I reported earlier that we received a luscious, fresh Alaskan salmon from our neighbor. Here are two breakfasts that we made. I updated the Easy Blender Hollandaise Sauce and I think this one is a little better. Another layer of light flavor. Great on the Eggs Benedict with Lox we had. Would also be good on asparagus.
Both of the breakfasts below have Robin’s Icebox Lox in them. Again, this one really turned out great. Take a good look at the photos – enlarge them using Left-Click – and enjoy! Both of the recipes listed are really easy to do. The Hollandaise may be the most difficult of the two. And just to note: The Eggs Benedict is not an everyday breakfast, although it would be good!
Robin’s Icebox Lox
Fresh Fruit
Robin’s Icebox Lox
Easy Blender Hollandaise Sauce
Acme Bake Shop Multi-Grain Toast
Fresh Fruit
Fresh Alaskan Salmon 2 Ways
10 Saturday Jan 2015
Posted in Alaskan Salmon, Asian Food, Captain's Shack, Classic Cuisines, Classic Herb Blends, Cooking Styles, Dinner With Robin, Grilling, Heirloom Carrots, Herbs, Photos By: Bob Young, Recipe by: Robin and Bob Young, Recipes, Recipes - Marinades, Salad, Salmon, Seafood, Vegetables, What's For Dinner?
Wow! This salmon was super good and fresh! It should be. Our neighbor, Cary White, returned from an Alaskan trip and brought us a side of fresh salmon. Thank-You so much, Cary, this was superb. We made Asian Grilled Salmon, a new and awesome recipe that we tried, and Robin’s Icebox Lox from the side. I know the Asian Grilled Salmon was wonderful – we had some last night – and I know the lox will be superb. Here are some photos of our endeavor. Enjoy and Enjoy the recipes! Cheers.
Robin’s Icebox Lox getting ready for the refrigerator and the weight.
Asian Grilled Salmon getting to know the marinade. Just remember to use a hot grill and 3 – 5 minutes per side. Cook just long enough so the salmon releases from the grill or grill pan easily and is slightly “marked”.
Fresh Asparagus and Snap Pea Saute
Green Salad with Yellow Heirloom Carrots
Happy Hanukkah!
16 Tuesday Dec 2014
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And what better to say Happy Hanukkah than to make some Potato Latkes! A pretty basic recipe: Shredded potatoes and onion, Matzo Meal, eggs and salt and pepper and vegetable oil (Crisco). Just remember to squeeze the water from the potatoes. Add all in a large bowl and mix by hand. Make patties and fry in hot oil until golden brown. Serve with applesauce and sour cream. You can add anything to the basic mix: shredded zucchini, shredded sweet potato or shredded apple. Use your imagination. Instead of sour cream, try a little Mascarpone. I even used a Berry/Apple Sauce – see below. Try them for breakfast with a poached egg on top.
So now the question: What is Hanukkah? This from Wikipedia,
Hanukkah (/ˈhɑːnəkə/ hah-nə-kə; Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, Tiberian: Ḥănukkāh, usually spelled חנוכה, pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew; a transliteration also romanized as Chanukah or Chanukkah), also known as the Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.
The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique candelabrum, the nine-branched menorah or hanukiah, one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. The typical menorah consists of eight branches with an additional visually distinct branch. The extra light is called a shamash (Hebrew: שמש, “attendant”) and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest. The purpose of the shamash is to have a light available for practical use, as using the Hanukkah lights themselves for purposes other than publicizing and meditating upon Hanukkah is forbidden.
Other Hanukkah festivities include playing dreidel and eating oil based foods such as doughnuts and latkes.
Hanukkah became more widely celebrated beginning from the 1970s, when Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson called for public awareness of the festival and encouraged the lighting of public menorahs.
After the first turn. Nice and brown and smelling great!
Applesauce
Sour Cream
Sour Cream
Apple Berry Sauce
Skillet Chicken and Dumplings and Crab Fritters
02 Tuesday Dec 2014
Posted in Acme Bake Shop, Acme Bake Shop Holiday Breads, Acme Bake Shop Sourdough, Boise Farmers Market, Captain's Shack, Carrots, Cast Iron, Chicken, Chicken and Dumplings, Comfort Food, Crab, Crab Fritters, Dinner At The Captains Shack, Dinner With Robin, Heirloom Tomatoes, Housemade Tartar Sauce, Local Markets, Main Dish, Oak Knoll Winery, Photos By: Bob Young, Recipe by: Robin and Bob Young, Salad, Salmon, Seafood, Special Dinners, What's For Dinner?, Wine and Food, Wines - NW
Ah! Two really delicious, although somewhat different, dinners. A differently delicious chicken and dumpling dinner all done in a skillet by Chef Ron Lock, Skillet and Chicken Dumplings and a delicious variation to crab cakes, crab fritters! Crab Fritters. Both recipes and dinners are well worth a try. If you don’t like crab, try using salmon. Here are the photos from the meals. Enjoy!
