Triple D

SkyLark Diner
Route 1 and Wooding Ave.
Edison, NJ 08817
Tel: (732) 777-7878

Was on that Diners, Drive-ins and Dives show. Episode, NJ Diner tour. I went there Sat night. It's a good joint. I had the St. Louis Burger. Half-pound ground beef, grilled onions, mushrooms topped with mozzarella. Good stuff.

Pizza Post

Regional Styles of Pizza

Must eat NY Pizza places (minus the Artichoke place, also good suggestions in the comments. I love Tottono's and Franny's.

5 fishes

What:
Christmas Eve Dinner

Where:
Uncle's house (father's brother)
Brooklyn, NY

Menu:
Antipasto (assorted meats/cheeses/salads/breads)

Spaghetti in crabsauce w/king crab legs
Basically a marinara sauce but instead of meat it's crab.

Stuffed Calamari
Body of the squid is stuffed with breadcrumbs and cheese.

Shrimp Salad
Served cold, made with Shrimp, Celery, Cuccumbers, simple lemon dressing. Different things can be added, red onion works, baby scallops, any firm whitefish, carrots, etc.

Lobster Tails
This year I convinced unc to grill them. Metal skewers, brush with a olive oil, alt and pepper. Simple.

Baked Calms
No explanation needed.

Not 7 fishes like they do in Italy but pretty damn good.

Mangia!

Beef Brisket is underated

I made a killer meal yesterday. Beef Brisket, Buttery Garlic Mashed potato's, Sauteed asparagus and a white and red coleslaw. It was fantastic.

I was hesitant to cook the Brisket on my Weber gas grill (mainly because it would seem charcoal along with a combo of wood chips would be the better) but decided to do it after all pretty much because I'm pretty good at grilling. So here's what I did.

Dry Rub:
Sweet Paprika, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, heavy sea salt, heavy cracked black pepper, ground mustard, cayenne pepper, oregano and cumin.

Liberal on the paprika, moderate on the powders, heavy on the salt and pepper, easy with the oregano, cumin and mustard, use the cayenne to your liking.

First step is to let the beef dry out. I hate it when people or my wife take the meat out of the pack and immeditely season it. No. Beef should be dried out a bit. I like to leave it out for a while, maybe an hour and then refrigerate it in a pan or something for another hour then take it out to season. Obviously during the week whilst at work it's impossible to do so. But if you have time I really think it makes a difference.

Ok, so rub away. Pre-heat your gas grill to 250 degrees. You can do this usually by leaving the back burner off and the middle/front burners on low. Place your season beef in an aluminum pan, I doubled up, and make sure it's fat down. You want the fat to drip onto the bottom. Cover the pan with foil, double that up too. Place in the center of your grill and have a beer or two. Let this cook away for 3 hours. But at the hour mark, flip the fat side up and notice the amount of juice you already have in the pan. This means it's working. Keep it fat side up for about 30-35 minutes. Then flip back to the way it started for the strech run. One thing to do that I forgot to mention. If you have any beef stock on hand, when you flip the meat from the fat cap side down to fat cap side up pour in about 1/2 cup of the stock to the juice. It will add to the gravy flavor. (Red wine & believe it or not Root Beer also works here but I would use the red wine towards the end not when you flip the fat). After about 2.5 hours open her up and let the meat sit in those wonderful juices and turn off the grill. Basting would be smart here too.

To get that gravy working (or just leave the juice as is, au jus style) just pour it into a pot, get a nice heat on it and work in a flour water mixture, constantly stirring. You want a dark tan brown color. If you like thick gravy use a bit more flour. Then strain to avoid clumps and your gravy is done.

This is a hell of a dinner. Use it. Let me know how it works. It worked for me and it was my first time doing a brisket on the gas grill without smoking it. This is how I do my ribs except the dry rub is different. Mangia!

P.S. If anyone wants the coleslawand/or mashed taters recipe holla in the comments. Simple stuff.

Baby Chickens

Cornish Hens anyone?

They are underated. Just young chickens, they can be no more than 2 pounds and get slaughtered no more than 5 to 6 weeks old which sounds terrible but anyway my favorite way to roast a cornish hen is this recipe which is my own.

I like citrus flavors with chicken so this has a bit of a citrus glaze or marinade thing going on.

