SHRIMP SLAP THE PORTOBELL-HO

September 30, 2013

You a pimp or a shrimp?

This recipe comes courtesy of Pete in Brooklyn, NY. Great title, great combination of things I love.  Pete writes:

When that Portobello just won’t do as its told, shrimp slap it. Yank at it, scrape it up, stuff it good and proper. There will be no more of that disrespecting your taste buds. You will get yours with this recipe. If you fail with this dish, you fail at living the good life. Read the rest of this entry »


STUFF YOUR CHOCOLATE BANANA

October 21, 2009
Get stuffed?  Don't mind if I do!

Get stuffed? Don't mind if I do!

Be ready to feel overshadowed unless you are packing serious heat (in your oven). That ain’t necessarily a bad thing.  This banana oozes with chocolate gooeyness. You’re golden so long as you regard this APHRODISIAC overdose as a friend and not foe.  You will be hard-pressed not to sing cult-like praises once you take your first bite, or second or third where you stuff it all into your mouth and wish you had made a few extra.  There’s a high probability you may forget your date is even there once the gorging begins.  But fear not for they will be reacting in a similarly compromising manner so you will be in good company.  You will both be locked into an alternate chocolaty universe where you frolic among the folds of strawberry and banana.  Unless you ascend to the heavens, you can then ravage each other until the euphoria wears off.  Win-win, if you ask me.

chocolate banana prepTotal time: approximately 45 minutes
Projected cost: $6
Drinking Buddy: Milk or a SMOKING HOT PEPPERMINT FATTY

Ingredients (for 2):
1. 2 bananas
2. 5 STRAWBERRIES
3. 1 handful dark CHOCOLATE chips or shards
4. Powdered sugar (optional and not pictured)

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C.  Slice open the top of the banana all the way through to split the meat.  Slice the strawberries thinly and stuff into the banana.  Stuff the chocolate evenly with the strawberries.
chocolate banana assemble
Step 2
Throw the stuffed bananas into the oven and bake until the chocolate melts (approx 40 min).  Remove from the oven and sprinkle some powdered sugar if you’re feeling it.  Serve up with a spoon.  Vanilla ice cream might go nicely with it.
chocolate banana bake

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ROAST-A-NUT SQUASH

January 13, 2009
Don't hold back, Bust-a-Nut Squash!

Don't hold back, Bust-a-Nut Squash!

Because one BUTTERNUT SQUASH recipe is never enough.  This squash is way too tasty and silky for only one trip around the kitchen.  Say you have a glorious ENTRÉE already planned.  The wine is picked out. The table was set this morning in anticipation for the amazing evening that lies ahead.  But alas, you can’t figure out what to serve with your meal that is classy and delicious.  You, my friends (in John McCain voice), are in luck!  This dish is hands off and can be prepared passively while you bust out your extraordinary closer recipe.  Just be sure to give yourself plenty of time for the squash to roast, and thus fill up your kitchen with sexy smells that make the angels cry.  Glory glory hallelujah on your plate.  I made this dish last night for a beautiful, but squeamish vegetarian.  She complained about the butter and Parmesan ingredients until she took her first bite.  Then she took her second and third bites, and then finally she finished it off, inquiring if I had another.  I did not have another Bust-a-Nut Squash, but we both got what we wanted.  Amen to that!

**My cooking guru, Cookie Lewis and the News, taught me this dish.  Her culinary skills make Emeril look like a pansy!

Total time: approximately 45 minutes
Projected cost: $5
Drinking Buddy: Depends on what you serve with it, but I recommend whiskey, like America’s founding fathers

roasted-butternut-squash-prepIngredients (serves two):
1. 1 tablespoon of olive oil
2. 1 tablespoon of brown sugar
3. 1 tablespoon of butter
4. 3 garlic cloves diced
5. 1 healthy handful of Parmesan
6. 1 butternut squash split and gutted

Step 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Spread olive oil on each side of the innards of the butternut squash.  Scatter the garlic and brown sugar evenly throughout and cover each separately with tinfoil.  Roast the squash halves until you can easily pierce the meat with a fork (approx 35 minutes).
roasted-butternut-squash-roast
Step 2
Scoop out the roast butternut squash meat from the shells being sure to leave them in tact.  Mix the squash meat with the butter and Parmesan, using a fork to mash it all together.  Scoop the mixture back into the squash shells and salt and pepper as you like.  Serve one re-stuffed butternut squash shell onto each plate confident that it tastes 100% CARBOLUSCIOUS!

roasted-butternut-squash-mix-stuffroasted-butternut-squash-served-2

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