Portabella Mushroom Burger

Tonight I made portabella mushroom burgers. I also made a steak burger for those that don't eat mushrooms.

First i fried up some bacon. Gotta have bacon on a burger. I used the bacon grease to saute the mushrooms and onion mix. The onion mix consisted of yellow onion, green onion and some pearl onions.

I toasted the buns in the oven.

The burger was served with a side of baked beans.

Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Celery and Fennel Salad and Bread Pudding

We had out of town guests visiting tonight so I made Lasagna.

I started off with a layer of italian sausage and mozarella. Then I added a layer of mushrooms and parmesan cheese. The next layer I put some eggplant and some more mozarella. The next layer I added cottage cheese since we did not have ricotta cheese. And finally I added a top layer of mozarella with some green onion and slices of tomato.

I baked them at 375 for about an hour, and then uncovered them for another 10 minutes.

The celery and fennel salad was really simple. I used 1 large fennel bulb and about 5 celery stalks, sliced. I tossed in some mozarella to mix with it.  I mixed some olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice and salt and pepper to make a dressing. It was a nice simple refreshing salad.

The bread pudding was actually made with some leftover hamburger buns. Added some chocolate chips, egg and a few other ingredients and baked for an hour. Served with vanilla ice cream.

Happy Friday!

Grilled Steaks served with 3 Onion Mix, Mushrooms and roasted Potatoes

We had some leftover roasted potatoes that needed to be eaten. I heated them up on the grill for tonight.

The steaks I marinated in red wine, thyme, garlic and olive oil for about 2 hours. I then salt and peppered the steaks and seared them directly over the coals for about 4 minutes per side. I then moved them to indirect heat for a few more minutes. I pulled the steaks off the grill and let them sit, covered for about 5 minutes.

The mushrooms I sauteed and marinated in some red wine and raspberry chipotle sauce.

I diced up some red, yellow and green onions and mixed them together. Meanwhile I put my cast iron pan on the grill to get nice and hot. I added some olive oil, put in some of the onion mix along with a sprig of thyme and rosemary. I placed on steak on top of the onions, added a little butter and sauteed the steaks for about a minute in the mixture.

Then I pulled off the steak and poured the onion and juices over the steak. I did each steak individually in this manner.

The steaks turned out fantastic. Everyone loved the onion mix. They were big steaks and everyone decided to save a piece for tomorrows lunch.

I will be making this again. The onion mix was really tasty.

Brined Pork Loin Roast with Apples, Rice Pilaf and Corn.

Last night I put the pork loin roast in a brine. The brine was a basic salt and water, with brown sugar, sparkling apple cider and pepper. I brined it overnight.

Today I drained the brine, and dried the meat with some paper towels. I seasoned the pork with salt and pepper and then seared each side in a pan with some olive oil. Once it was seared I set the pork aside on a plate and put my onion, garlic, celery, carrot in the pan and browned them a bit. I added a few twigs of rosemary and thyme. Once the veggies were browned I placed the pork roast on top of the veggies and added some slices of apple to the pan, a touch of white wine and popped it in the over to roast. I set the oven to 325.

I pulled the pork out at 140 and covered it in tin foil. I removed the veggies and apples and set aside in a serving dish. I then de-glazed the pan and using apple cider vinegar and sparkling apple cider and a touch of dry mustard. I drizzled the glaze over the sliced pork.

Mary Lou made the rice pilaf.

The corn I added some diced onion, paprika and a touch of cayenne pepper.

Yum!

Grilled Lamb Chops, Roasted potatoes and sauted veggies

Tonight I made grilled lamb chops. I marinated the racks in a balsamic, olive oil, rosemary and garlic mixture. While they were marinating I lit the charcoal and got the grill going, placing the hot coals on one half of the kettle.

I then removed the racks from the marinade and seasoned them with salt, garlic pepper and some rosemary. I put them on the grill over direct heat about 5 minutes per side and then pulled them off to rest. After resting I sliced one rib off and the inside was still a bit uncooked. I tossed them back on the grill for another 2-3 minutes per side.

My wife made the potatoes and veggies. The potatoes were halved and drizzled with olive oil, garlic pepper, dill and salt. They were then roasted in the oven for about 45 minutes.

The veggies had celery, carrots, zuccinni, and bell pepper and was sauteed in balsamic vinegar and olive oil.

It all turned out very tasty.