Terminalcoffee discussion

There are a ton of highly specific food threads, but not so many where I feel like it is appropriate to brag about my latest smoothie.

The lemon basil smoothie got me feeling adventurous with my regular banana-berry-yogurt-juice-protein powder (maybe spinach too) recipe so I decided to mix it up today. I just had, and loved:

2 bananas
1/4 cup pecans
1/3 cup peanut butter
1/8 cup chocolate syrup
1 cup milk

as a smoothie and it was the best thing in the world.

Sounds very good.

I just made macaroni salad with carrots, red bell pepper, and celery chopped fine. Lots of mayo. Can't wait to eat some.

My neighbor and I cooked dinner... we've been working on it since yesterday (he's done most of it... I contribute ideas, though, and some ingredients... and mostly I just watch and learn).

His cousin and aunt came over with their dogs and we all had a big ole puppy fest while watching Iron Chef. He started smoking a pork shoulder roast yesterday and smoked it for 24 hours. OH my heavens. He used fallen hickory branches to add to the smoker.

He also had a slaw that had been marinating since yesterday - green and red cabbage with celery seed, fresh peaches, apples, mayo, sherry vinegar, apple cider vinegar...

And I helped make the bbq sauce - a reduction of blackberries, onions, bell pepper, a garlic clove, some bbq seasoning, my blueberry beer (which had a beautiful purple color to it), apple cider vinegar, ketchup, sherry vinegar, cayenne, and some fresh ground black pepper... cooked that down, let it cool, blended it with cattleman's, and heated on a low heat.

Also, we had smoked corn on the cob.

And for dessert - carrot cake with homemade whipped cream and blackberries.

EVERYTHING was locally grown, some of it in his mom's garden. :)

BunWat wrote: "I made black beans and rice with five kinds of peppers, and tequila marinated sirloin. It was pretty good but I wasn't entirely happy with th..."

Holy hell, Bun, that sounds waaaay delicious!

Our dinner last night was so fabulous. Tonight - it's honey nut cheerios.

What kind of salad will it be, Bun? I still wish I had your leftovers from last night because I bet your leftovers would be awesome blossom.

BunWat wrote: "It will be a green salad with pickled yellow beets. I would totally trade you leftovers for leftovers because your last nights dinner sounded amazing!"

We ate it all. :)

Your salad sounds fabu, Bun! Neighbor acquainted me with Iron Chef last night. We watched a couple of episodes while preparing the food. I'm pretty sure he gets alot of his inspiration/creativity from that.

Ok, so I'm working my way through 47 tons of greens from the CSA. Today's salad:

5 leaves butter lettuce,
3 leaves red leaf
couple dabs of tuna salad
sliced red pepper
Caesar flavored croutons
oil and balsamic

I would eat that.

pineapple mango salsa, rosemary roasted potatoes, and smoked baby back ribs. my house smells so good right now! :)

I am SOOO hongry right now - everything posted here is making my belly sing! I had a fabulous blueberry/mochi original yogurt at Red Mango this afternoon for lunch. I stayed too busy to enjoy it when it was fresh. It melted. :( I did drink it, though.

I cooked baby back ribs, baked potatoes, and corn on the cob.

i just made onion rings in my outdoor fryer with a horseradish dipping sauce. when we all sat around like hilljacks burning our hands as we ate them right out of the hot oil. my oldest son and his wife came by. nice relaxing time. ate til we were sick

yesterday i made funnel cakes in the fryer for everyone at our cookout. i am an outdoor chef

Outdoor fryers scare me. They have killed before...

the name is Sprinkle. Kevin D. the D is for Dangerous....

I just made a dark chocolate cake with raspberry cream cheese frosting....YUM! :D

I picture Kevin throwin' in a little extra oil to shoot a flame into the sky for the entertainment of local kids...

Alecia, that sounds good...

"ok...watch again...i call it jalapeno napalm. if you squeeze the hot oil out of the fried pepper while holding a lighter in front it makes like a wicked tiny flamethrower....what? sure you can try it..."

Everything in this thread sounds delicious, except possibly the jalapeno napalm.

Last night, in an attempt to keep my CSA veggies from going to waste, I made pasta with broccoli and zucchini and mushrooms and a really light ricotta and basil sauce.
And corn on the cob.
And salad.
Zu made roasted beets with feta. I'm not a huge fan of beets, but these were outstanding.

