Shredded Chicken Stew (Pollo Sudado)

6 small chicken breasts
1 cup homemade chicken stock (keep in the freezer and defrost when needed)
sazon packet, cumin 1-2tbsp, cayenne, s/p, chili powder, chives (fresh from garden), 1/2 tsp taco seasosing
tomatoes rough chopped
1 red onion sliced
frozen veggie mix corn,carrots,green bean
celery chopped
olive oil
1 serrano pepper from the garden chopped fine

I baked the chicken in the oven because I saved half of it for another dish..in the oven at 400F for 30min.  Start onions with some olive oil in a pan.  Add the chicken, tomatoes, seasosing, celery, serrano. Shred the chicken right in the pan.  Add chicken stock. Let simmer on low for half hour~

Backyard Garden 7/29

zucchini, eggplant (back)
basil,spearmint,rosemary,chives,thyme,oregano,basil (front)

Second Harvest New Patch

butternut squash, 3 rows of radishes,
2 rows of swiss chard bright lights

acorn squash with plenty of space

eggplant!

Parris Island Romaine Lettuce

the deck plantation

radish
asparagus
acorn, butternut, delicata squash

(out of frame) romaine in a planter

Goat Cheese and Spinach Stuffed Tomatoes

15 medium sized vine tomatoes
garlic
olive oil
parmesan grated

filling:
basmati rice
goat cheese
sauteed spinach
chopped ham
chopped swiss
bread crumbs
s/p, chives


Sweat the spinach down.  Sautee in a pan with olive oil, garlic, s/p, and chopped ham.  Let cool in a bowl.  Mix in the rest, goat cheese, bread crumbs, rice...

Core the tomatoes and fill to the top.  Add a touch extra bread crumbs and parmesan on top.  Bake in oven at 400 for 30min or until brown.

Stuffed Fried Zucchini Flowers

a dozen zucchini flowers (fresh picked from the garden, pick them in the morning when they are open)

filling: goat cheese/cream cheese and chives,oregano,sage, s/p

beer batter:
1 1/2 cups of flour
1 beer (pilsner)
chives,oregano,sage, s/p

frying oil

clean the flowers and remove the insides.  make a slit through a side with a paring knife. stuff with filling and fold back into itself.  heat up 2in~ of veg oil in a pan, dip the stuffed flowers in the batter and drop them in.  let fry until brown

Fresh Salsa Medium to Hot

4-6tomatoes
1/2 red onion
1 jala
1 serr
cayeen, s/p, red hot, cilantro,
1/2 lime

chop into small cubed the tomatoes and the onion.  dice the jalapeno and serrano pepper.  Toss it in a bowl and ya done-

Seafood Pesto Pasta

shrimp
flounder
rotini
frozen hoemmade pesto
tomato
olive oil
parmesan
s/p
broccoli
mini eggplant
peppers

Cucumber Salad

2 cucumbers from the garden
1/2 red onion
olive oil, pomegranate vinegar, s/p
potato salad

Food processor slice the cucumbers and the onion. mix together.

Yesterday and today's harvest

4 serrano
1 jalapeno
2 mini eggplant
11 tomatoes

Recycled Pickles

couple pickling cucumbers from the garden
used pickled juice
1 serrano chopped

brought it up to heat and then right into the pickle jar, see what happens.

Chicken Pesto Primavera

1 grilled chicken cutlet
1/3cup~ homemade pesto, s/p, basil, oregano
spaghetti
2 garden tomatoes
1/2 red onion
olive oil
2 garden mini eggplants
1/2 cup of broccoli


Bake chicken in the oven for 30min.  Boil the spaghetti in the mean time.  When it is almost al dente add the broccoli in to blanch em.  Slice the eggplant and the onion.  Start with the olive oil, onion, and pesto in a pan.  Rough chop the tomatoes and toss them in.  Strain the pasta/broccoli and add it to the pan.  Once the chicken is near done, cube it and add to the pan.  Mix around, taste test, add pesto or whatever to desired taste.  Top with some parmesan.

