn starch or somesuch.

Believe or not I just had the best salsa in Savannah...of all places. It was a tiny dive that the locals claimed was really good. Owned by a Mexican and full of Mexicans speaking Spanish as customers as well as locals. Their salsa was hot but not too hot, but it was very, very fresh tasting.

I would love to see what this is about. Sounds very interesting. A salsa that has avocado? Very unique.

It might be something as simple as a small amount of gelatin. ATK uses that pretty regularly to add body to sauces, since it's the same collagen that comes when you make your own stock. Or something like agar agar, which thickens but not like cornstarch.

Just an idea.

You should really consider my recipe. Only cost about $7 to make and it makes a ton.

How long would you say it lasts in the fridge?

I'm also not a fan of Habaneros. I think they taste disgusting if not used correctly in dishes. They just have the strong flavor that's hard to disguise.

It's probably got enough acidity from the tomatoes and lemon to be "safe" for a while, but I'd bet it'd oxidize pretty badly within a week.

Nailed it.

I made it on a Saturday and ate it on the following Sunday before. I actually had to waste some. I need to perfect a smaller batch. Use 2 cans, 2 jalapeños, 1 serrano. Same amount of garlic though lol.

I'd be interested to see your review of this;

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It's a KC local brand, but they've expanded nation-wide.

It's good and hot, but the kind that builds slowly as you can't resist dipping and dipping and dipping your tortillas, almost on autopilot.

And it's definitely garlicky, one of the strongest garlic salsas out there.

It's all natural, but doesn't come off gourmet or pretentious, just addictive. I never buy tortilla chips without making sure I have some in the house.

10 bucks for a ****ing jar of salsa jesus.

**** I made half a gallon for $7 lol

Don't buy it at Amazon, then.

They sell it at WalMart, and sometimes at Sam's, at about 1/2 that price. I bought a case for $1 a bottle at Cargo Largo, so no worries here.

Sorry about the bean liquid bleeding all over the plate.

**** that. I have stacks on stacks bro. My wife is buying it now. I don't **** around bro.

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Like a boss