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Corn glorious corn!

September 13, 2010 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 18 Comments

Oh it’s that time of year!

The corn is absolutely amazing!
side dishes Corn glorious corn!

We’ve been eating a ton of it.

We’ve grilled it…
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We’ve steamed it…
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We’ve sauteed it…

Ok, can’t find my sauteed corn pic but just go with me…we have…

And now we’re making some chowder….or chowdah depending on who you’re talking to.

side dishes Corn glorious corn!

The kids love it, the hubs loves it, I love it…the whole neighborhood loves it. It’s sweet, easy, and chock full of good for you veggies. And it warms the belly and makes it feel like fall. We serve it up with some crusty garlic bread and a nice salad. Gotta make the most of this glorious corn season!

Ma’s Glorious Corn Chowder

1/2 pound thick cut bacon
2 cups diced sweet onion
2 large carrots diced
2 celery stalks diced
1 large russet potato diced
S&P
dash of hot sauce
1/4 cup wine
4 cups chicken stock
2 fresh thyme sprigs
3 cups corn about 6 ears, kernels removed
1 1/2 cups heavy cream

Cook bacon in a wide heavy pot over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until crisp, about 5 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Set aside. Add onion, carrots and celery to bacon fat and cook, stirring, until onion is softened, 8 to 10 minutes. Season with S&P.

When the veggies are cooked toss in your white wine and scrape up all that good stuff stuck to the bottom of your pan. Then toss in your potatoes, stock, thyme and hot sauce and let it simmer, covered, until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.

side dishes Corn glorious corn!Next add in your corn and cream and simmer, uncovered, for about 10 minutes. Season with more S&P. Stir in your bacon and serve!side dishes Corn glorious corn!

What’s your favorite corn recipe?

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Keegan’s Mashed Potatoes

August 23, 2010 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 25 Comments

You know that I’m a huge fan of mashed potatoes, well who isn’t, but I was shocked to hear from so many of your about how your kids wouldn’t try them.

WHAT????

What kid in their right mind would not want mashed potatoes and all that yummy creamy goodness?

Then I stopped to think for a second and I realized that for quite some time my boys wouldn’t try mashed potatoes?

WHAT????

How dare you scoff at a potato! A mashed potato!

You are Fitzpatricks for the love of all that is holy.

Your people have survived against all odds with the help of the magical pratties!

WHAT????

So I tried to remember how I got them to eat them for the first time, and I realized it’s the magical practice that I have leaned on time and time again…

I called the boys into the kitchen when those little beauties came out of the water and asked them to make them with me and decide what goes in them.

side dishes Keegans Mashed Potatoes

Now they are “their” mashed potatoes.

Now they take ownership and pride in their potatoes.

Now they will actually try them and realize that mashed potatoes are nothing but GOOD.

Here is Keegan’s recipe. Keep in mind that these measurements are an estimate. He got a little crazy with the parmesan cheese.

1 lb baby red potatoes, mashed (You could use any kind of potato, I just don’t like to peel them.)
2 T chicken stock
2 T cream
2 T sour cream
2 T unsalted butter
1/4 cup parmesan cheese (though something tells me Keegan threw in closer to a 1/2 cup, he kept saying, I think it needs more cheese, mommy.)
S&P

Toss all ingredients into a large bowl. Let the kids have fun mashing those potatoes! Mix well, let the kids get creative about what they’d like to add. Dish it out and let them enjoy trying their delicious masterpiece!

