Take Thee And Eat: A Food Blog by Roxanne and Nick.

Fresh Salsa

2009-01-13T14:30:00.000-08:00

Making fresh salsa is inexpensive, easy, and takes little time to make.

Spicy Salsa

- 4 Large Tomatoes
- 3 Hot peppers of choice
- 1 White onion
- Fresh Cilantro
- Fresh Lime Juice

Cut tomatoes into quarters and place on cooking sheet along with the whole peppers. Place in over at 400 degrees for 45 minutes. Once they come out, set tomatoes aside to cool, and place peppers in a sealed plastic bag for twenty minutes. This will cool off the peps and save their flavor.
Cut the quartered tomatoes into smaller pieces and place in a bowl with the chopped onion, fresh chopped cilantro and lime juice.
De-skin and de-seed the peppers and chop the insides. Add it to the tomato mixture.
Place in fridge for an hour.
Enjoy!

Guac n Roll

2009-01-12T12:33:00.001-08:00

Guacamole

- 3 Ripe Avocados
- 2 Plum Tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 White Onion, diced
- 2 tbsp. Minced Garlic
To taste:
- Fresh Cilantro
- Fresh Lime Juice
- Salt

Cut avocados length wise and pull apart. Scoop out each side into a large mixing bowl. I leave the seeds in the guac because it keeps it fresh. Add the cut tomato and onion and the rest of the seasonings. Mix and crush with either a fork or a potato masher. After you have done this once, taste to see if any more salt, lime, or cilantro is needed.

Serve with chips, on top of tacos, or in your sanwich !

Chilly Chili Chile

2009-01-10T12:14:00.000-08:00

Chili

- 2 lbs Lean Ground Turkey
- 2 c. Green pepper, chopped
- 2 c. White Onion, chopped
- 1 can Hot Dog Chili (which is just ground beans and some tomato)
- 1 can Cambells Tomato Soup
- C.T.S. can filled with water
- 1 tbsp. Mustard of choice
- 1 1/2 tbsp. maple syrup
- Splash of Apple cider Vinegar
- Fresh Chili Paste, to taste
- Several Dashes of hot sauce (opt.)

Cook turkey, peppers, and onions in some vegetable oil. When fully cooked, drain grease from turkey. Add tomato soup, water, chili, mustard, vinegar, and chili paste, and the hot sauce if you desire. Cover with lid and let simmer on low heat for about 25 minutes.
Serve with fresh hot corn bread or homemade tortilla chips !

Tortilla Chips

- 1 Fifty Pack of little (5 in?) Tortillas
- Vegetable oil
- Salt
- Lime Juice

Cut lil tortillas into fours. Fry those lil buggers in some vegetable oil, that is thoroughly heated in frying pan (about a half inch deep). They will only be in the pot for about 2 minutes. When they start getting brown and crispy put them on a plate to cool. Season with salt and lime!

Piggies in a Slanket

2009-01-04T08:34:00.000-08:00

Now, in my family, we have always called Halupki piggies.
But I have discovered that mini hotdogs wrapped in some sort of baked good are ALSO piggies.

So here's both.

Halupki

- One Head of Cabbage
- 2 lbs Lean Ground Beef
- 1 c. Cooked White Rice
- One Egg
- 3 Cans Cambells Tomato Soup
- salt and pepper

Cut the heart out of the cabbage and boil until tender, about 15 minutes.
Have the meat and rice cooked and combined in a large boil, with the egg mixed in. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Once the cabbage has cooled down, take apart the leaves. In a 9 x 11 pan, fill each cabbage leaf with beed mixture and roll shut. Cover with tomato soup and water and make for about 45 minutes.

HAPPY NEW YEARS!

2009-01-01T08:17:00.000-08:00

So, , we have always had pork and sauerkraut on new years.
Here is a fun, and delicious, spin on the old classic.

