Going to make Homemade Chicken Tenders with Homemade Air Fryer Fries, Caesar Salad and to dip the tenders Homemade Copycat Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce
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Going to make Homemade Chicken Tenders with Homemade Air Fryer Fries, Caesar Salad and to dip the tenders Homemade Copycat Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce
Its been Turkey the past couple of days! made a turkey pot pie this evening from some of the leftover veggies, turkey, stuffing, gravy, etc
Some of our recent meals were…
spaghetti and meatballs with fresh carrot sticks.
chicken salad on a toasted bagel
oven baked chicken thighs with M&C, fresh grapes, and steamed cauliflower.
Steak with mushrooms, M&C, steamed California veggies.
Next supper plan is marinated pork roast, potato and onion foil bake, unsweetened applesauce…still decide I have how to cook a package of fresh mushrooms…
Want to try out our New Bread Machine so making Homemade Pizza. My mushrooms went bad, so tonight will just be Pepperoni, Onions, Bacon, Cheddar & Parm
Another experimental cooking method for me. I've cooked all kinds of beef, steaks, roasts and the process has never changed. Sear all sides dark in a cast iron pan, finish off in a lower oven ( 300 say ) or finish off in the pressure cooker ( as in stew ).
Well today when I visited Metro they tempted me with their Prime Rib Roasts. I invested $43 for an approx. 4.5 lb one.
Just to be sure I Googled " what is the best way to cook a PR roast ? "Shocker! They do not recommend my tried and true sear first, cook after method. They recommended a reverse sear approach. I watched 3 different chefs videos.
Sadly, I did not have the time to do all the " waiting " steps, like letting the darn thing sit all rubbed with salt in the fridge uncovered for a day! I gave that 3 hours, then smeared the butter herb mixture all on top. Another rest period of 2 hours while it came back to room temp.
It is now in a 200 degree oven for approx. 1 hour and 23 min. If at that point the internal temp says 130-135 I am o.k, with that. DH does not like blood running from his beef, so DS and I will have to tolerate it cooked medium well instead of medium rare.
After the 200 degree cooking it must rest covered in foil for an hour, then finally it gets returned to a preheated 500 degree oven for just 10 minutes.
They claim it will brown and crust up on all sides in that final cooking. It better because we're kind of salivating and tired of waiting.
Sides are reheated Christmas veggies and spuds!
On a mission to clean out the freezer on the bottom of our fridge....tonight we had homemade pasta sauce pulled from the freezer with penne and ceaser salad.
Decided on Beef Stew with Homemade Dinner Rolls.
Wasn't sure Mom would want Stew as she mentioned her Tummy was off but when I said it her only comment was, if you make Stew we need to make Buns. I can do that.
In the Stew will be Carrots and Potatoes with a Garden Cocktail base.
Nachos for dinner using some left over taco meat in the freezer.
Last night's dinner was enjoyed...eventually...lol. We ate at 9 p.m. and the candles DH has set out were half burned away! lol
If I make this prime Rib Roast again using the reverse searing method again I will certainly make sure I do not " skip over " some of the waiting steps.
They are important it seems. I'll definitely have it sit rubbed with salt in the fridge uncovered for a full 24 hrs. Will for sure allow it to come back to room temp. ( 2+ hours apparently ) before I do the first low temp. cook.
The beef drippings were just pouring off once that final 500 degree cook happened.
The drippings were turned into a rich thin gravy ( red wine added and thickened just slightly with toasted flour/water mixture )
This morning I cut all the remaining meat into small diced bits, added some of the remaining spuds and veg to make 2 meat pies. Used the very last of the roasted sweet potatoes from Christmas to make up a small batch of soup. Added white wine to that.
The turkey carcass is in the freezer....I think a soup is not far off in the future.