Juice two oranges and one lemon. In a bowl whisk in about 3 tablespoons of honey until you form a glaze (something you'd dip a donut in).

Salt and pepper the bird FAVORABLY. Rub good olive oil all over and season bird with rosemary, thyme and sage. Inside the bird pour a bit of oil in there, just a little to create like a penny sized pool. Stick 2 or 3 cloves of garlic whole and 2 whole bay leaves. If there is room also put the rinds of the citrus fruits you used in there. Truss the bird if you want or just rest the legs so that they don't move.

Bake at 400 for 45 minutes, take the glaze and paint it all over. Bake for another 10 minutes.
Take the bird out, let it rest. Paint on the glaze a little more if you wish. If you have any glaze leftover do the following.

Boil a cup of water, season with a pinch of salt, dump in the glaze, furiously whisk until the glaze becomes a liquid. Pour into a bowl and use as a dipping sauce for the hen.

Mangia.

Coquito

Egg nog, puerto rican style.

Coquito!!!!!!!!!

And it's simple, take all the ingredients and put them in a blender.

Then blend and refrigerate. Drink when cold.

Feliz Navidad!

What I Ate Yesterday

Yesterday, Sunday I ate:

Fruit Loops

Chicken Soup (Homeade)

Chicken Fried Steak, yellow rice, black beans.

Snacks : xmas cookies, dried sausage, fresh mozz, crackers, bread, pretzels, nuts, 7 or 8 Negra Modelo's, 3 Sammy Winter Lagers

What I Ate Yesterday

Yesterday, Tuesday I ate:

Cheese Pastry
Apple Spice Cake

Turkey/Mozz/Hot Peppers on a hero
Chips

3 Soft Tacos w/olives-tomoatos-lettuce-hot sauce
Tostito chips

Beverages: Corona's, Pepsi, Water, Tea
Snacks: Twizzlers, Chips, Nestle Crunch Bar (underated)

What I Ate Yesterday

Yesterday, Monday I ate.

Sausage Biscuit (Not mickey D's unfortunately)

Leftover Pot Roast

Two Hamburgers, fries, One lamb knuckle

Dessert: Two Cinnamon Buns

Snacks: Twizzlers, Peppermint Bark, Mike and Ikes, Goobers

Beverages: Corona's, Tea, Water, Iced Tea

What I Ate Yesterday

Yesterday, Sunday I ate:

Breakfast:
Leftover Pot Roast

Lunch:
2 slices of Pizza

Dinner:
Meatball Hero

Beverages:
Coke, Iced Tea, Water

Desserts:
Cupcakes, Cake, Cella's Chocolate Covered Cherries

What I ate yesterday

Yesterday, Wednesday I ate.

Breakfast:
Apple Pie (homeade, boss's wife)

Lunch:
C.11
Chicken w/Broccli, eggroll, wonton soup

Dinner:
Rice and Beans
Tomato and olive salad

Beverages
iced tea, water, ginger ale

Snacks
More pie, candy cane

What I Ate Yesterday

Yesterday, Monday I ate.

Breakfast:
Sweet Potato Pie
(some dude brought it in, homeade, it was phenominal)

Lunch:
Sausage and Peppers Hero

Dinner:
Baked Lemon Chicken
Sweet Potato
Mixed Veggies (Birdseye Steam Bag)

Beverages:
Green Tea, Coffee, Water, Cherry Coke, Ginger Ale.

Snacks:
Smokes Almonds, Homeade peppermint bark, Cheese doodles.

What I Ate This Past Weekend

Over the weekend, I ate:

Saturday:
Sausage McGriddle
Hash Browns (2)

Buffalo Chicken Tenders
Nathan French Fries

Beef Stew

Sunday:
Banana Walnut Pancakes
Bacon

Rainbow Chicken
(Chinese joint, some Pan-Asian shit, very good)

Sausage and Peppers

*I drank alot of beer all weekend, finished the Sam Adams Winter Lager case.
*Snacks, desserts - can't remember. Alot though.

What I Ate Yesterday

Yesterday, Friday I ate.

Breakfast:
English Muffin w/honey butter

Lunch:
Buffalo Chicken Sandwhich
Fries

Dinner:
3 Ground Beef Burritos
lettuce, tomoatoe, green olive, avocado, beans & hot sauce

Dessert:
Mrs. Prindable Chocolate covered apple

Beverages:
Tea, Cherry Coke, Water, 4 Corona's

Snacks:
Peanuts

What I Ate Yesterday

Yesterday, Thursday I ate.

