Monday, January 25, 2010

Andouille

Using both andouille sausage and juicy pink shrimp, jambalaya is like a spicy surf-and-turf. To save time, buy frozen peeled shrimp and thaw in the refrigerator or under cold, running water.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 1/2 cups)

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1 cup chopped red bell pepper
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 6 ounces andouille sausage, sliced
  • 1 cup uncooked long-grain white rice
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 cups fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
  • 1 (14.5-ounce) can no salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 1/2 pound peeled and deveined medium shrimp
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Preparation

Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion, chopped bell pepper, minced garlic, and sausage; sauté 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

Add rice and the next 7 ingredients (through bay leaf); cook 2 minutes. Add broth, water, tomato paste, hot pepper sauce, and diced tomatoes; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes. Add shrimp; cook 5 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Stir in parsley.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
426 (27% from fat)
Fat:
12.7g (sat 3.9g,mono 2.8g,poly 1g)
Protein:
25g
Carbohydrate:
52.7g
Fiber:
4.9g
Cholesterol:
117mg
Iron:
5.1mg
Sodium:
763mg
Calcium:
99mg

Sunday, March 1, 2009


Ham Loaf


3 lbs. Troy Meat Shop pre-packaged ham loaf

2 eggs

1 cup cracker crumbs

Mix together and make loaf

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup maple syrup

3/4 cup water

1 tsp mustard

Mix together and pour over top of the loaf.

Cover with foil and bake 1 1/2 hours in 350 degree oven. Baste during baking and remove foil at the end of the first hour. Continue baking until golden brown.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

I Heard It On The Radio


Should cooking shows be heard rather than seen? Step aside, Food Network. This year's Best Book Based on a Cooking Show award goes to radio's own Splendid Table. Having talked the talk for 20 years, Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift are now walking the walk with the most user-friendly general cookbook currently on the shelves. Streamlined but never austere, a generous number of these recipes, like Scallion-Dill Pilaf, became instant classics in our household. Other favorites were Sweet Roasted Butternut Squash & Greens Over Bow-Tie Pasta and Tamarind-Glazed Pork Chops.

The book's liberal sprinkling of biting food quotes are as hard to resist as its portfolio of smart, weeknight-ready recipes. From Diana Vreeland: "People who eat white bread have no dreams." T.S. Eliot: "Never commit yourself to a cheese without first examining it." And, from that venerable wit, Anonymous: "'Carpe Diem' does not mean 'Fish of the Day.'"