Beer Braised Sweet Potatoes
2-3 small “fingerling” sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in ¾ - 1” chunks
Place the pieces of potato in a single layer deep sauté pan.
Add just a splash of water and then enough beer to almost cover.
Cover pan and cook over medium high heat for about 15 minutes, until liquid is gone and potatoes start to turn a light brown. Potatoes should be just soft through but not lose their shape. DO NOT OVERCOOK.
A note about the beer; I tend to cook this in late summer or early fall and find myself often drinking a summer seasonal ale such as the Skinny Dip from New Belgium Brewing. Something with citrus and spice flavors really tends to perk up the sweet potatoes.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
MMMMMMM
What a great weekend! Our dear dear friend Gerry (who we get to see far too rarely) made it over the mountain for our wine festival. Mega wine tasting on Friday evening, we even made the front page of the Bend Bulletin on Saturday!, we sampled as many of the wonderful big reds as we could manage. Then home for a little Chili marinated pork and mango skewers over lime, onion rice. MMMMMM
Saturday, feeling a little sheepish, we all headed up to the boat. Cool for August, we didn't even swim.
A great day of cruising the large lake and grilling some salmon anyway!
So, we have all been to the farmer market and bought too much am I right? It all just looks too good to pass up. Here is what I came up with this week to actually use all that great produce and not feel guilty about having to toss it.
about 4-5 nice yellow or white potatoes
whatever you have left from Farmers Market day.... in my case......
cook everything seperately and combine at the end in a bowl:
some great mushrooms, sauteed in olive oil and butter until really deep golden.
green beans, just steamed until crisp/tender
a couple cloves of garlic
radishes...(am I really the only one who CANNOT resist these thing?..... sliced thin
baby green onions... the kind that you can slice all the way to the end of the stock
Olive oil
Cavendar's Greek Seasoning
Zest of 1 lemon plus the juice filtered for seeds and pulp.
Cook the potatoes until just tender. Cool and slice into 1/4 inch slices.
Cut all the other veggies and mix with the hot sliced potatoes (this will steam them just enough to make tender)
Add a bit of olive oil.
Season with Cavendars, salt and pepper, the lemon zest and juice.
Coat everything so that it stays seperated and tender
Add a bit more olive oil if needed.
Serve warm.
Shall I say bon apetite?! I can't. Let me just say enjoy.
Saturday, feeling a little sheepish, we all headed up to the boat. Cool for August, we didn't even swim.
A great day of cruising the large lake and grilling some salmon anyway!
So, we have all been to the farmer market and bought too much am I right? It all just looks too good to pass up. Here is what I came up with this week to actually use all that great produce and not feel guilty about having to toss it.
about 4-5 nice yellow or white potatoes
whatever you have left from Farmers Market day.... in my case......
cook everything seperately and combine at the end in a bowl:
some great mushrooms, sauteed in olive oil and butter until really deep golden.
green beans, just steamed until crisp/tender
a couple cloves of garlic
radishes...(am I really the only one who CANNOT resist these thing?..... sliced thin
baby green onions... the kind that you can slice all the way to the end of the stock
Olive oil
Cavendar's Greek Seasoning
Zest of 1 lemon plus the juice filtered for seeds and pulp.
Cook the potatoes until just tender. Cool and slice into 1/4 inch slices.
Cut all the other veggies and mix with the hot sliced potatoes (this will steam them just enough to make tender)
Add a bit of olive oil.
Season with Cavendars, salt and pepper, the lemon zest and juice.
Coat everything so that it stays seperated and tender
Add a bit more olive oil if needed.
Serve warm.
Shall I say bon apetite?! I can't. Let me just say enjoy.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Bainbribridge Weekend
Got back late Sunday night from an incredible weekend Housewarming celebration at our friend Harry's new home on Bainbridge Island. Aside from the usual traffic nightmare stories about Seattle, a few really interesting things happened.
First, we got to reconnect with friends who increasingly seem scattered to the winds. Some we had not seen in a few years. Harry's new home is fairly huge, so accomodating the nearly dozen out of town guests did not put much strain on him. It was just so nice to see everyone again! We all arrived on Friday night, spent Saturday bumming around to some art galleries and the Saturday market, then indulged in the official party on Saturday evening. How brave of Harry to expose his Washington friends to the old crowd! I won't even try to document the food and the copious amounts of wine; suffice to say the shrimp were amazing! It was Harry Anderson hospitality at his finest. Thanks for a great time!
Almost as big a deal to me was the fact that we stopped for a couple of hours at the Seattle Boat Show before catching the ferry. And just like that, my Princess fell in love with another boat. So, we are now putting our SeaRay up for sale and seeing if we can work a deal on the other boat. At 30 feet, she should be just the perfect size for keeping on Puget Sound.
We stopped in Olympia on the way home and did some marina shopping. We found thre different places which would each be suitable for our needs, all within walking distance to the Farmers Market and restaurants, etc. Our current plan is to sell our boat, take delivery of a new boat next Spring and spend the foreseeable future weekending in Puget Sound and the San Juans.
Boat for Sale:
Please pass along to anyone you may know looking for a boat that our 2006 Sea Ray 240 Sundancer is available.
Photos are available and I am willing to meet anyone who would like to test drive while she is still in the water. Boat has been kept in fresh water since new, winters she has been kept in secure covered storage. The boat is in great shape with fewer than 100 hours on the Mercruiser 350 engine.
I'm posting ads on Craigslist as well as Boat Trader and the SeaRay Owners Club.
First, we got to reconnect with friends who increasingly seem scattered to the winds. Some we had not seen in a few years. Harry's new home is fairly huge, so accomodating the nearly dozen out of town guests did not put much strain on him. It was just so nice to see everyone again! We all arrived on Friday night, spent Saturday bumming around to some art galleries and the Saturday market, then indulged in the official party on Saturday evening. How brave of Harry to expose his Washington friends to the old crowd! I won't even try to document the food and the copious amounts of wine; suffice to say the shrimp were amazing! It was Harry Anderson hospitality at his finest. Thanks for a great time!
Almost as big a deal to me was the fact that we stopped for a couple of hours at the Seattle Boat Show before catching the ferry. And just like that, my Princess fell in love with another boat. So, we are now putting our SeaRay up for sale and seeing if we can work a deal on the other boat. At 30 feet, she should be just the perfect size for keeping on Puget Sound.
We stopped in Olympia on the way home and did some marina shopping. We found thre different places which would each be suitable for our needs, all within walking distance to the Farmers Market and restaurants, etc. Our current plan is to sell our boat, take delivery of a new boat next Spring and spend the foreseeable future weekending in Puget Sound and the San Juans.
Boat for Sale:
Please pass along to anyone you may know looking for a boat that our 2006 Sea Ray 240 Sundancer is available.
Photos are available and I am willing to meet anyone who would like to test drive while she is still in the water. Boat has been kept in fresh water since new, winters she has been kept in secure covered storage. The boat is in great shape with fewer than 100 hours on the Mercruiser 350 engine.
I'm posting ads on Craigslist as well as Boat Trader and the SeaRay Owners Club.
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