I do love “all things pickled,” and I had a lot of carrots that I thought might be good as pickles. I started thinking about the jalapeño mixture that has a few carrot slices in it, and thought I’d reverse the quantity of the ingredients, because I like the carrots in that mixture, better than the…
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Pico de Gallo
I was lucky to have Nina helping for my last cook at the lodge. Everyone was crazy about her pico de gallo. Pico is one of those recipes you really don’t need to have amounts for the ingredients, make it more tomatoy or more oniony or hotter, whatever you like. When it’s not summer, the…
Cucumber Salad
It’s really great to be home. My brother fixed a smoked pork ribeye and smoked pork tenderloin, for our welcome home dinner. I fixed a cucumber salad, with cucumbers and onions from the garden. And we had some good fresh bread to go with it. It was delicious. I’ll be making pork fried rice with…
Cooking at the Lodge – Pork with Mushroom Sauce (Slow Cooker)
It was a great day to cook, and watch the weather out the huge picture windows across from the kitchen. The lodge sits on top of a hill, and the view kept changing as the fog rolled in and out. Breakfast was familiar fare – bacon, deer sausage, biscuits, egg frittata and cheese grits. I’m…
Okra and Potatoes
PrintOkra and Potatoes Total Time: 20 minutes Yield: Serves 6-8 Ingredients4 medium potatoes 3 TBSP butter 3 TBSP olive oil 1/2 – 1 lb okra, cut into pieces 1 large onion, thinly sliced Emerils Essence or other Cajun seasoning Smoked paprika (optional)InstructionsBoil potatoes with skin on, until just fork tender. Drain and peel when…