So many hot dog buns leftover after the backyard grill out, so Rusty and I layered them with cheese, Boca chicken, cilantro and threw them into the broiler. They tasted plain until we added the Dumb Ass hot sauce, which I’m starting to like more and more.
There was also some leftover aioli sauce that Alistair made. Not much left, but it went a long way for the next couple of days. Bonnie helped me make a potato salad with the sauce and mayo and other spices we could find. It was great after we added lemon.
A couple weeks ago, Rusty was heating up some leftovers and it smelled real good. I looked in the pot and it look like a mess. Turned out to be Chicken with taco seasoning mixed with mashed potatoes. When we were trying to decide what to eat the other day, I really wanted that. So he made some and we put it on hard taco shells –a smear of the taco chicken meat, then a layer of mashed potatoes, and topped off with more taco chicken meat. I thought it was pretty good. Then we tried it without the mashed potatoes and it was a lot better.
The leftovers, we just dumped the rest of the chicken and potatoes in a pan. The next day we added more chicken and a can of corn. Put it on a slice of wheat bread, throw on some hot sauce. It was so redneck and really good.
Todd’s been learning how to make his grandmother’s potato blintzes and I get to eat them the next day. She scoffed at him over the phone because he partially used potato flakes. I still thought they were really good. But apparently, his grandma’s blintzes are much better. Keep at it, Todd …because I’ll still eat the trials and tribulations.
Todd: “…watching her cook was like watching an assembly line worker at a factory. yeah, she’s russian…from an area near the border of mongolia (which is why she looks kinda asian). i know she learned how to make them from her grandmother back in russia. they’re a popular item at our family dinners/holiday meals. umm, when cooking the blintzes, she flips them with her fingers.”
A glimpse at the real deal …All I can think about is if she still gets TV on that small old analog set on the counter. The FCC, making all old kitchen televisions obsolete.
Amazing weather up here in NY finally. At the moment, we’re grilling up these little packets of vegetables my friends Ryan and Meghan showed me years ago. Just foil packets of mushrooms, peppers, onions, etc with salt, pepper, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Close them up and throw them on the grill alongside your meats. So easy for some steamed delicious veg.
We hosted the football party last night. Russ and Bonnie both made their own separate pots of vegetarian chili. I was so confused. Why two chilis and why both vegetarian? Some of the chili went into a Frito Pie. Russ also made his nacho pizzas that he’s been eating every day for the past two weeks. Bonnie made a Buffalo Chicken Dip, a recipe that came through her sister via her friend via a cookie swap (link to recipe). I liked it. Like eating a bowl of sloppy cheesy dippy buffalo chicken bits.
Brett brought delicious Pupusas from Bahia down the street. Matt made Roasted Garlic Cauliflower -tasty and good for you. For you Food Network fans, Rachel (the winner of Worst Cooks in America) was here. Unfortunately, she didn’t make any food. Or maybe fortunately? I’m still trying to figure out if you win because you’re the #1 worst or best of the worst, which would put you closer to somewhere in the middle. Anyway, she brought chips and beer which is always good.
I was going to make three boxes of Zatarain’s, but there was way too much food already. I guess the Saints didn’t need my luck anyway. I declared that there was only one rule at the party –”Everyone has to shut the fuck up when Tebow’s on.” Then they told me they already showed the commercial and I was the one who was babbling through it.
Bonnie made her sister’s delicious and fattening Spinach Artichoke Dip for the NFC Championship. That game sure was stressful. Not because of the football, but because a bunch of non-sports fans came over to watch and all they did was talk about relationships, boys and girls while I was trying to get into the game. The kicker was when they proceeded to call Favre a faker when he got hurt. How dare they question Favre’s integrity. This man wears Wranglers. I was about to take the dip and go to my room.
I suppose I wouldn’t have known the dip was fattening if Bonnie didn’t tell me what she put in there. The recipe after the jump. (more…)
Rusty’s fried shrimp were a hit at yesterday’s playoff party. Devein the shrimps, toss it in a mix of flour, old bay, cayenne, adobo seasoning and beer to get the mix caked on. Then flour again sans beer for extra crunch. Fry in vegetable oil until golden brown. Salt. Eat. Repeat.
Susy made these delicious homemade chocolate dipped marshmallows for Anthony’s birthday stache bash. I didn’t even know you could make marshmallows at home. Now I know. Much better texture, springy-ness and elastic stickiness than the supermarket kind. Here’s a recipe from Alton Brown.
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