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Baby Octopus In Spicy Salice Salentino/Bell Pepper Sauce With Ziti Lunga

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Sunday’s lunch featured two of my favorite ingredients, baby octopus and lunga ziti. While the baby octopus have become a beloved food during my younger year’s as a marine merchant in the Mediterranean, lunga ziti, or, as they were simply known in our home when I grew up, macaroni, have been a familiar food item since I can remember as a small child. My mom used to serve them simply with some butter-sauteed bread crumbs (schmelze) and freshly grated swiss cheese. What a feast that was, fondly remembered to this very day 🙂

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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To serve, top pasta with octopus. Sprinkle with chopped italian parsley.

Cook octopus in salted water until tender, but still with a bit of bite. Drain.

Saute in olive oil until starting to change color.

Add finely diced onions and garlic paste. Saute until fragrant.

Add diced bell peppers, saute one minute.

Add diced tomatoes and sliced scallions. Saute for one minute.

Add diced tomatoes, oregano and sliced scallions. Saute for one minute.

Deglaze with Salice Salentino or other robust red wine, add kpsher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Simmer for two minutes. Check seasoning

Deglaze with Salice Salentino or other robust red wine, add kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Simmer for two minutes. Check seasoning.

Meanwhile, cook the lunga ziti al dente.

To serve, top pasta with octopus. Sprinkle with chopped italian parsley

Baby Octopus In Spicy Salice Salentino/Bell Pepper Sauce Over Lunga Ziti

Baby Octopus In Spicy Salice Salentino/Bell Pepper Sauce With Lunga Ziti

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Asian Inspired Fiery Lamb With Egg Noodles And Vegetables

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This is comfort food at it’s finest.
What quick, easy and affordable food can be more comforting than spicy, juicy noodles with ground meat of any type, vegetables of any sort, seasoned to that just slightly burning mouthfeel that feel’s oh so good and satisfying after your taste buds have adjusted to the heat after the first few bites.
Tonight I have used lamb, egg noodles , cabbage, peppers, onions and scallions, but you could use any protein, such as pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, scallops. You could also substitute the egg noodles with any other type of pasta, as well as use the vegetables of your choice/ availability. This is such a versatile dish that only your fantasy limits your choice of ingredients.
Experiment for a bit and you will arrive at your very own favorite version of this dish 🙂

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !

Fiery Lamb With Noodles And Vegetables

Saute Fine diced Onions, Garlic Paste And Grated Ginger

Add Lamb, Saute Until All Lumps Are Broken Up

Add Salt, Hoisin Sauce, Soy Sauce, Sriracha, Maggi Seasoning, A Bit Of Corn Starch Slurry And Chicken Stock. Simmer until Meat Is Tender

Add Salt, Hoisin Sauce, Soy Sauce, Sriracha, Maggi Seasoning and Chicken Stock. Simmer until Meat Is Tender

Add vegetables And A Bit Of Corn Starch Slurry , Simmer For One Minute

Boil Egg Noodles, Drain, Mix With Sesame Oil

Add Freshly Cooked Egg Noodles And A Splash Of Lime Juice. Adjust Seasoning If Necessary. Mix Well.

Fiery Lamb With Noodles And Vegetables

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Breakfast Of Champions # 28 – ”Steak & Eggs”

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This morning I had my usual two bananas and a large pot of peppermint tea for breakfast.
One hour later I remembered a bone in rib eye in the fridge and although I tried to forget about it for the time being, I did not succeed. So at about 8.30 am I gave in to my craving for a proper breakfast and prepared this beauty :
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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !

Breakfast Of Champions # 28 – ” Steak & Eggs”

saute potatoes, grill steak

Duck Fat Sauteed Potatoes

top with sliced ttomatoes

top with medium-rare steak

Top with soft-boiled eggs

Drizzle With Chili Oil, Sprinkle With Freshly Ground Black Pepper & Scallions

Drizzle Egg’s With Chili Oil, Sprinkle With Freshly Ground Black Pepper, Kosher Salt & Scallion’s

Top With Fresh Basil

Breakfast Of Champions # 28 – ” Steak & Eggs”

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Green Lip Mussels, Lai Fen Rice Sticks And Chopped Broccoli Rabe In Red Curry / Coconut Soup