Breakfast:
Two Sausage Biscuits

Lunch:
Turkey, Sweet Potatoe, Brussel Sprouts
(Building cafeteria had thanksgiving lunch special, it was terrible)

Dinner:
Filet Mignon, Crispy Potatoe Wedges, Swiss Chard

Dessert:
Napolean

Snacks:
Peanuts, Caramel Popcorn, Mint Chocolate Bar

Beverages:
Iced Tea, Tea, Water, Jack and Coke, Red Wine

What I Ate Yesterday

Yesterday, Wednesday I ate.

Breakfast:
Bacon and Home Fries on a roll

Lunch:
Chicken pasta from night before

Dinner:
Stuffed Shells

Dessert:
Blueberry Pie w/ Redi Whip

Snacks:
Finished bag of those Snyder pretzels, Gertrude Hawk Coconut Cream Dark Chocolate bar, an apple (Gala), carrot cake.

Beverages:
Red wine, water, tea, sprite, coffee.

What I Ate Yesterday

Yesterday, Tuesday I ate:

Breakfast:
3 Mini Pepperidge Farms Brown Sugar Bagels (the kids)
One English Muffin

Lunch: (leftover from previous night)
Shrimp Scampi
Wild Rice

Dinner:
Chicken, Tomatoes, Olives over Pasta
Garlic, Oil, White wine sauce

Snacks throughout the day:
Snyder Cheddar Cheese Pretzel pieces, Caramel Popcorn, Gingerbread Muffin

Beverages throughout the day:
Sammy Adams Winter Lager,
Pinot Grigio (I am not gay, didn't want to waste it all on the dish),
Iced Tea, Hot Tea
Water

What I Ate Yesterday

Yesterday, Monday I ate:

Breakfast:
Banana Nut Muffin
Carrot Cake

Lunch:
That soup from yesterday.

Snacks:
Snyders Cheddar Cheese Pretzel Pieces
Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts
Another piece of Carrot Cake
Candy cane

Dinner:
Shrimp Scampi
Wild Rice
String Beans

Dessert: Sam Adams Winter Lager (3)

What I Ate Yesterday

I'm back. Was deciding the direction of this blog but there are only a handful of readers so who really cares. I'll post what I eat daily, and occasionally a recipe or cooking tip or tidbit or random food note.

Sunday, I ate.

Mickey D's breakfast
Chicken Biscuit w/ two hash browns
Sweet Tea

Lunch:
3 slices of the L&B Pizza I talk about all the time

Dinner:
A beef soup, it's a puerto rican recipe.
Father in law makes it.

Dessert:
Apple Pie with vanilla ice cream

I salute you Bacon!

The USDA defines bacon as "the cured belly of a swine carcass". Awesome.

Bacon goes with everything. There have even been versions of chocolate covered bacon that I have yet to get my hands on. I mean even the bacon grease should be getting used. Maybe a bacon box juice should be made. I don't know, just throwing it out there.

What doesn't bacon go with? Yea, that would be nothing.

Here's to you bacon. Salute!

Buffalo style

Buffalo chicken tenders. Sweet.

Flour batted. Pan fried. Rolled around in hot sauce.

Alot of things taste better buffalo style.

Wife makes a nice bean salad too. Kind of cools things off.

Red Kidney, Black beans, Chickpeas, Cucumber, Sweet Corn, Carrots, Celery.
Sometimes red onion. Not today though.

Chicken Parm

Anniversay dinner at home was Chicken Parm.


Who doesn't love that shit. If you find a person that does not. Bring them to me. I will cut thier genitilia off and hang them upside down until they pass out.

Going into the oven to melt. Goodyness.

Cabana

Cabana restaurant is a cuban joint. I proposed to the misses there, it's located at the South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan. So it was only right that we celebrate our third anniversary there on Saturday night.

I got the Ropa Vieja, an old staple. Man was it delicious.

Well first we started with Tostones Rellenos which is green bananas filled with chicken, shrimp and ropa vieja. Then we had some Marquitas on the side which are like the chip verison of said green bananas. The lady got the chicken and shrimp entree. The red snagria is off the chain, I mean that with all sincerity.

