Celadon is soliciting recipes for the holiday cookbook... oh no! I'm not one for messing too much with my food! As I've said many times before, I eat mostly simple grilled meat and seafood. Period. At Thanksgiving, the roasted meat is turkey. At Christmas it's ham or prime rib. At Valentine's it's filet mignon. All summer it's prawns, scallops and my favorite, albacore tuna. I keep my dressings and sauces super simple: drawn butter, white wine, simple. I live a pretty simple, no frills kind of life.
But I want to be supportive of this very worthy endeavor...so what's a good neighbor to do???
I pulled out, and put on my "thinking cap" and tried to think of one or two special recipes. Here's what I came up with:
St. Patrick's Day (my wedding anniversary): Corned beef spread
Trim the visible fat off of a corned beef brisket. Try to get the kind that doesn't have all that fancy crap on it. If it's got the "special herbs" on it, rinse 'em off as best you can. Then, pop the whole thing in the oven for an hour or more at 350 degrees. Until it's falling apart. Let it cool overnight. Trim off the rest of the fat. Cut the meat against the grain and run it in your food processor with half the amount of meat to water. (e.g. one part meat to half part water), add a dash of worchester sauce and some fresh cracked pepper and a 1/4 t. dijon mustard.
Use this as a meat spread on a low glycemic veggie...
Special St. Patty's Day bfast...
Or nuke a quarter cup with an ounce of swiss cheese. Put an egg (medium size) on top and cover with plastic wrap and nuke until the white of the egg is absorbed. A special Sunday morning bfast. Calories about 290 fat and protein about 18 grams. Carbs about 4.
That's one.