What Are You Eating?

Yes it is! I might have that very thing today.

Roasted turkey with hummus, ghost chili salsa on a tomato basil wrap. Tasty quick bite

Don't wave that around these parts.

Could be dangerous.

There is a Rib Eye working its way up to room temperature.

Portabellos ready for the skillet.

Big salad with Blue Cheese dressing.

Man, I am so grateful for the gifts I am about to receive!

You should be. I’ll pm you my address, if there’s any leftovers, I’ll pay the shipping.

So easy and delicious man, really good. In the warmer weather, I put the beet slices on the grill coated in olive oil after roasting them and it adds a great taste and texture.

Tonight was stuffed peppers and then wifey and I painted some more. Can’t wait for a pipe.

Just finished prepping my version of Beef Bourguignon. Now simmering in a Crueset kettle. I add extra vegies to make it more stew like but the recipe is fairly traditional, otherwise. Lotsa red wine and garlic. Photo to follow.

For a time I had a couple of old boys living above my barn. We were in the firewood business and sold only about 100 cords yearly. We were all a fairly toothless bunch given our ages. Each morning I would make scratch biscuits and sausage gravy, eggs too, before we headed up to the high country. I will never get over how much the guys loved those breakfasts. They all gone now.  Any time someone mentions "Biscuits and Gravy" I remember those days.

Hard not to indulge oneself. Great food.

Fig Newtons with coffee ... gets the day "moving". Lol

Just finished preparing a pot of Green Chili with chicken.

The chilies were grown by a friend in Rocky Ford CO. They were left on the vines late and started turning red. Robust.

My dad normally used pinto beans. Soak them the night before and cook as normal.

While they are cooking, chop about 4 cloves of garlic and half an onion and add to a pan with about 2 tsps of salt and a bit of oil. Fry them until the the garlic smells cooked (instead of smelling raw).

When the beans are cooked, drain them and add to the pan of garlic and onion. Stir for a while and add about a cup of water and let it simmer for about 10 mins. If you want you can use a potato masher, lightly press on the beans just to put a very small crack in them. That makes the sauce a bit thicker.

The rice is made using the same onion garlic and salt combo in a pan. Fry until the garlic smells cooked and then add the raw rice to the pan (rinsed to get starch out first). Stir for about 3-4 mins until the rice kinda clumps up as you stir and then add boiling water to the pan until it is about an inch over the level of the rice. Put a lid on and let it simmer until the water disappears.

When the water level comes down to the level of the rice, give the rice a taste. If its still hard then add about a tablespoon of boiling water and put the lid back on.

The rice and beans are normally served together and mixed with each other on the plate.

boiled Black beans in their juices...the way nature intended beans be eaten.