~Classic Meat Pies~
Recipe by: Eat, Little Bird

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~Classic Meat Pies~
Recipe by: Eat, Little Bird
bún chả lettuce cups with mung bean noodles
Good beef casserole recipe
Good beef casserole Ingredients:60 g (2 oz.) butter,750 g (1 l/2 lb.) blade steak,1 large onion,2 sticks celery,125 g (4 oz.) bacon pieces,3 tablespoons flour,2 cups water,3 tablespoons tomato paste,1/4 teaspoon mixed herbs,1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon, Worcestershire sauce,salt, pepper. Cut any excess fat from meat. cut meat into 2 5 cm (1 in.) cubes Heat butter in pan. add half the meat. cook…
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咩係Blade Steak❓❓❓(有人叫Flat Iron Steak)
Jamie Oliver👨🍳形容為佢心目中最佳嘅牛扒😋😋,呢塊喺牛肩兩邊入面其中嘅一塊肉,被認為全隻🐂入面第二腍嘅部位,僅次於Filet Mignon。
呢間位於梭椏道嘅餐廳,主打Blade Steak,價錢平👍,味道好🤩,同樣出色嘅🍟仲要無限量任食,大哥,🌟點可以唔介紹呀?✨
結婚週年紀念,再食blade steak~
Harolds Meat + Three
Harolds Meat + Three
Last night I tried a ton of really great American, and specifically NY/NJ, comfort food here at Harold’s Meat + Three. There’s a lot to discuss, so I might as well get right down to it. WINGS Brined, smoked and grilled, these are some of the best, most deeply flavorful wings I’ve ever had. They have a great charcoal, wood-fired flavor to them. PIZZA We sampled two wood fired flatbread pizzas. The…
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I love cooking.
Improvising Ingredients
CAN I GET A SUGGESTION? What, you don’t eat eggs? You bought a weird cut of meat I’ve never cooked with? You forgot to buy cheese? These are all great suggestions and hopefully I’m going to make these work in a bunch of delicious meals!
OK, seriously I should take an improv class because my skills need work. However, when it comes to improvising in the kitchen and making due with what I’m presented with, I ain’t too shabby! Due to another crazy week, I didn’t cook as much as usual.
Last week while I was posting my food blog I made a delicious veggie omelette to inspire my writing. I sautéed asparagus and mushrooms, with parsley flakes and garlic salt, poured 2 beaten eggs over the veg and wilted some spinach in between before I flipped. Top with goat cheese (I used goat because A-It’s amazing and B-A big log of it was on sale so I’ve been goating it up all week). Serve with a piece toast with sliced tomatoes from the farmers market. PERFECTION. It even looks so pretty!
Just as I was posting my blog I found out that I had a SUPER last minute audition. Normally this would be fine, but this audition happened to take place in NORTH YORK which would have taken me 2 hours by bus. Luckily, my sweet boyfriend swooped in (after I begged) and took me there in a Zip Car. Shout out to Zip Car! This is how you get sponsors, right? Anyway, as a a reward I decided to take my man lover out for dollar oysters at Beast restaurant. This was really an excuse to buy myself oysters...
On Wednesday after a cray day, mamma was craving chicken wangs. Of course I didn’t give myself enough time before I had to leave. I was about to give up and eat a piece of toast when I noticed the back of the package of chicken had a recipe that recommend MICROWAVING the chicken wings before baking. Why not? I normally ave the microwave for re-heating but it can be equally as helpful with pre-cooking. In a microwave safe dish cook wings for about 6 minutes. This actually helps melt off excess fat. (gross and cool!) Lightly toss them in olive oil, salt and pepper, and arrange on a foil lined baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, flipping half way through. Toss in a mixture of franks red, sriracha and butter. I’ve made a lot of baked chicken wings in my day, but the microwave helps keep them moist! I guess because they’re not drying out in the oven? I served them with carrot sticks and ranch dressing, ate them in about 5 minutes and rushed out. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
Thursday I was in a lil’ Jon music video (WHAT? YES? OKAY!) and then went straight to a NXNE show to open for hilarious comedian, Nick Thune. Needless to say, I didn’t have time to make food at home. I even ate McDonalds at the end of the night because I AM MONSTER. Check out this review of the show!
http://exclaim.ca/Comedy/article/8203nick_thune_ben_kronberg_mark_little_julia_hladkowicz-nxne_hub_toronto_on_july_18
I decided to take the night off Friday. I’d been burning the candle at both ends and really needed to chill. A nice steak dinner felt like the right thing to do. I put Matt in charge of picking us up 2 steaks, baking potatoes and spinach. I felt like a classic steak dinner. Of course, Matt went to a tiny grocery store with slim pickin’s and came back with one sirloin tip steak and one blade steak. WTF. These are not steaks you just toss on the grill. They require work and most importantly TIME. I decided to Ask Jeeves “how to cook a sirloin tip” and he’s like “Girl, you need to marinate that shit for like 12 hours at least!” and then I said “what about a blade steak” and he’s like “Oooo I’d recommend putting it in a stew or braising it.”