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Last night I wanted to have a spicy snack at around midnight. Had to be quick and easy. Here is what I prepared. It took about 3 minutes of actual prep time and less than 15 minutes from start to finish. (I had some blanched rapini and cooked lai fen in the fridge from yesterday’s lunch and green lips on the half shell in the freezer). What a convenient product fresh frozen seafood is. If you make sure you buy quality merchandise and handle it with care, frozen seafood will make for a great snack or quick meal in no time. This soup was just awesome 🙂
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Green Lip Mussels, Lai Fen Rice Sticks And Chopped Broccoli Rabe In Red Curry / Coconut Soup

: Green Lip Mussels, Lai Fen Rice Sticks And Chopped Broccoli Rabe In Red Curry/Coconut Soup

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Ingredient’s :
Green lip mussels, frozen, on the half shell
Lai fen rice sticks, cooked, tossed with sesame oil
Rapini, blanched, coarsely chopped
Clam juice,
Coconut milk,
Tomato, chopped
Onion, julienned
Chilis, julienned
Scallions, sliced
Almonds, slivered
Limes, juiced
Curry powder,
Turmeric,
Garlic, paste
Ginger, grated
Fish sauce,
Red curry paste, canned
Maggi seasoning,
Scotch bonnet sauce,
Kosher salt,
Peanut oil, to saute

Method :

Saute onions in peanut oil until translucent, add tomatoes and chilis, saute for one minute. Add curry paste, garlic, ginger, curry powder, turmeric and almonds and saute until fragrant. Add all other ingredients except mussels, noodles and cilantro and simmer for 7 minutes. Strain. Add mussels and noodles. Return to heat until heated through. Remove from heat. Add fish sauce and scotch bonnet sauce to taste (be careful with the fermented fish sauce, check HERE first). To serve, top with cilantro.
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Angel Burger

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If mc donald would serve this thing, I would be there twice a week.What a difference to the usual boring, crappy patty in a bun. This one was spicy, crunchy, tasty, exciting. It combines some of my favorite ingredients, all in one bite :
Noodle pillow, brie cheese, hoisin sauce, spicy italian sausage, vine ripened tomatoes, sriracha sauce and sauteed cabbage and onions seasoned with soy, garlic and ginger.
Now, if this sounds like a hodgepodge to you, you are absolutely right, but it is a hodgpodge where everything comes together just fine and forms a harmonious entity which is just wonderful in its complexity of texture and taste 🙂
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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Angel Burger

: Mise En Place Angel Burger

: Saute Onions In Butter

: Add sliced Cabbage

: Season With Soy, Ginger, Garlic & Sriracha

: Saute Angel Hair

: Noodle Pillow

: Hoisin Sauce

: Vine Ripened Tomatoes

: Italian Sausage Burger

: Brie Cheese

: Top With Cabbage / Onion

: Top With Another Noodle Pillow & Scallions

: Angel Burger

: Angel Burger

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Hot Focaccia Sandwich With Prosciutto, Gorgonzola & Avocado

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I was getting hungry at 1.00 am last night and did not feel like having just a boring packaged snack, so I put together this fabulous sandwich. The spiciness of the gorgonzola, the slight acidity and fruitiness of the guacamole and the distinctive taste of the prosciutto made for a great flavor experience, while the different textures of the crispy bread, the gooeyness of the half melted cheese, the crispness of the outside layer of the prosciutto and the soft, delicate inner layers of the ham made all of this into an absolute delicious winner 🙂
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Hot Focaccia Sandwich With Prosciutto, Gorgonzola & Avocado

: Mise En Place, Focaccio, Prosciutto, Gorgonzola, Avocado, Grape Tomato, Scallions, Mustard, Chili Flakes.

: Focaccio Sauteed In Garlic Butter

: Mustard

: Guacamole

: Guacamole

: Prusciutto

: Gorgonzola

: Grape Tomato, Scallion, Chili Flakes

: Hot Focaccia Sandwich With Prosciutto, Gorgonzola & Avocado

: Hot Focaccia Sandwich With Prosciutto, Gorgonzola & Avocado

: Hot Focaccia Sandwich With Prosciutto, Gorgonzola & Avocado

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Stew Of Black Beans, Chicken & Baby Rainbow Carrots

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After a hearty, early breakfast today, I skipped lunch, so at 4.00 pm hunger was knocking strongly and I felt like having something rustic to eat.
It was too late to soak dried beans of any kind, so I opened a can of black beans, peeled some potatoes, cleaned a few baby rainbow carrots and chopped up and seasoned a chicken I bought the day before. After only about 15 minutes prep and another 45 minutes of cooking time, this beautiful, tasty dish was on the table :
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Spicy Stew Of Black Beans, Chicken, Potato & Baby Rainbow Carrots

