Winter Storm Dinner in February

Simple Dinner  in Da burgh 

For Me and The Wife

Pepper Steak Burger With Sauteed Mushrooms Covered 

With Mozzarella Cheese. 

Nice Hot Bowl of My Own Home Made

 Vegetable Soup. 

02/28/2015

 It Was a Cold Day in Da Burgh

Omnivore Valentine Breakfast for my Wife Bacon Filled Pancakes Topped with over easy Eggs. and home made Zucchini muffins

Omnivore 
Valentine Breakfast for my Wife Paula
Bacon Filled Pancakes 

Topped with over easy Eggs.
and home made Zucchini muffins

   

 Happy Valentines Day 
Paula. Luv Ya!

Diced Tomatoes and Vegetables With a little bite.

Diced Tomatoes and Vegetables 

With a little Spice.

Ingredients:

1 - Small Zucchini 

1-  Small Squash 

1 - 8 oz Pack of fresh mushrooms Sliced

1 - Head of Broccoli cut the stems off

1 - Bag of fresh Spinach

2 - 28 oz Cans of Diced Tomatoes Red Pack

2 - Tbsp Oregano

2 - Tbsp Parsley 

2 - Tbsp Black Pepper

3 - Tbsp Garlic

1/3 - Cup Olive Oil

Slice and cut Zucchini and Squash into bite size chunks.

Cut Stems off the broccoli and cut into small pieces.

Heat olive oil in Large frying pan.

Gently add zucchini and Squash to frying pan.

Add in the broccoli and let cook a few minutes.

After zucchini, squash and broccoli cook a few minutes add in spinach.

Take a hand full of spinach and tear into smaller pieces.

Add the whole bag. Let it cook down and add the mushrooms.

Add all the seasonings mix in well.

Cook for about 5 Minutes and add the Diced Tomatoes.

Both Cans.

Heat on medium heat for about 5 Minutes when it starts to boil.

Turn heat to low and let simmer a couple of minutes stirring often.

It's Great with Saltine crackers.

My own Super Hot Peppers Green Bean and Cauliflower

Super Hot Peppers Green Bean and Cauliflower 

From the Garden.
Quick and easy to make.

If you like it Hot.

Ingredients:

 10 Hot Banana Peppers (Home Grown Infernos)

   2 Handfuls of fresh Green Beans Cut into 1"  Pieces (Home Grown) 

   1 Small Head of Cauliflower (Store Bought mine never took this year)

1/3 Cup of vegan Butter Earth Balance

   2 Tbsp of Garlic Powder

Always was your Vegetables 

Cut Hot Banana peppers into 1/2" rings the slice in half  Put into a Bowl.

Cut Green Beans into 1" Pieces add to Bowl.

Cut Cauliflower into small chucks and add to the bowl.

Melt  Butter into large frying pan.(Don't let the butter burn)

Dump in the bowl of vegetables (Careful not to splash hot butter)

Cook until vegetables are nice and soft.

If the Hot Peppers are really hot like mine  try not to breath in the fumes from  the 

Peppers cooking. I don't think they will hurt you they just make you cough. 

  

Eating on Vacation Virginia Beach and Norfolk Virginia 2014

Yorgo's Bageldashery

2123 Colonial Ave

Norfolk, VA 23517

Mon - Fri 6Am to 3PM

Sat - Sun &Am to 3Pm

If your in Virginia. For business or vacationing.
Make sure you get over to Yorgo's.
For Breakfast or Lunch.
#1
 I had a Grinder which is a Ham, Capicola, Salami, Pepper Jack.
Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, And Pepper Relish.
On a Bagel. The taste was fantastic.
#2
I had Pastrami Reuben. Pastrami, Sauerkraut, Swiss, and
Thousand Island dressing. On a Bagel.
That was also very taste full.

My Daughter and wife ate vegan. I didn't this time the food was great,

Looks like people come from all around to get a taste.

I talked to the women working there. They  where very nice and knowledgeable and answered all

of my questions I had. Found out the owner is not a vegan But loves

to cook for them (Hey Like Me)

I have never see so many different choices for vegan Breakfast Items.

Trust me If you in the area you have to stop by and if you live by there 

Congrats you get to try everything.

Rating Service 9

Food              9

 Interior            7  

                      25

Number 1 For Vegan Breakfast and Lunch

Keep up the good work.

It would be nice to have a Yorgo's In 

Pittsburgh Pa (Da Burgh)

My Vegan Walnut Cup Cakes For my Nieces Wedding 08/09/14

Vegan Zucchini Walnut Cup Cakes

 with Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients:

2 - Cups of Zucchini (Home Grown) Grated With salad Shooter or by hand

3 - Cups of Regular Flour or Bobs Red mill Gluten Free Flour (from Big lots)
1 - Can of Pillsbury Cream cheese
1 - Pack of cup cake Liners (50)

1 - Tsp salt

1 - Tsp Baking powder 

1 - Tsp Baking soda

1 - Tbsp Ground cinnamon 

3/4 - Cup Apple sauce or 1 and 1/2  plastic (4 oz cups)

1 - Cup Vegetable oil 

2 1/4 - Cups of sugar

1 - Tbsp of vanilla 

2 - Cups  Zucchini
1 - Cup of Walnuts broken into small pieces
2 - Hand fulls of Walnut Crushed (For topping)
Prep Time 10 Minutes
Cook Time 30 Minutes

Mix in a large bowl Flour. Baking soda, Baking powder. Salt, and Cinnamon then set aside.

In separate large bowl mix the apple sauce, Oil, Sugar and Vanilla.

Mix Liquid bowl and dry ingredients together add Zucchini and mix thoroughly.

Add walnuts and mix.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees place cup cake liners in cup cake pans.

Add mixture to liners 3/4 of the way and place in oven.

for 30 Minutes check with tooth pick until they come out clean.

remove to a cooling rack. When cool they can be iced then add crushed Walnuts 

to the tops.

Stuffed home grown Cabbage and Hot Banana Peppers

08/17/14

Dinner with my brother and 

sister in-law George and Kathy

Ingredients:

2 1/2 - Pounds of Ground Meat

2 - Heads of home grown Cabbage

10 - Home grown hot banana peppers

2 - Eggs

3 - Pieces of bread

1 - Tbsp of parsley

1 - Tbsp of oregano

1 - Tbsp of black pepper

1 - Tbsp of Onion Powder

2 - Tbsp Garlic powder

Bring water to a Boil in a large deep pot. When water boils add both heads of

cabbage and let cook for 10 minutes.

In a large bowl mix ground meat, Eggs, bread and all Seasonings mix.

Slice tops off of the hot banana peppers and slice down the sides.

and the wash out seeds. Take the cabbage out and let cool enough to

handle with out getting burned and peel off and separate leafs on to

a plate. On a cutting board lay out a cabbage leaf and take some ground meat

roll into a oval shape ball lay in bottom of the cabbage leaf and tuck in sides 

and roll up and place in a baking dish until full and cover with spaghetti sauce.

Then cover baking dish with tin foil.

In a separate Baking dish take hot banana peppers and stuff with the ground meat

mixture and place in a separate baking dish cover with sauce and cover baking

dish with foil.

Preheat oven at 325 after oven is heated place both baking dishes in and bake

for 1 Hour Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

Sorry no picture of the banana peppers 

got eaten before the picture.