For dessert I made chocolate ricotta, which is super easy and delicious:
ricotta
cocoa powder (next time I'm using melted chocolate - this was too powdery)
honey
pumpkin pie spice (or some combo of such things: cinammon, cloves, nutmeg)
vanilla
Throw it all in the food processor til smooth.
Then serve it on its own or with cookies.

i love beeets

do you chill the choc. ricotta?

Sally wrote: "i love beeets"

::In my best Yosemite Sam Voice::

I hates beets!

bears, beets, battlestar galactica

thanks, dwight

I do chill the chocolate ricotta, but you don't actually have to. ETA: If you want the exact ratio of ingredients I can give it to you, but I didn't really follow it and it still worked out fine.

I hated beets & brussel sprouts until Zu convinced me of the error of my ways. It's all in how you cook 'em. For me at least. You can't get me to eat an olive, so I accept that you don't eat beets.

I just sliced up a kohlrabi and am eating it raw. It is satisfying this recent longing I've had for a radish.

i heard they used a kohlrabi as a model to make some of the cantina characters in star wars

I can now breathe fire on you.

Sally, have you ever had pickled turnips?



OMG, they're heavenly! My sister introduced them to me when we went grocery shopping at a Lebanese grocery store in Houston.

I LOVE pickled things. I once had pickled asparagus from this roadside stand in North Carolina that made my whole world technicolor.

Eeeeww. Nothing pickled for me, thanks, except maybe a really crisp dill pickle.

i was going to post a pic of pickled pigs feet but it skeeved me out too much

ew, Barb. rew.


now.
I just made yummy yummer pasta salad:

whole wheat fusili
1/2 kohlrabi, diced fine
celery
1 bunch each parsley and cilantro, run thru processor
some green onions

mayo
miracle whip
ital. dressing

I just made grilled honey lime tilapia with black bean salad and garlic herb zucchini...I'm in food heaven!

I need to eat more fish. Tilapia sounds so good.

I had John Dory fish for the first time on Friday. Cute neighbor was right... it IS a hearty English pub fish. It was delicious... especially with beer.

Gordon Ramsay is always yelling about John Dory, but I can't help thinking of Dory from Finding Nemo.

Sarah Pi wrote: "Gordon Ramsay is always yelling about John Dory, but I can't help thinking of Dory from Finding Nemo."

Nooooo! Not Dory, Sarah Pi! "Fish are friends, not food!" :)

Sarah Pi wrote: "Gordon Ramsay is always yelling about John Dory, but I can't help thinking of Dory from Finding Nemo."

I actually thought the same thing while I was eating it, Sarah. :)

I made an ice cream sundae with cerezas on top. :)

Heidi wrote: "Sarah Pi wrote: "Gordon Ramsay is always yelling about John Dory, but I can't help thinking of Dory from Finding Nemo."

I actually thought the same thing while I was eating it, Sarah. :)"

And you ate it anyway!

Sarah Pi wrote: "And you ate it anyway!"

Reluctantly at first, and then I made myself think of a big drunk cute Londoner falling face first into the water and pulling up a fish with his hand and yelling, "DINNER!" That fish's name was Harold, not Dory.

Heidi wrote: "Sally, have you ever had pickled turnips?



OMG, they're heavenly! My sister introduced them to me when we went grocery shopping at a Lebanese grocery store in Houston."

I would definitely try those.

I just ate quinoa with mustard greens. Mmmmm.

quinoa!

Not only is quinoa totally delicious, but it contains all the essential amino acids, making it an excellent non-meat source of protein.

Yum to the ginger cake and the quinoa. I am not good at making quinoa - I always use too much water or something. Then my aunt makes it and I see how great it can be, and then I go home and mess it up again.

FAVORITE MEAL EVER.
i dont make it often because if i ever get sick of it i may cry...and i dont want to make all the other meals jelaous.

tilapia and crawfish tails on a bed of wild rice with beurre blanc. steamed broccoli is good on the side.
i made it for my rents anniversary. KILLLLLERRRR

Someone posted a recipe for Devils Food Cake some time in February (I remember as it was near my sons birthday and I can’t find the original thread). I never quite got around to making it at the time but saved the recipe anyway.

My daughter & I made it yesterday. It was truly scrumptious. I would like to thank who ever it was who provided the recipe.

I finally traced the cake recipe, it came from Mandy. She hasn't been around for a while so I can't thank her.

i just made an special egg scramble with 4 eggs, onions, hot peppers, ham and cheese. it was wonderful