Beerfest, Anyone?

Beerfest at Jungle Jims, June 18th. $40 dollar ticket gets you a mug, 20 sample pours, and a beef brisket dinner. http://www.junglejims.com/beerfest/about.asp So who wants to go?

Pickled Ginger

If you ever been to a sushi restaurant with me, you know that I request extra pickled ginger; I absolutely love the stuff. And I've been wanting to pickle my own ginger for some time now. So, last weekend I finally had some extra time and decided to whip up a batch. It is exponentially much better than the crap you buy in the jar. I added a couple additional chiles which proved to be extremely hot! Accident ... ? ... maybe not ... it keeps Leeann from eating it.

Ingredients:
• 2 cups rice wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 small red beet, peeled and halved
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 tablespoon white peppercorns
• 2 Thai bird chiles
• 2 cups ginger slices, peeled (1/8-inch thick)
Directions:
Combine everything but ginger in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add ginger and turn heat down to a simmer for 1/2 an hour. Pull off heat and let stand until cool, about 1 hour. Place in jar and refrigerate overnight. Will keep for 1 month.

Diner's, Drive-In's, and Dives

DDD aired the episode that it shot in Cincy at Terry's Turf Club. I haven't seen it, on account of I don't have cable, but here are the other dates that it will be broadcast.

• Jun 11, 2010

  9:00 PM ET/PT

• Jun 12, 2010

  12:00 AM ET/PT

• Jun 13, 2010

  3:00 PM ET/PT

  Make sure to Tivo it for me.

Grilled Pizza?

Jeff, can I use your pizza dough reciper on the grill? I'm going to reactivate the blogging after I take my test on Sat. In fact I'm getting the meat smoker fired up on Sunday, so be prepared!

Lasagna

Sup Buddies. I'll write this one up later, just thought I'd post the pics. Pretty nice lasagna tonight.

Zucchini and Green Chile Breakfast Casserole

Had a couple buddies come into town this past weekend (Evan, Chavis, and Mark) and decided it would be a good idea to have a pre-made breakfast ready when we all woke up on Saturday morning. I found this recipe on The Kitchn and it was absolutely delicious! I'm thinking about making it on Sunday to have throughout the week for an easy, quick, healthy breakfast. Leeann also whipped up some coffee cake for us to have, very tasty as well. My picture wasn't as pleasing to the eye as I would have liked (still a bit whoozy from the night before), so I attached the picture from the original post on The Kitchn to tempt you further. I have a couple recipes that call for cottage cheese in breakfast casseroles, and I think it adds excellent flavor and texture to the final product. It also allows you to keep the dish healthy because there is no need for cream or heavy milk. I served it with refried black beans (pork lard included please) and flour tortillas! Oh, I also added minced shallot and minced garlic to the recipe and the cheese I used was a Mexican blend.





Ingredients:
10 eggs
1 1/2 cup zucchini (grated, squeezed and drained)
1 cup cottage cheese
1 (4 ounce) can green chilies (drained)
1 cup cheddar cheese (grated)
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Mix everything in a bowl.
2. Pour the mixture into a greased 8 inch square baking pan.
3. Bake in a preheated 375F oven until the eggs are firmly set and golden brown on top, about 25-35 minutes.

Serve with your favorite salsa!!

Nacho cheese

Check out what the wife got me for my birthday.