baby red serrano pepper

picked from the plants I moved indoors

Apple Cranberry Stuffed Pork Loin Roast

 Stuffing

2 apples
craisins
6 halved, pitted dried prunes
croutons
stuffing mix
italian seasoning
s/p, rosemary, sage, thyme, ground ginger
1/2 onion
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup~ chicken broth

Sautee onion and apple with brown sugar, ginger.  Add craisins, prunes, seasoning, herbs, stuffing mix and croutons.  Add chicken broth, let bread soften some.  Let cool a touch, pour into a mixing bowl.  Mix in a beaten egg.  Cover stuffing and let it chill in the fridge.

Ok, to start with, the pork loin was 7.62lbs.  So I about halved it.  Then I cut 3 chops off of the larger one.  Next, slice the meat horizontally to get a thinner flat surface.  At this point season the meat, mostly with sage, rosemary, s/p. A little bit of thyme.

 Put a layer of stuffing primarily to the edge you will roll in.  Roll the meat together and tie her up.  Cook in the oven for 1hr 15min-30min at 325F or until inner temp of meat is good.

 

Stew?Soup?

Chopped beef sirloin
garlic, s/p, fresh oregano,fr thyme,fr rosemary, cumin, 1/2 sazon packet
carrot
onion
bell pepper
water
tomato sauce
tomato from the garden

Brown the beef first with a touch of olive oil and a few garlic cloves.  Then add water, tomato sauce, spices, herbs, vegetables.  Bring to a simmer.  Add water as necessary.

Mushroom Quiche and Mushroom/Ham Quiche

 Mushroom/Ham Quiche

quiche crust
3 eggs
1 cup of milk
cubed swiss
3/4 cup sauteed sliced mushroom w olive oil and thyme
s/p, oregano
cubed ham

Beat eggs, mix in milk, swiss, ham, s/p, oregano.  Let sauteed mushrooms cool a bit if you can, and remove from liquid left from cooking them down.  I put them into the quiche crust and evened them out before addings the egg and stuff.  Bake for 35min at 400F or til brown

Mushroom Quiche

quiche crust
3 eggs
1 cup of milk
cubed swiss
1-1 1/2 cup of sauteed sliced mushrooms w olive oil and them
s/p, oregano

Follow same as above.

Gratin Dauphinois

6-8 potatoes peeled and sliced
milk
butter
s,p
swiss cheese


Run potatoes through the food processor. In a large deep pan start potatoes, butter, s/p, add milk to the top of the potatoes on a low heat.  Stir.  When milk starts to thicken, pour the contents into a baking dish- MAX 3/4 of the way up -it will boil up a bit and may leak out if you over-fill (from experience). Top with some cheese.  Cook in the oven til top has browned to liking.

Mojito

fresh spearmint from the garden
lime
seltzer
simple syrup
ice
bacardi white rum

Roast Beef

Beef Round

potato
celery
carrot
garlic, s/p, oregano
olive oil

Chop veggies, lay them out in a deep dish.  Squish garlic with knife, make little inserts into the beef with knife and stick in chunks of garlic.  rub down w s/p, oregano. Place the meat on top of some potatoes.  Slow Cook for around 3 hours at 250-275F.

Jerk Chicken Wings

whole wings
bubba browne's jamaican jerk rub

bake in the oven for about a half hour at 400F...darn good