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Noma was thinking of you as I was eating a piece of chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and strawberries!
I only get one chocolate cake a month. But when I do I make the best of it. It usually lasts for seven days along with a gallon of ice cream. Then it's kind of on the wagon for the next three weeks. I do get chocolate pudding more often as that is one of my sources of calcium. That's the only way to get milk in me other than cooking. I'll be bad tomorrow with all the temptations of pies and cakes and fried chicken, and ham, and, and, and who knows what all else will be on the table for me to sample. A little of this and that and the first thing you know I've got a 2500 cal plate in front of me. That at least will last the day tomorrow. Two weeks to work it off before we do it again only worse...
Thanks so much for all of the get well wishes. I feel much better after 11 hours of sleep last night, but still not up for "real" cooking.
We are having frozen baked cod fillets with homemade tarter sauce and a pasta roni - shells and white cheddar with some frozen peas and lots of black pepper added.
Just a regular prepared, tomatillo based salsa? Crockpot? Any particular cut of pork? IMWTK
Hey burdell, sorry, I almost missed your post. Gee, this forum sure moves fast. There's at least 5 screens since I posted my message yesterday!
Yes, just a regular, prepared tomatillo based salsa. I have made my own in the past with canned tomatillos (plus garlic, lime, onions, cilantro, etc. in the blender). We don't get fresh ones here in Oz, so I have to make do with what I can pick up, canned, from specialty stores.
I have a Le Creuset Dutch-oven so I use that for my slow-cooking. The pork took about 3 hours. I've been looking at buying a proper electric slow-cooker with a timer but haven't decided on one yet. But I do like the Dutch oven as I can brown stuff in it if I have to.
The pork was a cut of leg. I've also used bone-in shoulder which the recipe specifies but I can't always get it as easily as leg.
It's very simple: 3.5lb pork, 15oz bottle salsa, 1 finely chopped medium onion, 3 cups reduced salt chicken stock, 2tsp each cumin & coriander seeds, 1 tsp dried oregano, salt. Put it all in the pot, cook. Plus some chopped fresh cilantro for serving. I add a couple extra garlic cloves and juice of half a lime.
I have a Le Creuset Dutch-oven so I use that for my slow-cooking. The pork took about 3 hours. I've been looking at buying a proper electric slow-cooker with a timer but haven't decided on one yet. But I do like the Dutch oven as I can brown stuff in it if I have to.
You should consider buying a pressure cooker, either stove top or electric. You can brown meat/veggies in it and cook it super fast and tender. I don't use my crock pot too much because if I'm not there to watch it toward the end of the cooking, it can over cook food or scorch around the edge. I love my pressure cooker for any kind of traditionally slow cooking meat, soups, stew, sauces and beans.
I cheated soooooooooooooooo bad tonight. But it was awesome.
We made subs with Johnsonville Brats, red pepper onion and mushrooms topped off with Provolone. Of course I used reduced fat cheese.........LOL
Oh, that sounds so good! I have a big bag of Jonsonville Brats in my freezer and just picked up some red peppers (3 for $1.00, yea!). That will be our lunch mañana after church!
we went out to Red Robin. I had the california chicken sandwich with guacamole, tomato, lettuce, bacon, mayo & cheese. (Never said it was healthy)
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Then it's kind of on the wagon for the next three weeks.
I do get chocolate pudding more often as that is one of my sources of calcium. That's the only way to get milk in me other than cooking.
I'll be bad tomorrow with all the temptations of pies and cakes and fried chicken, and ham, and, and, and who knows what all else will be on the table for me to sample. A little of this and that and the first thing you know I've got a 2500 cal plate in front of me. That at least will last the day tomorrow. Two weeks to work it off before we do it again only worse...
