Herbs - my favorite ones for cooking

Herbs, Seasonings, Spices.
You will find them in the best of meals and recipes.
Dry or fresh herbs.
Dry herbs are often stronger. Fresh herbs provide good flavor to any meal.
Here are my favorites:

Basil
Great in pestos, pizzas, salads and sauces.

Rosemary
Add to light fish, tomato sauces, lamb, stews, and chicken.
Crushed rosemary enhances the flavor over roasted vegetables such  as
zucchini, potatoes, and squash.

Lemon Grass
Intensifies and adds aroma to salads, soups such as Thai or Vietnamese, and curries.

Bay Leaves
Works well in poaching fish or boiling potatoes.
Add to marinades, stocks, and chicken soup and my spaghetti sauce.
Always remove bay leaves before serving a meal!

Parsley
You will find it in my scrambled eggs. I use it to garnish mashed potatoes.
Its in my sauces and works well with veal cutlets and pork dishes.

Oregano
Always loved it. Brings back the memories of my dad cooking
in the kitchen.
Used in my sauces and taste great in meat pies and soups.

Thyme
Another one added to my sauces.
Love it in stuffing. Makes a roasted tomato even better!
Taste good in chowders.

Sage
Until recently, I was never a big fan of sage.
Browing butter with sage in a pan and the sauce is
fantastic over roasted chicken and potatoes.
Is a great flavor as a dry rub ingredient for pork tenderloin.

Dill
Never thought of it until recent but
mixed in soft butter, it makes a better butter spread.
Also good in breads, potato salad and soups.


For dry spices,herbs, and seasonings, McCormick is an easy find in any grocery store.
McCormick
http://www.mccormick.com/Products/Herbs-and-Spices/Spices-A-to-Z.aspx

New to the market are the frozen herbs in tubes:
Gourmet Garden
http://www.gourmetgarden.com/us/

and Dorot in frozen cubes:
http://www.mydorot.com/

So there you have it.

Some of my favorites.

Adding some spice to your life, 1 blog at a time.

Steven

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Leftovers - Quick Tailgating Item

Leftover fried chicken.

Leftover Spaghetti Sauce

Hot dog buns.

I made a huge pot of red sauce and froze 2 quarts. I still had 1 quart left.
I made double fried chicken from 8 chicken breasts.

Lots of leftovers. What to do?

Improvise. Food for the road. Tailgating at the ball game.

Here's my quick 1 minute fried chicken  in a roll with red sauce.

Sliced fried chicken (1 breast ) on a bias.
4 Tbsp. of your favorite spaghetti sauce. Mine is home made with red wine, carrots and onions.
2 Hot dog buns.
2 Tbsp. of cheese. I like parmesan and asiago.
1 tbsp. of freshly sliced basil

Microwaved until hot.


TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME !

I'm #1 and everyone knows it......
Steven

Real Men Eat Quiche and Drink Wine: Brown Bread

Real Men Eat Quiche and Drink Wine: Brown Bread: "Time to bake a traditional family recipe. Heaven forbid, I forgot the old recipe for Brown Bread. Every once in awhile, I will stop in a..."

Real Men Eat Quiche and Drink Wine: Brown Bread

Real Men Eat Quiche and Drink Wine: Brown Bread: "Time to bake a traditional family recipe. Heaven forbid, I forgot the old recipe for Brown Bread. Every once in awhile, I will stop in a..."

Brown Bread

Time to bake a traditional family recipe. Heaven forbid, I forgot the old recipe for Brown Bread. Every once in awhile, I will stop in at O'Reillys http://sforeillys.com/ for a slice of brown bread. Ficra, the proprietor, (hopefully I spelled his name right or its the last time he will serve me an ice cold Guinness beer http://www.guinness.com/en-us/ and shot of Jameson whiskey; http://www.jamesonwhiskey.com/default.aspx serves up a nice slice of brown bread with my corn beef quesadillas and shepards pie. Fortunately, my new friend at cooking class not only made the bread in class,  but she shared the recipe I had forgotten. Brown Bread   2 cups Whole wheat Flour 1 cup Bran flakes or All Bran 1/3 cup Quaker Oats 2/3 cup Wheat germ 2 Tbls Raw Brown sugar 1 tsp baking soda 2 cups Buttermilk Mix all dry ingredients and add buttermilk Preheat oven to 400 degrees Then reduce heat to 375 for 45 mins. Here's a toast (brown bread and raise a glass) to Fiona ! Thanks for the recipe. Enjoy, Steven Send your recipes, favorite libations and more to: realmeneatquiche@gmail.com

Real Men Eat Quiche and Drink Wine: Wine of the Week - Conn Creek Chardonnay

Real Men Eat Quiche and Drink Wine: Wine of the Week - Conn Creek Chardonnay: "Here is my Wine of the Week: Conn Creek Angels Baseball 50th Anniversary 1961 - 2011 2009 Bien Nacido Vineyard Santa Maria Valley Now ..."

Wine of the Week - Conn Creek Chardonnay

Here is my Wine of the Week:

Conn Creek Angels Baseball 50th Anniversary 1961 - 2011
2009  Bien Nacido Vineyard Santa Maria Valley

Now I'm no Bay Area baseball fan. I like going to A's and Giants games.
I have been a Yankee fan since I was a kid.
So here's to Angels baseball.

Conn Creek comes out with a limited release chardonnay.

Conn Creek Angels Baseball 50th Anniversary 1961 - 2011

2009  Bien Nacido Vineyard Santa Maria Valley

http://www.conncreek.com/Wines

Someone needs to tell Conn Creek this chardonnay is a HOME RUN !

Light, not too buttery, Not heavy on the oak, and not too fruity.

Just they way a chardonnay should be.

Can we produce more of this please...

This one is a World Series champ of white wines.

Cheers,

Steven

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