Omnivore

Chicken Cacciatore – home from vacation!

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Beebamom

So happy to be home! So happy to be cooking my own dinner!

Chicken cacciatore with cellantani

Bad food in the Southeast. Also bad vibes. But now that we are home and away from heat, humidity, fried food, and bugs, it is time to get back to cooking real food.

Chicken breasts were sous vide, the sauce some great fresh veg plus poblanos and some bell pepper, poblano and peppedew. Add some onion, garlic, and zucchini, and with some chicken stock and cherry tomatoes, there is a sauce.

We served the chicken and sauce with cellantani pasta and the sauce.

So wonderful to be home again!

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On vacation!

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Beebamom

I am on vacation until December. Currently in South Carolina where there is a LOT of fried food!

Hushpuppies!

Instead of a basket of bread we received a basket of hushpuppies served with honey butter! Too addictive!

The steamed vegetables side I chose was pretty sad.

Overcooked vegetables with horrible baby carrots!

And on the retro scene apparently salad bars are still a thing here. I really prefer a salad ordered and served.

Bright spot of the day – I did make a good choice at lunch by ordering a spinach salad with grilled shrimp. Yay, me!

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Spaghetti regati and harvest salad – 11/15/16

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Beebamom

We are in eat-down mode since we are heading off to the East coast tomorrow. Our daughter has picked her final produce and I used some of it in a salad.

Harvest tomatoes with crunchy vegetables and Parmesan cheese

We ate this interesting spaghetti regati from Barilla tonight. The pasta is striated strands and is kind of square shaped. Due to its increased surface area it cooks in only 6 minutes! Our sauce was doctored spaghetti sauce from a jar and some frozen meatballs.

Spaghetti regati with tomato sauce and neatballs

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Cabbage rolls and salad – 11/13/16

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Beebamom

I cannot believe I did not take a picture of the cabbage rolls John made! We ate them on Sunday and Monday. Using our leftover rice from our Chinese takeout and some ground beef and cabbage that I had bought because I had coupons, John plunged the cabbage into boiling water and peeled the leaves off. He made a great sweet and sour sauce and cooked the cabbage rolls in the pressure cooker. I was off having my hair cut and colored. So we had dinner for two nights and all I have to show for it is the salad I made.

Kale salad with croutons and ricotta salata

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Steak cooked in a non-traditional way – 11/12/16

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Beebamom

Ribeye cap with smashed red potatoes and broccoli

Costco sells this prime ribeye cap coiled up. It is super delicious. In order to keep it from turning into charred outside and raw inside on the grill, John used the sous vide method. He set the steak jacuzzi on 122F and we let it cook for 1 1/2 hours. Then he slapped it on a hot grill for a couple of minutes to brown the outside. It was perfectly cooked all the way through! I made smashed red potatoes with olive oil and steamed some broccoli. We also opened a nice bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon to go with it.

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Eat it twice! – 11/10/16

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Beebamom

Chickpea, turkey sausage, and ditalini soup

We ate this on Tuesday and we are eating most of the rest of it tonight. We added some more kale and some pieces of turkey sausage so it would taste new. We even have enough left over from this to have it one day soon for lunch!

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Chickpea stew with ditalini and kale – 11/9/16

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Beebamom

If you like to chop vegetables up then this is the dish for you! I did all the prep work while John was at work and so almost the entire dish was dump and sauté according to length of cooking time needed. In addition to the vegetables in the actual recipe, I also added a few bits of mushrooms and snow peas that I had languishing in the refrigerator. No meat, no dairy, this is a great dish for all dining enthusiasts.

Chickpea stew with ditalini and kale

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Election Day chicken – 11/8/16

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Beebamom

Sous vide chicken breast, mashed potatoes, and spinach

Maybe we should be eating crow given the loss of our preferred candidate. Or humble pie. It was Republican candidate Herbert Hoover who promised “a chicken in every pot” if he was elected in 1928. That didn’t work out so well for the country. Trump’s “pie in the sky” might not work out either.

Our dinner was a chicken breast, mashed potatoes leftover from veal shank night, spinach. A little leftover chicken gravy topped it.

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Remember last week’s white Bolognese? – 11/7/16

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Beebamom

The white Bolognese sauce from last week made a comeback tonight as traditional red Bolognese.

Penne with Bolognese sauce

This was no elaborate transformation. I just added a can of tomatoes, some water, herbs, and tomato sauce. I served it with penne which I like way more than rigatoni. It was delish and super easy.

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Veál shanks, mashed potatoes, and green beans – 11/5/16

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Beebamom

Veal shank, mashed potatoes, and green beans

We have had these veal shanks in the freezer for ages and finally decided to cook them. I whizzed up onion, carrot, celery, and garlic in the food processor to use as a flavor base. After searing the meat John also added chicken stock and white wine as the braising liquid. He cooked the veal in a slow oven for three hours and it came out really tender. The gravy was made out of the puréed braising vegetables. The potatoes were steamed and then mashed with low fat milk and a tablespoon of butter. The beans were cooked in a little water and olive oil. This is a pretty fancy dinner for a no-occasion night!

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