Boiled Butter Potatoes

This is quite possibly the most simple potato dish I make. Another nod to Dot's in Pflugerville Texas that closed today.

Ingredients:
Russet potatoes
Butter
Salt


I used 6 potatoes though I think there are only 4 here. I amso used 2 sticks of butter.


Peel and cut the potatoes into large chunks.


Cover the potatoes with about and inch of water over the top in a large pot. I changed potato cooking pots here so I could use the smaller one for another side dish.



Cook the potatoes until they break apart when you touch them with a spoon.


Drain the potatoes as best you can but don't dump them into a strainer. A little water will be a good thing shortly. Add the softened butter and cover to let the potato's heat melt the butter.


Stir the butter into the potatoes with 3 or 4 turns of the pot, do not whip them, you are looking for a chunky texture.

Bacon Green Beans

This is the best way to make green beans unhealthy and very tasty. I have had these at several restaurants but my favorite place that had them was Dot's in Pflugerville Texas/

Ingredients:
Green Beans
Salt
Chopped onions
Bacon


I forgot to put the onion in here because i was prepping them for another recipe.



Cut the green beans and bacon into small pieces and chop the onion.


Brown the bacon and onions with just a tiny bit of butter and don't worry about some of the bacon sticking to the bottom. Add enough water to cover the beans. Cook until the beans are tender and just lose their bright green color.



Finished beans ready to serve.

vegetarian ratatouille

Bad pic but pretty nice flavor so far. It's still simmering so no idea how the who thing came together. Mostly organic too.

Bellinis in North Conway

Best basil pesto fett. I have ever had. Bad lighting for an iPhone
camera. Was bright green and so fresh.

Leek tart

We buy fresh veggies from Angel Valley Farm at their Saturday morning farm stand in Jonestown, TX. Last week in their newsletter they included a recipe for a Leek Tart. I changed it only slightly, by substituting half green garlic for half the leeks and added prosciutto. Came out great!



bad lighting.. whole quiche


slice of tart

Lasagna

I made lasagna for dinner Saturday and it came out good enough for a picture or two.



4 servings of lasagna


A close up of the nicely browned cheese, so tasty.

new camera, some moon pictures

I've been playing with the new camera for the past couple weeks. Not exclusively but more than I have been cooking. Here are a couple of examples.



Moon in the middle of the day.


Same day but during the evening.



Lost the blue of the sky in this one.


Can still that the sky wasn't really black yet here.


way over processed image that wasn't really very sharp to begin with.