Oxtail Stew in the Crockpot

Saute some onions in butter.  After a while, add the oxtail and some stew meat, and brown the meat on all sides for a few minutes.

Put into the crockpot with:
Carrots
Celery
Potatoes
6 oz. of tomato paste
broth
thyme
salt
pepper

Let the crockpot rip for 8 hours on low!

First time cooking with oxtail, it was delicious!

Scooter

Beef Jerky Recipes

Currently marinating:

1) Teriyaki sauce out of a bottle
2) Pineapple juice from a can + ginger + tamari (or maybe it was Bragg's Liquid Aminos)
3) Whiskey + smoked salt + smoked pepper + tamari
4) Horseradish mustard + tamari

Will dry tomorrow night and update!

Update: they're good!  I really liked the teriyaki.  And, of course, the whiskey.

Now in the dehydrator:
1) Coffee Rub
2) Cinnamon-Cardamom Rub
3) Hickory smoked salt and pepper Rub
4) Pepper and Alder smoked salt Rub

Scooter

Barbecue Sauce

Decided to try to make some of my own BBQ sauce again today.  I didn't follow any specific recipe, but looked at a bunch and meshed into my own ideas.  I tried to find all the "smoky" things I had.

Pre-pre-prep:
Pull out a package of caramelized onions from the freezer.

Pre-prep:
brew a cup of Stash "Caravan" loose-leaf tea.  It's a tea that is "a dark, robust tea with a distinct smoky flavor."  I really wanted the smoky flavor.  I also add a few cardamom seeds, a few crushed coffee beans, whole cloves, and a sprig of fresh rosemary to the cup.  Let it brew while I made and ate breakfast.

Prep:
In a sauce pan over medium-high heat, combine:
1 28 oz. carton San Marzano tomatoes
finely diced caramelized onions
the pre-prep cup of tea, with all solids removed
Couple drops of Red Boat fish sauce
Couple Tablespoons of Dijon-Horesradish mustard
A little bit of pomegranate balsamic vinegar.  (I wanted to use espresso, but I was out.)  Maybe 2 teaspoons
A bit of apple cider vinegar.  Maybe 1 T.
A  bit of coconut aminos.  Maybe a little less than 1 T.
Couple pinches of hickory-smoked salt

Couple shakes of:
Penzey's BBQ 3000
Cumin
Chili Powder
Garlic
Black Pepper
Smoked Paprika

Smaller shakes of:
ginger
cinnamon

Let it simmer until desired thickness.  (on Medium for me, low was too low.)  Stir occasionally.  Mine will be simmering for at least 30 minutes.

Scooter

Spring Rolls!

Ingredients: 

Rice wrappers from the Asian food store

The fillings:

Rice noodles (the "glass" kind)

Cilantro

Basil

Mint

Arugula or butter lettuce

cabbage or cabbage slaw

bean sprouts

shredded carrots, etc.

Method:

Soak rice paper in water for 10 ish seconds, put in the fillings, wrap it up!

Delicious served with peanut sauce.

Scooter

Salmon burgers - oven baked

This was based off a combo of recipes between Melissa and Dallas Hartwig's It starts with food and Melissa Joulwan's Well Fed 2.

In a bowl, mix together:
Big can of salmon, drained  (14 ish oz?)
Half a can of sweet potato (1/2 cup ish)
1/2 ish almond flour
2 eggs
Spices! Like:
Big shake of parsley
small shake paprika
garlic
salt
pepper

Let sit in the fridge for 10 minutes.  (Or, 2 if you're impatient like me.)

On a large cookie sheet, put some parchment paper and brush it with melted ghee.
Use a 1/3 cup scoop, scoop out mixture and form into patties.
I formed about 8.  It filled up the entire sheet, I made them around 3 in. across.

Brush the tops with ghee, bake in an pre-heated oven at 425 F for 20 minutes.  Pull them out, flip the burgers over, and brush again with ghee.  Cook for another 15 minutes.

Scooter

Snowy Day 2 ish week food prep

So, I decided I wanted to prep a bunch of meals at once.

The recipes, with a few variations of ingredients:
Beef Stew - Crockpot
Chili - Stovetop
Chicken Chile - Stovetop
Meatballs - Oven (Bison)
Blueberry Pork Breakfast Sausage - Oven
Chicken Thighs - Oven

The method:

I needed to go to the store for a few ingredients, so I prepped the Beef Stew in the Crockpot first, then set it on low.  It'll go for 10 ish hours.

