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Thanksgiving Table: Squash Soup (Stovetop and Instant Pot)

/ TaMara

Need to keep everyone out of the kitchen while you finish up dinner prep?  Set up a buffet table with a raw vegetable tray and dip, a bowl of nuts (in their shells) along with a couple of nutcrackers and this soup in a slowcooker to keep it warm and that should keep your guests occupied while you cook.

Winter Squash Soup

  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 3-1/4 pounds butternut or acorn squash, peeled, seeded and cut into large pieces
  • 1 small onion, quartered
  • 1 carrot, quartered
  • 1 celery stalk, quartered
  • 1 tsp crushed garlic
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 cup apple cider
  • 1 ½ tsp dried thyme
  • 1 tsp dried sage
  • Salt and pepper to taste

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Steak Pr0n

/ jeffreyw / 4 Comments

The KISS principle in Sunday Dinners.  (Keep It Simple, Stupid):  Sous vide boneless ribeye, baked potato with sour cream, French dinner toll, wilted lettuce, and sweet tea.

Soups On!

/ jeffreyw

This is more of that Hungarian Mushroom Soup.  It’s easy to make and flat out delicious.  The bread is a roll sliced thin and dipped in garlic butter before toasting and was perfect as a side for this.  That looks like paprika on the soup but it is really a Creole seasoning blend.  The cayenne in it adds a nice bite.

B.E.L.T. Tacos

/ jeffreyw

B is for bacon but this one is sous vide pork belly, sliced about a quarter inch and crisped a bit.  SVPBLET just doesn’t roll off the tongue quite right.I really like this taco rack.  I bought it thinking to use it to oven crisp store bought tortillas but it’s perfect for holding these home made tortillas for dressing.  My perfect BELT would have the egg yolk still runny, this time I scrambled and chopped a couple of eggs to make them easy to build with.The sauce is half mayo/half sour cream and that seems to work pretty well, it is spread on the tortilla about like you would spread mayo on toast for a traditional BLT sammich.Enjoy!

Dill Potato Salad

/ jeffreyw

I have a nice bit of dill coming on out on the herb bench so I took some and made a nice potato salad.  It won’t be long before it starts going to seed or some critter starts munching on it so I’ll be looking at some more dill recipes.  Dill buttered fish sounds good!  Dill butter!I think I cut the potatoes to big and the eggs too small but I do have plenty of dill.  For some reason I followed the recipe directions and boiled the potatoes whole instead of cutting them up first and then boiling them.  There may be a good reason for the former method over the latter but I don’t see it.  Leaching out the nutrients, maybe?

Hungarian Mushroom Soup

/ jeffreyw / 10 Comments

This soup was recommended in a comment at another blog.  I’m a big fan of mushroom soup so I dived right in.  It’s easy and delicious.  I used those brown button mushrooms in mine because they were cheap and available.  The picture on the recipe page shows a yellow soup, almost as if it was made with turmeric.  The tamari  soy sauce is in no way yellow.  This is delicious soup!

Chicken Enchiladas in a Sour Cream Sauce

/ jeffreyw

20160903_211747(1600x1200)We usually cook chicken enchiladas in a green sauce but this recipe caught my eye – it’s very nearly a chicken gravy with lots of sour cream.  Make a roux and stir in chicken broth, let it cook until thick and smooth then remove from the heat and whisk in sour cream and green chilies.  Pour the sauce over filled tortillas, top with more cheese, and bake at 400 for twenty minutes or so.  (I used the new toaster oven for these, it’s working well.)20160903_172302(1600x1200)The filling is chicken and onions fried together in a little oil, plus cheese.  The recipe called for flour tortillas so I used them rather than corn tortillas but those would have been fine.  The flour kind hold together much better.  We both liked the sauce a lot and will be doing it again.