Well, Christmas
is this Thursday and if you are having the traditional turkey dinner but want a
quick and easy meal before then, why not try my pork tenderloin rotisserie for
sandwiches recipe. Because this recipe is a shorten version of my Apple
Butter Pork Loin with Pumpkin Pie Spicesrecipe for roaster
ovens, it is only for pork sandwiches where the marinade time and cook time remain
the same, however, the extra herbs and spices are omitted and replace with a
simple pork rub.
If I am out of my own
blend of pork rub, like today, I use the Special
Shit blend made by the Big
Cock Ranch, which can be found on Amazon. Uh, I shit you not. It is a very good rich blend
of herbs and spices that when added to the meat you must be mindful that a
little goes a long, long way.
Because this recipe is only for pork sandwiches, the
marinade time and cook time remains the same as in my regular pork tenderloin
rotisserie recipe, but the extra herbs and spices are omitted and replace with
a simple pork rub.
Ingredients:
1 Pork Tenderloin {About 1 to 1 ½ Pounds Total)
Pork rub seasoning
Directions:
Combine all ingredients except the pork in a flat baking dish.
Reserve 1 /3 of the marinade and keep it separate.
Trim all fat and skin from the pork tenderloins and place them in the marinade. Turn to coat well.
Cover and marinate for 15 to 30 minutes at room temperature.
Cook the pork in a Rotisserie Basket for 30 minutes basting it with the marinade juices often during the last 10 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 160° F on a meat thermometer.
Slice the pork on the diagonal, place on a serving platter.
Warm the reserved marinade and spoon it over the pork slices and serve.
Have you ever wanted garlic bread but there was not one
slice in the house? Well, today I cooked chicken cacciatore for dinner, but I did
not want to settle for my usual quick and easy garlic bread toast recipe, see below.
Therefore, I rolled up my sleeves and started preparing a whole fresh homemade loaf
of garlic bread. Keep in mind that the Hamilton Beach bread maker recipe book
does not contain a simple garlic bread recipe; so, I adapted a recipe from the
Oster bread making machine recipe booklet,
which contains a lot more herbs and salt than I used for my own bread.
Although not listed, I added a half teaspoon of dried oregano to my
recipe. However, you can omit it or add whatever herb that suits your
taste
Evelyn’s Quick and Easy Garlic
Bread
This garlic bread recipe is too simple. I came up with it out
desperation. The ingredients are few for those you that don’t want to bake or
buy regular loaf. It is as simple as making cinnamon toast.
Ingredients:
2 thick and regular slices of
bread
2 tablespoon butter or
margarine, soft but not melted
Enough garlic powder, salt and
pepper for taste.
A sprinkling of grated
parmesan, if desired
Direction:
Pre-heat toaster oven on the toast setting
Blend butter, garlic powder, salt and pepper with a small fork until
smooth
Spread on bread
If using the grated parmesan
Toast bread in toaster oven until rich golden brown, about 3 to 4
minutes
Microwave water for 3 to 4 minutes, add a quarter cup more to account for evaporation
Once water is hot measure it down to the above amount needed
and add butter to melt it by stirring, until completely mixed in water.
Add water and butter mixture ingredients to the bread pan.
Add the rest of ingredients in order list above to the bread
pan.
Make a well in the flour with your finger andthe yeast.
Lock the bread pan into the bread maker and close the lid.
Select the Basic setting, which is first setting on the Hamilton
Beach bread maker
Select your choice crust color from light, medium or dark
crust.
Press start button and
leave the brad maker alone to do its thing.
For best result, once the bread is done and cooking on a
rack, brush it with an egg wash coating: one egg white stirred together with
one tablespoon of water.
Note: I discovered that add wheat
gluten to my bread recipes result in well-formed store bought soft and tasty
like bread. Although, bread flour contains wheat gluten, the amount is not high
enough to help the bread texture and bake well.
Tonight,
I am uploading my variation of an old coleslaw recipe from Betty Crocker, which
has probably been around for a hundred plus years. You might have a copy of it yourself. To make
is simple I just call it “Evelyn’s
Creamy Coleslaw Variation”. It is a winner. I know because when my husband,
Stanley, who is like Mikey in the old Life Cereal commercial,says,he likes it. Then I know
that I made a good recipe that is worth keeping.