APPLES AND PORK

- 27 oz. sauerkraut
- 2 medium granny smith apples
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 c. apples cider
- 1/2 cup dried apricots
- 3 lbs. center cut boneless pork loin
- oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 11 0z. beef gravy

Toss sauerkraut, sliced granny smith apples, nutmeg, sliced apricots, and cider. Mound mixture in roasting pan. Rub pork with oil then season with salt and pepper. Place pork on top of the sauerkraut mixture. Roast 15 minutes at 450 degrees. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 35-40 minutes. Serve with warm beef gravy.

TUNA STEAKS

2008-12-31T12:09:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

- 4 Tuna Steaks
- Salt to taste
- Lemon Peppercorn Ailoli (I used this particular brand, which was delicious)
- Olive Oil

SAUCE
- 8 oz. sour cream
- Zest of one lemon
- 1 cucumber
- 2 tblsp. White Vinegar
- white pepper to taste
- salt to taste
- sugar to taste (optional)

sauce:
- Firstly you must prepare the sauce. To do this place 8 oz. of sour cream into mixing bowl. Shred whole cucumber using largest shredding holes and add to sour cream. Zest the lemon into this mixture and add the vinegar. Mix together and add white pepper and salt to taste. If desired, add sugar to taste.

tuna steaks:
-Put olive oil into pan on medium heat. Take thawed tuna steaks and salt both sides, then brush a light coating of the lemon-peppercorn aioli on both sides. Sear tuna steaks for about 2 minutes on each side. Plate and top with sauce above.

Delicious!

Fruit, Booze and Wine

2008-12-31T11:58:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

- 375 ml bottle of brandy
- 2 Liters of Red Table Wine
- 1 bag of mixed frozen fruit
- 1 Orange
- 2 Cinnamon Sticks

- Pour one cup of brandy into large cooking pot followed directly by 2 liters of Red Table Wine and cinnamon sticks. Heat on low to medium for 10 minutes. Cut orange lengthwise into full slices, and add the orange along with half of the bag of frozen fruit to heated booze/wine mixture. Heat for another 5 minutes and serve OR transfer into large container and put in fridge for a few hours.

(Disclaimer: Enjoy Responsibly)

Clam Chowda

2008-12-19T10:25:00.000-08:00

This is Manhattan Clam Chowder.
I prefer it to the white, New England.
I have been making this soup for years, it is very simple and very delicious!

Clam Chowder

- 4 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cups potatoes, diced
- 3 cups celery and carrot mixture, diced
- 20 oz. canned baby clams
- 3 cups clam juice
- 2 1/2 c water
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1/4 tsp parsly
- 3 c tomatos ( I use a mixture of stewed tomatoes and chopped tomatos, all canned)

Simmer oil for 5 min in stock pot. Add onion, potatos, carrots, celery, and clam broth water mixture. Boil covered for 10 minutes. Add clams, spices, and tomatos. Simmer covered for 30 minutes and uncovered for 20 minutes.

Sweeeee N Sour Chikn

2008-12-16T11:49:00.000-08:00

Sweet and Sour Chicken

1 pound Chicken tenders
3/4 cup chicken broth
2 tbsp lite soy sauce
1 can pineapple in own liquid (reserved)
1 green pepper, chopped and seeded
1 white onion, chopped
2 tbsp maple syrup
1/4 c vinegar
1 tbsp flour

In skillet braise chicken in broth and soy sauce until cooked, about 10 minutes.

To make sauce :

add juice from pineapples, flour, vinegar and maple syrup to boil. Reduce heat to simmer. Add the peppers and onions to sauce. Stir until sauce has thickened, about 10 minutes. Add chicken and serve with pineapple pieces over your favorite rice!

E Z Fried Chicken

2008-12-12T19:55:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. onion powder
- 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 cup regular flour
- 3 tbsp. mustard (any sort should do)
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tbsp. baking powder
- 1 lb. boneless chicken tenders
- 3 1/2 cups vegetable oil

DIRECTIONS:

- Mix together salt, onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper and regular flour. In separate bowl mix together mustard and water.

- Begin 3 1/2 cups of vegetable oil on medium heat in large frying pan.

-Add 1/3 cup of FLOUR mixture to the MUSTARD mixture and stir, and then add the baking soda to the leftover FLOUR mixture.

