Fried Venison Backstrap

I did cook tonight, made fried venison backstrap, three cheese mashed tators, and corn.

But I forgot to take a picture lol. If you want any of the recipes, just let me know. I will try to remember to do better tomorrow.

No Cooking Today

We had leftovers for lunch and we are going to our grandsons birthday party and then out to eat chinese with them.

New Years Day Menu

Today we had pork roast, rice, lima beans, black eye peas, cabbage with fresh sausage, homemade bread and homemade carrot cake.

Here is a picture of a plateful of food and a piece of cake.

This is how I made the cabbage and sausage:

1-2 large heads of cabbage
2 pounds of fresh sausage (your favorite one)
1/4 cup of water
seasonings to taste

Start out by browning the sausage in the pot. Add the cut up cabbage and water along with seasonings.

Cover and stir often till the cabbage is as tender as you like it. We enjoy it very tender and actually with a little "brown" to it.

WOW!

I just now realized I haven't updated or posted here since August. Where has the time gone?

Well if you look under blogs I read, you will see that I added 54 new links between yesterday and today. Why 54? Well because I am 54 years old of course lol. Actually I went to http://orgjunkie.com/ and saw that she does a menu planning Monday and alot and I do mean alot of people post links to their blogs/sites where they list their menu ideas and some of the recipes. I thought what a great way to get new ideas and recipes. Also I quickly scanned some of their main pages and there is alot of good stuff on them. So I posted the links here, so that you and I can browse the sites and the menus and recipes if we need new ideas.

Each week I will try and get the first 54 that post and add any new ones. I figure the same people won't always be the first 54 to post so I will get at least a few new ones each time. And who knows, maybe I will figure out how to link my plan if I post one on here.

Later today I will take a picture of my plate of food for new years and post the picture here along with a recipe or two for you.

Till next time, Happy New Year.

August 5th

Last night we had pan "fried" catfish, rice with bacon and green onions and bacon wrapped green beans.

Here is the recipe for bacon wrapped green beans.

I used a can of whole green beans, drained well.
Cut bacon in 1/2 strips.
Season the green beans with your favorite spices but go very easy on salt because of the bacon.

Wrap a half slice of bacon around 3-5 whole green beans. Place on a wire cooling rack over a cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for about 30 minutes or till the bacon is cooked.

August 4th

Tonight we went to a cooking demo. He was doing appetizers and because he did a few different kinds I was full when I got home.

Here is an easy scallop one that he did.

Melt a stick of butter in a heavy skillet.
Toss scallops with seasonings of your choice.
Sear scallops and cook for about 3-4 minutes per side.
Deglaze with white wine and continue cooking till the wine and butter have reduced into a thick sauce.

enjoy!

August 3rd

Last night I went out to eat with some friends. I searched online for a recipe for what I had, and well this isn't it, but it may hit the same flavor points.

CHICKEN CON QUESO
8 to 10 chicken breasts
1 lb. Velveeta cheese
1 can Ro-Tel tomatoes with green chilies
Place chicken breasts in crock pot. Cube cheese and place over chicken. Pour in tomatoes. Cook on low for 6 hours. Serve over rice or tortillas.