Grilled Pesto Zucchini Half

1 zucchini (from the garden)
1 tbsp of homemade pesto
s/p

Cut the zucchini in half and core it out some with a spoon.  Drizzle some pesto, add s/p.  Grill for 10-15min til ready.

Pesto 7/13/13

bunch of garden basil
1 head of garlic
3/4-1cup of olive oil
1 tbsp parmesan cheese

In a blender.  Container it and freeze it!
You can chop away at it frozen with an ice cream scoop!

Garden 7/17/13

Quiche Campagnarde

quiche crust

1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup water
1 cup flour
s/p

Quiche Filling

1 cup chopped ham
handful of baby spinach
1/2 cup of chopped swiss
goat cheese
5 eggs
1 1/2cup of milk~
s/p, basil, parsley

This quiche pan is XL, 15-18", and so y'all may not use the same ratio....I've heard all sorts 2/2,3/1,4/1...this recipe is lighter, using 2% milk no heavy cream.  The crust recipe as well will make extra if using a smaller pan.

Mix crust ingredients in a bowl with a spoon, add a touch more water/oil or flour to desired consistency.  Knead by hand, folding it into itself.  Ball it up and let it sit in the fridge a bit..I usually do hour minimum.

Grease up the pan.  I flatten the dough directly into the pan in lieu of taking out the roller and all the baking gear.  Put it in the oven for 10min~ at 400

 Mix the filling in a bowl, except for the goat cheese and the spinach.  Beat the eggs and milk first.  Pour the filling into the crust.  Then add the spinach and the goat cheese.  Bake at 400F for 35min~ until brown.

Fresh Salsa and Guac

Salsa

2 tomatoes
1/2 red onion
1 serrano
2 small green peppers
cayenne, s/p
lime


Chop everything up and mix together.

Guacamole

2-3 tbsp of salsa
2 avocados

mash up avocados and BAM!

Beef Potatoes Red Pepper Curry

1lb ground beef
3 potatoes
sweet peas
curry powder, cumin, cayenne, s/p, coriander seeds
water
onion
sambal, sirracha
milk
greek yogurt

curry base sauce (in blender)

2 red peppers
1 tomato and 1 serrano from the garden
1 head of garlic
1 cup of olive oil
1 tsp curry powder

Boil the potatoes half way.  Blend up the base sauce and then warm it in a frying pan.  Start with the onions and the ground beef.  Add more seasoning according to taste.  Add a cup of water and the potatoes when they are half to 3/4 of the way.  Add some milk, maybe 1/2 cup and 1/2 cup of greek yogurt to soften the dish.  Add 1/2 cup of peas and cook off for another 5min or so.

Peach Cocktail

My grandma was telling me about a cocktail made with peaches and southern comfort and I took it for a little spin-

2oz southern comfort
2 whole peaches
spearmint
a handful of blueberries
ice
touch of seltzer

Take a tall glass and pour in all the ingredients.  I mashed the peaches with a large wooden cooking spoon directly in the cup.

Independence Day BBQ

grilled zucc/squash

summer squash and zucchini from the garden
s/p
olive oil

fresh salsa
chopped tomatoes3, 1/2 onion, 1 jalapeno(garden, 2 serrano,(garden) s/p, cayenne, chili powder, basil, lime, lemon
pictured above- also added cucumber and grn pepper from the garden to see what it would give in one bowl

stuffed portabello a la Maayan

portabello
lemon
garlic
onion
chives
s/p
olive oil

antipasto salad
supermarket fresh olives, buffalo mozz, cherry peppers
basil from the garden

Curry Steak(not pictured)
chuck steak rounds
cumin
curry
s/p
olive oil
garlic

Mastodon Curry Steak Deluxe
huge steak (can't remember the cut
olive oil
s/p

curry sauce a la PJ

roasted red peppers (whole peppers done on the bbq with olive oil s/p
pepperjack cheese
curry
cumin
lemon/lime
milk?

blended and heated in a pan
then smeared on the steak while it was cooking on the bbq

baked potatoes
wrapped in tin foil and hung out on one of the top rows of the bbq

Mixed grilled veggies
roasted peppers
onions white and red

Veggie Garden 7/5/13