Then:
Chopped onions and garlic for Chili and Chile and put in a bowl.
Chopped sweet potatoes for C&C, put in a separate bowl.
Chopped bell peppers, zucchini, and celery for Chili, put in a separate bowl.

Heat up olive oil in a pot, cook half of onions/garlic for Chili.
Add 1 lb. ground beef.
Add spices.

When meet is brown, heat up olive oil in another pot for Chile.
Add onions/garlic.  After 5 minutes, add sweet potatoes to Chile.
Keep checking in on Chili to make sure it's OK.
Add peppers/zucs/celery to Chili

Open cans of tomatoes for Chili, chicken for Chile, and green chiles. Drain.
Chop Chiles.
Add tomatoes and sweet potatoes to Chili.  Bring to a boil, then simmer for an hour.
Add chiles, cumin, salt, and pepper to Chile.

Add broth to the chile.  Bring to a boil, simmer for 20 min.  Add chicken, long enough to warm it up.

Clear off counter area.

Heat oven to 425 F.

In a large pan, lined with foil, place chicken thighs.  Salt and pepper both sides.  Drizzle with olive oil, add rosemary on top.  Put in oven.

Immediately make breakfast sausages and put in oven with chicken.

Make meatballs.  In 20-22 minutes, pull out the breakfast sausages and put meatballs in oven.
Cook for 20-25 minutes.

Pull both meatballs and chicken out of the oven.

Cool everything off, package, and freeze!

Scooter

Blueberry - Pork breakfast sausages

This recipe was based off of the Stuff I Make my Husband blog.  That recipe has actual amounts of spices (and a few different ones), I just wing it.

Mush together in a bowl:
1 lb. ground pork
handful of frozen blueberries.  (could use fresh.  don't need to thaw)
a couple shakes of the following:
sage
paprika
salt
thyme
coriander
nutmeg
pepper

The recipe calls for cooking it in a skillet, I just formed patties with my hands and baked in the oven at 425 F for 21-23 minutes.  I had it on the low rack, and the juices that were running off started to burn.

I can't believe I've never made my own breakfast sausage blends before, these are awesome!

Dear Self: I made 11 patties, needs a big cookie sheet to cook them on.

Scooter

Orange-Ginger-Garlic Chicken

This was also based off a recipe in Diane Sanfilippo's 21 DSD.

On a stove-top,  preferably in an oven proof skillet, add salt-and-peppered chicken thighs, skin side down, to coconut oil.  Cook for 5-10 minutes.  Add minced onion, minced garlic, minced ginger, juice from several oranges, 1/3 cup coconut aminos, several teaspoons of fish sauce.  Add all this to the chicken.

Her recipe calls for baking it in the oven at 425 F for 30 minutes, but since a fire started in the oven when we turned it on, we just left it on the stove-top, covered, for about the same amount of time, occasionally stirring.

Really, really good.

Scooter

Broth-y greens soup

This was based off a recipe out of Diane Sanfilippo's 21 Day Sugar Detox cookbook

In a soup pot, combine about a quart of broth (I used turkey), a couple tablespoons of coconut aminos, and a few drops of fish sauce.

Heat on Medium High until it starts a low boil.

Add several cups of chopped greens: bok choy, green onions, and kale.  Heat through for a few more minutes.

Easy and good in a very simple way.

Scooter

Sweet Potato, gratin-ish style

The idea from this recipe came from Meatified.

My method:

Peel and slice sweet potatoes.
Slice half an onion.

Layer these in a crockpot, sprinkling some almond flour and some dried "italian" blend herbs.  (Didn't measure these.)

Fill crockpot and 1/2 - 3/4 full.  Pour in a can of coconut milk.

Cook on high for 2.5-3 hours.

Delicious!

Scooter

White Rim Food and Caramelized Onion Notes

This post is mostly about keeping notes for a camping trip prep.  The crockpot will get a workout this week!

So, the trip might be between 5-11 people right now.

Meal plan:
Night 1: Curry and Spring Rolls (if the spring rolls still taste good the day after).
Night 2: Brats and French Onion Soup
Night 3: Fajitas-type stuff
Night 4: Chili

Beforehand:

8 hours in a crock pot: 4.5 lbs. chicken thighs, 1 jar tomatillo salsa (16 oz.)
Shred the chicken, drain a fair bit of the water out.  Will freeze in plastic bags.

