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Chicken Thighs with garlic and brown sugar!
Chicken Stir-Fry
2 Chicken breasts bite size, bok choy, bean sprouts, green beans, water chestnuts, bell pepper, mushrooms, sesame oil, olive oil, rice wine venegar,and any thing else you and your family love!
Brown chicken lightly in olive oil, add other ingredients by density and size, heavy ends of bok choy and bell pepper, water chestnuts, pine apple, and last green ends of bok choy and bean sprouts. I didn't have mushroom but would add with bean sprouts.
Let it cook a while but DON'T overcook. You want some snap in the bok choy and green beans.
Add sesame oil (I used about a 1/2 tablespoon) last, and rice wine vinegar to taste (I used about a full tablespoon. Last I sprinkled some sesame seeds.
It's a mean in itself. I like a rich red wine with dang near everything, but a sauvignon blanc or pino grigio would be great.
Frittata
The makin's
Serves 2: 4 beaten eggs, Italian seasoning & garlic powder or salt, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes (I peel mine), ham, cheese.
Stovetop
Soften onions in butter, add ham, mushrooms, last tomatoes, then finally beaten eggs...cook without stirring on medium heat, add cheese then into a 400 degree oven.
Finish in 400 Degree Oven
Finish in 400 degree oven until puffed and firm.
Serve
Serve
Here with a little O.J., coffee, berries, and an English muffin.
And who says rednecks aren't conservationalists? Recycling old wheels:
A Great Restaurant
The Grill on the Alley
I love the Grill in Beverly Hills, a classic joint full of celebs. And I love the newer Grill on the Alley in Thousand Oaks, CA. The short ribs here are right there with the best I've ever eaten. Great place, but bring some room on the old plastic!
Great Restaurants, Here and There!
Lolo Creek Steak House, Lolo, MT
Now Lolo Creek Steak House, formerly Guy's Lolo Steak House, now better than ever and always great. Some of the world's finest taxidermy adorns the walls. Great prices, even greater food.
Lolo, MT, a few miles south of Missoula, MT.
Lucky's, Monticeto, CA
Fabulous steaks, this great swordfish, and interesting people watching
Pearl's Missoula, Montana
Was off red meat so had this fabulous mushroom soup. And yes, you eat with your eyes.
Seafood, Pearl's, Missoula, MT
Can't remember what the menu called it, but it was excellent. And the service was SUPER as well.
Beverly's, Couer d' Alene, Idaho
Great restaurant atop the hotel with superb view of the lake.
Churchill's, Spokane, WA
Expensive, but aren't all great steakhouses. This is the ribeye...Perfect! As was the service.
Whitefish Lodge, Whitefish, Montana
Had a great flank steak and fries, and talked them into bringing me a little oxtail gravy on the side! Well worth the visit if ever near.
Whitefish Lodge, Whitefish, Montana
Montana is huckleberry heaven...if you don't have to shoo off the grizzlies to pick them. This was a GREAT huckleberry ice-cream pie.
Will continue to post exceptional dishes from restaurants...
Reader's Cookbooks!
Cooking Wild and Wonderful
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California Cocina
California Cocina is a look back in time, with quotes from journals and biographies from the gracious rancho days of old California, where it was said, "It's better to be on time than invited." Click on the cover to grab a copy.
I hope you enjoy my cookbooks as much as I enjoyed working on them!
My Chuckwagon!
A project for the summer!
I found this old John Deere, turn of the century, wagon and thought it had decent bones. I skinned it and made myself a contemporary chuck/BBQ wagon.
Design as you go!
I wanted to stay as true as possible to the old designs, yet accommodate modern BBQs and a gas range. It also has a gas deep fryer.
Gotta have a whiskey barrel!
I can cook for eighty or so and have done so with this rig. Doing all the labor myself, the canvas top cost as much as the rest of the rebuild.
Great fun cooking, outside!
Everyone with a beer or glass of wine in hand, kibitzing the cook, who cooks with wine (in hand)
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