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Roasted Red, White & Purple Potatoes & Leeks

Written By: Chris - Aug• 24•12

I pick up these delicious small, colorful potato varieties at Costco. They have incredible flavor and appealing texture and they’re extremely versatile, so you can cook them almost anyway you want download kahoot. Recently, I had some fresh Leeks on hand in the fridge and needed to use them up. If you haven’t tried cooking with Leeks, I encourage you to do so because they are mild, sweet and delicious! The leek is a vegetable which belongs to the onion and garlic family it is a criminal offence to download music from youtube. The edible part of the leek plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths which is sometimes erroneously called a stem or stalk. Rather than forming a tight bulb like the onion, the leek produces a long cylinder of bundled leaf sheaths hangouts kostenlos herunterladen.

Leeks are composed of many delicate layers that are often full of dirt and sand, so you have to clean them well before use lohn- und gehaltsrechner kostenlos downloaden. You will also end up discarding a lot of the leek because you only use the white and pale green portion of the stalk. Throw the dark green part that is tough and woody herunterladen.

Clean and slice your potatoes and then using a knife, cut the root portion off the bottom of the leek just above the base and slice the white and pale green reserved portions minecraft ps4 download kostenlos.

Fill a bowl bowl with cold water and submerge the leeks adobe flash playeren op ipad. Swish the leeks with your hand to help remove any sand or dirt that may be embedded in the layers. The layers of the leeks need to be separated with your fingers and will float. The soil will fall to the bottom of the bowl. Once clean, scoop them out with a slotted spoon and press with paper towels to remove most of the liquid download santandersign app.

Combine with sliced potatoes and cover with plastic wrap. Microwave on high for about four minutes to par-cook the vegetables. Place onto foil created into a sack and season with salt, pepper and Brummel & Brown or butter. Seal sides and cook on hot grill along side of your other dinner items on medium high for about 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender to your liking download the visualization for free.

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~Chris

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Grilled Beef Tenderloin

Written By: Chris - Aug• 16•12

Beef fillet, is the best quality of beef you can get. We often pick it up as pre-cut fillet steaks, but this roast cut of meat is very, very tender and has an amazing mild flavor! Warning, it is very expensive! I always buy it when it’s a managers special and is discounted. It is easy to trim so if you can get it untrimmed for less – go for it. The fillet is a large cut of meat right out of the short loin section and is the center of tenderness. Recently I picked up a very large cut at Costco and was able to split it in two for a couple of amazing meals to come! It is grilling season, so this day I chose to grill the meat spiele herunterladen fürs handy.

If you have never prepared one, don’t fret it. It’s quite easy! You will want to keep the seasoning minimal and focus more on how you wish to prepare it. Keep it simple because aide from over-seasoning, the easiest way to screw up a great beef tenderloin is to over-cook it download the new edge browser! I prefer “Lawry’s” seasoning salt and a little black pepper. Maybe some garlic and a very light coating of olive oil herunterladen.

Instructions:

Remove the tenderloin from the refrigerator an hour before roasting and let it come to room temperature. The whitish membrane that covers the surface of part of the roast can be easily cut off with a sharp knife unity 5 herunterladen.

Preheat your grill by turning on all burners on high for five to ten minutes. (I have a gas grill). Spray the grate with non-stick cooking spray or rub the grates with an oil-soaked rag using tongs if you did not rub the roast with oil. Place the beef on the hot rack and close the lid. Grill about five minutes until well-seared. Turn the meat and close the lid grilling until well-seared on second side; about another five minutes upday.

Turn off burner directly underneath the meat and turn remaining burners to medium. Cook the beef until a meat thermometer inserted in the thickest section registers 120 degrees for rare fortnite auf dem computer herunterladen. In my opinion, the only way to eat it! Once it hits your desired temperature, remove it from the grill and place on a platter and allow the tenderloin to rest under aluminum foil for 15 minutes before carving. It will continue cooking during this time and the temperature will rise about ten to 15 more degrees command conquer kostenlos downloaden windows 7.

You really must allow it to it sit! If you don’t, all of those delicious juices will run out of the meat. In this photo, I didn’t quite allow it to rest long enough, see? It was still so tender that we could cut it with a butter knife…

We enjoyed this beef tenderloin with potato and cheese Pierogi’s and a caprices salad. Of course, an excellent red wine as well Download emojis for free!

