Food! Glorious food!!

Dani

I've been teaching myself how to cook :hotfood

DanielB

:cheeburga
feel free to come over any time and make that Kielbasa or asparagus:eat

DavidTO

Eric&Susan

Looks like AJ will start packing on the pounds:eat

Eric

Dee

Where's the recipe
For the sweet potatoes, bacon and spinach? Yum!

Andy

You better get some expandable waist pants for AJ

Dani

Thanks everyone!!!

Dee... recipe below... I got it out of Traditional Home

Dee wrote:

For the sweet potatoes, bacon and spinach? Yum!

for 6-8 servings

4lb peeled sweet potato, cut into 1-1/2" chunks
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup unsalted butter
1 tbsp snipped fresh sage
1 tbsp salt
2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
1/4 tsp black pepper
3/4 lb thick sliced bacon
8 oz fresh baby spinach

Preheat oven to 400*F. Combine potato chunks and brown sugar in large mixing bowl. In medium skillet heat butter over low heat until it turns a 'delicate brown'. Remove from heat. Stir in sage, salt, thyme and pepper. Pour mix over potatoes and toss to coat. Transfer to large roasting pan. Roast uncovered in 400*F oven for 40-50 minutes until potatoes are tender. Stir during roasting.

While potatoes roast, stack bacon and cut crosswise into 1/2 inch pieces. Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp then drain on paper towels.

When potatoes are done, remove pan from oven and stir in bacon pieces and baby spinach (until spinach wilts). Transfer to warm platter and serve immediately.


If anyone wants the asparagus recipe... just preheat oven to 400, preheat cookie sheet for 5 minutes. In large bowl mix 1 tbsp of xtra virgin olive oil and 1/2 tbsp of italian seasoning, pinch of salt and pinch of pepper. Add in some fresh asparagus and toss it around till somewhat coated. Lay asparagus out on preheated pan and roast in oven, uncovered, for 10-12 minutes. When done, sprinkle with parmesian cheese.

for the rest of the recipes go here! http://www.countryhome.com/feb2006/currentissue/secretsforsuppers.htm

David_S85

I just ate dinner, but...
...looking at those delicious food photos I am hungry again. Dani, would you mind sending some of that to all the moderators?

Andy took two hours to respond to this food thread? Wow. That's a new record low I think - and he's the 5th to respond - not 1st. And "food" is in the thread title twice. I must re-adjust my custom Food Notification Script I wrote for Andy last year, as clearly it doesn't work as fast as initially envisioned.

Skippy

Dani? What Times Dinner?

Dani wrote:

I've been teaching myself how to cook

So is that what Love does to a person??? makes them learn new things wow your learning extremely well by the looks of those dishes......what time do we need to be over there for the next meal?
Skippy (Australia)

Dee

Oh my....
Not only did that look good, but after reading the recipe I know it must have tasted good!

Oh, those cup of butter days are long over. I'm going to see what I can do to make that a little more low fat though because it really looks and sounds like it's really tasty!

Thank you so much for taking the time to post the recipe.

BTW, your food photos are obviously very good too, everyone must be salivating! Excellent photos -- food is difficult to photograph, and you've done an excellent job and made it look so yummy!

gus

Great cooking there dani & photography.

Being somewhat a gourmet chef myself i know your passion. I have a lot of recipes from (cough) a place i know ..i recon you would know it also. I do most of the cooking here so lucky guswife likes currys.

I have a chicken soup recipe so good that it could start a war & a banana bread that i make weekly. Let me know & i will be happy to PM them to you. Both very simple.

Gus

Awais Yaqub

Nice shots !
I love to Eat and cook and shoot :

Dani

I know!!! Maybe he's sick or something???? That was quite dissapointing...

David_S85 wrote:

Andy took two hours to respond to this food thread? Wow. That's a new record low I think - and he's the 5th to respond - not 1st. And "food" is in the thread title twice. I must re-adjust my custom Food Notification Script I wrote for Andy last year, as clearly it doesn't work as fast as initially envisioned.

Dani

yup!!!! I'm doing all kinds of things I never dreamed I'd be doing.. and loving it all!!!!

Thanks Skippy

Skippy wrote:

So is that what Love does to a person??? makes them learn new things wow your learning extremely well by the looks of those dishes......what time do we need to be over there for the next meal?
Skippy (Australia)

Dani

Thanks Dee!

I'm pretty sure I saw low-fat unsalted butter too. I'm betting you could cut that amount in half too though... I only used 1/2 cup and it was way more than enough..

Dee wrote:

Not only did that look good, but after reading the recipe I know it must have tasted good!

Oh, those cup of butter days are long over. I'm going to see what I can do to make that a little more low fat though because it really looks and sounds like it's really tasty!

Thank you so much for taking the time to post the recipe.

BTW, your food photos are obviously very good too, everyone must be salivating! Excellent photos -- food is difficult to photograph, and you've done an excellent job and made it look so yummy!

Dani

Thanks Gus!!! and yes please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Humungus wrote:

Great cooking there dani & photography.

Being somewhat a gourmet chef myself i know your passion. I have a lot of recipes from (cough) a place i know ..i recon you would know it also. I do most of the cooking here so lucky guswife likes currys.

I have a chicken soup recipe so good that it could start a war & a banana bread that i make weekly. Let me know & i will be happy to PM them to you. Both very simple.

Gus

Dani

Thanks Awais!

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Nice shots !
I love to Eat and cook and shoot :

Thusie

You go Dani!!!!! All your meals look wonderful, presentation, presentation

Enjoy yourself. Oh and like good glass, buy the best cooking equipment you can afford, it pays. A well seasoned cast iron skilet is a wonder and makes a great weapon:D Three cheers for you Daniclap