Next day:
Chili:
Brown 2lbs. beef with onions, garlic, and chipotle olive oil
Chopped: 2 medium-largish sweet potatoes
2 red bell peppers
1 green bell pepper
3 stalks celery
Canned tomatoes: 1 large can and 2 smaller ones of various flavors.  (Basil, fire-roasted, garlic).

Crock pot is FULL.  Added some cumin and chili powder on top.  Don't know if it will permeate the whole she-bang.

Will freeze in large pitchers.

Caramelized Onions:
Filled medium purple prep bowl within an inch of the top.  Which filled the 12" electric skillet to the top.  Added a daub of butter to the top.  Paid more attention to stirring to prevent burning from last time.  Went well.

Gummy chews, take 2

So, based on homemade-energy-gummy-chews-attempt-1.

I took the fresh juice from 2 lemons and added it to another flavor of Naked.  It might have been pomegranate something.  Used the same method (half warm, half cold), but doubled the amount of gelatin.  Curious to see how they do out of the fridge for a few hours, attempt 1 became a little-too-mushy.  So far, they are much more solid and I like the kick lemon juice gives them.

Scoot

Update: they hold together much better just hanging out in my bag for the day.....they still get a little floppy, but it works.  I don't think I'd leave them outside of a cooler or fridge for more than a day.

caramelized onions

Take 4-5 onions (I used various types), slice them.
In an electric skillet set around 300 (F), add 3 T butter.  When it is melted, add the onions.
Don't stir them for about 15-20 minutes, then stir occasionally, using water to de-glaze as necessary for about 45 minutes- 1 hour.

Delicious.

Recipe from Alton Brown

Planning on adding these to eggs, soup, etc.

Scooter

Homemade energy gummy chews, attempt 1.

Basically, I made fancy jello with Great Lakes Gelatin.

I bought one of those "Naked" brand drinks - I think it was the pomegranate blueberry.

Added 2 T of gelatin to 1 cup of it cold, mixed it all together, put it in a pyrex 12" square pan.  The other cup of juice I heated in the microwave, then added it to the pyrex dish. (Why the hot and cold?  Cause the internet told me to.)

Basically, it's fancy jello.  But it's good.  I wanted it to be more solid - I will try adding more gelatin relative to the amount of liquid.  Future plans include adding honey or lemon juice to make it sour, such as:

Sour Watermelon Gummies

Or

Sweet and Sour gummy gelatin snacks

And I got the idea from various recipes linked on Chowstalker.

Scooter

Paleo Appetizer

This was based on an idea out of Gather by Hayley Mason and Bill Staley

Onto a toothpick I threaded:

A marinated artichoke heart (The kind from Costco).
A piece of roasted red pepper (jarred).
An olive stuffed with something.  (Some were garlic-stuffed olives from Trader Joe's, some were stuffed with pimentos.)
And a pearl onion that had been, not exactly pickled, but in a jar with some olives and peppers.

Really good.

Backpacking dehydrating notes

Actually, just camping.

Cans of sweet potato puree: put on at least 3 if not 4 trays.

Rinse pre-cooked sausage in hot water to help drain off fat, mince in food processor.  2 per tray.

More ways to use chile garlic paste

For lunch I've been combining a bowl:
Some sort of already made meat and veggie saute.
A couple tablespoons coconut milk
A tablespoon or so of chile garlic paste
Some more water if necessary.

And heating it up in the microwave.  Not too shabby.

Scooter

Chile Garlic Paste

Pretty much from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything.

Combine 1 cup of dried chiles and about 1/2 cup of hot water.  Let sit for a while to rehydrate.
Chiles I used: Ancho, pasilla, and morita.

Put in a food processor, add some salt, couple heads of garlic, and distilled white vinegar.  Puree.  Should keep for 1-2 months in the fridge.

Plan to use it on top of eggs, sautes, bland-ish meat, pretty much whatever.

Scooter

Slaw Salmon Saute

Got this idea from http://www.katrina-runs.com/whole-30-day-20-pass-the-cheese

I was going to follow it almost to the letter, but was too lazy to go get the ingredients I didn't have.  

So:

Saute an onion in some whatever oil.

After a bit, add garlic, half a bag of broccoli slaw, and a small can of green chiles.  (Chop the green chiles).