No really the red sangria is so good it makes my balls tingle when i sip it.

Onto the Ropa:
Ropa Vieja is Shredded skirt steak simmered with onions, peppers and plum tomatoes. Over thier rice and dark knight black beans. It's like a gold bar on a plate.

For dessert we just ate each other, some champange and chocolate covered strawberries were involved.

What I Ate This Week

I ate alot this week, the rundown.

English muffin pizza's
KFC Thigh
KFC Biscuit
Bean Salad
Home Fries and Bacon on a roll (3 of them, awesome)
Everything bagel with butter
Tacos (like 8, 6 soft, 2 hard. TWSS)
Mallomars
Pistachios
Chocalate Chip Cookies
Scrambled Eggs
Scones
Lots of Red Wine
12-14 Oktoberfest Beers
4-5 Corona's
Pepsi, Iced Tea, Gin

I think that bout covers it.

What I Ate Yesterday

Mickey D's breakfast
Chicken Sandwhich
Hash Browns
Cinnamon Melts
sweet tea

Lunch
Lard bread
Iced Tea

Dinner
Hot wings
Iceberg lettuce chunk
couscos

Oktoberfest Beer
Lots of it.

The Boar

Boar's Head

Quality cold cuts. Nothing better.
Have some.

Must See TV

Must watch TV if your into travel and food. Bizarre_Foods with Andrew Zimmern show on the Travel channel and Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations also on the Travel channel.

Zimmerman's show is terriffic. He eats some really fucked up shit, always thinks it's good (for the most part) and really educates the viewers on the culture behind the fucked up food.

Bourdain's is a bit more focused on more normal eats and relative culture in other aspects.

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Try this and get back to me. Never tried them:

Bacon chocolate chip cookies-

3/4 cup butter(It has been suggested that using 1 full cup of butter works best due to cookie dough dryness)
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon hazelnut (or almond) extract *Edit- It has been suggested that the almond flavouring may be overpowering to the flavour of the cookie, feel free to add this ingredient to taste*
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg (It has been suggested that using 2 eggs works best due to cookie dough dryness)
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups bacon bits (if preferred, you can separate the dough into two parts and only make half of the dough into bacon cookies, in which case you'll only want to use 1 cup bacon bits)

Also, you can make your own bacon bits, just make sure you pat down the bacon chunks with paper towels to remove as much extra bacon grease as possible. *Edit* one of my readers made their own bacon bits and found out that apparently it takes about 2lbs of bacon to make 2 cups of bacon bits, just for future reference.

Directions-

preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.

Beat together the butter, sugars, flavouring and eggs until creamy. In another bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and stir together. Dough will be slightly soft. If you want a cakier cookie, add another half cup of flour. Add in chocolate chips and bacon bits. Stir until well integrated. Place dough on a sheet of waxed paper and refrigerate at least an hour. Remove dough from fridge, pinch off 1 1/2 inch pieces of dough and roll into balls. Set dough balls about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten dough balls slightly with your fingers in the center.

Bake cookies for about 10 minutes, or until the dough starts to turn golden brown. Allow cookies to cool on a cooling rack while you ready the glaze.

Maple cinnamon glaze-

2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon maple extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon *edit- it has been suggested that 1 teaspoon may be a bit much, so go ahead and add to taste*
enough water to make a thick glaze (I used about 3 tablespoons)

Mix all ingredients together until smooth and creamy. If lumpy, use a whisk.

Spread a small amount of the glaze on the top of each cookie and top with a small piece of crisp cooked bacon.

Lunch

Love the combo of ham and fresh mozz.
Throw in some Olives and fresh garden tomatoes.
I'm set.

What I'm Making

Tonight I will make pepper steak.

What I Didn't Make

Never made to Outback. Had pizza again. It's that good.
Tonight we're going to my aunts house. I'll report back.

Chain Steakhouse?

Let's get Outback tonight.

Outback, more times than none has been pretty good. Steaks are cooked to order, not over seasoned, the sides are all quality and the beer in the 22oz draft cup is ice cold and not a bad price. Pair that with the warm pumpernickel bread and crazy coconut shrimp, it's a solid B. Definetly one of the better chains, that's for sure.

What I'm making Today

Nothing. In the mood for Pizza. Good thing I live in Brooklyn.