GREAT. I froze the sirloin tip (not to be confused with top sirloin!) because I didn’t have the time to deal with it and focussed my attention on the blade steak. It’s a tough cut of beef with a weird fat thing running through it. I did what the internet said and braised it.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/464989-how-to-cook-a-blade-steak/
Season your steak on both sides (I used steak spice) and put oil in your dutch oven. When it’s hot enough, sear steak for about 3-4 minutes on each side to form a crust and lock in juices.
Take out your steak and deglaze pan. The recipe recommended broth, tomato juice or wine. I didn’t have any of that so I added half a bottle of beer (drank the other half), crushed tomatoes, soy sauce, sliced onion and green garlic. Add steak back to pot ensuring the juices cover it. Put the lid on and bake in oven for 45 minutes (at 350).
Meanwhile, I had already preheated my monster potatoes in the microwave for about 10 minutes before tossing them in the over, directly on the rack, for about an hour. This will give them a crispier skin. Ideally I’d like to cook them at 375 instead of 350, but the steak was in charge.
I assembled my fave spinach salad topped with strawberries, goat cheese, silvered almonds, balsamic and olive oil. Simple.
When the meat is done, remove from oven and slice on cutting board. BEWARE. YOUR DUTCH OVEN WILL BE HOT AS F*$%. My kitchen space is pretty tiny and while trying to make room I accidentally picked up the lid of the dutch oven. HUGE MISTAKE. After cursing and running it under cold water I continued to assemble my plate. Top the potato with greek yogurt and butter. Chives would have been deluxe. I literally had to hold a cold beer the entire time I ate and eat with my left hand because the pain was so bad. I’m pretty sure I’ve burnt my finger prints right off so if this comedy career doesn’t work out I’ll consider applying for the Jason Bourne position.
The meal wasn’t what I originally wanted, but the steak turned out awesome! The rich tomato gravy that it made was so good with the tender beef. I would make this again. Blade steaks are very cheap and tasty, so they’re great if you’re on a budget. All they need is a bit to TLC. I provided myself with TLC by drinking whisky, watching Netflix and soaking my hand in an ice bowl.
My best friend Bonnie came to town this weekend. She arrived during brunch so I suggested breakfast burritos. Bonnie doesn’t eat eggs. Hm. Tofu scramble burritos? Perfect. As luck would have it, we didn’t end up having time to make the burritos and ended up going out for lunch BUT I was determined to make something delicious with this tofu. The next day I made Matt and I chipotle, tofu, black bean burritos. THEY WERE SO GOOD. I couldn’t believe how good they were!
I sautéed half a chopped onion, 2 chopped chipotle peppers (from a can), dash of cumin, dash of chili powder, dash of garlic powder, half can of drained and rinsed black beans. Let simmer until moisture evaporates from tofu. Of course I didn’t have any cheddar cheese so I used, you guessed it, GOAT CHEESE! On a large whole wheat tortilla, smear goat cheese and layer baby spinach. Add salad and greek yogurt. Top with tofu bean mixture. Carefully wrap this monster burrito like a diaper and secure with tin foil at the bottom to make your life easier. Mow down. The flavours in this worked so well. If you don’t like spice, I recommend using 1 chipotle pepper cause these babies were spiiiicaaaayyy. I liked it so much I made the same thing a few days later but using shrimp instead of tofu. Still good, but I think the tofu was actually better!
WE DID IT! We made it to the end of another delicious week. What did we learn?
1) Improvise! Work with the ingredients you have and show them love.
2) Tofu can be a real nice time.
3) Goat cheese is more versatile than you think.
4) The microwave can be your friend.
Thanks again for eating with me! Also, have you seen this weeks VIRAL KITCHEN? It’s even better than the last!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3jvH71nIxM
Check out last weeks blog for the full recipe of “Basic Skinny Bitch Alfredo”. See you next week!