Author: Robert Andrews

Simple Carbohydrates

Eliminate massive amounts of processed foods such as white sugar, white rice, and white flour.

Also limit things made with white flour such as pizza, white bread, biscuits, tortillas, pancakes, and other stuff that is simply delicious.

Limit intake of white potatoes, and choose when you can sweet potatoes and yams.

Rather than white rice, choose brown rice.

Rather than hard liquor, choose a red or white wine for your evening drink.

Simple Carbs

Cauliflower Steak

Cut cauliflower head down middle
Remove leaves, etc – … pieces
Cut 1 1/2 inch thick steak

Braise in White Wine, veggie broth
Top with bay leaves, Salt, pepper, evoo
Cover and Cook 1 hour at 350°

Sear in pan over hot oil
Add evoo to steel skillet for 5 minutes each side to blacken

Plate and Top with pistou

Pistou Topping
Lots of Green olives, half as many Kalamata olives, orange segments with juice, lemon juice, golden raisins, parsley, garlic slices, salt, pepper, evoo
. Mix and marinate overnight in the fridge

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Chicken Enchiladas

Sauce – Blend all raw

  • 1 LB tomatillos – peeled and washed
  • 1 onion – minced and sautéed
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 serrano chiles – seeds removed
    jalapeño chiles for a milder sauce
  • 1/4 C chicken broth
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 C fresh cilantro
  1. Boil two chicken breasts in pot with onion, celery and carrot.  Parsnip too if you have it.  Cover with water and braise for one hour.  Skim out the fat as it rises to the top.
    ALT:   Put into covered skillet for 30 minutes at lowest heat possible.  Cook to 165º internal temp.  About 35 minutes.
  2. Bring second heavy pot up to heat and add 2 T canola oil
  3. Strain sauce and pour into pot
  4. Add 1/2 C of your broth and 1/2 C Mexican crema into the sauce
  5. Add (to taste) cumin, brown sugar, garlic powder, onion powder and ancho chiles
  6. Bring up to simmer and cook about 5 minutes
  7. Meanwhile shred your chicken
  8. Put 1 C of sauce in the bottom of a casserole
    ALT TO NEXT STEPS:  Fill up tortilla with fillings, and pour topping over top
  9. Layer corn tortillas, then chicken, then shredded Monterey Jack cheese, then more sauce.
  10. OPT:  Add a layer of cooked and peeled green chiles
  11. Drizzla some ranch dressing over top
  12. Repeat one more time
  13. Top with crema and shredded muenster and Oaxaca cheese
  14. Bake at 350° until cheese is melted . About 20 minutes

Can prepare ahead of time WITHOUT melting cheese. Refrigerate. Bring to room temp, then bake 45 minutes at 325°

Garnish with pickled red onions
Sliced red onion, salt, cider vinegar, mex oregano
Marinate 15 minutes
Top with sprouts, escarole, avocado, tomato, radish, sour cream, chipotle crema, queso fresco, refried beans

Chipotle Crema Spread
Sour cream, cream cheese, chipotle chilies
Keep thick . Stock to thin if necessary

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Chicken Enchilada

Churros

Scratch Churros

  • 2 C water
  • 6 TBL butter
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 TBL granulated sugar
  • 1 TBL vanilla extract
    to be added later – do not simmer in Step 1
  • 2 C AP flour and 2 eggs

CHOUX PASTRY

  1. Simmer above ingredients in a small pot for 3-5 minutes
  2. Meanwhile, gather together
    • 2 C AP flour
    • 2 eggs
  3. Add flour and mix well over heat until ball forms
    • Move to a mixing bowl / stand mixer
    • Add 1 egg, and mix until incorporated
    • Add another egg, and mix
  4. Pipe using a 5/8 closed tip star tip while still warm
    Cut with scissors at about 4-5 inches and place on baking sheet, or drop straight into 2″ hot oil
    Oil should be about 365º – 375º
  5. Chill 15 minutes in the refrigerator if on baking sheet
  6. Combine 1/2 C sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon in a large bowl
    Sanding sugar or Turbinado sugar if you have it.
    Grandpa’s CinnaSugar is good to keep on hand
  7. Fry in hot oil for about 3-6 minutes
    No more than 5 at a time – agitate frequently
    = or cover lightly with foil and bake at 400º for 18-22 minutes
    Turn off oven and leave in oven for 10 more minutes with oven door cracked
  8. Drain 15 seconds on a paper towel (if fried)
  9. Toss, sprinkle, or roll in your CinnaSugar mixture
  10. Dip in Chocolate Dipping Sauce to eat

Chocolate Dipping Sauce

  • 4-6 oz semi sweet chocolate
    • or bitter sweet chocolate with 1 TBL sugar
  • 1/3 C heavy cream (very warm – almost hot)
  • 1/3 C whole milk
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla
    • or 1 vanilla bean – split and scrape out vanilla