What
make this recipe special for me are the dried lavender buds and the apple I added
for extra nutrition and flavor; and so to not drag on this post out any longer,
my new coleslaw recipe awaits you below.
Evelyn’s Creamy
Coleslaw Variation
Ingredients
Half
of a large cabbage, shredded
2
carrots, shredded
¾
cup mayonnaise
1
heaping tablespoon sugar
2
teaspoons white vinegar
2
½ teaspoons dried lavender buds
¾
teaspoon celery seeds
2
medium or 1 large red or granny apple
Directions
Combine
cabbage, apples and carrots in large bowl.
Mix
mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, lavender buds and celery seeds together until
smooth.
Mayonnaise
mixture over veggies and stir until all is well coated.
I hope you had a grace filled
Thanksgiving. Ours was quiet. You would think that at my age, I would prefer to
let someone else do the cooking, but no, I truly enjoy the whole holiday
preparation experience; from the meal planning, doing the shopping, the cooking and setting
the table and serving the meal. However, today I must create a new meal with
the leftover turkey. While I have frozen the turkey legs for a meal later in
the year, today I made a new recipe for the rest of those bird remain. And this one is really really tasty.
Evelyn’s
After Thanksgiving Thyme Turkey
Hash
Ingredients
3
tablespoons olive oil
5-6
medium or 3 jumbo whites potatoes, skins-on and diced
1
small onion, chopped
1
red bell pepper, chopped
2
celery stalks, chopped
½
teaspoon salt
¼
teaspoon pepper
1/4
teaspoon thyme
2
tablespoons garlic infused
2
tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2
cup turkey gravy from jar or 2 cans cream of chicken for making homemade turkey sauce, directions below
4
cups Diced roasted turkey; see use chicken also
1/4
teaspoon chives
Ground
Sage to enhance taste
If desired, add more salt and black pepper for taste at table side.
Directions
Heat
garlic infused olive oil and the extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet (12
inch) over medium heat.
Add
veggies, salt, sage, thyme and pepper. Cook and stir frequently, adding a
little water avoid dryness when needed
Cook for
about 15 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.
Stir in
the turkey and turkey gravy or sauce, cook and stir frequently, until heated
thoroughly for about 10 minutes
Turkey sauce made of cream of
chicken soup
2 cans
cream of chicken soup
1-1/2
teaspoons dried thyme
1-1/2
teaspoons sage rug
1 tablespoon turkey brine seasoning
Directions
In media
sauce pan add all ingredients
Stir to
mix well
Microwave
for 6 minutes and when the time is right mix into hash
Yes, I'm here with another recipe. This one is an
old favorite and is usually cook when the mustard and turnip greens are in season.
However, in today’s world and with the added intervention of hydroponic indoor
garden systems, not only can you grow mustard and turnip greens any time of the
year, now you can also have collard, kale, baby pol choy and swish chard ready
to cook and eat whenever you want them.
Although in today’s recipe, I am using store bought greens,
my own mustard, turnip and collard greens seedlings are growing well in their
hydroponic tower. I will show them off on a later date on my Evelyn’s
Twigs, Thyme and Stranger Things Gardens website.
For now here is my mustard and turnip greens recipe.
Evelyn’s Mustard and Turnip
Greens Recipe
Ingredients
4
slices thick bacon and or 2 slices thick bacon and 1 smoked ham hock
½
package fresh chopped Turnip Greens or frozen Pictsweet Farms
½
package fresh chopped Mustard Greens
One
onion, chopped
1/2
tsp. red pepper
2
(14 oz.) cans chicken broth, or 3 bouillon cubes and 1 ½ qt. water
1
teaspoon sugar
1
teaspoon garlic
1
teaspoon salt
½
teaspoon pepper to taste
Directions
Place bacon in a large
Dutch oven and cook over medium heat until crispy and fat is rendered.
Drain all but 2
tablespoons bacon grease. If using bacon and ham hock method, add1 tablespoon
bacon grease
Add sugar, salt,
pepper, and chicken broth or cubes and water into the Dutch oven, cook to a
boil
Add green, cook to
a boil
Reduce heat, cover
and simmer 30-45 minutes or until greens are tender.
