Pot & Cover

Yummy!  Scott's creamy chicken and noodles!  We used de cecco wide noodles...drawing a blank on the name but the are like fettuccine but wider.  Amazing. 

Time for Scott's popcorn.  Mix butter and oil. To coat kernels ...heated over med burner add popcorn and salt and bring to a sizzle.  Put on lid and occasionally swirl. Best popcorn ever. The kids were over and Scott took the lid off to let some kernels pop out.  Mass hysterical laughter ensued.  Quality family time.

Inspired by Patrizio's Mushroom Chicken Lasagna Recipe   We replaced the chicken with Italian Sausage...but I'd do it with chicken next time...good, but chicken is better.  This really was delicious though...and we were able to share some yummy leftovers with dad :) We used pasta that you didn't have to cook...the marinara was supposed to be served separate, but we were worried the pasta didn't have enough moisture...so added it to the edges.  Still delicious.  It ended up being a hybrid between traditional lasagna and the creamy version. all the players.  Cheese, bechamel, noodles, basil, meat and mushrooms Mozzarella, smoked gouda, parmasean  A peach/raspberry Grand Marnier frozen margarita These were the best peaches (bought at Costco, grown in Reedley, CA...my dad's hometown) I've ever had.  They smelled so gorgeous it was like peach roses and they were juicy and sweet.  I'll dream of finding peaches like this again. s...

Once again my pics loaded backwards....scroll down then up for the right order. Happy Birthday Dad! Ceasar Salad It was Dad's bday and we had to do a fabulous dinner!   I forgot to take a pic of the salad before...can you tell we liked it?  We made a ceasar salad from scratch.  A recipe much like this one  Salad recipe All our recipes are also at the bottom Our favorite family pilaf recipe  Pilaf recipe au jus for the rib horseradish cream   Recipe Prime RIB!!!!!   Chef Johns 4 hour oven off Prime Rib This method is magic!  and easy Rubbed in the spiced herb butter Our bounty from Costco...what a beautiful sight! The recipes we used Chef John's 4 hour Prime rib The oven off version of cooking a prime (or choice) rib. Get roast room temp (at least 6 hours out of fridge) Slather your entire roast with 1/2 stick butter, blended with TBSish ground pepper and tsp-ish of herb de provence,  ...

Such a pretty salad.  Some mandarin oranges, blue cheese, tomatoes.   Gooey Gorgonzola melted over the steak Our favorite potatoes   Click for recipe

We love hatch chiles and my dad has gifted us over the years with the a Ristra of dried chiles.   We've been making our own sauce and freezing it for enchilada's just like these.  Try a recipe like this one  Red Chile Sauce We are like little kids when something hot and bubbly comes out of the oven....we usually sing a little song every time.  

We eat a lot of salads.  I love romaine with cherry or grape tomatoes halved, a little cheese of your choice.  Nuts and dried berries are great too.  We use either our favorite balsamic, blue cheese or chinese version dressing....my grandma loves it so much she just calls it Sisa dressing AKA Wanda's favorite dressing, Sisa being my family nickname.  It's really my mom's recipe, but I'm the one making it now. Cowboy Ribeye with blue cheese, caramelized mushrooms and fresh sauteed corn. Cowboy Ribeye! The blackberries at Costco were so delicious...so we muddled some in our wine glasses. We don't window shop at the mall...we window shop at the meat counter!  Here are some inspiring short ribs...which Scott loves.  Didn't cook it this time, but still a beautiful sight.  And Costco prices are hard to beat.

Inspired by The Pioneer Woman again ...love Rhee!   Rhee's strata recipe. We changed the ingredients...Scott was the one who was inspired to make this.  It's great for using left over bread, which we always have too much of in the freezer.   We used what we had at home instead of Rhee's ingredients as far as veggies, cheese and meat, but used her basic recipe as a guide.  We had left over steak, red peppers and roasted green chiles like poblanos or hatch.  I think we added pancetta or bacon too.  Pepper jack and or cheddar jack is great in this.  I love a frittata and this is just a frittata with bread.  So easy and yummy. This was hard to stop eatting and great room temp and left over.  It's great for breakfast, lunch or dinner.  Serve with a side salad as a elegant but simple lunch or dinner.

My brother has built his own smoke house...and this is some of his smoked pork.  It was really smoky...a little too much, but he's fine tuning :)  He has a truly magical touch with cooking meat.  I don't know how he does it...but he can make the simplest cut, with the simplest ingredients and it's always amazing! We made a batch of crazy good chili...not our usual Marriage Chili  but something new. We had cubed pork, chuck ground beef and left over prime rib!!!! (original recipe called for filet). Whole tomatoes crushed, chili powder, cumin, paprika, basil, thyme, sage, oregano, and cilantro- all fresh herbs.  Worcestershire, simple syrup or brown sugar, jalepenos-fresh, blk pepper, anjeo peppers, nutmeg, shallot or onion and garlic, tomato paste, veal or beef demi glaze or reduced stock.  You'll have to tweak the amount of ingredients.  It was incredible.  Just don't add over smoked meat to it ;) Scott went to get a rib eye from o...

I hate it when the pics load backwards....just scroll down and start at the bottom...it's too troublesome to rearrange them.  This is the best pot roast in history. Click here for   Recipe inspiration  info on our most favorite.  The one pictured below is not it...but another yummy one we tried by Rhee Drummond...it's great too.  Click here for Rhee's recipe Serve with buttery, crusty bread Isn't that gorgeous! Roasted smashed garlic