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MMMashed Potatoes

July 15, 2010 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 26 Comments

We love love love our potatoes in this house.  We like ‘em baked, roasted, grilled and especially mashed!  I threw a bunch of stuff from the fridge together for these babies and all anyone could say was MMMMMMM.  So here they are, MMMMMMahsed Potatoes!

side dishes MMMashed Potatoes

Serves 6  Prep Time: 5 minutes  Cook time: 20 minutes

1 1/2 lbs baby red potatoes

3 cloves garlic, peeled

S&P

splash of cream

1/4 cup chicken stock

1/4 cup parmesan cheese

2 T butter

side dishes MMMashed PotatoesCut your potatoes into quarters and toss them in a medium sized pot with the garlic cloves.  Fill with cold water.  Set over high heat and bring to a boil.  Once the water is boiling season the water with salt.  Cook until fork tender about 8-10 minutes.  Drain well and transfer to a bowl.  Toss in remaining ingredients and mix with hand mixer or smash with a potato smasher.  Serve with a bit of sauce from chicken marsala.

side dishes MMMashed Potatoes

Oh oh oh, guess what? I’m guest posting today over at my girl Katie’s at Sassy Silly Spunky Momma She is just awesome and you should go on over and check her out.

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Let’s Celebrate – Lobster Anyone?

June 7, 2010 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 20 Comments

Did ya miss me? I missed you. But I so enjoyed showing off my girls to you. Oh that sounded a bit dirty didn’t it? I hope you guys loved reading our guest posts last week from the amazing Julie at Mommie Cooks, the divine Ms. Anne at Annie Bakes, and the one and only, Shell, at Things I Cant Say.  Thanks a bunch for helping me out gals.  I loved reading your posts. Ok, ok, so I’m sure you’re wondering how it went…

It was great fun!  Totally overwhelming and exhilarating, exciting and exhausting, intimidating and intriguing.  We all had a blast and I learned a ton.  I’m so glad to be home and can’t wait to do it again.  Keep your fingers crossed, I’ve got pretty much everything crossed, and I’ll keep you posted on when and where you’ll be able to check us out.  For now I can tell you that we shot 4 segments comprised of 6 recipes for a half hour show.  4 recipes from our cookbook and 2 new ones.  It was crazy, and I loved every second…stay tuned!

So we got back home to a beautiful weekend and I felt like celebrating!  What do you do in New England on a gorgeous weekend when you want to celebrate?  Buy a lobstah!  Uh, that’s lobster for those of you who don’t speak New Englandese.  The boys and I piled into the car, went on down to the fish mahket, uh market, and picked out some good ones.  They were on sale to boot!  Bonus!

Now here’s a tip for ya, don’t let your kids name their lobsters.  The one phrase that I remember my mom saying over and over when I was a kid was, “Ah, ah, ah, there’s going to be tears…”  Now granted that usually proceeded my brother landing a round house kick upside my head, but pretty much, she was always right on!  Anyway, that was was playing through my head as the boys named their new pals and they went to the pot.  Mom was right, there is definitely going to be tears…

dinner Let’s Celebrate – Lobster Anyone?

4 1 – 1 1/2 lb lobsters

1 T butter

8 small red potatoesdinner Let’s Celebrate – Lobster Anyone?

2 onions quartered

4 garlic cloves

2 sprigs fresh thyme

S&P

8 cups water

1 stick butter, melted

dinner Let’s Celebrate – Lobster Anyone?In a large lobstah pot, heat butter over medium high heat.  Toss in onion, garlic, potatoes, and season with S&P.  Toss in your thyme sprigs and let everything soften a bit, about 4 minutes or so.  Pour in some water and bring to a boil.  When the water is boiling toss in your lobsters and cover.  Cook 8 minutes.  Remove lobsters from water and serve with drawn butter, a bib, and plenty of napkins!!! dinner Let’s Celebrate – Lobster Anyone?

Stay tuned tomorrow when I make the leftovers into lobster salad!

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Italian Shepherd’s Pie aka Pastore Pasticcio

May 28, 2010 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 27 Comments

dinner Italian Shepherd’s Pie aka Pastore Pasticcio

I can’t believe it!  What a great day!  I’ve been tickled!

Holly over there at 504 Main has chosen me for the amazing honor to kick off her awesome Tickled Pink!

I’m thrilled, I’m touched, I’m quite simply…

TICKLED PINK!

Thanks, Holly I love ya girl.

