Collar_N_Cuffs
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Good thing I just ate lunch, or I would be hungry right about now 

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A thing of beauty!!
Thank you...
It was VERY nice!
The sauce was Honey and mustard (I used an English mustard rather than a stronger French one) with a 50ml of orange juice. The carrots that were cooked in the sauce were AMAZING.
I'm going to see about roasting veggies in that sauce again...
It was THAT good.
I do something similar, but with lime juice instead of mustard for the tanginess. Quite yummy :weneedaYUMYUMicon:![]()
the pico de gallo was store bought. i am always on the lookout for good homemade salsas, though. i love any salsa that involves roasting the veggies.
Lime and Honey?
Do you marinade the joint before hand?
Thats something I didn't do this time... And its something in hindsight I should have done.
I'll chalk that one up to experience.
Collar_N_Cuffs and Kalamain, if you're interested, here is the recipe i used. i love when a dish requires very little ingredients and comes through like a champ on the flavor.
i do want to offer this because there were some comments (from the homesick texan blog) about other people's pots burning at the bottom once the liquid cooked off and the fat rendered. it started to happen to me, but what i did to prevent burning was take my pot off the heat, added the pork to a baking dish (i used an aluminum one), then put it under the broiler for about 5-7 minutes to crisp up the outsides.
http://whatsgabycooking.com/homesick-texan-carnitas/
How is it burning on the bottom in a dutch oven?
Are you cooking it without the lid on? Dutch ovens should hold the liquid quite well.
i'm so sorry, i should have clarified: i don't own a dutch oven, only a bottom-heavy stainless steel pot, which might explain why my pot was starting to burn because i don't recall having the burner on too high.
thanks for the salsa recipe, i can't wait to try it out.![]()
Tonight is a veggie bake...
Its an awesome meal in and of itself. and can be tweaked by amazing amounts to suit anyones taste.
Personally I use a half butternut squash and a full onion and cut out the cheese.
I have also made it with bacon in...That was VERY nice.
I believe that the flour can be replaced with rice flour for GF people. The only thing is that you can't remove the eggs for a vegan meal.
I hope the attachment works...
Normally I would serve it with a salad. but tonight I'm doing chips.... For reasons.![]()
Interesting. How big is a tin of corn in your parts?
And, respeito, I forgot to say..
Your hand chopped pico de gallo looks lovely!
I'm guessing it's hand done. That's how I always do mine... I know it sounds odd, but it just tastes better that way! When you do it in a food processor it just tastes to... watery.
ETA: And to Kalamain, carne = meat. "ita/ito = small or little. Carnitas = little bits of meat, and chunks are traditional. I do mine both ways... sometimes shredding, sometimes just leaving it in chunks. The only thing I don't like it's that some Mexican restaurants leave a lot of fat on the meat. That is also traditional here, but I don't care for it...
I'm on my own this evening so I didn't bother making a meal...
Instead I made shortcake with a gentle hint of cinnamon!
http://img219.imagevenue.com/loc654/th_719585192_20141128_172535_123_654lo.jpg

sweet potato pie
How do you get the crust so lovely, neat and even?
Mine always look like crap, because mostly pastry hates me and I don't care as long as it tastes good.
I cheated, I'm sorry.
I've never made pie crust from scratch before, for some reason it intimidates me. So I used store bought pie shells by Marie Callender's.
I don't think you can get crusts that look so good here.
I like baking, but pie crust is just something that I cannot make. It always tastes good, but it never looks pretty.

I cheated, I'm sorry.
I've never made pie crust from scratch before, for some reason it intimidates me. So I used store bought pie shells by Marie Callender's.