Alternate:  Use Dulce de Leche

 

Easy Pan churros

  • Puff pastry
  • Cut 1 sheet into 8 strips – alternately, cut strips on a bias to make diamonds
    If in strips, twist about 3-4 times before putting into hot oil
  • Cook in hot waffle iron or deep fry in peanut oil in a skillet

SWEET:   Toss in 2 TBL Grandpa’s CinnaSugar® plus another 2 TBL Turbinado sugar

SAVORY:  Toss in 1/4 C grated Parmesan cheese while still hot

Dipping sauce
Crema Mexicana
Melted dark chocolate
Cinnamon
Cayenne or ancho chile powder

 

Restaurant Points of Evaluation

Dirty Chair… Never fully cleaned

Menus on Plates… Ask for new

Menu in slip cover… Food

No water waiting for you… Bacteria at room temp

Lemon… Bring me a whole lemon

Bread… Basket liner or plastic wrap
. Some recycle . Ask for hot baked loaf

Table cloth… Paper is cleaner

Look at Trashcan, and state of bathroom

Dirtiest stalls… Handicapped and last, then first
. Use middle

Do not go right before closing time, things are frequently under warming lamps

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Barbacoa

Adapted From Pati’s Mexican Table

Beef Brisket
Sear over high heat and set aside

Ancho and guajillo chiles . Blacken and remove skin
Grind and strain
Oregano, Alspice, Cloves, Cinnamon, Salt and pepper
Blend with Tomato, Onion, Garlic, Apple cider vinegar
Cook in hot pot 15 minutes

Place each meat in center of banana leaf
Coat with marinade
Wrap and pace in pot
Add a beer and bake at 325° for 3 hours

This is a recipe adapted from Diamond Ranch
Marinate your Beef Top or Bottom Round overnight
Sear meat in cast iron skillet – Dutch Oven is even better
Toss in onions and spices
Add garlic near the end of the searing process
Add 4 C chicken stock
Bring up to a simmer
Add 1/4 C cider vinegar
Move into covered crock pot for 4-6 hours
or put in oven at 250 degrees COVERED for the same amount of time

Tomatillo Salsa

tom-salsaINGREDIENTS

  • 1 lb tomatillos . husked and washed
  • 1 TBL salt
  • 1/4 white onion (cut into pieces)
  • 2 jalapeños or serrano (halved with seeds removed)
  • 3 cloves of garlic (halved)
  • Lots of cilantro
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 avocado
  • Zest and juice from 2 limes

STEP BY STEP

  1. Put whole tomatillos in a pot
  2. Cover with water plus 1 TBL salt
  3. Boil for 15 minutes
    ALTERNATELY you can quarter the tomatillos and brown them in a hot cast iron skillet OR bake them at 350º for about ten minutes
  4. Remove tomatillos
  5. Add onion and garlic
  6. Remove water so they are just barely covered
  7. Let onion and garlic blanche in boiling water for about 5 minutes
    ALTERNATELY if you are using a cast iron skillet, put your onion and garlic in with the tomatillos
  8. Whatever the method you use to cook your tomatillos, garlic and onion, continue to step 9 and proceed till the end of the recipe
  9. Meanwhile, put quartered tomatillos and put into a blender
  10. Add onion and garlic to blender
  11. Thin blender contents as necessary (only to blend) with onion water or chicken broth
  12. Add cilantro and cumin and pulse to break apart (but not to puree) cilantro
  13. Add squashed avocado tossed with lime juice and zest
  14. Mix by hand until incorporated
  15. Let rest for about an hour to completely meld

Serve with chips or pork cracklings.

Seven Layer Burrito

Rachael Ray

Refried Beans . Reheat with warm chicken stock
. Add a touch of cumin and hot sauce

Guacamole
1 Avocado . If not ripe, put in bag overnight and set on counter
Do not use knife to remove pit
1/4 red onion soaked in Salt and Lime juice 15 min
1 clove grated garlic
1 jalapeńo

Pico de Gallo
Onion, jalapeno, cilantro, tomatoes, salt, a bit of mint

Char flour tortilla
Spread with beans
Top with cheese
Add guacamole
Add pico de gallo
Add lettuce
Add sour cream
Add olives and pimentos

Empanadas

You can create flowers, pockets or balls.

Sweet Empanadas

Savory Empanadas

If you are making Chicken Empanadas, START HERE. Use the back button on the Poached Chicken page to return to this recipe.