You’ve got to to check out her blog, she rocks!

So this is a recipe that tickles me, you’ve seen it before, but it’s a winner….

If you’ve been following along you know that I am a sucker for a good shepherd’s pie, or cottage pie as my mum (you know she’s a Brit right?) would insist as it’s only a shepherd’s pie if it’s ground lamb, yadda yadda yadda.  Anyway, I’m flipping through this magazine that someone left at my house, it had food on the cover so you know I’m gonna read it, and this guy had made an italian sausage version of one of my fave pies.  Well his was sort of boring so I took it on, embellished it a bit and came up with this all new amazing dish! You’re going to love it.

dinner Italian Shepherd’s Pie aka Pastore Pasticcio

Serves: 8  Prep Time:  20 minutes  Bake time: 1 hour 20 minutes

1 unbaked store bought pie crust

1 lb bulk italian sausage

1/2 lb ground beef

1 onion, diced

2 garlic cloves, diced

1 8 oz can tomato sauce

1 T worcestshire sauce

2 cups leftover mashed potatoes

1 egg, beaten

1/2 cup cottage cheese

1/2 cup cream cheese

2 T melted butter

1/4 cup sour cream

1 T dried oregano, divided

1/2 t dried parsley

1/2 t dried basil

1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese

1/2 t garlic powder

S&P

1 cup shredded cheddar and mozzarella cheese combined

cherry tomatoes, halved

1/2 cup fresh basil, shredded

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.  Lay the pie crust into a pie plate and cover with heavy duty tin foil.  Bake at 450 for 7 minutes.  Remove from oven, remove foil and set aside.  Reduce the oven to 375 degrees.

In a medium skillet, brown the sausage and beef over medium high heat.  When browned, add in your onions, garlic, and 1/2 T oregano.  Allow the onions to soften, about 5-7 minutes.  Stir in worcestshire sauce, tomato sauce, and season with S&P.  Allow to simmer on low while you prepare the potatoes.

In a large bowl combine potato with egg, cream cheese, cottage cheese, melted butter, sour cream, oregano, parsley, basil, garlic powder, and parmesan cheese.  Season with S&P.

Transfer the sausage mixture into the bottom of the pie crust.  Top with potato mixture.  Bake at 375 for 50 minutes.  Remove and sprinkle with cheese and return to oven for 10 minutes.  Remove from oven.  Arrange tomatoes around the sides of the pie and add basil to the middle.  Serve with salad.  It’s amazing.dinner Italian Shepherd’s Pie aka Pastore Pasticcio

I saw a version of this in a magazine and thought, what a great idea. I embellished it a bit and came up with this amazing dish! You’re going to love it!

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Hasselback Potatoes

May 6, 2010 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 10 Comments

These are a easy and delicious side dish, and they look they actually are hard to make!  The hubs was horrified and thought that I had created them and given them the name Hasselback after that quarterback but I assured him they already had the name and were created by a restaurant in Sweeden.  I already named our son Brady, how many things do we have to do in honor of the best Quartahback Eva (best quarterback ever for those of you who don’t speak Boston) that led the Patriots to be the most underrated dynasty in football history???

side dishes Hasselback Potatoes

Serves 4  Prep Time:  5 minutes  Cook Time:  1 hour

4 large russet potatoes

1 T olive oil

4 cloves garlic, sliced thin ala “Goodfellas”

S&P

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.  Using a very sharp knife slice each potato across creating a slit, but not going all the way through, just go about halfway.  Continue to cut slits about 1/4 inch apart.  Next, put a piece or two of your sliced garlic into each opening.  side dishes Hasselback PotatoesContinue with all your potatoes.  Sprinkle with olive oil and rub each potato in your hands so they are all coverd.  Now sprinkle with S&P.  Place them into the oven (you don’t really need a baking sheet but you can use one if you want) and bake at 400 for 1 hour.  Remove and serve with some sour cream.  I flavored mine with garlic, horseradish, and chives.  SO GOOD!

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