Tonight we will have:
chicken and steak -( odds I found in freezer) corn, green beans, perogies (So much sour cream in fridge) and ceaser salad
Since we are not sure when we will be able to have Christmas Dinner with Bro & his Fiancee, we will have the Ham we bought for Christmas Dinner tonight with Mashed Potatoes and Veggies. I still need to decide on the veggies, we have Butternut Squash, Brussel Sprouts, Carrots, Corn, just need to pick one or two.
using up some pork tenderloin and chicken from the freezer. I'm going to make broccoli and pork stir fry and chicken fried rice. We also have some of those tasty M&M spring rolls in the the freezer.
probably Prime Rib Meat Pie. coleslaw on the side
Was craving pita bread with chicken skewers and tomatoes and lettuce with tzaziki sauce :)
We made the monster cookie squares. Supper was hash brown casserole, leftover roast pork, salad, steamed cauliflower/broccoli/carrots, unsweetened applesauce.
took out 2 boneless chicken breasts for tonights dinner. Will have that with green beans, carrots and potatoes with fried breadcrumbs. Plus homemade Tarte au Sucre for dessert with some ice cream. And later on im heating up some snackers from PC.
I was going to make a Chicken tonight (was supposed to be Christmas Dinner but were not feeling our best) but Mom wanted appetizers.
We do not have much on hand so I placed a Wal-Mart grocery order. I got more than we needed but came in under budget. It is all frozen so any extras can be stored for another day.
I also got some cheats, I could have made my own Mozzarella Sticks and Deep Fried Pickles but opted to order the frozen one so I can just cook them up in the Air Fryer.
Options will be:
Spring Rolls
Chicken Dumplings
Mozzarella Sticks
Deep Fried Pickles
Brie
Perogies
We will also be snacking during the NYE telecasts. Pastizzis, perogies, chilled Tiger shrimp with sauce, roasted seasoned cauliflower steaks, apple cinnamon spring rolls, maybe a small cheese board, and a new to us sparkling white wine.
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have a great Happy New Year celebration everyone!!
Making Lasagna for dinner tonight! Will serve with salad. Best part...leftovers for tomorrow :)
Last night along with the PC snackers, we also had Wheat Thins with Brie and Red Pepper Jelly. First time i tried Red Pepper Jelly and it definitely wont be the last!
Going to keep it simple tonight, Chicken Enchiladas with Homemade Enchilada Sauce, stuffed with Shredded Chicken, Peppers, Onions, Mushrooms, Enchilada Sauce and Cheddar
the 3 of us got into the turkey soup, the meat pie, the NYE buffet leftovers and later munched on malt toast with jam for no reason at all!
Red pepper jelly goes really well with cream cheese & crackers as well! yummy..one of my faves!
Yesterday I baked a ham, scalloped potatoes, macaroni salad, etc. Lots of leftovers for today! The ham bone is in the freezer waiting to go in a split pea soup & lots of extra ham for i.e sandwiches, omelets, pizza
Decided on Leftover Ham with Homemade Mac & Cheese and thinking I will make Green Beans on the side.
Chicken Adobo over Basmati rice, carrots and deviled eggs.
The 15 sk/bl chx thighs are in the marinade. All the ingredients for the sauce are measured and ready. ( Mise En Place )
I always make 3x the sauce recipe. Carrot coins are cooked, rice is done and sitting in the rice maker.
Deviled eggs are nice and chilled. Hoping to begin the Adobo around 6:00 p.m.
I am having BBQ Chicken Caesar Wraps to use up the last of Romaine and Mom will have BBQ Chicken Wings. Not sure yet if we are having Oven Fries or Homemade Air Fryer Fries
Well I didn't win on opting for chili tonight.. homemade pizzas on wraps were the winners.
^^ ha ha .. @crafter You and my DS#2..... he can eat chili for both lunch and dinner the same day and still have it the next day. Whenever I make, it is a BIG pot and he always says something like " I thought you were going to make a large batch of chili? " ( smarta*s! )
Even though there are still chicken adobo leftovers in the fridge I spent my morning making a double batch of fresh pasta dough. ( it's simple ingredients, just 300 gr double zero flour, 100 gr semolina flour and 4 eggs )
Then a made a spicy pork filling ( meat, red pepper flakes, fresh onion and garlic ran over one of those microplane graters, dill weed, Cool Running's brand seasoning ( they have a no salt, sugar or msg version ) a bit of S & P.
Cooked it up first then filled and sealed a number of ravioli's up.
I am freezing them all separate atm, then I'll be bagging them for a later dinner.....who knows when?
Trying to use up stuff from the kitchen freezer.... Asked DS to take out 2 trays of chicken drumsticks (picked up for .99lb)
Will make shake and bake chicken, corn, green beans, rice and salad.