December 28th, 2011 | Breakfast and Brunch, Cheese, Pork, Yankee Cook Recipes | No Comments »
What do you get with you put together quite a bit of leftover holiday ham, quite a bit of leftover holiday eggnog, and quite a bit of holiday vacation time? A Ham and Eggnog Quiche experiment that could turn out to be either brilliant or vile. Fortunately this turned out on the brilliant side of things.
It's probably because we're still relative ne...
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December 31st, 2010 | Pork, Slow-Cooking, Yankee Cook Recipes | 2 Comments »
Sure there are millions of pulled pork recipes out there, so why would I post mine? Because.
Because I'm on vacation and we had a big hunk of pork shoulder in the freezer from Kelly Brook Farm that I felt like thawing. Because it's delicious and seems slightly exotic to me to slow cook meats since I grew up in a household where meat was not "done" unless it was gray in the c...
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July 21st, 2010 | Pork, Side Dishes and Vegetables, Yankee Cook Recipes | 4 Comments »
I've always been a proponent of balance. Savory and sweet come to mind, but also nutritious and not-so-nutritious. A big dish of veggies is great, but why not add a little cheese or bacony goodness to even the playing field between good and wicked? What would good be if there wasn't a wicked? What would greens be without bacon? Just fine of course, but isn't everything better with bacon? You're getting all ...
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June 28th, 2010 | Pork, Side Dishes and Vegetables, Yankee Cook Recipes | 2 Comments »
It has been a long few days. I've just completed the first half of the graduate program in which I am enrolled. To complicate things, I'm moving in a few days. It's just the time for simplicity in cooking.
That said, while this dish is quite simple, it's also quite appetizing, as it fills the kitchen with that most comforting of cooking aromas - bacon. The key here though, is to cook the bacon s...
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February 17th, 2010 | Pork, Yankee Cook Recipes | No Comments »
Why have pork chops when you can have pork tenderloin? This question came to mind tonight when we were enjoying our Roasted Pork Tenderloin, which to be quite honest, makes pork chops look like chopped liver (which, isn't really an insult coming from me, since I actually
like chopped liver, but that's another post).
Pork can be difficult. Overcooking dries out the meat and underco...
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February 16th, 2010 | Legumes and Nuts, Pork, Yankee Cook Recipes | 1 Comment »
We are quite literally snowed in today. So, I made my good ol' snowed in standby of White Bean Chorizo Bake.
I like to keep local fresh (not smoked) chorizo on hand in the freezer because, as strange as it sounds, it's pretty versatile. The spice goes well with most sweet vegetables and adds zip to mellow things like white beans or potatoes. The idea for this dish is similar to cassoulet -...
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February 11th, 2010 | Pork, Slow-Cooking, Yankee Cook Recipes | 4 Comments »
Nope. This is not a traditional New Englandy-type dish, but what can I say? We're living in a global society and this is the world wide interweb, after all.
Start with ribs that have good marbling. As the fats melt away, the ribs transform into tender nuggets of fallin...
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December 31st, 2009 | Pork, Sauces, Yankee Cook Recipes | No Comments »
A briny cured ham complements sweet winter vegetables nicely, making this a great choice for a holiday meal. So we decided to say so long to the aughts with a festive ham.
Maple is a cured ham's natural best friend and cognac adds another layer of mellow sweetness to the glaze. We topped off the meal with baked yams and a...
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December 14th, 2009 | Pork, Side Dishes and Vegetables, Yankee Cook Recipes | No Comments »
A good nutritional rule of thumb is to try to have at least one serving of fruit or vegetable from each color of the rainbow every day. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. White? I guess potatoes get the shaft in this scenario. Either way, this dish covers two of the six - or three if white counts. Beets and cabbage a...
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November 30th, 2009 | Pork, Soup, Yankee Cook Recipes | No Comments »
After what's beginning to seem like weeks of heavy Thanksgiving leftovers, I decided it was time for a light meal. I wish I could be one of those people who can be satisfied with a light cleansing soup of just boiled vegetables, but I'm not. Call me greedy. Call me anemic. Either way I need protein and iron, even if it's just a small amount to round out a meal.
Today was farmer's market day and I picked up some love...
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November 19th, 2009 | Pork, Yankee Cook Recipes | No Comments »
This is a good dinner to make if you don't have a lot of time or energy for prep-work. A few minutes in the kitchen and then you're free as a little bird while the meat slow-cooks in the oven. Slow-cooking is great for tough cuts of meat because it gives the connective tissue a chance to melt, turning the meat buttery and soft.
Steamed fingerlings are easy too. No chopping or pe...
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What do you get with you put together quite a bit of leftover holiday ham, quite a bit of leftover holiday eggnog, and quite a bit of holiday vacation time? A Ham and Eggnog Quiche experiment that could turn out to be either brilliant or vile. Fortunately this turned out on the brilliant side of things.
It's probably because we're still relative ne...
Sure there are millions of pulled pork recipes out there, so why would I post mine? Because.
Because I'm on vacation and we had a big hunk of pork shoulder in the freezer from Kelly Brook Farm that I felt like thawing. Because it's delicious and seems slightly exotic to me to slow cook meats since I grew up in a household where meat was not "done" unless it was gray in the c...
I've always been a proponent of balance. Savory and sweet come to mind, but also nutritious and not-so-nutritious. A big dish of veggies is great, but why not add a little cheese or bacony goodness to even the playing field between good and wicked? What would good be if there wasn't a wicked? What would greens be without bacon? Just fine of course, but isn't everything better with bacon? You're getting all ...
It has been a long few days. I've just completed the first half of the graduate program in which I am enrolled. To complicate things, I'm moving in a few days. It's just the time for simplicity in cooking.
That said, while this dish is quite simple, it's also quite appetizing, as it fills the kitchen with that most comforting of cooking aromas - bacon. The key here though, is to cook the bacon s...
Why have pork chops when you can have pork tenderloin? This question came to mind tonight when we were enjoying our Roasted Pork Tenderloin, which to be quite honest, makes pork chops look like chopped liver (which, isn't really an insult coming from me, since I actually like chopped liver, but that's another post).
Pork can be difficult. Overcooking dries out the meat and underco...
We are quite literally snowed in today. So, I made my good ol' snowed in standby of White Bean Chorizo Bake.
I like to keep local fresh (not smoked) chorizo on hand in the freezer because, as strange as it sounds, it's pretty versatile. The spice goes well with most sweet vegetables and adds zip to mellow things like white beans or potatoes. The idea for this dish is similar to cassoulet -...
Nope. This is not a traditional New Englandy-type dish, but what can I say? We're living in a global society and this is the world wide interweb, after all.
Start with ribs that have good marbling. As the fats melt away, the ribs transform into tender nuggets of fallin...
A briny cured ham complements sweet winter vegetables nicely, making this a great choice for a holiday meal. So we decided to say so long to the aughts with a festive ham.
Maple is a cured ham's natural best friend and cognac adds another layer of mellow sweetness to the glaze. We topped off the meal with baked yams and a...
A good nutritional rule of thumb is to try to have at least one serving of fruit or vegetable from each color of the rainbow every day. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. White? I guess potatoes get the shaft in this scenario. Either way, this dish covers two of the six - or three if white counts. Beets and cabbage a...