Gourmet

Miami Style Cuban Bread - We made this for a friend, but it will inspire us to make Cubans and Shrimp Po Boys... Pretty easy recipe, and we now have a started for our next batch.

Honey Mustard Vinaigrette Salad - Simple and Delicious, we added some Red Pepper, Carrots and Celery.

Asparagus Roll-Ups - Wowza, Pretty Good! The secret is super soft white bread that you cut the ends off and roll super thin, then put a mixture of Cream Cheese, Tabasco and Worcestershire Sauce and roll up the Asparagus, then bake. (Did we mention this is Gourmet?)

Sliced Red Potatoes - Baked with some simple herbs, salt, pepper and oil.

Peel and Eat Shrimp - You can't beat it with delicious, and hot homemade Cocktail Sauce.  Make sure the Shrimp is Wild Caught and always add Old Bay Seasoning to the water when cooking.

French Apple Almond Tart - Here is the Main Event.. Made the crust with Flour, Sugar, Butter and Scotch-Whiskey, then sliced some Granny Smith's and put some more Sugar, Butter and Scotch-Whiskey on it to marinate, and then we made the filling out of more Sugar, Butter, and Scotch-Whiskey.

All was delicious, and now that we are getting into summer where we would love to spend our Sunday's outside in the garden or pool, we will be simplifying recipes and making them a little lighter, and less time spent in the kitchen.            Stay Tuned.

New Flavors

On the menu for today:
Grilled Chicken, Sinaloa-Style
Well Dressed Steamed Asparagus
Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Chipotle Peppers and Lime Juice
...and Dessert Superb.
The Dessert Superb fell apart when we flipped it onto the bed of Cocoa Powder, so we will make again, but it did not go to waste.. add a little homemade Whipping Cream and gone it went.  Thanks to Grandma Joan's Gourmet Cooking Club for the Menu and Recipes!
 

Rasta Mon

Windows open and Fans on high, with a background noise of coughs - yup, we're making Jerk Chicken.  The chicken marinated overnight and man was it... Jerky.  Accompanied with Tumeric flavored Rice, and Black Beans with Bell Peppers and Onions.  Goes great with a Pacifico and fresh squeeze of a lime.  Appetizer today was stuffed Bella Mushrooms aka Champignons Farcis - Julia Child sure knows what she is doing.  Dessert was your choice of Coffee or Chocolate Ice Cream, and if you are like me, add some Hershey's Syrup!

Grandma's Know Best

While in Kiawah Island on our Christmas Break, my mom and I got to talk my Grandma Joan, who is a fabulous and knowledgeable chef in her own kitchen, about how to make a complete meal.  She use to be in a Gourmet Club for about 10 years with a few other couples.  How it worked is one couple would host, as well as pick out a menu for the other couples to make.  She gave us all her file folders of the menus and recipes! Today we made White Bread fresh from the Bread Flour Recipe,  Fruit Stuffed Pork with Gravy, Sweet and Sour Broccoli and Mashed Potatoes.  6 People Ate, 6 People Satisfied.

Since we've been gone...

It's been almost 3 years since our last post... And since then, we have still been cooking, participating in classes, learning (note the picture of us blanching our own almonds), trying new styles, and enjoying our delicious food.  We are back, and this year our intention is to make meals that compliment each other!  Enjoy some of our pictures from when we left off in 2012 until now!

Super Bowl XLVI

The Super Bowl is known for Dips, Burgers, Wings and most importantly, Beer. Mom and I decided to stick to tradition and cook Burgers & Salsa... Both from the Cooking Light Magazine and they were delicious.  We went for the healthier version of the traditional beef burger and went with a portobello and turkey burger with avocado, & a corn salsa with red onion, cilantro, jalapeno's and poblano chilies.

Pasta with Pruett Vineyard Wine

Mom and I are preparing for the "Pasta Cookoff", so decided to make a Shrimp Tomato Sauce Pasta, all homemade of course.  I bought Mom and Dad a bottle of Scott Pruett's 50th Anniversary 24 Rolex Series Syrah Wine.  While cooking and listening to Dad's updates about the 24 hour race, Pruett was in second, so we decided to open the bottle early and start drinking hoping he could take the lead.  Pruett didn't finish first, but the wine and the shrimp pasta were pretty good.