Pulled Pork and Leftovers

The end of the week found tired out Roger and Kate. We ended up eating leftovers and bringing home a pizza (from Cogan's with spicy red sauce, yum!) after the opera. Yesterday, I cooked a 5 pound pork butt in the crock pot with a little chicken broth all afternoon. When it was done cooking, I drained the meat, shredded it with forks and added barbecue sauce and a little of the broth and cooked it for about 30 minutes. Roger had been at Pete and Jennie's learning how to home brew beer. I brought the meat and a dip over and Jennie and I put together a tasty little supper. The meat was delicious. I had mine on a roll with some Tobasco sauce. Roger and Ian had Inferno sauce, which was HOT!!! The chips and dip and salad were all good, too. For dessert, Jennie had a plate of dark chocolate (organic) and some Moro blood oranges and some blackberries...all quite good. A few beers for the boys (one for me) and Roger and Jack played a little Rock Band 2. It was a good evening. The food was tasty.

Ribs and Beer Cheese Soup

Last weekend I made some quite tasty beer cheese soup from a recipe out of a Maine cookbook. It was delicious. Not quite as good as The Grainary made it in Fargo, but since that restaurant is no more, this will have to do. I should have made popcorn to go with it, that was my favorite way to eat it. Last night I warmed up the leftovers for our appetizer soup. It was still yummy.

I baked some spare ribs on Sunday, with plans to eat them that day. But, I didn't feel well and we ate leftovers instead...fun SuperBowl menu, I know. But I baked the ribs by heating the oven to 500 and dousing the ribs in lemon juice and salt and pepper. When I put them in the oven, I turned the temperature down to 300 and let them bake for about 2 hours (I only prepared half a rack). Last night I mixed some bottled barbeque sauce (the kind with NO high fructose corn syrup which I believe is evil) with some chopped onion and jalepeno. I put my new grill pan on high, seared the ribs, added the sauce and cooked it all up. It was so good. I am not the biggest rib fan, but they are good the way I make them. We had a salad with pears, pecans and blue cheese dressing along side. All in all, a pretty good dinner which only took about 20 minutes to put together. Impressive. Roger and I prepared dinner together, which is my FAVORITE way to make dinner, with love!

I'm roasting veggies today to make an Italian dinner. I hope it works out. I have eggplant...yeah!

Sunday Brunch

For brunch today, I made french toast. I use cinnamon and vanilla for flavor. I had some heavy cream so I added a drop of that. I made the toast with brown rice bread (the best is from Trader Joe's) and it turned out well.

I often make a breakfast dish that I call a mess. It is potatoes and onions browned slightly and then I add sausage until it is all browned. Sometimes I add cheese and eggs for a scrambled mess. Sometimes I serve over easy eggs on top. It just depends on our mood that day. It is always different, yet always delicious.

I didn't have any orange juice, so I will have a half a grapefruit later. I love Sunday brunch.

New Creation

This is my new creation. I always want to write about the food I cook and the restaurants I love. I don't want to do it in my main blog, so I will start this new blog. Luckily, I have a husband who will voraciously eat anything I prepare (except creamed corn)! I probably should not be dedicating time to this right now, but I will anyway.

Enjoy my new creation.