I just finished watching the South Korean Romcom series, Bon Appetit, Your Majestyon Netflix,and now I am watchingThe King's
Affection also on Netflix,andQueen Wooon Paramount+. I truly enjoy watching South Korean entertainment, and am glad that through Roku television I have been able to watch it these past ten years along with my daily soap operas. You remember Days of Our Lives on Peacock/NBC, The Young and the Restless on Paramount+/CBS,
and, oh let’s not forget its all new soap, Beyond the Gateswith its
predominate black cast members. In truth, l binge watch these soaps every weekend.
However, right at this moment, I am settling in to watch the NBC special of director, Jon M. Chu musical, Wicked: One Wonderful Night.
Starring
Cynthia Erivo Ariana Grande Ethan Slater Bowen Yang Marissa Bode Michelle Yeoh Jeff Goldblum
It’s that time of the year when the vibes in the air all speak of Thanksgiving and Christmas cheers. If you are like me, you have already stocked up on the food items you will serve, and can now relax while waiting for the time to prepare those meals.
In addition, if you are like me and find it more cost effective, you are making or have already made your favorite fruit cake. If you are a beginner and want to try your hand at make your first fruit, why not try my newest fruit recipe. What makes this fruit cake recipes different from those I made in previous years is that I added the bourbon to the candied fruit mix. This has saved me from weeks of unwrapping and drizzling bourbon on to the fruit cake to additional favor and keeping the cake moist until it was time serve it on the during the upcoming holidays.
So, if you are new to making fruit cake or just want to give my recipe a test run, by all means, go for it.
Evelyn’s Bourbon Fruitcake with Whole Cranberries
Special Note: Pre-soak the candied fruit mix, whole cranberries, raisins, pre-powdered Madagascar almond spice tea and other nuts in JD or JB for 3 to 5 days, stirring mixture at least once a day. Directions below
Ingredients:
3 large eggs room temp
½ cup sugar
¾ cup unsalted butter softened
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tsp powdered Madagascar almond spice tea.
1 tsp almond extract
2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup fresh whole cranberries
2 cups candied fruit mix
½ cup orange juice
¾ cup Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey (JD), or Jim Bean Kentucky Bourbon (JB), for soaking fruits, pre-powdered powdered Madagascar almond spice tea and nuts -- plus more soaking cake later on.
Light corn syrup, if desired
Directions:
Soak candied fruit mix, whole cranberries, raisins, pre-powdered powdered Madagascar almond spice tea and nuts in JD or JB for 3 to 5 days, Stirring mixture at least once a day.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Prep a large loaf pan with non-stick baking spray.
Beat the eggs and sugar together with an electric mixer until slightly thickened to a peak and light in color.
Add the butter, almond extract to the egg mixture and continue to mix for two to three minutes.
Slowly add in flour and orange juice until mixed well.
Stir in the candied fruit mix, whole cranberries, raisins, pre-powdered Madagascar almond spice tea, nuts and JD mixture thoroughly.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes.
While still warm, gloss cake with light corn syrup, if desired
Allow the cake to cool completely, then punch small holes on top of the fruit cake and drizzle with bourbon before wrapping tightly with cheesecloth, parchment, and aluminum foil for storage.
Yesterday evening, I had the desire for the old fashion
potato pancakes my father use to make. He cooked the either on Sunday mornings
or when he was grilling meats on the summer holidays. I don’t know why I
thoughts of these potato pancakes, I was a little girl and my father has been
dead many years, yet, his potato pancakes gain to my mind so much so that I
want to makes and eat some.
Since I was a little girl between seven and ten years of
age, I don’t know what his recipe was, but his potato pancakes to that long ago
little girl were the best, mostly because my father made them.
Anyway, I decided to look up the recipe in my Betty Crocker
cookbooks, because back then as today we always had and have a Betty Crocker
cookbook around the house. I have two copies, but each one are from different decades
in the Betty Crocker cookbook library; and among the many recipes I found
online, only one had a recipe that looked like it may have been the one my
father use. it is a photograph that someone posted it in Pinterest for people
like me, who are always looking for vintage things. However, the recipe called
for it to be cooked in a skittle. While the other recipes called for baking
them the oven.
