Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Dateline: August 2-4, 2020 Merguez Sausage

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I bought 2 small lamb shoulder roasts, about 2 lbs each, from FreshDirect to make lamb merguez sausage. The recipe was from Home Sausage Mak...
Sunday, August 2, 2020

Dateline: August 2, 2020 Had a Hankering for Pasta, Found the Perfect Recipe

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I had a bunch of cherry tomatoes, gobs of mint and a hankering for pasta.  As I was perusing the NYT Cooking App, I saw Melissa Clark's ...
Sunday, July 26, 2020

Dateline: July 25, 2020 Kielbasa, Cheese, Grilled Salmon, Asparagus, Broccoli, Salad, Fruit Salad, and Guacamole

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So, sometimes things are just too darn weird for words.  I got an order from FreshDirect this morning, Bill went down to fetch it.  When he ...
Thursday, July 23, 2020

Dateline: July 22-23, 2020 Perfecting Kielbasa

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I had a very large pork shoulder in the freezer that I took out on the morning of July 22.  By that evening, I had completed making kielbasa...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Dateline: July 19, 2020 Smoked beef ribs, hurry up style

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I had taken a 4-bone package of beef ribs out of the freezer, perhaps a little too late to fully smoke on the grill.  I coated the bone side...

Dateline: July 20, 2020 Another Delicious Windfall of Tuna and Crunchy Salad

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Dinner was to be swordfish and scallops grilled, but at 3 pm a neighbor knocked on the door and handed us a BEAUTIFUL yellowfin tuna loin.  ...
Sunday, July 19, 2020

Dateline: July 18, 2020 Chicken Shawarma to shake the blues away

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I decided to make this on the grill instead of turning on the oven in this heat.  Oh man, oh man, oh man, this is a tasty, tasty meal. The r...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Dateline: July 14, 2020 Homemade Turkey Sausage and what to do with it?

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I ordered from FD some turkey breast and tenderloins, to which I added another tenderloin package from the freezer, this gave me 5 lbs of le...
Monday, July 13, 2020

Dateline: July 13, 2020 What's the Password? Swordfish!

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asparagus and broccolini My favorite summer salad, jicama makes it! Got 2 beautiful swordfish steaks from FD and I am currently marinating ...
Saturday, July 4, 2020

Dateline: July 4, 2020 Can you say KIELBASA -- Homemade

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I was looking to do something interesting today and decided to check out what was left of my "sausage stash".  I had about 2200 g ...