Skillet Chicken and Dumplings cooking!
Acme Bake Shop Cranberry Sourdough Bread
Housemade Cranberry Relish
Fresh Salad Greens
Heirloom Tomato Wedges
Housemade Tartar Sauce
2013 Oak Knoll Muller Thurgau
Tailgating With Chili Con Carne
22 Saturday Nov 2014
Rainy all day. Temperature in the mid 40’s. Snow is mostly gone. Ground is soaking wet!! But this Mom’s Chili Con Carne, I modified it slightly as Robin can not eat green peppers and I added black beans too, was absolutely as I remember it. I think delicious! Then add to the chili some Guatemalan Corn Bread and we had a great Tailgate Meal. (BSU plays Wyoming tonight on ESPN). Look at this plate. Enjoy!
Guatemalan Corn Bread
From Scratch Meals with Local Products
29 Wednesday Oct 2014
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Really not difficult to do and sooooo much more tasty! Beats any pre-packaged meal – I control what is in the dish: Salt, sugar, herbs and spices. You say you don’t have the time to make a “from scratch” meal? These two meals took about 30 minutes and they were on the table. Local products whenever possible – beef, potatoes, tomatoes, bread, gravy (made from scratch) and onions. And the Tomatillo Salsa Verde was definitely all local and made from scratch. 12 half pints made and canned! The end of the tomato season is upon us, so what better use than to make salsa. In this case, from tomatillos. Check with your local farmers market – that includes local produce stands – for locally grown and produced beef, potatoes, tomatillos, onions, peppers and herbs. It’s just so much better than commercially produced produce. The Boise Farmers Market moves indoors this week and runs through mid December. Then it closes until next Spring. Can and freeze those products and have “fresh” all winter. Here is what you can make for dinner and breakfast. Enjoy!
Tomatillo Salsa Verde
Sausage
Acme Bake Shop Toast
The eggs come from Meadowlark Farms and the other products from various local farmers.
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
Peas
Sliced Heirloom Tomato
The beef was local beef; potatoes local; peas were frozen; tomato was local. Gravy made from Idaho products.
Take the time to Eat Local! Support your local farmer!
Two Great Cookie Recipes
23 Thursday Oct 2014
Robin found two really great and surprisingly different and good cookie recipes. These are really so very easy to make that you must give them a try. I ate one of the Basil Lime Cookies and immediately thought of a lamb dinner. Hmmmm. Oh well, make them and let us know what you think. Like them? Don’t like them? The recipe links are highlighted under the photos. I’m thinking that you might be able to get the herbs and maybe the flour too, from your local farmers market.
Time For A Tailgate Party!
27 Saturday Sep 2014
Posted in Acme Bake Shop Breads, Beef, Beer and Ale, Beer and Food, Boise Farmers Market, Buy Idaho, Cast Iron, Comfort Food, Dinner At The Captains Shack, Dinner With Robin, Idaho Beef, Local Farmers Markets, Local Harvests, Local Markets, Main Dish, Party Time, Photos By: Bob Young, Recipe by: Robin and Bob Young, Sloppy Joe, Tailgate At The Captains Shack, Tailgate Party, Tomatoes, What's For Dinner?
It ’tis the season!! Time to do some Tailgating at a stadium or at home watching the Big Game! It’s raining here and the game is in Colorado at the Air Force Academy. Final score should be – I said should be – Boise State 27, Air Force 14. Sit back. Relax. Have a Brew and some Sloppy Joe! Hoot and Holler all you want. Time for some fun and good food. Here is the recipe for our Sloppy Joe Tailgate Party. Enjoy! The game starts at 5:00 MDT on CBSSN, Channel 221 on DirecTV.
Sloppy Joe getting happy. Let it cool. Heat it up. Let it cool. Heat it up and serve it. It is far better after several cool/heat cycles. The flavors marry better.
“Tailgating” with Gumbo
21 Sunday Sep 2014
Posted in Acme Bake Shop, Acme Bake Shop Breads, Birthdays, Boise Farmers Market, Buy Idaho, Captain's Shack, Chicken, Classic Cuisines, Corn, Corn Bread, Dinner With Robin, Ethnic Foods, Local Farmers Markets, Main Dish, Photos By: Bob Young, Recipe by: Robin and Bob Young, Sausage, Seafood, Shrimp, Tailgate Party, Traditional Food, Vegetables, What's For Dinner?
