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Goodness me!! Last post in October?? I've been lazy... Iron Tyler has been spoiling me with restaurants and HIS cooking. Plus, nothing I've made lately is photo worthy. Just mostly pantry raiding.
Cod is one of my favorite fishes! Meaty and tasty...it works in a lot of dishes from a deep fry to a braise. For these fish tacos, I pan seared on cod steak from my freezer supply (thanks mom) And since condiments make the taco- viola! Green Onion, Lime, Cilantro, Avocado, Jalapeno, Purple Onion, Red Cabbage Slaw, and dip (salsa, saracha, a little bit of mayo) This was used to make the slaw, but I made too much sauce. I hate slaw and salads that are over dressed. Thus the reserves make an awesome dipping sauce. Way to be economical ame. :)
Civello's Raviolismo, is a cute little Ravioli factory near my house that I pass EVERYDAY on my way to work. I've been living in my apartment for two years and until last week I wasn't able to visit the store because of it's crazy hours (closes at 3pm on weekdays and is appointment only on weekends). Needless to say, I came here at the first opportunity (my first EVER free halfday off Friday woowoo thankyou boss lady). Their website SAID they would have butternut squash, but they weren't available yet BOO!!! But the nice old ravioli man did have some zucchini and yellow squash ravioli (pictured above with a butternut squash puree) and we also bought a pack of buffalo, goatcheese, and jalapano ravioli which I tossed in some quickee tomato sauce. SO GOOD!! And the ravioli man even gave me some extra vege ones since I was so super excited about my first visit!!!! I'm REALLY looking forward to the pumpkin ravioli in the striped chili pasta that he's making next. Also, if I'm ever feeling ritzy, they have a $30 eggplant lasagna. thank you IRONTYLER for your stellar presentation skillz
So...my mom gave me a freakishly large fuzzy melon this past Houston trip. It is large enough to last me for days on end. I wanted to do a fuzzy melon omelet with little white fish (which i think are actually called silver fish?) but apparently, this fuzzy squash was much too old for that. My only options were either soup, braise, or cutting into cubes and doing some sort of a wet stirfry. Being my father's daughter, I opted to braise. The first night (and first attempt) I did fuzzy melon braised with stuffed fried tofu (stuffed with a mixture of ground beef, bacon, and dried shitakes). Pictured above is braise attempt #2. It was pretty tasty if I do say so myself, and probably seconded by Iron Tyler. This was another braise, MUCH longer braise, with sliced shitakes, some dried shrimp, fish cakes, and sliced egg tofu. MMmmmm!!! Just like momma used to make.
Batch one was, as Iron Tyler constructively stated, "like sweetened cream cheese". I hope batch two can only be more to his liking. It is more to my liking. I don't think it will be as thick, but it has a similar taste. Maybe less sweet? I'm experimenting with different sweeteners...in this case sweetened condensed milk. Hmmmm... we shall see. Still sticking to yogurt flavor. The verdict is still out. :-/
Me ma brought me a box of almond jello pudding to make for my friends, but instead of just making the jello and adding fruit cocktails like the norm (pictured above) I used the same ingredients and made popsicles!! They were quite tasty, but we ate them all before I could take a snapshot. I think there's one left in iron tyler's fridge...but I doubt it managed to survive the night. I need to figure out how to make the overall consistency less icy. These pops were MUCH better than the redbean (which needed much more sugar) and the avocado (which are more of an acquired taste). gj gj!
Ladies and gentlemen. I HAVE DONE IT. Avocado Popsicle. Not for the feint of heart or non avocado lovers. This bad boy punches your tastebuds with avocado flavor like a brick to the face. It...could have probably been diluted a little bit more though... But *I* still liked it. More icy treats to come!
Good beef will always beef. Remember the July 4th beef? (yes ONE steak managed to stow away in my fridge...still good tho...shut it) Stir fried beef with mushroom and hoisen. And some random greens from my parents garden. Oh so good~
Goodness me!! Last post in October?? I've been lazy... Iron Tyler has been spoiling me with restaurants and HIS cooking. Plus, nothing I've made lately is photo worthy. Just mostly pantry raiding.
