The veggie stew I featured in my last post is an excellent main course, but a small bowl of it also rocks as a side with a roast beef and raw red onion sandwich and some roast potatoes. I roasted this small roast with a… Read More
All posts tagged “The Comfort Food Diner”
White bean stew with kale
I’ve never been a big kale fan, but this veggie stew featuring white beans and kale is fantastic. It uses: shallots carrots celery garlic (I used some of my brother’s home grown garlic – awesome) white beans kale white wine crushed tomatoes veggie stock sprigs… Read More
Cooking lobster mushrooms
I’ve noticed, looking at the stats for this blog, that quite a few people have been searching for ways to prepare lobster mushrooms. Here’s one way – the way I prepared them for dinner tonight in fact. Lobster mushroom and sausage omelet You need: lobster… Read More
Autumn in the Air
You can tell it’s getting into fall when roasting veggies becomes a regular activity here on 27th Street.
Summer Soup
I made this up as I went along today…. First, I grilled half a dozen cobs of corn on the bbq (yes, a charcoal one) along with some red shepherd’s peppers and a chunk of kielbasa (I used a 6 inch chunk of Goralska from… Read More
Soup Saturday
Since late fall, most Saturdays have been Soup Saturdays around here. I’ve been making all kinds of different hearty and delicious soups. Today’s soup was green pea. Here’s how I made it. I had a piece of bbq bacon from Starsky’s so I sliced it… Read More
Is it the ultimate comfort food?
You know it…I’m talking turkey pot pie, and Tuffy P made some tonight. Fantastic!
Chestnut Soup
Tuffy P found a recipe for chestnut soup and suggested we have it tonight for dinner. I’ve never made chestnut soup before, but that didn’t stop me from more or less ignoring the recipe and making it up as I went along (my usual approach).… Read More
Soup Time
Roasted Squash Soup. Perfect for a cool fall day. Start by putting on some tunes. I selected an old fave CD called South Texas Polka Party, but you can feel free to select whatever music makes you happy. Cut up and add to a roasting… Read More
Comfort Food?
Mashed potatoes and gravy from a machine. This comes to you courtesy of The Presurfer, where anything is possible.

