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Soup: Vegetable.

(by Dune 25/1/08)

1 lb. stew beef, cubed

1 lb. ox tails

Beef soup bone (if available)

1 tsp. seasoning salt

1 tsp. black, white and cayenne pepper

1/4 tsp. marjoram leaves

1/4 tsp. thyme leaves

1 bay leaf

Dash of sugar

1 med. onion, chopped

1 c. celery, chopped

3 c. of diced white potatoes

1 (20 oz.) bag frozen mixed vegetables or leftover vegetables in refrigerator

1 can stewed tomatoes

1 can tomato paste

In large stock pot, add meat, seasonings, onion, celery and cover with water. Bring to boil, reduce to simmer and cook for 2 hours or until tender. Skim excess fat from surface. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer 25 minutes or until vegetable are tender and soup has rich, thick appearance.

HAMBURGER/CARROT CASSEROLE

1 lb lean hamburger, crumbled

1 lb carrots (about 6 medium), sliced

2 medium onions, halved and sliced

1/2 diced green bell pepper, optional

1 can condensed tomato soup

Layer into 2 qt. casserole or earthenware bowl using half of each of first 4 ingredients each layer. Top with condensed soup.

Bake in 350°F oven 1 1/2 hrs or until carrots are tender, stirring twice while it bakes.

Serve over baked potato which has been cut criss-cross on top and then squeezed to open it out

Serve this with Green beans sauteed in olive oil with chopped fresh garlic, & creamy mashed potatoes.

Broiled, Butterflied Chicken

Recipe courtesy of Alton Brown

Show: Good Eats

Episode: A Bird in the Pan

1 1/2 teaspoons black peppercorns

4 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1 lemon, zested

Extra virgin olive oil

Onions, carrots and celery cut into 3 to 4-inch pieces

3 to 4-pound broiler/fryer chicken

1 cup red wine

8 ounces chicken stock

2 to 3 sprigs thyme

Canola oil

Position the oven rack 8 inches from the flame/coil and turn broiler to high. Crack peppercorns with a mortar and pestle until coarsely ground. Add garlic and salt and work well. Add lemon zest and work just until you can smell lemon. Add just enough oil to form a paste.

Check out your refrigerator for onions, carrots and celery that are a little past their prime. Cut vegetables into pieces and place in a deep roasting pan.

Place chicken on a plastic cutting board breast-side down. Using kitchen shears, cut ribs down one side of back bone and then the other and remove. Open chicken like a book and remove the keel bone separating the breast halves by slicing through the thin membrane covering it, then by placing two fingers underneath the bone and levering it out. Turn chicken breast-side up and spread out like a butterfly by pressing down on the breast and pulling the legs towards you. Loosen the skin at the neck and the edges of the thighs. Evenly distribute the garlic mixture under the skin, saving 2 teaspoons for the jus. Drizzle the skin with oil and rub in, being sure to cover the bird evenly. Drizzle oil on bone side of chicken as well.

Arrange bird in roasting pan, breast up, atop vegetables.

Place pan in oven being sure to leave the oven door ajar. Check bird in 10 minutes. If the skin is a dark mahogany, hold the drumstick ends with paper towels and flip bone-side up. Cook 12 to 15 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. Juices must run clear. Remove and place chicken into a deep bowl and cover loosely with foil.

Tilt pan so that any fat will pool at corner. Siphon this off with a bulb baster. (This fat is great in vinaigrette). Set pan over 2 burners set on high. De glaze pan with a few shots of red wine and scrape brown bits from bottom using a carrot chunk held with tongs. Add chicken stock, thyme, the remaining garlic paste and reduce briefly to make a jus. Strain out vegetables and discard. Slice chicken onto plates or serve in quarters. Sauce lightly with jus and serve.