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[MOPanfisher]

I love me some artichoke hearts in pasta dishes.

[MOPanfisher]

Tonight I decided it was time for salisbury steaks.  50 50 ground chuck and pork sausage, added a packet of herb and garlic dry soup mix, a dribble of liquid smoke and a shake of worchester sauce, mix well and made into patties.  While that was happening I chunked up a couple of yellow summer squash in a skillet with some butter and seasoned with a garlic/herb grinder.  Patties came of of skillet, in with a little beef stock to get all the brown goodies loosened up, then a jar of brown gravy and back in with the patties as the gravy heated.  Quick bath of instant mashed taters, because there was gravy.  From start to finish just over 30 minutes, and was pretty good, patties tender and flavorful, gravy not bad for jar gravy, and the squash heck they are always good.  Just got to remember to take a photo before it gets eaten, I guess I could take a pic of my belly but don't want to ruin everyone's appetite. How about a leftover pic.  Got some turnips getting big enough to go to slaughter too, need to raid that patch, tender young turips are yummy.

[Johnsfolly]

MOPanfisher

That sounds really good. Haven't had salisbury steak in some time. Have to keep that in mind. Thanks!

[ness]

It’s been pretty dull cooking-wise around here lately. But...tonight I took some frozen tomatoes (from the garden) and made a quick sauce with olive oil, onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, and white wine. Simmered it all down into a respectable sauce that was tossed with some linguine, basil from out back and a little grated Romano cheese, because that’s what I had. Pretty good, simple dinner.

 

 

[Chief Grey Bear]

A picture is worth a thousand words

[MOPanfisher]

2 hours ago, Chief Grey Bear said:

A picture is worth a thousand words

Hell yeah!  I can smell the smoke, remember the feel.of wet feet and putting wet shoes back on in the chilly morning air, the sight and sound of a small mouth blowing up on an early morning buzzbait, the sun burning through the morning fog and finally warming you up.

[Johnsfolly]

Not as exciting as a meal by the streamside. We got a fair amount of rain this morning and that made the decision to not go out hunting this morning a simple one. So I turned over, slept till after 8 am, and opted for a breakfast sandwich. I mixed a whole Folly farm fresh egg with the whites of another and scrambled with a little salt/pepper and garlic powder. Put the egg on multigrain toast, added two thin slices of cooked ham, and half a slice of aged swiss cheese.

Not a pretty picture, but a tasty sammich !

[Johnsfolly]

My Betterhalf made a roasted chicken last night. I got home from fishing way too late to have any and there were lots of chicken leftover. I picked off the remaining chicken from the boanes and we salvaged as much of the cooking liquid as possible. I cut a spaghetti squash in half, removed the seeds, placed them cut side down in a pan with a bit of water and baked approximately 35 minutes until soft to the touch. I took the squash out to cool. I heated olive oil over medium / medium-high heat and cooked minced onion and garlic until the onion was translucent. I cut a zucchini into slices that were thicker than matchsticks. I added the zucchini with the onion and garlic and continued to cook on medium heat until mostly cooked. I added salt/Pepper, dried basil, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes, and the chicken to the pan. I also added a little more oil.  While the chicken cooked I shredded the squash into the "noodles" and put on a plate. We added a small amount of butter to the "noodles", salt/pepper, and parmesan cheese then heated through in the microwave (since I could not fit the all of this in the pan with the chicken). I added the broth to the chicken mixture and once heated through was served on top of the squash "noodles".

[Lancer09]

I took no pictures.. .because I was stuffing my face..

Aldi has a pretty decent Thai Peanut sauce that's a great starting base. Cook up some chicken seasoned with S&P, Tumeric and Allspice. Get that all crispy in a super hot wok. 
Remove Chicken.
Add a rough chopped onion, couple minced jalapenos, thai chili paste and some minced garlic.
Cook down.
Add the jar of peanut sauce which for me was just entirely too nutty and no spice, but a good start. Add another good bit of that hotass chili paste, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, and a few splats of some nice funky fish sauce.  add a bunch of green onions and some strips of baby bok choy, definitely didn't have enough of either of those.
Add chicken back in, simmer for 20 ish minutes until it starts to thicken up.

Serve in a bowl over some nice white steamed rice. Eat with chopsticks because your not an animal.

enjoy a nice nutty chicken dish with a good burn on the back end. 

[Old plug]

My daighter is into fomenting veggies from her garden. The whole process from the msking to eating I try to avoid. Any f you do that.