Chili con carne / Tacos

In a pot, add:

A dab of butter

Chopped:
A whole bulb of garlic
1 onion
5 jalapeño peppers
Cilantro
2 red cherry peppers
Ground, grain fed, veal

Let brown

Add in:
Red kidney beans (not canned, make them yourself! Canned condiments have nefarious preserving agents/chemicals affecting your hormones - Seriously!!)
1 homemade can of diced tomatoes

Let simmer.

Makes great Tacos as well :) Just pour some in a Taco shell and see!

For Tacos:
Grate some cheese
Add some sour cream
And some guacamole (see below)

Homemade Guacamole:
Chop/mash a few avocados
Add finely chopped garlic
Some Lemon juice
Mix and... Olé!

Enjoy!

Greek Salad

Chop tomatoes
Onions
Jalapeño Peppers (if you like it hot)
Feta cheese
Black olives
Peperoncini peppers
Pepper
Oregano
Olive oil

Prep time: less than 3 minutes

Enjoy!

Penne Arrabiate con Salcicce

I've been sick these last few days, having eaten out. I had Mussels and I believe these were responsible for the bad case of Food Poisoning I had...

Anyways... Here we go:

Penne Arrabiate con Salcicce (Sopressatta - Forte)

(Pasta with a hot tomatoe sauce and hot, Italian [Sopressatta] Sausage)

In a pan...

Add a dab of butter
Some Sopressatta sausage slices
And then toss in the following, finely chopped;
A whole bulb of garlic
Some Cilantro
Half a green pepper
Half a red pepper
3 jalapeño peppers

Let brown and then add;
Fresh organic baby spinach
1 homemade can of diced tomatoes
A splash of red wine

Let simmer for about 1/2 hour, while you cook some pasta

Pour pan's contents on or with pasta (we prefer to mix it all in at home)

Add Romano cheese

Pour yourself a small glass of homemade red wine and then...

Salute!

Enjoy! :)

I love my professional pots!

I know it sounds silly but, here it is anyway: I love my Lagostina Commercial (Professional) pots!

These (on the picture) are just a few from the complete set I own.

I've had them since 2005 and I could never imagine cooking in anything else!

Babouskas - Stuffed Eggplant

This is a Greek Dish

You may add meat and/or Red Wine - or not - your call. Though the following recipe includes meat, the ones we're eating tonight (the ones on the picture) do not.

In bowl:

Empty out eggplants, keep shells
Chop eggplant contents
Chop a handful of olives
Chop 1/2 Red Pepper
Chop 1/2 Green Pepper
Chop 1/2 Yellow Pepper
Chop 1/2 Lemon, including Zest
Add fresh Cilantro

In pan:
Add a dab of Butter
Add whole chopped Garlic Bulb
Add ground Beef or Veal
Add some Cumin
Add Fresh Cilantro
Cook meat
Then...
Add contents of bowl in pan
Add large (Homemade) Tomato Sauce Can
Add fresh organic Spinach

In oven pan:
Put in eggplant shells
Fill shells
Sprinkle with Romano Cheese and fresh cut Chives
Cover

Cook @350 for about 30-45mins.

Serve with Basmatti Rice, Spaghetti or whatever other side dish you prefer.

Enjoy! :)

Dill Cod

Half of the previous recipe for my plate (I'm Vegetarian. The only Animals I eat are Fish so my plate holds Cod instead of Veal Liver. I know there's a better term for Vegetarians who eat Fish but I forget what it is)

In pan, in sequential order:

Garlic with a touch of butter
Cod,
Once Cod is cooked (~6-10 mins)
Add some Table cream
Add a bit of White wine vinegar
Add some Dill
Add Black Pepper
Cook another minute

Here, I waited too long, being busy serving my Family, to turn my Cod over so it fell apart. I lost my patience and just tore it to pieces in the pan.

The presentation is nicer when the piece of fish is whole but... It was my plate and I didn't have time to DILLy-dally so...

Cod with this kind of sauce is deeelish! Try it out for yourself! :)

Enjoy!

Veal Liver

In Wok:
2 Red onions
1/2 Green Pepper
1/2 Red Pepper
1/2 Lemon, with zest
Splash of Red Wine
Drop of olive oil

In pan:
Grain-fed Veal Liver

In Microwave:
Basmati Rice, with lemon juice (instead of Salt), a drop of olive Oil, and Cumin, topped with fresh-cut chives when cooked.

Put rice in a small bowl/glass, fill to rim and tip bowl/glass over in plate, to make rice more decorative/appetizing :)

Serve with anything else you wish: I added tomatoes.

Simple, Fast and healthy :)