When that is wilted, add some greens (bok choy this time) and a can of salmon.

Heat through.

Easy and good!

Scoot

Crockpot Ham Roast

1 can crushed pineapple

1 ham roast

1/2 cup water

1 Crockpot

8 hours on low.

Well, that was stupid easy and good.

Scooter

Baked Chicken Breast

Took chicken breasts that I'd cut of into slightly-less-huge pieces.  Tried 2 different marinades:

#1:
Olive Oil
Coconut White Balsamic Vinegar
Lime Juice

#2:
Olive Oil
Dark Espresso Balsamic Vinegar
Salt
Pepper


Baked at 375 for about 40 minutes.  Pretty good.  I think I like the espresso balsamic vinegar better.  I was surprised about how much the coconut flavor came through, though.

Scoot

Roast in a Slow Cooker

The basic template came from Jason Seib's Paleo Coach book.  (The basic template being sear the meat on the stovetop with some spices, then cook in a slow cooker with onions.)

So:
In a small bowl, mix your spices.  I did:
Salt (I went with Kosher)
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Oregano
BBQ of the Americas blend from Penzey's Spice  (Which is a blend of paprika, nutmeg, cayenne, various peppers, cinnamon, thyme, other stuff, etc.)

Mix it all together, rub most of the spice blend into all sides of the meat.

On a stove-top, heat some coconut oil on medium high, sear the meat on all sides for a couple minutes each side.

Slice some onions and place in the bottom of the slow cooker.  Put the roast on top.  Add a 1# bag of baby carrots.  Sprinkle the rest of the seasoning over everything.

Cook on low for 8 hours.

Really good!

Scooter

Super easy lazy rather good work lunch

Keep at work:
Frozen veggies
Cans of salmon
Coconut milk

Defrost frozen veggies with a little bit of water.  5 minutes.  Add can of salmon (drained) and ~ 3 oz of coconut milk.  (Half a small can.)  Heat for an additional 2 minutes.  Add salt/pepper if desired.

Stupid easy, but really quite good.

Scooter

Backpacking Notes

Salmon Curry:  Wonderful, but watch the spice level.

Need to Take: arm sleeves.  Needed alternate layer between short sleeve shirt and heavyweight long sleeve.

Lunch of tuna & sweet potato got boring.  Think about alternate spices.

Took too much food.

Crockpot Frittata

Got the method from Paleo Slow Cooking by Chrissy Gower

Line a crockpot with parchment paper.  (Cut the corners so you can fold it in, don't cut them so deep that when filled with about an inch of stuff, the stuff would leak over a cut, don't have edges hanging over the top.  It's easy.)

Put in:
A layer of purple sweet potatoes (happened to already be cubed and cooked)
A layer of bok choy greens
10 eggs, whisked.

Cook on low.  The book said about 2 hours, check at 1.5 hour to see how it's cooking.  My crockpot took closer to 2.5 hours.  Really good.  The parchment paper method worked really well, minimal mess to clean up.  (Always a bonus).

Scooter

More Jerky Recipes

Currently marinating, will update with reviews.

#1:
Tamari Sauce
Honey
Mustard
Salt
Pepper

#2
Salsa

#3
Whiskey
Tamari Sauce
Garlic Powder



Scooter

Update 3/22/2013:

Reviews:
#1: Good.
#2: Really, really good.
#3: Also incredibly good.

The problem is making enough to last until the trip it's intended for.

More backpacking.

The basic idea came from:
http://heatherlovesapples.com/trail-food/dinner/

I dehyrdated these two things separately:
I had made essentially this soup from PaleoPot in the crockpot.
Can of Salmon

Purchased some dried coconut cream powder from a local asian market.  Similar to this.  It came a little two-serving bag.

As a test-rehydrate, combined everything in a freezer zip-lock bag, added hot water, let sit 10 minutes.  It's good, but it needs more spices.  Maybe I'll try dehydrating some curry paste, too.

Scooter

Flatbread? Pizza Crust? (Didn't actually make a pizza)

I tried out a recipe from the Fresh4Five blog

I whirred cauliflower florets, baby carrots, and a handful of kale in a blender with some water, then put the whole thing through a strainer, let it sit a while.  Ended up with probably 2.5 cups of stuff

Add:
~ 3-4 Tbl of coconut flour (didn't measure)
2 whole eggs
Couple shakes oregano and pepper

Mix with hands.

