Crock-Pot Chicken is never gonna be turkey but the sweet potatoes and gravy rocked.
Crock-Pot Chicken Recipe
My Crock-Pot Chicken Recipe, Is Never Gonna Be As Good As The Recent Turkey Crock-Pot Recipe!
Well, Boo! After a couple of attempts, it is official, I can not make the Crock-Pot Chicken Recipe, taste as fabulous as the Crock-Pot Turkey. You Can check out the CROCK-POT TURKEY recipe blog.
While this is still a great dish and wonderful for winter, it is not as ground breaking as the crock-pot turkey. BOOO HOOO! I have however come upon a learning curve with the roasted sweet potatoes; this time I added some bing cherries, not bad!
It’s my mom’s birthday tomorrow, so I thought I would make a dinner celebrating in her name. Red Fish, Shrimp & Chorizo goodness seemed pretty perfect!
What we have here is; fresh caught, red fish (by Glenn ) and fresh gulf shrimp that we bought right off the boat and cleaned ourselves. It’s a very simple throw together recipe that will have everyone asking for seconds and thirds. Well, John did anyway!
♦◊♦ This menu calls for pasta.
This go around, I used a pumpkin sage ravioli but you can use whatever you prefer. Just remember, when choosing a pasta, pick one that holds sauce. Nobody will not want to miss a drop of this creamy goodness.
Bourbon Ranch Calabrese Tuna Steaks with Sweated Purple CabbageZBourbon Ranch Calabrese Tuna Steaks with Sweated Purple Cabbage
Bourbon Ranch Calabrese Tuna Steaks with Sweated Purple Cabbage
The picture isn’t all that but I need a reminder that bourbon ranch calabrese Tuna with sweated purple cabbage with garlic and a little calabrese thrown in …. Is the mother lovin bomb!!! Even John gave it five stars!!! And that purple is to die for!!!
Marinade tuna steaks.
garlic, 1 -2 cloves (to your taste)
3 tablespoons, maybe more, your call. olive oil,
packet of dry ranch dressing
half a cup of bourbon. (For those of you worried about John’s AA status, no worries, the alcohol cooks off and really, there is no bourbon taste. )
BA’s Bourbon Ranch Calabrese steaks with mixed veggies
Bourbon Ranch Calabrese Steak
Bourbon Ranch Calabrese Steak Recipe with mixed veggies.
People wanted an update on the eye of round experience. Couple things to note; this is my 4th time cooking with an iron skillet, my first time cooking eye of round, my first time cooking beef inside and not out on a grill and I can read a recipe but god only knows if I am gonna follow it.
I have been hitting so many 5 stars out of the kitchen now that anything less is, well, a bummer for this competitive gal. I think we have to give this a 4. Not for my effort,of course, but just for ingredients. Had I done this with a fillet…. Shut the door!
The trick is to marinate and not over cook. I probably should have pulled it three min. sooner. The middle was good but the outsides were just ok. All in all pretty flavorful and John was full and that usually never happens! 🙂
P.s for those not in the know, like I was, eye of round is a very tough cut of meat.
I do hate being told what to do and so…. maybe that’s my deal with recipes. I got this off line from the Paula Dean lady but some how translated Italian dressing dry packet mix, into ranch. That’s weird because I don’t really care for ranch. Anyway. I also added the Calabrese because…. I’m just trying to use it up and hey, it makes things yummy.
“BA’s gonna be world famous BAnana breakfast bread” is finished and cooling. Chili is cooking. The house is as clean as it’s ever going to be. Fresh flowers cut (my mom taught me that). Landscaping done to the best of our ability thanks to Irma. Now …. We wait. Parental units… Any second now. I am going to take a min. to blog out about my soon to be world famous BAnana breakfast bread recipe
My BAnana Breakfast Bread Recipe…
This recipe is for a denser bread. It will not be light and fluffy. I can’t stand breads that crumble a part. I think this recipe resembles a pound cake consistency. John is diabetic and I can’t stand breakfast, so I am always looking for a way to meet the needs of these two issues. I invented this bread as a quick breakfast for me and a tasty “treat” for him. If you follow it they way I wrote it, it is pretty darn healthy. Omit any of the seeds or nuts to your liking. I use them to up the fiber, protein and nutrients.
Preheat your oven to 350 and prepare your cake/ loaf pans. I use butter and flour and 2 9 in. baking pans.
Ingredients my BAnana Breakfast Bread
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup of rolled oats
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoon vanilla extract (or to preference)
1⁄2 cup butter, softened
3⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed (I use 1/4 less due to living with a diabetic”
The Jonah J. Jenkins roasted beets. I feel organic is much better for this dish.
Roasted Beet Recipe
Jonah J. Jenkins Roasted Beet Recipe to the rescue! I’ve been reading about beets lately and it seems I should table my dislike and figure out how to like them. As I suspected, garden beets taste DRASTICALLY different than you can crap you buy at the grocery store. I hit my peeps up on fb for their fave recipe. Mr. Jonah J. Jenkins for the grand slam!!! It sure is great to have friends that cook and can inspire you!!
Jonah J. Jenkins came through with the grand slam with this easy 2 step roasted beet recipe :
Do not peel them. Wash the beets and chop off the stem/greens. You can use those later for smoothies, or sautéed with olive oil and garlic!
Rub each beet with olive oil
Bake them whole in the oven (350-375) for about an hour
Using a fork, when you are able to push into the beets, with little resistance, they are done. Let the beets cool, slice them into bite sized chunks and put them into a Tupperware container, to enjoy when you are ready. You can also freeze them for a later time.
**** I did try freezing them. I thawed my Jonah beets, tossed them with walnuts, balsamic vinaigrette and added some chevre! Oh my gosh, so tasty and that led to my Beet Tower recipe! Check out my blog; BA’s BEET TOWERS
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