Slow Roasted Pork Achiote steaming hot out of the oven. Lime juice and achiote paste turn this everyday pork roast into a fiesta.
Rick Bayless Slow Roasted Achiote Pork
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Just Grilled, My Year On The Grill
I like to refer to Dave over at My Year On The Grill as the “hardest working man in blog business”.
Welcome to this month’s Just Grilled! So far, I’ve been presenting my Just Grilled Bloggers in the order in which I found them when I first started following food blogs. But after Dave, it’s a free for all, because one day while layed up in bed in a pain-killer drug-induced state due to a back injury, I wildly added about 30 blogs to my RSS feed and who knows in what order.
I love Dave’s blog. Not only is he the hardest working guy, he also brings a Cecile B. DeMille production quality to our cooking lives. Flamboyance and showmanship, self-confidence, ambition, passion, artistry and gutsiness come to mind when thinking back of some of his posts. I think my favorite post of his involved potatoes. Need I say more?
Hurrah For Bloggers!
One of my New Year’s Resolutions was to actually cook some of those recipes I’ve bookmarked from your blogs. I promised myself that I would incorporate your offerings into my weekly menu and so far I’ve not fallen off the wagon and pretty much stayed the course.
Here’s the latest:
First up is a delicious recipe I found over at Nod and Wink. Slow Scrambled Eggs With Rosemary and Capers. I have to admit, I was a little leery of the flavor combination of rosemary and capers in eggs, but I have to tell you this was delicious. Loved it. You can find the recipe by clicking HERE. I did exactly what George said not to do; I overcooked the eggs a bit. I rushed it at the end by putting a lid on the pan for the final 30 seconds and left the lid on about 30 seconds too long. :-) Even though the texture wasn’t perfect the flavor sure was. I served this on top of English Muffins. This recipe is now in my permanent database. Thank you so much George for posting this on Nod and Wink and my apologies for that photo that doesn’t do your wonderful recipe justice.
I served these eggs with Potatoes O’Brien (also in the photo above). I found this recipe over at Cooking Tip Of The Day. I have been known to buy Oreida Potatoes O’Brien every once in a while and I have no idea why I’ve never made them myself. I didn’t have any green pepper, so used a yellow bell pepper. And of course these are delicious. To view her original post click HERE. Thanks to Linda for this good solid recipe.
And last, but not least, look at this beautiful salad. I found this idea over at Mango and Tomato. Thanks to Olga I was reminded to use up the last of those Hearts of Palm I had in the fridge. This was a delicious and very healthy mid-week lunch for me. I did add a splash of Seasoned Rice Vinegar to the olive oil dressing. You can view the original post and a much prettier photo by clicking HERE. Thanks Olga!
So thank you my friends for these wonderful recipes. They’ve all gone from “bookmarked” to a permanent record in my recipe database.
Hurrah for bloggers!
Eggs Benedict with Crab Meat and Asparagus
A wonderful combination for Eggs Benedict. Crab meat, asparagus, poached eggs and Hollandaise sauce. A match made in heaven.
Soup and Salad
Soup and salad. A very healthy meal if done right. We all know we have to do it everyonce in awhile. Get those noses out of the cookbooks and eyes off the food blogs. We have to stop looking for our next great creation and walk over to that refrigerator, drag out all that unused produce and use it up before it goes bad.
Sun-dried Tomato Hummus
Baked Ziti Recipe With Fire Roasted Tomatoes
I mean who doesn’t love a baked cheesy one pot pasta dish??? I found this baked ziti recipe over at the Muir Glen Website and I’m sure glad I gave it a try.
Marczyk Fine Foods Sticky Lips Chicken
I’ve been hearing a lot about Marczyk Fine Foods lately, so talked the hubby into leaving our suburban bubble for a Saturday morning field trip into the city for a visit.
Marczyk Fine Foods is at Clarkson and 17th just east of Downtown Denver. With easy parking, a fine wine department and the smells of exotic spices and simmering foods wafting as we went in the front door, I knew I was going to love this place.
A stack of beautiful corn tortillas made just for the store stacked in front of the meat counter. The label indicates these were not made by gringos. I bought some.
We found this small neighborhood market filled with specialty gourmet food items, fresh seafood, organic produce, gourmet cheeses, exotic stuffed olives, an impressive meat counter that includes Niman Ranch products and a deli area offering house made sandwiches and prepared food items.
Every item in the store is obviously chosen for quality. If I hadn’t already been on a Sticky Lips Chicken mission, I would have purchased some delicious looking crab stuffed sole that I watched one of the chefs sprinkling with vibrant red smoked paprika.
Sweet Potato Pasta
Buffalo Burgers
Buffalo Burgers with caramelized onions. The ground buffalo is flavored with onion, rosemary, thyme and Worcestershire sauce. And with a dressing of BBQ sauce, ketchup and mayo, you’ve got a delicious version for a lower cholesterol burger.