All of which I did not want to do, so I opted to use my
waffle maker. After adapting the many recipes to my personal taste, I created
the ‘Evelyn’s Waffle Maker’s Potato
Waffles’
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Evelyn’s Waffle
Maker’s Potato Waffles
Ingredients
3-medium
raw potatoes, cubed
2
eggs, beaten
1/3 cup finely chopped onions
2 garlic cloves, minced
3/4 tsp. teaspoon salt
6
tablespoons flour
3/4
tsp. baking powder
¼
cup butter or margarine
Direction
Put eggs, onion, minced garlic, salt, flour, baking powder and 1/2 cup potato cubes
into the blender container.
Cover and process on the nut butter setting
until thick but not smooth; add additional flour if needed.
Preheat a well-greased
waffle maker. (I use the Hamilton Beach waffle maker and vegetable oil, instead
of butter or margarine )
Add the remaining potatoes, cover and food
process on the nut butter setting
When the light on the waffle maker turns
green, open and the lid light at this time should be red, if not, close and reopen
the lid again, the lid should be red now
Pour 1/2
cup potato mixture onto each of the four hot plates of the waffle maker. Close
the lid
When the light turns green again the
potato waffles are ready. Place on absorbent paper towels and cook the second
half of potato mixtures, following the directions above.
Serving size eight waffles
Top with soften butter, sour cream and
chives, if desired
I hope you enjoy the recipe below as we did tonight. I think
my father would be proud of my effort to recreate his special pancakes in a new
and fun way.
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Films and Series I watching or looking
forward to watching
Saint Andrew Kim: A Birth, which is
about the very first Josean Roman Catholic priest. Father Kim secretly
conversed hundreds of nobles and poor in Joseon era, and was ultimately martyred.
There are two networks that this film can be work. Is streaming now on YouTube
and is entitled. “Saint Andrew Kim Tegon A Birth탄생Gloria”, or if you are a Catholic on September 29th EWTN will stream, “A
Birth” at 7pm.
Anaconda starring Jack Black, Paul Rudd
and Steve Zahn – three overzealous and/or nitwit film producers wander into of
heart of the jungle in search of a replacement Anaconda for their film. The
portrayal is not so much about the hunt of the three films makers, as it is of
the humongous anaconda hunting them. As this is a Jack Black film, expect
plenty of laughs.
Netflix: Department Q, a gritty cold case crime
sage set in Scotland, Matthew Goode stars as DCI Carl Morck - a brash, but
brilliant detective leading a cold case unit in Edinburgh. DEPT. Q, a nine-part
crime procedural series.
Apple TV+ Chief of War, starring Jason
Momoa and centers on the his efforts as the outcast war Ka'iana, who wants to
unite the Hawaiian warring islands in order that them cam save themselves from
the threat of British colonization.
Disney+ - Marvel Animation's Marvel
Zombies- Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Marvel Comics - The
Marvel Cinematic Universe takes a dark turn with Marvel Zombies – the highly
anticipated animated series coming soon to Disney Plus. This on-demand Marvel
Studios project reimagines iconic heroes and villains in a terrifying new world
overrun by the undead. Fans can expect shocking twists, stunning animation, and
brutal battles unlike anything seen in the MCU before.
Crunchyroll: Clevatess DUB - One of the
Lords of Dark Beasts, Clevatess’s reign shatters when he revives a hero he
personally slayed and adopts an orphaned humanoid baby—the last hope to save a
dying world. Now bound together, what fate awaits this unlikely trio.
Kaiju No, 8-- The
story revolves around Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old longing to join The Defense
Force and make good on his promise to a childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. He
befriends a new coworker Reno Ichikawa, while cleaning up Kaiju remains, whose
determination to join The Defense Force inspires Kafka to fulfill his childhood
promise to pass the entrance exam and join Mina to protect humanity. When a
small Kaiju burrows itself inside Kafka, he gains superhuman strength and
powers fit for fighting Kaiju. He works to earn the trust of his human teammates,
defeat increasingly powerful Kaiju, and keep the world safe.
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