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kimonkey7 in food_porn

February Food Dump

Mar 03, 2009 18:34

Oh, my...I have a bunch of pics on my desktop.

Here's a sampling of food cooked and eaten during the month of February. Omnon. :)

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breakfasts, bagels, steak, turkey, mashed potatoes, chili, sandwich, tortillas, gravy

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lovelyxbones March 4 2009, 00:07:47 UTC

Ooh, Turkey Chili recipe please!

Everything looks delicious, by the way, but I could eat Chili everyday for the rest of my life.

kimonkey7 March 4 2009, 00:22:20 UTC

Okay, everyone has their ardent ideas about what chili is (and this is usually regional) but here's my Midwestern via West Coast version:

Tin Can Chili

1-1 1/2 lbs. ground turkey (or beef or TVP)
splash of olive oil

In a large soup pot, heat olive oil over med-high. Add turkey (or other) meat to brown. When it's about halfway done, add:

1-2 large yellow onions, halved, sliced
1 T. chopped garlic
1 T. ground cumin (or more to taste)
1-2 T. chili powder

Mix well, continue cooking until meat is no longer pink. Add:

1 large (32 oz.?) can of crushed tomatoes
1 can black beans (do not drain)
1 can pinto or chili beans (do not drain)
2 cans rinsed and drained red kidney beans (because these are my favorite)
1-2 cans chpped tomatoes and jalapeno peppers, depending on your heat/tomato preference level

Stir well, reduce to simmer. Cook for at least thirty minutes, but as long as two hours. Adjust seasoning to taste.

This gets better the next day, and freezes great.

ONE POT CLEAN-UP!

Enjoy. :)

inkslut1101 March 4 2009, 00:35:09 UTC

can i move in? i want the whole lot!

kimonkey7 March 4 2009, 00:42:04 UTC

Heee. :)

You can move in if you do all the dishes.

sarea_okelani March 4 2009, 00:36:26 UTC

How do you make your hamburger gravy? I'm in need of a good brown gravy!

kimonkey7 March 4 2009, 00:41:26 UTC

Oh, gosh. It's totally trashy, but one of those comfort foods, you know?

Basically, brown the meat in the pan, DON'T DRAIN OFF THE FAT, sprinkle a bunch of flour on it, pour in some water until it 'looks right', then go mad with the pepper grinder, numerous shakes with the worchestershire, and...KITCHEN BOUQUET. This stuff: http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/kitchenbouquet

I always salt when I eat, not when I cook, but you can switch that up if you prefer.

sarea_okelani March 4 2009, 00:48:43 UTC

Aha, thanks. I'll give that a go one day. :) So it's the worcestershire sauce that gives it that nice brown coloring?

I'm totally about trashy comfort foods, lol.

kimonkey7 March 4 2009, 00:52:56 UTC

No, it's the Kitchen Bouquet. It's sometimes known as a 'browning agent'. It has a light, kind of smokey-beefy flavor but it blams the brown into anything you add it to. :)

msmoonshade March 4 2009, 01:39:21 UTC

The daycare I went to as a child served a hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes that I absolutely adored. Thanks for posting your recipe. And floured sauteed mushrooms is one of my favorite dishes ever. Everything you posted looks marvelous. Real food. You are an outstanding cook!

kimonkey7 March 4 2009, 01:51:24 UTC

Man, seriously? Sometimes I have nothing BUT the sauteed mushrooms. Like, as a MEAL. Because they're about the best thing in the world. :)

Thanks for your kind words!

alliemolloy March 4 2009, 03:00:40 UTC

How do you do the mushrooms? Just slice, toss in flour, and saute? They look delicious. EVERYTHING does!

kimonkey7 March 4 2009, 23:52:23 UTC

I usually use a brown lunch bag, drop about 1/4 cup flour in there for every 8oz. of sliced mushrooms. I season with pepper, then drop the mushrooms in and shake them until coated. Then I drop them in a frying pan with a few tablespoons of melted butter over a medium high heat.

The hardest part is allowing them to cook until they've given up their liquor, and then letting them crisp and brown. Takes about fifteen minutes, but, oh, man...DELISH. :)

Thanks!