Food

Oh no….risotto!

I’ve become freakishly obsessed with risotto lately although I hate the 45 minutes of endless stirring – who has time for that? Not me. Tried out this recipe with my newly gifted dutch oven. Delicious, but didn’t have that super creaminess of hand-stirred risotto. But the prep time was right up my alley so I’m adding this one to the cookbook. Try it out! (Sorry about the poor picture, but that was just the steam coming off it!)

Butternut Squash Baked Risotto

Serves 4 (more like serves 8 I’d say!)

Ingredients
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 shallots, diced small
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
1 1/2 cups Arborio rice
Coarse salt and ground pepper
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 medium butternut squash (2 pounds), peeled and diced medium (4 cups)
4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
1 bunch black (Tuscan) or curly kale, tough stems removed, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick strips
Grated Parmesan, for serving

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium Dutch oven or heavy ovenproof pot with a tight-fitting lid, heat oil over medium-high. Add shallots and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and thyme and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add rice and cook, stirring frequently, until opaque, about 3 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Add wine and cook, stirring, until completely absorbed, about 2 minutes. Add squash and broth; bring mixture to a boil. Stir in kale. Cover, transfer to oven, and bake until rice is tender and most of liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes. To serve, sprinkle with Parmesan.

Read more at Marthastewart.com: Butternut Squash Baked Risotto – Martha Stewart Recipes

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Yum to the Rum.

Seems like you always need to stock up on booze over the holidays – well at least I do. Found a great mail-in rebate for $8 when you purchased 2 – 750ml spirits! Trekked it to the liquor store last night and both bottles I wanted happened to be on sale. Here’s the breakdown:

Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka $13.95
Captain Morgan’s Spiced Run $17.95
-$8 mail-in rebate=
$11.95 each!!!

Now I’ve got plenty of booze for my jello shots (red and green of course!) and my hot buttered rum, which is my new addiction.

Recipe as follows:

1 lb. salted butter – room temperature
1 lb. light brown sugar
1 lb. powdered sugar
1 qt. vanilla ice cream – softened
2 T. vanilla
2. T. cinnamon
1 T. nutmeg

You basically mix all of this stuff together with a hand mixer until smooth. It can be stored in the fridge or freezer.

How to make the drink:

1 shot of rum
2 T. of hot buttered rum mix
8-10 oz. of hot water

Stir and enjoy…and enjoy….and enjoy.
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This is what I ate.

We planned on sushi and ended up at Korean BBQ (thanks to Kiki.) Pretty intense stuff…..I haven’t eaten that much red meat in a very long time – cool experience though. Who doesn’t love grillin’ up their own dinner?
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This is what I ate.

Well, what we ate…at The Cutting Board in Georgetown – one of the go-to spots for the Sonicsgate crew. I finally got to try it out for myself after hearing the BF rave about it. Yum….deep fried sushi…..so delicious. The atmosphere wasn’t anything special but the menu rocked. Definately worth a try if you’re in the neighborhood.
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This is what I ate.

I just had lunch with my aunt at Earls Restaurant & Bar in Bellevue this afternoon and I had to share with you what I ate because it was just that good. I’ve always been wary of this place – I’ve heard it’s like an upscale Hooters, which didn’t seem like a place I needed to visit any time soon – but I was in the area and I was hungry. Nuff said.

I ordered the Grilled Chicken and Baked Brie Ciabatta which included: grilled chicken breast, melted brie, roasted apples, spinach, sweet fig jam, garlic mayonnaise on house baked ciabatta. Obviously, anything with melted brie is usually very, very tasty but I was all over the sweet fig jam. So delicious. This may have to be re-created at home minus the waitresses in tacky tights.

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