J recently found the most amazing chicken shawarma recipe originally from David Bonom, Cooking Light July 2008. It's perfect with our homemade pitas.
Steak with chimichurri sauce
We recently had a bunch of cilantro and parsley that needed to get used quickly. Luckily, we found an amazingly delicious and surprisingly easy chimichurri sauce to enhance a skirt steak. (You might notice the meat in the photos isn't skirt steak, our local grocer had thin New York Strips on super sale, so the second time we made this, we used those. But I promise the recipe works just as well with the skirt steak.)
Texas sweet onion casserole
Homesick Texan doesn't disappoint. This recipe makes both J and I miss Texas sweet 1015 onions terribly. Vidalia onions are good substitutes, but don't quite have the flavor. Since we can't find the onions in Mid-Missouri, we had to make a few changes to the recipe, but it still turned out quite well. Ingredients: 2 … Continue reading Texas sweet onion casserole
San Francisco Shrimp
We've been on a shrimp kick again. Only this time, we're eating more than just the sriracha shrimp. J bookmarked this recipe on a wonderful recipe finding site, Big Oven. So far almost every thing we've made from the site has been delicious. While at first glance this dish may seem time and labor intensive, … Continue reading San Francisco Shrimp
Gyro Meat with Tzatziki Sauce
A couple of weeks ago we had some friends over for a Sunday feast. J has previously mastered the Chicken Gyros (recipe soon!) and wanted to try his hand at the more traditional gyro meat, which is a combination of lamb and beef. As usual, one of our favorite Food Network chefs, Alton Brown, didn't … Continue reading Gyro Meat with Tzatziki Sauce