New Years Cioppino

3/4-Cup Butter

1 medium sweet yellow onion, Chopped

2 Cloves Garlic, Minced

1 cup fresh parsley, chopped

2- 14-ounce cans chopped stewed tomatoes

3 cups chicken stock

1/2-teaspoon thyme

1/2-teaspoon oregano, chopped

2 bay leaves

 1-tablespoon basil chopped

1-1/2 cups white zinfandel wine

1-12 pounds large shrimp peeled and devained

1-1/2 pounds bay scallops

18 small clams (or mussels)

1-1/2 pounds crabmeat

1-1/2 pounds cod fillets, cubed

Over medium-low heat melt butter in a large stockpot; add onions, garlic and parsley.

Cook slowly, stirring occasionally until onions are soft. Add tomatoes to the pot. Add chicken stock, thyme, oregano, bay leaves, basil and wine. Mix well. Cover and simmer 20 minutes. Add to the pot the shrimp, scallops, clams, crabmeat and fish. Stir and bring to   boil.  Cover and   simmer until clams open. (approx. 6 Minutes)

Serves 10

15 graham crackers, crushed
2 tablespoons butter, melted
4 8oz pkgs TOFUTTI Cream Cheese,softened
1 1/2 C sugar
¾ cups soy milk
4 eggs
1 cup TOUFUTTI Sour Cream
1 tablespoon vanilla
¼ cup flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Grease a 9 inch springform pan. In a medium bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs with
melted butter. Press onto bottom of springform pan. In a large bowl, mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Blend in milk, and then mix in the eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate. Mix in sour cream, vanilla and flour until smooth. Pour filling into prepared crust. Bake in preheated oven for 1hour. Turn the oven off, and let cake cool in oven with the door closed for 5 to 6 hours; this prevents cracking. Chill in refrigerator until serving.

5 pounds ready-to-eat ham

1/4 cup whole cloves

1/4 cup dark corn syrup

2 cups honey

2/3 cup butter

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Score ham, and stud with the whole cloves. Place ham in foil lined pan. In a glass bowl, in the microwave, heat the corn syrup, honey and butter. Keep glaze warm while baking ham.  Brush glaze over ham, and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Baste ham every 10 to 15 minutes with the honey glaze. During the last 4 to 5 minutes of baking, turn on broiler to caramelize the glaze. Remove from oven, and let sit a few minutes before serving.

5240 Edgewood Road NE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
http://sites.google.com/site/crbeefsobradys/

I don't usually review or even walk into chain restaurants but I hadn't heard anything about Beef O'Bradys and felt I should check it out.  Irish themed restaurants scare me as they are usually tacky places with bad food and crappy service.  This place was no exception. The dining room was busy on Friday night with mostly football shirt wearing families dotted with screaming children. I could tell the guests did not have discerning tastes in either food or attire.

I am already bored with writing this review so I will get to the food. We ordered greasy onion rings with a disgusting bright orange dipping sauce that tasted like shrimp cocktail sauce, Chicken Caesar Salad and a Reuben. The salad was boring and the sweet salad dressing gross.  The Ruben was nothing to write home about, dull and lifeless. Our sever seemed really out of it. She was either stoned or stone deaf and communication was questionable.  There is no decent beer on tap, so don't try to drink there.
Yawn,this place sucks and I will not be back.
I award Beef O'Bradys

Just choose a variety of citrus fruits that you like and look good at the store. Cut citrus supremes using this instructional video as your guide!

http://www.stellaculinary.com/podcasts/video/how-slice-citrus-supremes

Citrus Salad with Mint Sugar Recipe:

• 7 each of grapefruits, navel oranges, tangerines, and clementines
• 2 lemons
• 2 limes
• 2 tablespoons grand Marnier (optional)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
• 8 kumquats,thinly sliced (optional)

2 8oz pkgs TOFUTTI Better Than Cream Cheese, softened
½ C sugar
½ tsp vanilla
4 oz egg whites
1 9”Graham cracker crust

Mix TOFUTTI Better Than Cream Cheese, sugar, and vanilla at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Add egg whites; mix until blended.
Pour into crust.
Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until center is almost set.
Cool.
Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Top with fruit of your choice.

Frogs Legs Recipe

2 tsp Garlic Powder

1 tsp Ground Black Pepper

2 tsp Kosher Salt

1 tsp Paprika

1 cup Italian Panko Breadcrumbs

½ cup corn meal

2 eggs

½ cup flour

Directions

In a shallow bowl, mix together the garlic powder, pepper, salt, paprika, Panko and corn meal.  In a separate bowl beat two eggs with a tablespoon of water. Put the flour in a third bowl. Heat the oil to 350 degrees. Dip the frogs legs in flour, egg, then the bread crumb mix. Fry in hot oil until golden brown, around 3 minutes.  Remove frogs legs from oil and drain on a rack, fry in batches.

 

Corn Fritter Recipe

3 cups oil for frying

1 cup sifted all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon white sugar

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/2 cup milk

1 tablespoon shortening, melted

1 (12 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained

Directions

Heat oil in a heavy pot or deep fryer to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C).

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Beat together egg, milk, and melted shortening; stir into flour mixture. Mix in the corn kernels.

Drop fritter batter by spoonfuls into the hot oil, and fry until golden. Drain on paper towels.

This incredible Nacho Cheese Sauce makes great nachos or even a tasty Nacho Cheese dip!  I have loved this for years and am happy to have the recipe to share with you!

10.6 oz Potato Cooked

3 oz Carrots Cooked

4.5 oz onion Cooked

8 oz soft tofu

2.5 oz Nutritional Yeast

2.5 oz Tahini

1 oz pickled Jalapeno

2 tablespoons Lemon Juice

1 tablespoon sea salt

2 tablespoons garlic powder

Directions: Weigh ingredients using a food scale as needed.  Place all ingredients  in a food processor and combine until a smooth consistency is reached.  Thin sauce with water if needed.

These are pretty good, very beef like texture and flavor and a bit smokey and gamey.
I ground up duck breasts with a few strips of bacon. Grill them up and chow down!

These green beans are from my garden! I will not drown them in Campbells cream of mushroom soup which is filled with chemicals, MSG, preservatives and general crap. This recipe is worth the trouble.

Ingredients

For the topping:

• 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons panko bread crumbs
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• Nonstick cooking spray

For beans and sauce:

• 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
• 1 pound fresh green beans, rinsed, trimmed and halved
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 12 ounces mushrooms, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 cup half-and-half (I used soy milk and it worked perfect)
  

Directions