EAD.

What I'm making

Instead of what I ate yesterday, since I'm off for two weeks and cooking frequently I figured I'd write about what I'm making on each day.

Today is mini-burgers (70-30 sirloin) on potato buns. Regular fries, corn on the cob and OLD BAY fries. OLD BAY is a seafood seasoning that I love. Usually used on crabs or shrimp. I know you've had it before, try it on sone golden fried fresh cut fries. They are wonderful.

Today's Menu

Today I'm making Basil Chicken w/tomatoes over rice or macaroni. I haven't decided yet. Fresh Basil is very versatile. For the Monday night game I got some pigs in a blanket and wings of course. These are different though, not that I'm sick of them but all summer I've eaten Hto Wings, this time I'm switching it up to some Honey BBQ jumpoff ones. I still put some heat in the sauce though. Yes the sauce is homeade I'll post the recipe one day. But in it I add a couple of penos to turn up the heat.

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Two Hash Browns w/Bacon on a roll
Iced Tea

Lunch:
Grilled chicken salad
Iced Tea

Dinner:
Burger
Wings
8 Corona's, 2 Tecate's

Dessert: More wings

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Banana Nut Crunch Cereal
Peach

Lunch:
Buffalo Chicken Hero w/ Fries
2 Newcastle Ale's

Snacks: Carvel Ice Cream cake

Dinner:
Spinach mozz ravioli's
Red wine

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Banana Nut Crunch Cereal

Lunch:
Meatball Hero
(bout 6 meatballs)
Wild Cherry Pepsi

Dinner:
Grilled BBQ Chicken
Broccli
Fries
4 Corona's

Friday night

Friday night we went to this place. We've been there before so we knew the menu relatively well, the atmosphere is what this place is all about. It sits on the Brooklyn waterfront and has tremendous views of New York City.

Friday night I had the Poblano's Relleno which in english is a stuffed Poblano Pepper.
It was stuffed with Braised Short Rib Beef smothered with smoked Gouda cheese. And while I like smoked gouda it was too overpowering. I wanted to taste the beef, the spices and the inside of the pepper. Instead I tasted smoked gouda. It was disappointing. My wife's enchilada's were off the hook though so the place won't get the X mark. The margarita's, salsa, guacomole and the views are reason enough to go there again and again.

Afterwards we here a loungue we frequent often. Especially since my sister in-law works there. I had a couple of scotch soda's and we hung out. My wife got plastered. It was a nice night.

What I ate yesterday

Breakfast:
Cookies
Brownie
Tea

Lunch:
4 slice of pizza
chicken parm hero
Cherry Coke

Snacks : beer at the office

Dinner:
Stuffed Pablano Pepper with Braised Beef
Chips w/Salsa & Guacomole
Fried Yuca
2 Corona's

Snacks : 5 Gnger Ale and Jack Daniels cocktails, Snicker Pie, Edaname

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Pancakes w/Bacon
Iced Tea

Lunch:
3 Sierra Nevada Pale Ales

Snack:
Ice cream cone, chips, bowl of cereal

Dinner:
Rice and Beans
Steak

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Banana
Coffee (can't eat when I'm nervous, had interview)

Lunch:
Grilled Chicken Wrap
Lettuce/Tomato Hot Sauce
Iced Tea

Dinner:
Rice and Beans
Salad
Corona (2)

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Toast
Banana
Coffee

Lunch:
Arozz Y Gondules
Fried Chicken (spanish style)
Iced Tea

Snacks: Two Strawberry Ice Cream Cones

Dinner:
Pizza
Red Wine

Apologies

I apologize for neglecting you Mr. Food Blog. I will do my best to get back on track. As of right now no that I am eating fresh salsa at my desk from my boss's kitchen. He grew alot of tomoato's and his wife didn't know what to do with them. Also know that I will be in Pennsylvania this weekend. I usually eat good there.

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Pancakes w/Sausage
Iced Tea
Chocolate Cake

Lunch:
Pork Cutlets
Mac and Cheese (Boxed)
More Chocolate Cake

Dinner:
L&B Pizza, 3 square slices
(pictured, linked below)

The Garden of Eatin': L&B Spumoni Gardens, family-owned for more than 60 years (top left), is known for its out-of-this-world Sicilian slices. More a comestible complex than just a single restaurant, L&B boasts a pizzeria (whose pass-through window can be seen at top right), a spumoni stand, and a sit-down Italian eatery—all in a sprawling compound on 86th Street between West 10th and West 11th streets in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood.