Sandwich between two layers of parchment paper, try to get thin.  Mine could have been thinner.  (Personal note: use a big cookie sheet).  Cook with parchment paper still on top for 30 minutes at 350.  Turned to broiler for another 5 at the end after removing top paper, then let sit in oven for a while.

Really good.  I'm just eating it as a lunch.  Held together well, and is pretty soft.

Scooter

Backpacking food!

Will update this post when I've test-rehydrated some stuff.

3 trays of salmon, 1 can of the bear-and-wolf brand per tray
1 tray of celery, 3 stalks, diced
3 trays of frittata, + salsa verde sprinkled on top
2 trays of 2 chicken-and-apple sausages.  (I heated up the sausages in the microwave, then tried to get the pork casing off, more-or-less unsuccessfully.  I then whirred these in the food processor, then spread them out on the trays.  The idea, if these re-hydrate in a freezer bag well, is too add dried sweet potatoes, and have a kind of hash in the mornings.)
1 tray of Wholly Guacamole (the pico-de-gallo kind).  The internet says guac can be dehydrated and then rehyrdated on the trail.  I'm not getting my hopes up, but I'm trying it.
2 trays of blended chile verde.


Chile verde recipe:
Saute 2 onions, diced small, in chipotle olive oil
After a few minutes: Add 1-2 cloves garlic
After a few minutes: Add 1-2 bell peppers, diced small
After 5-10 minutes: Add a bunch of either diced or shredded sweet potato, some pepper, and cumin.
After 5-10 minutes: Add a can of diced tomatoes, a can of green chiles, and 2 (16 oz.) jars of salsa verde.

Simmer until sweet potatoes are done.  Add 2 (larger) cans of chicken.  Simmer until desired consistency.

Blend for dehydrating.

Scooter

(P.S. - I used the canned chicken specifically because it supposedly rehydrates better, since it has been pressure cooked.  I read it on the internet, it must be true!)

Update 3/11/13:

Rehydrating test!  (At work, not on the trail).  Put the various recipes into a freezer-quality quart bag from Ziploc.  (It's worth noting that Ziploc officially says that their freezer bags are not meant to withstand boiling.  So, throw your dice where they may fall.  I add hot water, not boiling, and have not had problems.  I'd recommend keeping it in another container (mug, bowl, etc) while it's rehydrating just in case of leaks or whatever.  However, if it doesn't work for you, you've been warned.  See also FreezerBagCooking.com )

Chile Verde: Rehydrates well, delicious.  Win.

Guac: Rehydrates pretty well.  The texture is, of course, somewhat different.  I am more than pleasantly surprised (I didn't think dehydrating something with so much fat in it would work that well).  Should be an interesting addition on the trail.  Be careful not to add too much water.

Sausage and some pieces of dried sweet potato puree as an experimental breakfast:  Added way too much water.  However, the sausage rehydrated well and quicker than expected, so we'll call it win.  I think this will be a good change from the eggs for breakfasts.

Next up:
Need to dry:
More guac
Beef Jerky
Chili
Blueberries
Other fruit?

Crockpot Beef Stew

Throw into a crockpot:
2 lbs. stew meat
1 large onion, chopped
1 large sweet potato, peeled and chopped
1 large parsnip, peeled and chopped
1 bag frozen veggie blend of carrots, cauliflower, and broccoli
1 pint stock, + water if necessary
Sprinkle: salt, pepper, oregano, and garlic powder in.

Cook for 10 hours on low.

Scooter

Curried Bok Choy and Kale / Baked Cod

Heat up some coconut oil and curry paste.  (Red curry paste from Mae Ploy.  So good.)

Add an onion, saute until it seems ready.

Add a few big handfuls of kale and baby bok choy with the ends cut off.

Saute until wilted.

Add 1/2 can (or more) of coconut milk.  Stir, enjoy!


Easy baked cod:
Using frozen cod fillets from Costco:
Squeeze on lemon juice.  Sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic, and paprika on them.
Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

Easy and delicious.

Scooter

Vegetarian Chile Verde

Not Paleo, BTW, it has lentils in it.

We were having Chile Verde day here at work, so I thought I'd give a try at a Vegetarian version for the meat-averse.  I got the basic from a Giada de Laurentiis recipe.  I think it turned out really well.  The lentils added a lot of thickness to the texture.

