Eating Well

I have not posted much about food lately, but we have been eating well around here.  The problem with eating as well as we have been is that the food budget has been blown completely out of the water.  Our food around here is about to change, so I thought I would give you a taste of our "last suppers!"

First up is a Ginger Carrot Soup , Pappardelle with Scallops and Spicy Polenta Crackers.  This meal was delicious.  I have never made crackers, but these turned out great.  Next time I will use a finer grind of polenta.

 

Next up is a Lobster Pot Pie.   I had never cooked lobster before, but it was so simple to do.  The crust for this recipe was delicious.  I will make it again, but make some changes to the recipe.  There were way to many pearl onions and I will also use fish stock.  I did not have any so I substituted just a bit of clam juice and water.

To follow up the pot pie I made a Deeply Chocolate Gelato.  Again, super simple to make and so rich and delicious.  Lamar had brought home some chocolate covered strawberries and we paired it with a bottle of port that we recently found on a wine tasting excursion.  The gelato was so rich and creamy.  It made the chocoholic in Nora Beth very happy!

Now on to my new addiction.  I just can't get enough of this Kalua Pork.  It is so simple to make in the crock pot (I know, not the traditional way of doing it).  The recipe says to cook it for 16-20 hours.  I am not sure what kind of crock pot they are using, but mine has it done perfectly in about 6 to 8 hours.  I could not find the two types of Hawaiian sea salt, so I improvised with two other similar sea salts that I found.

The end product is so versatile.  You can eat it just the way it comes out of the crock pot or fancy it up with some BBQ sauce, salsa or curry after it is done cooking.  Any way we have tried it has been fantastic.  This is my new "go to" recipe when I am at a blank for what to make for dinner.

 

And finally we have a new version of the Beer Can Chicken.   This was made in the oven instead of the BBQ and it is dressed in BACON!  Next time I will use the bacon, but use the seasoning that we have used in the past and that will result in the perfect recipe.