Local Eats

My Mom, Sister, Niece and I went to Findlay Market Saturday for a tour of a few of the local eats around Cincinnati.  Generations and generations of amazing food, and people.  Our Sunday Menu was based off the food we would acquire through out tasting tour and go from there if we needed to fill in the blanks.  On our tour we tasted food from: Eckerlin Meats, which has amazing Geotta, Fresh Corn Salsa from Fresh Table is very good, Churchill Teas is refreshing and fresh, and Cake Rack has some pretty tasty cookies.  So the recipe was Sirloin Pinwheels from Eckerlin Meats, Smashed Potatoes and Broccoli with Brown Butter.  We munched on dates and different flavors of cashews from the Mediterranean shop as we cooked.  Dessert was a Oreo Crusted Chocolate Tart with Fresh Strawberries and Homemade Whipping Cream.. yum!
More photos to come of the Sunday Meal...

A Rainy Sunday, A Simple Menu

After a night and day spent in Columbus, Ohio with some really great Friends and lots of Tommy's Pizza, we decided to lighten up our Sunday Menu.  Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with Parmesan Reggiano, Croutons and lots of Cracked Pepper.  Along with a Rustic Raspberry Lemon Cheesecake Tart.  Simple and Delicious it was, with lots of help from Brylee.

With help from Mario B. and Jamie O.

We wanted to keep it simple on such a gorgeous Sunday and not spend all day in the Kitchen, which is exactly what we accomplished!  After a long walk through our rolling hills, and lots of Brylee entertainment we hit the Kitchen!  Today's menu was Salad with a Homemade Vinaigrette, Mario Batali's Homemade Pasta with Breadcrumbs and Oregano, and Jamie Oliver's Bustrengo Bolognese Polenta and Apple Cake with Homemade Whipping Cream.. and lots of seconds.

Cubans and Racing

My family's favorite place to go when we visit St. Pete, Fla is The Floridian, known for the best Cubans around.  And I wouldn't argue with that statement.  So for the opening IZOD Indy Car Series Race at St. Pete we decided to try our hand at Cubans.  Elise prepped the Cuban Bread and had that all ready while Maggie made sure of the correct order of ingredients on the sandwich, and making sure to use a heavy brick to basically smash the sandwich together over a hot stove and make the sandwich nice and toasty.  So with the sounds of cars zooming by on the TV, we consumed some pretty good Cubans, along with a side of Black Beans and Onions, and your Beer of choice.  For dessert was a delicious, belly ache of Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Bread, which we could not stop eating. 

      

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!