In a large saucepan, saute the following in olive oil:
2 med. onions
1 large sweet potato, peeled and chopped
couple cloves garlic.

Saute for 10-15 minutes, stir frequently to prevent burning.

Add:
Couple shakes of salt, pepper, and cumin.
2 -12 oz.jars of verde salsa (I used a brand from Smith's marketplace that had good ingredients).
I also added about 2 cups of water (or broth).
Bring to a simmer for 10-15 minutes.

Add 1 cup lentils, make sure there is plenty of liquid as the lentils will absorb it.

Simmer another 20 minutes or until the lentils are done.

Scoot

I was thinking of using this base, adding chicken, and dehydrating for a backpacking meal.

Sausage, Spinach, Cauliflower (Fewer Eggs) Bake

Got this recipe idea from The Prime Pursuit and made a few additions/omissions.

Ingredients:
1 head cauliflower
1 medium zucchini, chopped
1 package pre-made sausage, chopped (Or make your own.  1 lb.)
5 cups-ish spinach
4 eggs.

Rice the cauliflower.  And do it with this method, from Big Red Kitchen.  (In a blender with water, then strain.  Super, super easy.  Way better results and much faster than anything else I've tried.)

Melt some coconut oil in a pan, and saute the cauliflower bits until they are browned.  Remove
Cook the sausage in the same pan. Remove
Cook the zucchini and spinach (until the spinach wilts) in the same pan.  Remove, squeeze water out.

Combine all ingredients in a baking dish along with 4 eggs.

Cook at 350 for 45 minutes.

Super good!
Scoot

Cabbage - Beef Casserole

Got this one from Health-Bent.  It's important to read how long it takes when you're planning on eating it for dinner....starting at 8:40 pm is not a good idea.

But it's delicious:
Brown 1 lb. ground beef with some garlic powder, onion flakes, smoked paprika, dash of cinnamon, salt, and pepper.
Meanwhile, boil 3/4 head of thinly sliced cabbage (green) in some salted water for about 10 minutes.  Drain.

Open a 29 oz. can of crushed tomatoes (or diced, or....I used Muir Glen fire roasted tomatoes.)

In a big casserole dish, layer: cabbage, meat, tomatoes until it's all in.

Bake at 350 F for 1.5 hours.  Let rest 30 minute before digging in.

Scooter

Also: This fed me for ~5 meals.

Slow Cooker Chili

It's a Chili Cook-Off day at work tomorrow, so I thought I'd try the same chili I almost always make, but different.

Ingredients:
3 onions (2 white, 1 red)
1 lb. bison (OK, like .8 lb after I ate some for dinner)
1 lb. ground beef

Brown the onions and meat together, in batches as necessary, in a combo of garlic olive oil and chipotle olive oil.  Add spices, such as: (Ancho chile powder, cumin, garlic, southwest seasoning, etc.)

The different: Place in crockpot.

To crockpot, add:
1 large sweet potato, chopped
2 bell peppers, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
2 med. zucchinis, chopped
1 large can of crushed tomatoes and 2 small cans of fire roasted diced tomatoes
1 small can of tomato sauce (thought it needed more liquid)
More of the different: Dash of apple cider vinegar
Even more differenter: Dash of coconut aminos
More spices, including the ones mentioned before as well as smoked paprika and cinnamon.
Little bit of chicken broth.  (Then realize it probably has plenty of liquid.)

(note to self - the crockpot is full)

I'll let it cook on low overnight and through lunch tomorrow.  I might add some whiskey tomorrow morning.  We'll see if any foodies at work like it.

Scooter

Beef Rouladen

Inspired by something I saw at Oktoberfest at Snowbird, and solidified by multiple online searches:

With some thinly rolled top round steak:

Spread pieces with mustard on one side.
Add slices of:
pickles, onions, carrots

Roll up and secure with string or toothpicks.

Saute in butter for 5-10 minutes, then add a couple cups of broth to the pan and let them simmer for an hour.

Many recipes include bacon, but I didn't have any.

Really good!

Scooter

Really good mostly purple salad

Toss this all together:
A bunch or red kale, torn into smaller pieces
1/2 head red cabbage, shredded
3/4 jar (costco sized) artichoke hearts.  (Marinated in olive oil.)
A package of cranberries
Some amount of blanched sliced almonds
Some kalamata olives
Tub of gorgonzola cheese
Salt
Pepper
Balsamic Vinegar.

Pretty awesome.