You can not have a successful Tailgate Feast without Acme Bake Shop bread. We had some of their Baguette with our own Gumbo and Corn Bread. If you would like a good corn bread recipe, here is the one we use, Guatemalan Corn Bread. I just adapt it and put the corn from 1 ear in the batter without chopping the kernels. I still use the 3 ears mixed with the eggs. This reduces the amount of sugar I add to the batter. I only used 1/4 cup of sugar instead of 1 cup. See the recipe.
As for the gumbo, we use our “stand-by” recipe that we used for Robin’s 70th Birthday. I just reduced the ingredient amounts to satisfy our needs. Robin’s 70th Birthday Gumbo. Do enjoy the recipes and these photos. It made for a great Tailgate adventure. And, BSU won the game with Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, 34-9. That makes BSU 3-1 for the season, their only loss to Ole Miss.
The gumbo is getting very, very happy!
The Guatemalan Corn Bread cooling down.
Guatemalan Corn Bread
Robin’s Gumbo
Chicken Dinner and Cowboy Eggs
19 Friday Sep 2014
Posted in Acme Bake Shop Breads, Acme Bake Shop Red Wheat, Acme Bake Shop Sourdough, Arugula, Birthdays, Boise Artisan Bakery's, Boise Farmers Market, Breakfast, Breakfast With Robin, Brussels Sprouts, Buy Idaho, Captain's Shack, Classic Sauces, Cod, Cowboy Eggs, Dinner With Robin, Eggs, Food Prep, Fruit, Gumbo, Heirloom Tomatoes, Herbs and Spices, Local Farmers Markets, Local Harvests, Meadowlark Farms, Party Time, Photos By: Bob Young, Purple Sage Farms, Recipe by: Robin and Bob Young, Recipe By: Robin Young, Recipes, Red Wheat, Salad, Seafood, Shell Fish, Shrimp, Sourdough Bread, Vegetables, Vinegars, What's For Dinner?
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Brussel sprouts, Cajun recipes, Cowboy Eggs, gumbo, heirloom tomato, mustard cream sauce, recipes
Robin at Flatbread.
The Chicken Dinner is one that Robin has wanted to try, so last night was a perfect chance to make it. The Cowboy Eggs, also known by many different names, is at least once a week around here. I made Robin’s with Acme Bake Shop Turkey Bread – made with Red Wheat. It is super! Mine I made with Acme’s Sourdough, also super. So take a look at these meals. Give them a try. But, as a lot of our meals, there is not a measured recipe. I will try to document the chicken dinner as much as possible. Enjoy!
with
mustard cream sauce
Steamed Brussel Sprouts
with
balsamic vinegar and blood orange reduction
Heirloom Tomatoes
with
fresh basil threads
This may sound involved and confusing. (1) Chicken Breasts – egg wash and Panko. Braise over med-low heat until golden brown. Remove from heat and turn heat off. Add 1/2 cup cream and 2 Tablespoons of a good stone ground mustard. We like Plochman’s. Work fast and stir constantly. The brown bits from the chicken will be absorbed into the sauce. When combined, pour over the chicken.
(2) Brussel Sprouts – Don’t curl your nose up, these are fantastic cooked this way. Trim off the ends of 2 cups of sprouts and cut lengthwise. Steam until tender and green. Please don’t boil! When green and tender, remove from heat. In a skillet add 3 Tablespoons of balsamic vinegar and 1 Tablespoon of Blood Orange infused Olive oil. (You can also use the zest and juice from one blood orange.) Reduce to 1/2. Add the sprouts and toss to coat the sprouts. Serve immediately.
(3) Heirloom Tomato Salad – Coarse chop about 1 cup of Arugula greens. Dice an heirloom tomato and place on top of the greens. Using fresh basil, julienne about 1 cup of the leaves. (Cut into thin strips) Generously sprinkle the basil on top of the salad.
That’s all there is to it. Use a boneless, skinless chicken breast. The balsamic reduction for the Brussel sprouts eliminates that strong, cabbage taste of the sprouts. The blood orange adds a little sweetness. Notice that there is no liquid salad dressing. If your basil is fresh and the tomatoes are fresh, you won’t need any dressing.
So for dinner tonight, I made a parsley, lemon zest and garlic gremolata to go with some baked cod and a green salad. While prepping that, I started the gumbo for the BSU game tomorrow night. They play Louisiana, so I thought gumbo would be appropriate. But first, breakfast this morning.
Fresh Cantaloupe and Blueberries
How easier can you get? Simple. Quick. Wholesome. And the gumbo is doing fine. Here is the recipe for Robin’s 70th Birthday Gumbo. The recipe is for 60. Just reduce the size for however many you are serving. But for a tailgate party, this would be great. Try using bowls from sourdough bread. We’re making Colombian Corn Bread with ours tomorrow. Cheers!
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