Monday, October 14, 2013

Love That Rice Cooker

4 cups Jasmine Rice
1 1/ 2 tsp knoor dry boullion
1 1/2 tsp Knoor dry tomato bullion
1/4 cube of butter sliced in slices and spread around
1 yellow onion Chopped
1 fuller branch of  celery leaves, chopped.
Put in the rice cooker. Let it set when its done in the cooker.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Fiesta Pasta Salad

mild side dish---------------

1 box of med to lg shell pasta 12 oz
While its cooking
Set washed can of black beans to drain

Dice
1/2 cup red onion
1 yellow bell pepper
1/c cup loose chopped cilantro

Add 1 1/2 tbsn of lime juice
add 1 1/2 tbsn olive oil
add 1 1/2 tbsn juice from from tamed jalopenos picled
Stir into salad
Stir beans into salad
Dump drained pasta shells into salad
add salt and pepper to taste
add 1/3 cup grated mozzarella chees

Stir

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Pork in the Pot Dinner for Four

1. One two lb pork sirloin tip roast, like Cosco's. Defrost if needed. Wash, pat dry, spinkle well with
sea salt, top and bottom. Let set.
2. Spray crock pot with leithicen spray
3. small to medium red potatoes. about 3 cereal bowls, maybe a shade more. Clean, wash, cut in half.
Spread on bottom of crock pot.
4. Sliver med to med large white or sweet yellow onion. Sprinkle around on top of potatoes.
5. Drissel potatoes lightly with olive oil.
6. Place pork roast, fat side up, in the middle of the crock pot, make a space if you have too so there is room for the lid, but do not set it directly on the bottom of the crock. Spinkle the top of roast with  Johnnies with garlic seasoning. (green lid). Don't use it on the potatos.
7. Use a seasoning of  tomato, basil, oregano, crush in your hand and spread around one the potatos.
8. Use rosemary leaves and spread on top of roast with a few also onto the potatoes.
Turn on crock and cook about 2.5 to 3 hours on high.
9. Chop a orange or yellow bell pepper into 1" peices and sprinkle around on top of potatoes.
10. Take about two handfulls of grape tomatoes and sprinkle around on top of potatoes.
11. Crush and add more Tomato, basil, oregano mix seasoning.
Cook another 1.5 hours on high.

When ready to set on table, take out the roast and slice into 1/2 to 3/4 slices with good fine serated knife. Arrange in bowl or small platter. Dip potatoes and the veggies into another bowl.

Good with salad, broccoli or carrots.
A simple porus or open texture bread would be nice.