Enjoy!

Cheers!
~Chris

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Ground Turkey Meatloaf with Sundried Tomatoes

Written By: Chris - Aug• 15•12

I was inspired to try something different with ground turkey after recently catching a small glimps of a food network show where the gal was making turkey meat loaf. I like to add things to turkey to keep it moist and to add flavor. She was using some sun dried tomatoes and I happen to have a big jar on hand… so this is what I came up with! I prepared mine in the grill because it was still pretty hot outside and i didn’t want to run the oven. I recall having meatloaf that was reheated by frying slices in a tad of hot oil in a skillet and that is what she had done. I’m sure that it would be great served fried and would add a bit of crispiness, but this was flavorful and delicious simply as prepared elba app downloaden!

Ingredients:

1 package of ground Turkey (1 lb)
1 Large sweet Onion
1 Cups Panko bread crumbs
2 Tablespoons Chicken bullion powder
2 Egg beaters
1 Cups Sun-dried tomatoes, marinated in oil chopped fine
1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper

I preheated the grill to about 350-400 degrees star stable herbstritt kostenlos downloaden.

Saute the chopped onion in a bit of oil until translucent. Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl and press into a bread pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking oil. Cover and bake about 40 minutes or so until the internal temp reaches 165. Top will be browned slightly herunterladen.

Our family is not big on tomato soup or ketchup on top, so we skipped that part. if you like that, remove cover and spread on top and return to bake uncovered an additional 10 minutes or so video van facebook downloaden op ipad.

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Enjoy!

Cheers!
~Chris

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Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Written By: Chris - Aug• 14•12

I was helping Jen with her daughter Brontae’s graduation party last weekend. We made a number of goodies and Jen was wanting something that wasn’t chocolate! We tossed around the idea between banana bars or pumpkin, which are one of my favorites! But since she had a number of frozen ripe banana’s on hand, we went that route! Any time you have your banana’s ripen past your level of what you consider delicious, just freeze them! They will turn black and when you squeeze them out – it’s a bit to get past the slimy texture, but I assure you that they make the best flavored breads and bars! I like to vacuum pack them or place them in zip lock to keep them fresh. This recipe for the bars actually came from my mom. She always made the best banana bread, so I figured why not – we’ll make them into bars! This recipe makes two bread loafs or a very thick 1/2 sheet pan for bars herunterladen.

Ingredients for Bread:

1 Cup Vegetable Oil
2 Cups Sugar
4 Eggs, whisked
Mix and add 6 Tablespoons of Sour Milk (of add 5 T of Milk to 1 T of White Vinegar) & 6 large Ripe Banana’s, mashed
Sift: 4 Cups Flour
2 Tablespoons Cinnamon (Optional)
2 teaspoons Baking Soda
2 teaspoons Salt

Add Walnuts of you like! Fill pans 2/3 full and bake at 350 for 45 to 55 minutes. With the bars, they cooked in a bit less time. Watch them after 30 minutes and when they spring back in the center and lightly browned on top, they are done updates über getaktete verbindungen herunterladen.

Cool completely before frosting with Cream Cheese Frosting! (I doubled the batch of frosting for the bars)

Frosting Ingredients:

4 Ounces of Butter, room temperature
4 Ounces of Cream Cheese, room temperature
2 Cups Powdered Sugar (our room was warm, so add a bit more in 1/4 Cup until it reaches the texture you prefer if too loose)
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract

Beat the butter and cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy and soft. Turn mixer to low and add the vanilla and powdered sugar a bit at a time until smooth! Spread on bars and cut into small bars. Keep bars in tact in pan until ready to serve so they stay moist! Frosting will dry on the top to touch, but be careful if covering as the plastic or foil may stick Download bf2 for free in full version!

Enjoy!

Cheers!
~Chris

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Refrigerator Bread & Butter Pickles

Written By: Chris - Aug• 13•12

The other day a friend of mine (Jennifer L!) gave me a few very long, cucumbers that she had from her garden. I love them, but was thinking about what I could do different with them as they are plentiful right now in season. I got to thinking about some pickles that we used to enjoy at one of Bill’s aunts houses when we would visit while we were first dating… I dug and dug and found her recipe! We used to snack on them along with a slice of cheddar cheese on top of a Wheat Thin download insta videos!

Give these a try. They are very easy to make and taste delicious!