  • Outside is essentially pizza dough (although a bit of sour cream in your dough is a really good touch) so I am not going to focus on the dough, but rather the fillings.
  • You can also use puff pastry or pie dough for a flaky dough
  • If you are using puff pastry, let it come up to room temperature before you unfold it and roll it. An egg wash before you fold it will cement it shut.
  • You can have a sweet empanada or a savory empanada, depending on your audience.
  • An empanada is usually about 8-10 inches.
  • A small dinner plate works great as a template.  Squares are good too, cause you end up with no leftover dough, as you would if making rounds.
  • Roll the dough out flat to about 1/8 inch
  • I have two recipes here for you

Sweet Empanadas

Savory Empanadas

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ALTERNATE FILLINGS

Cheese
Green olives
Black olives
Raisins
Chopped red bell peppers
Shredded carrots

Empanada Pockets

  • Use egg roll wrappers or Goya wrappers
  • Use 1 TBL each
    • cooked and shredded brisket
    • sauteed diced onion
    • BBQ sauce
    • bell pepper – chopped
  • Roll wrapper up, sealing with egg wash
  • Fry in pan with just a bit of peanut oil

Lemon Mousse

Martha Stewart

1 TBL cold water
1 tsp gelatin to dissolve or bloom
1 C granulated sugar
1/2 C lemon juice
Heat until all sugar is dissolved
Zest from one large lemon

Cool in ice bath

Beat 7 egg whites to soft peaks
Slow speed, pour in gelatin mix
Fold in 1 C whipped cream

Spoon into cups
Refrigerate 3-4 hours
Garnish with mint leaves

Braised beef rolls

Adapted from Lydia’s Italy

Get a fairly low and cut of meat like beef butt or shoulder
Cut large thin sheets against the grain
Use the tip of your knife to cut apart any large pieces of sinew
Hammer with meat tenderizer
Pound flat and roll filling into the meat
Sticks of mozzarella
Roll and seal with toothpick
Heat evoo in braising pan at 350°
Season outside
Sear in hot cast iron skillet

FILLING
Day old Bread . Soaked in buttermilk
Boiled eggs . Chopped
Parsley
Parmesan Cheese
Salt

SAUCE
Remove rolls
Put into hot pan – Onion, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper
Deglaze with a splash of white wine
Add whole tomatoes . Crushed
Boil, then simmer
Season
Put back in rolls, and simmer an hour
remove toothpicks
Serve next to pasta and top with sauce

Crème Brûlée

  1. Heat 2 C Half and Half (cream) up to 180º
  2. Prepare egg mixture
    • 5 egg yolks
    • 75 gm (or 6 TBL) confectioner sugar
    • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  3. Temper 1.5 C hot cream slowly into egg mixture
    • Alternately, use  1/2 C milk and 1 C cream
  4. Whisk GENTLY with no foam or bubbles
  5. Strain through a sieve
  6. Add 1/2 tsp lemon zest
  7. Taste and adjust
  8. Pour into personal baking ramekins
  9. Put baking tray into oven and preheat to 300º
  10. Pour 2 C boiling hot water into tray
  11. Put ramekins onto the tray, and into the water
  12. Bake for 35 minutes
  13. Cool to room temperature, then chill 1-3 hours
  14. Sprinkle liberally with granulated sugar or pulverized brown sugar
  15. Use brule torch to caramelize sugar until it starts to bubble
    • Use torch from the outside and move inward

BASIC CUSTARD

This base recipe can be used alone, or for Bread Pudding, Pumpkin Custard, Personal Custards, and much more. It is a recipe that you MUST know, because you will use it throughout your life so often.

INGREDIENTS

  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 additional egg yolks
  • 1 C Sugar
  • 1/2 Brown Sugar
  • 1/4 C whiskey or rum
  • Dash Vanilla
  • Grandpa’s CinnaSugar®
  • Merest dash of salt
  • Zest and juice from one orange
  • 1 C whole or lowfat milk – NOT skim, because you need the fats to gel properly
  • 1/2 C Cream (Traditionally you should use just cream * I substitute 1/3 milk instead of cream to keep it healthier)
  • Optional:  Mix in 1/2 C dried fruit

You can also use Half and Half rather than the milks listed on the previous two lines.

  • Optionally:  grated orange peel and/or ginger

STEP BY STEP

  1. Cream together eggs and sugar
  2. Mix in vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and orange
  3. Mix with milk and cream
  4. If you are using this as part of another recipe that uses custard, you will probably add whatever those ingredients are right about here.
  5. Pour into greased ramekins
  6. Optional: top with dried cherries or raisins
  7. Bake at 350º for 35-45 minutes.  For a creamier custard, bake at 325º for 1.5 – 2 hours.  Internal temperature should be about 170º

Optional Topping . Crème Anglaise or Brandy Cream Sauce

 

Halibut

To buy: Shiny, but not milky

Nice thick pieces
Sear on a skillet about 3 minutes top and bottom
When seared on all sides cover and turn off heat
Let set about 10 minutes

Vinaigrette
Grapefruit juice
Whisk in 1 tbl evoo
Diced shallot
Parsley
Cilantro
At end add back in grapefruit pieces

Beets and avocado love citrus
Roast beets . Red and yellow
Avocado

Serve over salad greens
Top with Vinagrette

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