-Following this you will dip each chicken into the MUSTARD batter and them immediately into FLOUR mixture.

- Place each chicken into heated oil and cook for 5 minutes on each side, or until apparent that chicken is cooked

Mushaboom Soup

2008-12-09T20:32:00.000-08:00

Roxanne made this soup one night while her mother and I watched The Shining. It is the most delicious soup I have ever had.

Three-Mushroom Soup

- 8 tbsp. Butter
- 1 Onion, Chopped
- 2 tbsp. Garlic
- 16 oz. Baby Bella Mushrooms, sliced, 1 c. Reserved
- 10 oz. Shiitake Mushrooms
- 4 oz. Oyster Mushrooms (In some grocery stores, they have mushroom mixes, including shiitake, oyster and bella. If this is the case, I would recommend buying two 8 oz. packages of the mix instead of the seperate shiitake and oyster).
- 6 tbsp Flour
- 64 oz. Vegetable Stock
- 1 Bay Leaf
- Thyme, Salt, and Pepper to taste
- 8 oz. Heavy Cream

Melt 6 tbsp. in stockpot on medium heat. Add chopped onion and minced garlic. Cook about 5 minutes, until onions are transparent. Add mushrooms (except for one cup of baby bella). Cook an additional 5 minutes. Add flour and cook until thickened (2 to 3 minutes). Add stock, bay leaf, and spices, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. REMOVE BAY LEAF! Puree soup with handheld blender, in food processor, or in actual blender. Stire in heavy cream.

Add the reserved 1 cup of bellas and 2 tbsp. of butter. Cook for about 4 minutes and use this as a garnish for your soup!!!

My Fav Panini, Duh.

2008-12-08T14:31:00.000-08:00

This may be one of my favourite recipes to date!

IF YOU DID NOT KNOW: Paninis are an Italian grilled sandwich, similar to toasted hoggies one might get at a submarine sandwich establishment.

You can make this on a panini press if you have one, if not any sort of inside grill or skillet can work.

Taleggio & Pear Panini

- 8 Slices Bread of Choice (Usually Panini Sandwiches are Made with Cibatta )
- 1/4 c Olive Oil
- 8 oz. Taleggio Cheese
- 2 Large Pears, Sliced and Seeded
- 2 tbsp. Honey
- Salt and Pepper
- Fresh Spinach

Brush both sides of bread with olive oil. Heat each side on Panini Press or Grill for about 3 minutes. When both slices are done, put 2 oz. of Taleggio cheese and 3 to 4 slices of pear on the bottom slice of bread. Drizzle with 2 tsp. honey. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and pepper. Top with the desired amount of fresh spinach. Place the other slice on top, and put in press for about 2 minutes.

(Note: If you do not have a panini press, put on grill or skillet and gently hold a spatula on top, pushing lightly.)

Spicy Meatballs In A Homemade Marinara

2008-12-06T17:16:00.001-08:00

The Meatballs:

- 1 lb. Beef
- 1 Egg
- 1 tbsp. Minced Garlic
- 1 Cup breadcrumbs (unseasoned)
- Fresh Thyme
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1/2 Cup Finely Chopped White Onion
- Few dashes of hot sauce (any kind will work, regardless of heat)

- Mix all ingredients in large bowl with hands. When well mixed form into tiny balls, and fry in skillet until cooked thoroughly. (Note: If using lean meat, first coat pan with vegetable oil).
Note: If using lean beef, coat the skillet with Pam or another light oil. Lean meat will take longer to cook, about 15 min.

Delicious!

The Sauce:

- 1 28 oz. Can Crushed Tomatoes
- 1/2 cup finely chopped white onion
- 1 Clove minced garlic
- 1 tbsp. basil
- 1 tbsp. Fresh thyme
- 1 tbsp Oregano
- 2 tbsp Salt
- Fresh ground pepper to taste

-Combine olive oil, onions and garlic in pan. Cook until onions brown, at which point you will add the crushed tomatoes, and the rest of the spices. Simmer on low heat for 10 minutes or until ready to serve.

delish.

The leftovers can be combined and then used for meatball sandwiches the next day!