What's up with it, Vanilla face?

Breakfast:
Corn Muffin w/Butter & Jelly
Tea

Lunch:
Chilli
Guacamole
Chips
Iced Tea

Snacks: Various candies

Dinner:
Chicken Caccitorre

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Whole Wheat Bagel w/ butter
Some Plums
Cake
Tea & OJ

Lunch:
Chilli Dog
Some Chips *Jalepeno*
Iced Tea

Dinner:
Pork Cutlets
Mini Potato Pancakes
Peas
Iced Tea

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Sausage Biscuit
Home Fries
Iced Tea
Cake

Lunch:
Roti
Beef Patty
Iced Tea

Dinner:
Chilli Dogs
Chips
Iced Tea

The weekend.

A little much. A way much maybe. Besides all the wonderful beverages. Alot of food went down this past weekend. Included:

Eggs
Bacon
Bialy's
Filet Mignon
BBQ'd Chicken
Zucchini
String beans
Swordfish steaks
Hash Browns
Chips w/salsa
Cookies
Shrimp
Spicy Beef Bean Burrito's from 7/11

all not in moderation....

Beverages

Beer
Cabo Wabo Tequilla
Patron Anjeo Tequilla
Vodka
Jameson
Wine
Beer

Good weekend.

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Boiled Egg on toast.
Fruit Punch Gatorade

Lunch:
3 slices of Pizza
Pepsi
Sno-Caps
Hershey Bar

Dinner:
Two Chicken Gyros
4 Corona's
Italian Ices, Cherry/Blue Raspberry & Mango

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Sesame Bagel w/Butter
Tea

Lunch:
Hawaiian Pork Ribs
Rice Pilaf
Peas

Snack: Cheddar Sun Chips

Dinner:
Hamburger w/ Fries
Hanger Steak
Salad
3 Corona's

Trip Menu

Menu/shopping list for this weekend's trip. Salivate.

List:
Filet Mignon ($25-30 range get it whole, I'll break it down)
3 Swordfish Steaks
One Family Pack Boneless Chicken
Fresh Mozz
4 Zucchini's
8 Large Tomatoes for Salsa
4 Red or Vidalia Onions
2 or 3 Jalepeno's or any other Hot Pepper
One Pack of Mushrooms, Shitake preferably
2 Avocados for Gauc
Bag of Limes
Green String Beans
Shrimp, Large size (20-25 ct) either frozen or fresh doesn't matter
Italian Bread or Baguette, Hard/Soft Rolls
Salad, Arugala or Spinach
Cucumbers
Soy Sauce
Garlic
Olive Oil
Butter
Bacon
Chips (Not Pickle ones)
Bagels/Toast
Eggs
Milk
Juice
Iced Tea or Sodas or Water?

Lunch:
Grilled Chicken Sandwhiches
Grilled Swordfish Sandwhich

Dinner:
Grilled Sesame Shrimp Ke-Bobs
Grilled Filet Mignon's w/Red Wine Reduction
Sauteed Shitake Mushrooms
Jess's Famous Soy Sauce String Beans
Garlic Bread w/Mozz

NOTE: Beer get's purchased on arrival.

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Blueberry Pancakes with Bacon
Iced Tea

Lunch:
Meatball Hero (from home)
Salad
Iced Tea

Dinner:
3 Slices of Pizza
3 Corona's

Dessert: Italian Ices

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Scrambled Eggs, Fried Salami
Toast
Tea

Lunch:
Turkey, Mozz, Tomato
Chips
Pepsi

Dinner:
Stuffed Mushrooms
Ziti & Meatballs
Salad
Bread

Dessert: Apple Tart

Movies: Sno-Caps, Popcorn, Coke

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Nothing

Lunch:
Ham, Mozz, Sopressata Sandwhich
Chips
Pepsi

Dinner:
Rice and Beans
4 Pork Chops in a red sauce (spanish)
Chilli over more rice
Chips and Dip
Kielbasa sandwhich
3 Flying Dog Pale Ales, One Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and One Summer Ale

Dessert: Some Munchkins

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Two Scrambled Eggs
Hash Brown
Tea

