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Superbowl Week – Carnitas

Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:26 +0000

My favorite Superbowl food?

Hands down….

These Carnitas!

We love football around here.

We love our Pats.

We love Superbowl Sunday with snacks and the whole hood gathered round.

We love these carnitas.

Want to feed a crowd easy?

Make these carnitas and a taco bar.

Make a lot though.

My boys can rifle through these things in no time flat.

Big thanks to Girlichef for this amazing, slimmed down recipe.

So easy

Sooooo good!

Pork Carnitas

WHAT YOU NEED:

Serves 8

6 pounds country style pork ribs

kosher salt

water

corn or flour tortillas

chopped onion

chopped cilantro

guacamole

WHAT TO DO:

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

Liberally salt your pork on all sides with kosher salt and lay in a 11×13 baking dish. Space them out so they are not touching. You may want to use 2 dishes.

Add 1/3 cup water to each of the pans.

Cover with foil and bake at 375 for one hour.

After an hour remove from oven and turn the oven up to 450 degrees. Remove the foil from the pans. Bake uncovered at 450 until all the water is gone and all that is left is the fat that has run off the pork, about 30 minutes.

Continue to bake an additional 20 minutes while returning to baste the meat at least twice in it’s own fatty delicious juices.

Remove from oven and chop up pork and sprinkle with salt.

Serve on tortillas with onions, cilantro and quacamole.

Game on!

LETS GO PATS!!!!

Are you ready for some football??? Wings edition

Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:00:29 +0000

Oh yeah baby.

Good things are afoot.

Because Team Fitz is back in MA

And the New England Patriots AFC Champs again.

You know what that means?

That my dear friends…

Means the Pats are on their way to the

SUPERBOWL.

I can’t wait for the rematch…

And the food.

I am so all about the Superbowl food!

Starting with these wings.

These wings are one of the best things I’ve ever had.

This recipe comes straight from my girl, Michelle.

She makes a mean pot o’ wings.

Can’t wait for Superbowl to eat ‘em again.

I have to warn you…

Once you make ‘em.

They’ll ask you to make them again.

EVERY.

SINGLE.

TIME!

Best Football Wings Ever

WHAT YOU NEED:

3/4 cup of soy sauce
2 tsp of garlic powder
1 1/2 cup of sugar

6 lbs of wings (cut)

WHAT TO DO:

In a large bowl comgine the soy sauce, garlic and sugar.

Toss in the wings and let marinade overnight for best taste.

Be sure to mix at least one time during the marinating so as to get all of the wings covered in the yummy sauce.

Preheat your oven to 325.

Cook at 325 degrees for 1 – 1 1/2 hours!

Enjoy!

Are you ready for some Football???

What are you making for superbowl?

Who are you rooting for?

GO PATS!!!

Football Week – Irish Nachos

Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:00:28 +0000

What’s football without some nachos?

And how do the Fitzpatricks do nachos?

Irish style!

How do you make nachos Irish Style?

With potatoes of course!

WHAT YOU NEED:

2 russet potatoes, washed and dried

1/2 T olive oil

S&P

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1/2 lb bacon bits, cooked and drained on paper towels

scallions, chopped

jalapenos, sliced (optional)

sour cream

WHAT TO DO:

I like to think of this as a healthier version of potato skins, since you bake them and not fry them, but round these parts we just like to call them good! Here’s how you make Fitzpatrick Irish Nachos….

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

Slice your potatoes into either round disks or long planks depending on what your favorite shape is. Just make sure the slices are about 1/4-1/2 an inch thick.

Put the slices on a sheet pan and douse with olive oil, and S&P. Mix with your hands to coat well.

Bake for 25 minutes.

Remove from oven and top with shredded cheese.

Bake for an additional 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Top with bacon, scallions, jalapenos, and sour cream.

Enjoy at kick off!

Let’s go Pats!

Superbowl Countdown Football Fries

Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:00:32 +0000

It’s game time.

What goes better with chili and beer than french fries?

But these aren’t ordinary fries, oh no no no.

These are garlic fries perfect for the game.

Just make sure everyone eats them, then there’s no garlic breath to contend with.

Just a reminder…There’s a week left to get your recipes in for our awesome Laptop Lunchbox giveaway!

Enter here Superbowl Recipe Contest

1 bag extra crispy oven bake french fries

4 garlic cloves minced

1 T grill seasoning

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

parsley chopped for garnish

Salt

ketchup and ranch for dunking

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. On a large baking sheet pour the contents of the bag of fries into an even layer.

In a bowl combine garlic, grill seasoning, and olive oil. Stir to combine. Pour over the top of the french fries and toss well to coat.

Bake at 450 degrees for 15-20 minutes until nice and crispy. Sprinkle with parsley and salt and transfer to serving plate. Serve alongside ketchup and ranch for dipping.

Game on!

Tasty Tidbits – Avocado

Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:00:26 +0000

My kids love the guacamole.

I love the guacamole.

As it is guacamole season what with the Superbowl around the corner…

I thought I’d hit you with some avocado facts.

I’m an avocado kind of girl.

I was raised in Cali you know.

Like tomatoes, avocados hate the cold.

Keep them on your counter to ripen, not in the fridge.

If you need them to ripen quick, put them in a paper bag on the counter along with an apple.

If you have leftover avocado…

I’m sorry, leftover avocado? That’s like leftover wine? Doesn’t happen here.

…Ahem, leftover avocado? Try and keep the pit in the leftover part and put it in a plastic baggie after sprinkling it with lemon juice. This will keep it from turning brown. Now you can refrigerate it.

Bring on the tortilla chips!

Here’s some links to my two favorite guac recipes. I make a combo of the two.

Tyler Florence’s Guacamole

Barefoot Contessa’s Guacamole

Sweet n’ Saucy Sausages

Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:00:57 +0000

Serves: 12 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook time: 5 minutes

2 links polska kielbasa smoked sausage, sliced

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup grape jelly

1/2 cup ketchup

Combine all ingredients in a large microwave safe bowl. Stir to combine. Microwave on high for 2 minutes. Remove from microwave and stir. Return to microwave and cook on high for 2 more minutes. Remove and stir. Return to microwave and cook for an additional minute or until sauce is thick and rich and bubbly.

Pour onto serving platter and serve with toothpicks. Soooo sinful, so good!