Today's my birthday, and I want Cuban food, so I'm making it myself. Lou will, however, be Grillmaster. I don't like playing with that thing.
My daughter just brought me a gorgeous handmade card - it was surprising, and so sweet. Bevvie rocks.
On the menu: Mojo-marinated grilled steak, spicy Caribbean-style Frijoles Negro (black beans with garlic and lime), brown jasmine rice with peppers, boiled yucca root, and my favorite food - tostones (twice-fried plantains). Bringing the whole meal together is my amazing mojo sauce, a recipe that's been evolving in my kitchen for 11 or 12 years.
My favorite meal. It's a lot of lime and garlic, and Bev is the official Zzyzx Road Kitchen Plantain Masher. There's a pretty expensive tool specifically for mashing plantains for tostones and maduros, but we bought a tortilla press at the mercado for $5.99. It works just the same. You can also use the flat bottom of a wide glass or bowl.
If you are afraid of smelling like garlic for a week, this might not be the best meal for you. Some of my recipes from this meal are on my website (http://www.zzyzxroadkitchen.blogspot.com/). Look down the right column, under Food Recipes.
Well, the timer just went off for my blueberry muffins (I swear, my daughter is Violet Beauregarde). I hope you're all having a safe and sane holiday weekend, and you can all share a meal or throw back a few pints with your loved ones. We're all doing a bit of gardening, yesterday and tomorrow (I am in so much pain today). Bev wants to do the sunflowers first.
My daughter just brought me a gorgeous handmade card - it was surprising, and so sweet. Bevvie rocks.
On the menu: Mojo-marinated grilled steak, spicy Caribbean-style Frijoles Negro (black beans with garlic and lime), brown jasmine rice with peppers, boiled yucca root, and my favorite food - tostones (twice-fried plantains). Bringing the whole meal together is my amazing mojo sauce, a recipe that's been evolving in my kitchen for 11 or 12 years.
My favorite meal. It's a lot of lime and garlic, and Bev is the official Zzyzx Road Kitchen Plantain Masher. There's a pretty expensive tool specifically for mashing plantains for tostones and maduros, but we bought a tortilla press at the mercado for $5.99. It works just the same. You can also use the flat bottom of a wide glass or bowl.
If you are afraid of smelling like garlic for a week, this might not be the best meal for you. Some of my recipes from this meal are on my website (http://www.zzyzxroadkitchen.blogspot.com/). Look down the right column, under Food Recipes.
Well, the timer just went off for my blueberry muffins (I swear, my daughter is Violet Beauregarde). I hope you're all having a safe and sane holiday weekend, and you can all share a meal or throw back a few pints with your loved ones. We're all doing a bit of gardening, yesterday and tomorrow (I am in so much pain today). Bev wants to do the sunflowers first.