Lunch:
4 slices of Pizzza
Pepsi

Dinner:
Veal Cutlet Parm
Penne
Fried Zucchini
House Wine (Restaurant)

Dessert: Canoli Cremalata

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
French Toast w/Bacon
Tea

Lunch:
Leftover Baked Ziti

Snack: Two Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cones

Dinner:
Ziti, Meatball
Bread
One Stuffed Artichoke
Red Wine, Cabernet

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Sausage Biscuit & Hash Brown (MickyD's)
Cranberry Juice
Hot Tea

Snacks: Grapes

Lunch:
Rice & Gondules
Leftover Filet Mignon Steak
Pepsi

Snack: Like 8 Pecan Clusters, Pretzels

Dinner:
Chicken Parm Hero
Pepsi

Snack: 5 Corona's

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Sesame Bagel w/Butter
Cranberry Juice
Tea

Snack: 5 Apricots

Lunch:
Turkey, Bacon, Lettuce on Hero
Rice Ball, Potato Croquette
Cherry Coke

Snacks: Toffee flavored Ice Cream in a Waffle Cone

Dinner:
Filet Mignon
Catfish Filet
Tater Tots
Arugala Salad
Red Wine, Cabernet

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Pastry filled with Canoli cream
Coffee

Lunch:
Sausage and Peppers hero
One Proscuitto Ball
Cherry Coke

Snack: Chocolate covered rice krispy treat

Dinner:
Two slices of pizza
One Dozen Hot Wings
Two Sam Adams Pale Ale

Saturday pics/Hot Wings

You know what to do. Season wings with salt and pepper. Brush with olive oil. Either Grill or fry wing (if frying no olive oil) until you get a crisp tan color. Melt a stick of butter (1 stick per 5 lbs of wings) once the butter is melted add the Frank's Red Hot. You want about 2 cups of hot sauce for Hot Wings, 1 cup for mild and 3 for very hot. But for very hot I would also season the wings with some Cayenne and throw in some crushed red into the butter. This is a classic hot wing recipe. After dousing the cooked wings with your sauce I usually bake them for extra crispiness.

Unrelated the Peppers I used for the S&P.

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Bacon, Egg on an Everything Bagel
Arnold Palmer

Lunch:
Two Rice Balls
5 Wings
One Proscuitto Ball
One Potato Croquette
Pepsi

Dinner:
Baked Ziti
Chianti Red Wine

Dessert:
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Cone

What I Ate Yesterday

Saturday, cooking for 30 people. Daughter's 1st bday party. I'm telling you this because I skipped breakfast and didn't eat until about 4:30. I'll just list what I ate since it was mostly beer.

Proscuitto Balls
Rice Balls
Potato Croquette
Pork Shoulder
Rice & Gondules
Pasta w/Bologense Sauce
Sausage & Peppers
Italian Bread
Birthday Cake

14-15 Beers : Corona, Sammy Adams Summer Ale

Yea, so wow. Excellent stuff though. Totally worth it.

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast:
Bacon/Sausage Omelet
Buttered Roll
Special K Cereal Bar
Iced Tea

Snack: Raspberries

Lunch:
Cubed steak (leftover from home)
Two Rice Balls
3 Buffalo wings
Iced Tea

Snack: Gertrude Hawk Milk Chocolate Crisp Bar, One Plum, Two Funny Bones

Dinner:
BBQ'ed Pork Chop w/String Beans
Sam Adams Summer Ale
No Snack.

What I Ate Yesterday

Breakfast :
Stella D'Oro Mini S cookies, 100 calorie packs
One Nectarine
Large Cup of Coffee

Lunch:
Buffalo Chicken Sandwhich
Side of French Fries
Jim Beam Bourbon over ice

Snack:
Hershey Almond Chocolate Bar
Go Diego Go Fruit Snacks

Dinner:
Ribeye Steak
White Rice w/Chicken & String Beans (Chinese)
One Pork Fried Dumpling
Water

Dessert:
Small cup Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

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This is El Pad's food blog. Welcome.

First and foremost I am treating this blog sort of like a food diary. I plan on posting what I eat every day, from breakfast to dinner and everything in between. Second I will get a chance to post some recipes that you may or may not enjoy. Third, I would like to do some featurettes on regional foods and link all that is good in the food industry.

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