Since everyone here but Pat is trying to lose weight, we’ve been trying to cook healthier and lower calorie and this dish seemed to fit the bill. We rarely make stir-fry but I’ve become a fan of “Serious Eats” and decided to use their recipe for Kung Pao Chicken and Cindy wanted to cook so she followed the recipe as shown below which we adapted a little but the original can be found by clicking on the above link.
Mashed Potato Pancakes
After our baked steak and gravy meal, we had four cups of mashed potatoes and I decided to turn them into one of my favorite things – mashed potato pancakes. I looked around the web and found several similar recipes which I combined into the one below. Since Cindy wanted to cook she took over and followed the recipe.
Whether you call it baked steak, country steak, or steak and gravy, it’s beef comfort food at it’s best especially when served with mashed potatoes and it was a good meal for Pat on her first day home. She had a knee replaced on Apr 27th and after a few days in the hospital, she went to a step-down unit until May 8. She has been doing very well and in much less pain than I was.
As in the past, when our neighbors had their beef processed, I ended up with tail pieces (ox tails) and bones which I like to use to make broth and this was the day. I had 7½ lbs. of bones and I began by roasting them at 400F for an hour.
Then I added them to my 16 qt. pot and added water to about ¾ full.
I cooked them on very low for 21 hours to get this very rich broth. I had planned to add onion, carrot, and celery to the pot but forgot until too late.
Then I removed the bones and meat (separated it for the dogs) and let it set until the fat hardened on top and removed it.
Finally, it was strained and water added to get enough for 8 quart plastic
bags. But as we bagged it, two of the
bags had a pin hole leak we could see and a third one leaked out in the sheet
pan that I was about to freeze them on.
I don’t need this frustration so I’ll be buying beef broth from now
on. Since we cook chicken regularly for
the dogs, I may still bag up and freeze these small batches of chicken broth.
Gourmet Scrambled Eggs
Recently, we had Creamy Lemon Garlic Salmon & Shrimp
And Creamed Asparagus and we had both of the creamed sauces leftover which I
used to top scrambled eggs for a delicious breakfast on two separate mornings.
Cuban Sandwiches
Remember our recent Mojo Pork meal, well we had plenty of
leftover pork and opted to invite our neighbors down for Cuban Sandwiches. I made the sandwiches as I had done previously using my yet-to-be-patented panni press.
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Have a
great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.
Larry
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Before I get into the food, Cindy likes to make flower arrangements so she picked the flowers from around our place and made this very pretty one.