: Spicy Stew Of Black Beans, Chicken, Potato & Baby Rainbow Carrots

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Ingredient’s :

Chicken stock
Potatoes, cut into wedges, cooked, tossed in butter and parsley
Black beans, canned, rinsed
Chicken, cut into 16 pieces
Baby rainbow carrots,
Onion, finely diced
Scallion, sliced
Garlic, paste,
Tomato paste,
Scotch bonnet hot sauce,
Apple cider vinegar,
Red wine,
Kosher salt,
Black pepper corn, freshly ground
Thyme,
Bay leaf,
Olive oil,
Butter,
Parsley, chopped

Method :

Season chicken with salt and black pepper, saute in olive oil until golden brown, add onions and garlic, continue to saute until fragrant, add tomato paste, deglaze with wine. Add stock, thyme, bay leaf and carrots and simmer until chicken and carrots are done, about twenty minutes. Adjust salt and pepper if necessary, add a bit of vinegar and scotch bonnet sauce to taste. Finaly, add potatoes and sprinkle with scallions.

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Breakfast Of Champions # 26 – ” Shrimp & Bok Choy Congee “

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Here is how it’s supposed to be :

You have a big, substantial breakfast, go to your job and work hart, have a quick, light, healthy lunch, keep on working until it is time to go home, have a light, healthy dinner with a small glass of red wine, go to bed early, sleep at least 8 hours, get up and do it all over again 🙂

Here is what’s really happening :

You have a quick, sugary, unhealthy breakfast, go to your job and work hart, have a quick, unhealthy lunch, keep on working until it is time to go home, have a heavy, calorie and fat-laden dinner, with a bottle or two of red wine, go to bed late, don’t sleep enough, get up and do it all over again 😦
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So, today, after a long and deep sleep, I tried to start the right way, with a healthy, tasty, substantial breakfast.
I will keep you posted how it will develop from here for the rest of the day…………
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Ingredients :

Cooked Fan, (steamed chines rice)
Seafood stock, substitute with chicken stock or canned clam juice
Shrimp, peeled and deveined
Bok choy, blanched
Garlic, paste
Garlic, slivered, fried
Onions, finely julienned, fried
Ginger, grated,
Bean sprouts,
Scallions, coarsely sliced
Peanut oil,
Chili oil,
Sesame oil,
Kosher salt,
Cayenne pepper,

Method :

Simmer rice with in stock, salt and pepper until a porridge like texture is achieved. In the meantime, fry onions and garlic separately until golden. Remove to absorbent paper. Reserve. Saute Shrimp, garlic paste and grated ginger until fragrant and shrimp about halfway cooked. When congee has reached the desired texture, add the shrimp, bock choy and scallions, simmer until heated through, about one minute. Adjust seasoning if necessary. To plate, drizzle with sesame oil and chili oil, sprinkle with fried onions, fried garlic, bean sprouts and scallions.

More Congee Recipes Here

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Bone-In Rib Eye, Naan With Gorgonzola, Tomato & Walnut

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This morning at work Gene and I were talking about steaks and how great a good steak would be for lunch. Well, don’t just talk about it, do it ! S0 I went to the market and bought two great bone-in rib eyes, 80 oz in total weight. After work, straight home and put these babies on the heat, seasoned with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Got fancy with the naan too. Instead of doing the more traditional thing and putting the gorgonzola on the steak, I put it together with walnuts, grape tomatoes, scallions and lot’s of black pepper , then baked them in the oven for about five minutes. This would have been a great meal just by itself, but together with the meat and all the juices the bread soaked up – unbeatable 🙂

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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: Bone-In Rib Eye

: Naan With Gorgonzola, Tomato & Walnut

: Bone-In Rib Eye, Naan With Gorgonzola, Tomato & Walnut

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Seafood Pizza & Salsa Mexicana

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I just loved this pizza my friend Leo and I had last night.
According to Leo, the best pizza he ever had.
(Unfortunately, he is not exactly a food expert, so the verdict is still out 🙂 )

Pizza Dough Recipe Here

Toppings : Mascarpone cheese, squid, crab meat, scallions, chili flakes,
dried oregano, asiago cheese finely grated, garlic paste, salsa mexicana.

Note : Add the salsa and scallions after cooking, just before serving.

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