I tried a new Italian pasta shape 😊 casarecce, which was of course..delicious 😋 🍝

The bolognese recipe is at this link … 👉 … https://dawnspitfire.wordpress.com/2018/11/04/spaghetti-and-meat-sauce-reloaded














I tried a new Italian pasta shape 😊 casarecce, which was of course..delicious 😋 🍝
The bolognese recipe is at this link … 👉 … https://dawnspitfire.wordpress.com/2018/11/04/spaghetti-and-meat-sauce-reloaded
🤠🥩🌶👉 https://urbancowgirllife.com/texas-brisket-chili/
Step by step with pictures at links, but I’ll copy & paste the recipe below…
This authentic Texas chili recipe has won over 12 blue ribbon trophies at Chili Cookoffs throughout the country! This iconic brisket chili recipe was served at my Grandparent’s cafes since the 1950s and now I want to share it with your family! – Sarah Penrod (about Sarah at bottom)
This chili can be made in the Instapot! Follow all of the instructions up to the simmering. The chili at this point can be placed in the Instapot and cooked 1.5 hours. To further break up the meat I use an immersion blender to blend it into a rich and thick chili.
Sarah is the bestselling author of The Urban Cowgirl Cookbook, a Food Network and Good Morning Texas Personality, and a food blogger at UrbanCowgirlLife.com. She has been a professional chef for 15 years and serves up new recipes weekly from her kitchen in Dallas, Texas.
RECIPE ➡️ https://dawns-ad-lib.com/2019/09/24/sweet-potato-hash/
Approximately 😉
2 large halfbaked sweet potatoes, cut in cubes (baking optional)
I lb sausage (we prefer sweet Italian)
1/2 a small onion, diced
1/2 red sweet bell pepper, diced
1 tsp salt
1 tsp freshly cracked black pepper
I bake my sweet potatoes most of the way done first, for assurance they’ll be soft and sweet. And I can cut to any size. However, if you don’t have time or didn’t remember, it works fine to cut into small cubes.
Cook sausage in medium nonstick or cast iron skillet, breaking apart as it cooks. Stir in seasoning. Add onion and red pepper, stir and cook 2-3 minutes longer. You might have to add a little oil to pan, approx 2 tablespoons. Then add sweet potatoes, continue to cook until they start to caramelize, about 10-12 minutes. Taste for seasoning.
It is so tasty with an egg on top. Just sayin 😉 I choose making eggs separately for a couple reasons; #1 my family eating at different times and #2 I have more control of doneness of eggs for picky eaters 😜 but… it’s often made with eggs cooked on/in hash, when potatoes are done, after creating little nesting indentations, crack eggs into those spaces and put in 400° oven until eggs reaches desired doneness, not long! About 10 minutes.
Or simply ‘boiled dinner’; with ham. Recipe (sort of) here ⤵️ https://www.cooks.com/recipe/lo1xl51u/new-england-boiled-dinner.html
And or here ⤵️ https://www.food.com/recipe/grammie-beas-new-england-boiled-dinner-271489
I used carrots, rutabaga, onion, and gold potatoes. Along with half of this crazy big meaty hambone I got from my daughter 😳 which I used for this AND bean soup 😋 Trying to make cold weather meals before temperatures go up.
It smells like garlic up in here…often
https://dawns-ad-lib.com/2019/08/24/baked-ziti-again- 😋 *Note to self
No recipe; just cooked ziti, made a meat sauce and have CHEESE! 🧀🍅
Then I layered pasta, cheese [mozzarella(both fresh AND shredded), Parmigiano-Reggiano & ricotta] and sauce 🥫again with pasta, sauce and top with cheese.
