Creole and Cajun

This so far was my favorite week, I love cajun and creole food.

Tomato and Vericot, Vert Salad

New orleans style shrimp bisque

Roasted eggplant and Oysters

Crawfish etouffe

Chicken and andouille sausage gumbo

Jumbalaya

 

Chicken maquechoux with braised leeks

Fried fish with remoulade and smothered okra

Bread Pudding with whiskey sauce

Like I said this week was my favorite so far.  The gumbo was so good, well everything was amazing.  Even the tomato and vert salad.  Vert is just a fancy word for green beans by the way.  I just wish we could have spent more time on this style.

Lating american Menu #5

So here we go, its week 5, another great menu.  Although it is fun to cook Latin American food, it is definitely not my stlye.

Hearts of Palm Soup

 

 

Mushroom Ceviche

Spinach and Cheese Tamales

Chicken with Shrimp And Nut Sauce

Pulled Beef with Rice and Beans

All the food was awesome, I was really surprised by the mushroom ceviche, it was really tasty! The pulled beef was my favorite, slow braised flank steak, pulled then sauted so damn good.

Mexican Menu #3

Chips and guacamole 

I dont like guacamole but this was awesome number one new show!

Red chicken soup

The Chicken isnt red, its called that because it is made with tomatoes

Rice with Grilled Quail

Chile Relleno with a walnut cream sauce

Tamales with a Mole Sauce

Mexican Chocolate Souffle

Now these I was most proud of.  This was my first time making Souffle, and they turned out perfect.

Southern menu #2

So I decided to do this a little different.  Instead of doing seperate posts for every item, i am going to post by Menu. This is southern menu #2.

                          VIDALIA ONION TART WITH A TOMATO SAUCE AND A BASIL OIL SAUCE

                                                               SHRIMP PERLOO

CAROLINA PULLED PORK SANDWICH WITH HAND CUT SLAW, POTATO SALAD AND BBQ SAUCE

BANANA PUDDING PARFAIT WITH LAYERS OF BANANA PUDDING, NILLA WAFERS AND HOMEMADE PEANUT BRITTLE DUSTED. 

This meal was a lot of fun to make.  But I warn you if you are making more than the recipe says for the shrimp perloo it needs to cook longer than 20 minutes. 

Applesauce cake with carmel sauce

The ninja bakes again.  I am starting to figure out I am actually quite good at baking.  This cake rocked!

garlic, honey roasted duck with roasted potatoes and pearl onions.

Ok the slow roasted duck was moist and the skin was crispy I could eat this all the time.  Garlic and honey 2 of my favorite things and added to a sauce mmmm My glow level was 11 on this one.

braised short ribs, hand made noodles and sauted spinach and chard.

This was an amazing meal, and actually easy to make.  The ribs came out fork tender.  Yes i am available for parties!

Soft shell crabs with endive salad

Perhaps one of the oddest things I have ever eaten.  You eat the shell and all.  It was actually quite good.

Buffalo wings

Perhaps the greatest thing ever invented!(we even made the bleu cheese dressing from scratch)

Spicy crab soup with crab puffs

This soup came out so good I would have ate 3 bowls but we only made 2.(unhappy face inserted here)

Navy Bean soup!

If I knew food was like this in the Navy I wouldnt have joined the Army

more salad

Incredible salad brought to us by Mr. Waldorf

Egg cucumber, tomato salad!

Im not much of a salad person but this was Glowtastic!

Its Noodle time!

noodle dough all rolled out, time for cutting!

Halfway there

finished product!  you haven't had noodles until you have noodles made with the glow!

Dessert

Hells yeah churros!

Mexican food full spread

More food than you can shake a stick at!  ( a small stick)

Yucatan Turkey!

Yucatan turkey wrapped in Banana leaves to slow braise.

Slicing the turkey for service.

grinding spices

Thats right making achiote paste from scratch.  Even ground the spices my self.

Mexican food Rice and beans

Rice and Beans

Mexican food soup course

Garlic Soup

A lil southern cookin!

                                             Mmm slow braised collard greens with rice pilaf!

Its Bread TIme

Thats right bet you didn't think this ninja could bake

MMMM Pork Chops!

Pork chops Brasied in white wine.  With a reduction of the braising liquid, and an apple Coulis.
With a side of slow braised spinach with garlic and bacon.

The pork was so tender it was easily cut with the fork, didnt even need to use my Ninja powers.
The apple coulis was a nice accent to the dish.
 Sorry about the Picture quality, my glow was to powerful it messed with my Camera