Day 290

TABLE LAMP AT MORTON'S STEAK HOUSE

Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
 Niels Bohr
I feel so miserable without you, it’s almost like having you here.
Stephen Bishop
What most of us are after, when we have a picture taken,
 is a good looking picture that doesn’t resemble us.
Peg Bracken

Day 289

Galloping Gourmet Turkey
My husband use to run home at lunch during his USC days
 to watch this elegant man Graham Kerr cook in his tuxedo!
This is the only way we ever prepare turkey.
 I modified it for a turkey breast and 2 chicken legs. I put the stuffing in small ramekins.
It was so delicious I forgot to photograph it!
Turkey - 10 lbs
Onion - 1
Parsnip - 1 large
Butter
Sausage meat - 14 oz
Sesame seeds
Turkey liver
Garlic clove
Apple
Thyme and Parsley
Breadcrumbs - 3/4 cup
Egg - 2
S & P
Bacon slices
Preheat oven 325
Peel and finely slice onion and parsnip
Saute in butter over low heat for 15 minutes
Fry together sausage, garlic, sesame seeds and liver for 5 minutes
Add to parsnips in bowl - smash with potato masher
Add chopped apple, eggs, crumbs, herbs
Season inside of turkey with S & P
Stuff neck area only
Brush skin with melted butter and cover with bacon slices
Cook 3 hours,basting
Cover with water soaked brown paper if too brown
Let turkey sit 20 minutes before carving
Simpler version: place turkey breast and 2 chicken legs in casserole
Season with S & P and thyme sprigs
Cover with a slice of bacon, splash of oil and a pat of butter
Make stuffing omitting sausage and liver
( I used sunflower seeds instead of sesame seeds & one egg)
and put into small ramekins
Cook until meat is no longer pink

Day 288

Monday Nite Beef Stroganoff Bowl
my husband is not a mushroom eater
so here's a super simple,
quick and easy beefy bowl of goodness...
everything is approximate
thin sliced tri tip or sirloin - 1 lb
butter
olive oil
onion - chopped
garlic - minced
ketchup - little squirt
barbecue sauce - big squirt
red wine
sour cream - 1 cup
hot cooked egg noodles
cook your noodles first and put back in pot with lid and olive oil
get your pan very hot and work fast:
the meat in so thin sliced you don't want to overcook it or it will get tough
put a small cube of butter and olive oil in pan
add meat, onions and garlic and saute just until it starts to lose all pinkness
squirt in ketchup and barbecue sauce and pour in about 1/2 cup wine
cook a couple minutes
add sour cream
can be seasoned with salt and pepper, turmeric, or cayenne
put noodles in a bowl, spoon on meaty sauce, go enjoy the game

Day 287

As the sun sets earlier
and the darkness brings a little chill to your evening,
warm up with this......

HOT BUTTERED RUM
Butter - 1 cup softened
Brown sugar - 1 cup packed
Powdered sugar - 1/2 cup sifted
Nutmeg and Cinnamon - 1 teaspoon ground each
Ice cream - 2 cups softened
Rum
Water
Nutmeg

Beat together butter, sugars and spices
Add ice cream
Freeze in covered container

Place 2 huge tablespoons of the ice cream mix in a mug
Add 1 jigger of rum
Fill with boiling water
Stir well
Grate nutmeg on top

Too yummy!!!!

Day 286

DONATELLA
Oil and balsamic vinegar in Rancho Mirage

Words are not sufficient.
Everything always comes out
a little differently as it is put into words.
One’s man’s treasure and wisdom
always sounds like foolishness to someone else.

Day 285

THE FISHMARKET
La Quinta
Fantastic fresh yummy delicious food

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

 Coco Chanel

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

 Yves Saint Laurent

Day 284

Don Diego Margarita
...not your typical way to celebrate Thanksgiving
but it was one huge turkey!

There are some ideas so wrong

only a very intelligent person could believe in them.

George Orwell

Day 283

Shrimp Cocktail at Pacifica

One martini is all right, two is too many, three is not enough.
James Thurber

Day 282

Another yummy  from our English girlfriend Nigella Lawson.
It's not a wonder she is so Reubenesque!

DONUT FRENCH TOAST
2 Eggs
1/2 cup Milk
4 teaspoons Vanilla extract
4 slices white Bread
Butter for frying
1/4 cup Sugar
Beat eggs with milk and vanilla in shallow bowl
Soak the bread in the egg mixture
Heat butter in pan and fry the bread
Make certain you cook it long enough so the center gets cooked
Dredge the cooked bread in the sugar until coated like a donut

Day 281

ITALIAN BEER AND BREAD

The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning
is that it can only mean one thing.
 Ronnie Barker

Day 280

PACIFICA SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA
Goat Cheese with Walnut Salad and Chicken Mulligatawny Soup
Patio dining with firepits and palm trees - yummy!

Day 279

13 came to a holiday cocktail party
CRANBERRY MINT INFUSION
Pour 4 cups boiling water over
2 cups fresh mint leaves
Let steep 10 minutes, strain and cool.
In a small saucepan, bring to boil
2 cups fresh cranberries
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Let cool, then strain
Combine
mint tea
cranberry syrup
1/2 cup lemoncello
1 cup vodka
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Either pour into cocktail shaker full of ice
And strain into a martini glass
Or pour into shot/aperitif glasses
Garnish with mint leaves

Day 278

YARDHOUSE BEERS....
just had to try the Arrogant Bastard

Confidence makes the man, not the clothes. 

The more confident the better chance you won’t need clothes.

Day 277

BARBEQUED TRI TIP
Always remember you are absolutely unique.
Just like everyone else.
Margaret Mead

Day 276

EQUALLY AS BEAUTIFUL SUNSET

Day 275

FRIED PASTA
Back to blogging
with recipes and words of wisdom
and/or great food from local establishments
Found in SKYMALL:
You are the cheese to my macaroni
You are the horizon to my sky
You are the bacon to my eggs
You are the laces to my sneakers
You are the jelly to my peanut butter
You are the smile to my face
You are the gravy to my mashed potatoes
You are the bubbles to my bath
You are the milk to my cookie
You are the ink to my pen
You are the ketchup to my French fires
You are the water to my ocean
You are the icing on my cupcake

Day 274

FIRST ROAST CHICKEN A LA INDIAN WELLS

Day 273

CHICKEN SANDWICH
with avocado,tomato, and bacon
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

DAY 272

HOT PASTRAMI SANDWICH WITH FRIES

Day 271

BIG BOY
Back in America

Day 270

CHICKEN CEASAR SALAD, THE FRENCH WAY

Day 269

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH AT MARIE-LAURE ET PAUL

Day 268

AMTRAK BREAKFAST
on train from Boston to New York

Day 267

MELON AND PROSCUITTO AT CAFE MARLEY
Overlooking the Louvre Museum

Day 266

LAST DINNER IN PARIS AT MARCELS