Bake at 375° for …20 – 30 minutes 😉
*Note – it was so good that I don’t want to forget exactly what I did 🤭 cook seasoned ground beef, clear center in pan and add diced onion, then fresh minced garlic, sauté until softened. Add a jar of Prego basil & garlic tomato sauce, a can of Hunt’s tomato sauce, dried oregano, dried basil, salt & freshly ground mixed-color peppercorns, a good pinch of sugar, taste for seasoning adjustment. Cook ziti according to package directions. After straining, add enough sauce to pasta so that it’s not dry or too wet/saucy. Put sauce in bottom of oven dish, then half of pasta, top with fresh mozzarella, Shredded mozzarella, ricotta and Parmigiano Reggiano, a thin (? although meaty 😜) layer of sauce, the remaining mozzarella and parm. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes (in convection oven), could be up to 30 minutes depending on your oven. Let rest a few minutes before serving. Add more parm on servings, optional 🧀😁
I have previous posts on pulled pork ⤵️
https://just2note.com/2022/01/17/slow-cooker-pulled-pork/
Including how much we love orange, lime/lemon (make it work), garlic, onion, liquid smoke and seasonings in it 😋 👌 🍊🍈🍋🧄🧅 oh & pickled red onions on it 😊 we got a great deal on a big package with 3 pork roasts in it 🤷♀️
Extra pics…because I make this all the time 😉
Salt, fat, acid, heat 😋
I transferred it to regular slow cooker, then strained liquid into it. Although the Ninja Foodi contraption also has a slow cooker, I prefer, after pressure cooking it, serving it from other; it’s easier for family to reach into, for me to shred, etc..
I used leftover pork from previous post 😋 Follow a 5,5,5 rule. Oven on 300°. Spread chips on sheet pan, put in oven 5 minutes. Add some queso/cheese..5 minutes, then add pulled pork (chicken, beef or whatever cooked protein you want) & remaining cheese on…put in oven another 5 minutes. Top with whatever your preferences are; sour cream, crema, avocado, lime, Pico di galo, black olives, jalapeños, salsas… etc., etc…
Me and my daughter both use shredded pork part from Pulled Pork Nachos recipe by Demaris Phillips . I actually copied & pasted the recipe so you wouldn’t have to leave here, just to have it accidentally MESS UP! It’s one of those days 🙄 not gonna do it. However, I, unlike my daughter, RARELY follow recipes 😜 so in my house we’ve come to love juice from an orange squeezed in there 😋🍊 along with Goya Adobo Seasoning with bitter orange. I’ve even done a little squeeze of lime or lemon with the orange. 🍈🍋 since I (most of the time when cooking) pause and remind myself “salt, fat, acid, heat” … I realized there’s already vinegar in there…so I didn’t this time. TASTE throughout and you’ll be good.
Or here 😁 ⤵️ https://dawns-ad-lib.com/2018/09/23/pork-tacos-carnitas-and-pico-de-gallo-salsas/ where there’s also a lot of other info, like on TACOS 🌮, a MANGO SALSA 🥭 recipes y more 😋 like this ⤵️
WHAT ARE STREET TACOS?
Street tacos are the smaller cousin of the hard-shelled taco, and it’s a staple in American kitchens. Though the hard-shelled taco does have plenty of fans, street-style tacos offer more variety. These soft tortillas are served from taco trucks and stands throughout North America. They can be filled with either pork, beef, shrimp, or fish and are commonly topped with cilantro, onions, and lime (often with an extra tortilla underneath for less mess).
THAT’S what goes between your tortillas!
I sort of went by this recipe, well at least the timing 😉 ⤵️
This simple recipe calls for very little prep time, and is made with fresh ingredients that give you a vibrant color and a bold flavor!
Repeat 😁😋🌶🐔
Although I’ve used buttermilk marinade for many years (or plain yogurt), I decided to share the recipe at this link ⤵️ https://www.saltfatacidheat.com/buttermilkmarinated-roast-chicken ⬅️ mostly because I’ve always done the same roast chicken with potatoes, carrots and onions; this time I am doing the chicken with Brussel sprouts, butternut squash and onions. NEXT time (below) I’ll do the usual 😉 Okay…really…because I don’t measure, time, etc..so here’s a recipe that can be followed 🤣 Besides, I LIKE Samin Nosrat, who is a cook, teacher, and author of the James Beard Award-winning New York Times Bestseller ➡️ Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking. As a matter of fact, I still pause when I’m cooking and note to myself “salt, fat, acid, heat❓️✔️“. Her Netflix documentary called “The Chef’s Table” is very good. Though I don’t recommend Netflix, I do recommend looking for that show 😉🤷♀️
I will add too…that I couldn’t resist the fresh, just-picked Minneola oranges in front of me! So I also added juice from one of those oranges to the marinade AND a couple/3 slices with chicken in oven 😜 it turned out as good as I expected 😋 🍊 citrus & herbs optional 🍋🍈