Ah yes! Life in the kitchen in one of the hottest July’s on record at The Captain’s Shack (The Shack). But so much fun to make and serve. Some of these dishes are “eye candy”, too. Some have recipes; Some don’t. (If you want a recipe, just let me know. I’ll see what I can do.) As with most photos on this blog, Left Click them and see them enlarged. Enjoy these photos and if you make any of the recipes, let us know how you liked them. Thanks and Cheers!
Fruity and sweet with a moderately spicy component. Great with seafood.
Here is the recipe: Idaho Trout Nage
with
Tomato and Bacon Sourdough Toast
Recipe: Crab Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms
Recipe: Chicken Yakitori
We modified the Yakitori sauce somewhat and have our own Teriyaki sauce that we use. Here are the recipes: Sauce Recipes.
And if you are interested, here are some of the main sauces we use. Enjoy.
Peas and Beet Greens
Jasmine Rice
Lemon Rice
Green Salad
with
Shaved Baby Golden Beets
White Carrot Threads
Heirloom Tomato
Martin’s Swiss Dressing
Avocado Slices
Heirloom Tomato Slices
Acme Toasted Sourdough
Vanilla Ice Cream and Peach Jam Drizzle
Meals for Robin
02 Tuesday Aug 2016
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Love the beaming smile she has in this photo! After she got home from the hospital, I had to change the meal plans, somewhat. Watch the sugars, not totally eliminate them. Keep the carbs to 60 or so a day, which is not hard to do. Keep the calorie count to a max of 2000 per day. That’s harder, but not impossible. Here are some of the dishes I came up with. Enjoy! All made from scratch with mostly local products from the Boise Farmers Market – eggs, sausage, Acme Bake Shop Breads, Fruit, Salsa, Pico de Gallo. We’ll start with breakfast.
Bacon
Acme Whole Wheat Toast
Fresh Canteloupe
Over-Easy Eggs
Sunnyside Up Egg
Acme Bake Shop Toasted Whole Wheat
BFM Fresh Strawberries
Pico de Gallo
Soft Scrambled Eggs
Lunch and “Tea Time”
Housemade Cream of Tomato Soup with Basil
Oven Fried Chicken
Sour Cream
Canteloupe Cubes
Blue Corn Chips
Corn Chips
Dinner
Zucchini and Baby Turnip with Rainbow Chard Medley
Braised Salmon and Halibut in a Tarragon Cream Sauce
Cauliflower with Cheese Sauce
Baby Beets and Cauliflower in Brown Butter Sauce
Braised Halibut with Tarragon Cream Sauce
Steamed Baby Carrots and Turnips
Asian Salad
Idaho Polenta
Greatly Improved Sausage Gravy
24 Sunday Jul 2016
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A couple of weeks ago I was talking to Chef Storm Hodge of Parma Ridge Winery Restaurant about sausage gravy. He makes an awesome biscuits and gravy that are rightly called Best Ever Biscuits and Gravy with a Fried Egg served Sundays for brunch at the winery. And they are that good. I spent many years in south central Tennessee where biscuits and sausage gravy are a mainstay – especially with fresh poke greens. But Chef Storm’s sausage gravy is far superior! Yes it is! Thank you Chef for your suggestion.
with
Improved Sausage Gravy
Over Easy Eggs
Up to now, I always made my sausage gravy, or any gravy for the matter, using a roux of butter and flour. That probably has come to an end. Here is the recipe for the above pictured Toasted Sourdough and Sausage Gravy. (I didn’t have any biscuits – I could have made some – so I used the sourdough. Thanks Acme Bake Shop!)
Sausage Gravy
Ingredients:
1/4 lbs Country Sausage
2 c whole Milk
1/2 c Heavy Cream
1 t fresh grated Nutmeg
Sea Salt and fresh ground Tellicherry Pepper to taste
Thickening Slurry – 1 T Cornstarch + 2 T Water. Mix to make a slurryDirections:
Crumble the sausage and brown over med-high heat. Set aside reserving 1 T liquid.Make the thickening slurry.
Place the milk, cream, nutmeg, salt and pepper in a sauce pan. Heat to a simmering boil. Do not scorch! Add browned sausage and 1 T of sausage liquid. Stir to combine. Stiring, add the thickening slurry. Stir gently, but constantly, until thickened to your liking.
Taste for seasoning and adjust as necessary. Remove from heat, but keep warm.
Serve with biscuits and an egg.
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