I had a gluten free pizza, but I spent the day making red beans. Ham hock, adzuki beans, 3 bell peppers, 5 stalks of celery, bam, salt, rosemary, and cayenne.

fresh young coconut meat from thailand.

sorry.

Braaaaaaaaaiiiinnnnnnsssss ?

After this morning on the practice range hitting balls into a cold north wind, the oatmeal just wasn't enough. So I made up a eggbeaters/Braggs/lemon juice/half&half/bacon/sauteed mushrooms and garlic omlette sandwich filled with HOT homemade salsa and crumbled feta cheese on whole wheat toast.

Hit the spot.

roasted chestnuts

baklava

+ rooster sauce

+ rooster sauce

Mmmm, cock!

Tonight's Pizza was inspired by my pal Grokit over at HeadFi.org :

He suggested simplifying my usual pie, using traditional ingredients and substituting basil leaves for the spinach. So we have my herbed whole wheat cracker crust (I've been adding a TBS of EVOO for flavor and dough elasticity) with EVOO/minced garlic/chopped white onion/chicken andouille sausage/fire roasted tomatoes/fresh cracked black pepper/aged provolone/agiano/parmesian/romano under basil leaves and mozarella. It was great! Glass of pinot grigio. Thanks, Grokit!.

whatever-leftover-food-that-was-in-my-fridge fried rice

rice+tonkatsu+onions+bell pepper+mushroom+orange+pineapple+garlic

Last night, with the return of warmer temps, we continued our return to lighter fare with Chicken Broccoli Stir-Fry:

Cubed and marinated a couple of very nice SLBL chicken breastes in EVOO/S&P/high-octane soy/minced garlic/lemon juice/vintage balsamic vinegar warm-and-cold for several hours. Wokked up a chopped quarter white onion in some smokin' hot sunflower oil (instant carmelization) before the room temp cubed chicken and marinade went in. At this point, things start to happen fast in a stir-fry. Two cups of small broccoli florets went in when the chicken was good and seared and then a couple ounces of plum sauce at the end to finish. Served over seasoned basmati rice with a glass of pinot grigio. SWMBO sez I can make this again.

Yum. What temp do you do the tomatoes at, Reks?

Katsudon. It came out better than I expected.

ooohh!

recipe please!

I wish I could give you one. It's one of those "recipes" from my mom that only tells me what goes in it and what to do with it, but not real measurement/amount for any of the items.

Potato smiles.

And now I feel sleepy.

I wish I could give you one. It's one of those "recipes" from my mom that only tells me what goes in it and what to do with it, but not real measurement/amount for any of the items.

Those are usually the best recipes!

Bananas. My favorite.

Left over Indian food from Koh-I-Noor in Thousand Oaks. It's much better than any of the Indian restaurants in Santa Barbara.

Beard Papa vanilla creme puff.

gluten free fried chicken nuggets

gluten free fried chicken nuggets

What is the coating made out of? My son has a severe wheat allergy so we are always looking for alternatives to bread and breadcumbs. So far I have been using mostly Rice Crispies for BCs.

Cheese and crackers. I do like a bit of pie de anglois.