Hawk's Nest Creations

Pepper melange/Pepper Ragout

Pepper melange or pepper ragout. I just started dumping stuff in the pot because I’d gotten peppers for about 75% off (they’re so expensive here!).

1/4 c EVOO
4 red onions, diced
4 red bell peppers, diced
1 anaheim (I think that’s what it was) pepper, diced
4 roma tomatoes, diced
1 tb jarred garlic
couple pinches salt

Sautee onions first. When soft and sorta browning, add the other ingredients and cook over medium heat until mushy.

Great over rice or as a side dish to chicken breasts or meat balls seasoned with cumin or chili powder in a tortilla (like a bastardized fajita)

Start to finish was 20 mins.

Pumpkin or Butternut Squash fritters

31 Oct

1.5 c. pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling! LOL) or butternut squash puree. If you use fresh (nuked or baked and then pureed), it’s cheaper and no BPA from can liners!
2 large eggs
3/4 c. buttermilk
1/4 tsp salt
1 tablespoon sugar (optional, depends on your dunking sauce)
1/4 tsp or more pumpkin pie spice, if desired
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 c flour (I use whole wheat, recipe calls for all purpose)
Oil (I use EVOO or coconut, the only oil that doesn’t turn harmful/rancid when cooked)

Sauce – a 3:1 ratio of plain yogurt to honey. Mix up and then dunk.

combine ingredients. use a 1/8 or 1/4 cup scoop to put a dollop of mix on a HOT and oiled griddle.

Mash Mush (Mung Bean stew)

30 Oct

Note – This is very flexible because the dish will taste like the spices and onions. The rest is very irrelevant, LOL.
2 onions, or one big one. Mine are softball sized. I like red onions
1 potato or sweet potato or 1/2 a butternut squash cubed and cooked but not to mushyness….
3 ripe tomatoes… or tomatillos. Tomatillos would have to cook a bit to soften up. They are often cheaper than tomatoes here.
2 carrots, shredded
3/4 tsp cumin seeds
1/4-1/2 tsp hot paprika or regular with a couple pinches cayenne pepper
garlic, to taste
bouillon equivalent to about 4 servings
3/4 c mung beans, boiled for about 30 mins to make ’em soft and they’ll plump UP!!!!
2 c cooked grain…. rice, (I used rice and left over kasha), barley etc.

Brown onions in EVOO…. Combine, then garnish with cilantro if desired·

Another version with lamb! http://annasrecipebox.com/2009/07/11/grandpas-mashkitchiri/about 2 weeks ago

Butternut Squash Moussaka Recipe

30 Oct

This is a variation of eggplant Moussaka (Moo-saaaah-KAAAAH) you might’ve had

•3 Medium Butternut Squash (about 6#…. this was a pumpkin recipe and pumpkins are BIG!!!
•3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
•1 Medium Onion — finely chopped
•1/3 Cup Pine Nuts (or almonds, pine nuts are $35/lb here)
•1 1/2 Pounds Ground Beef
•1 1/2 Tablespoons Tomato Paste
•1/4 Cup Beef Broth
•1 Large Tomato — chopped
•1/4 Cup Dried Apricots — chopped
•1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cumin
•1/4 Teaspoon Ground Allspice
•1/8 Teaspoon Cinnamon
•3 Tablespoons Parsley — finely chopped
•Salt And Pepper — to taste

This is the lazy unlayered version. I LOVE when hard shelled squash comes into season. can also be made with pumpkin. If unsure of any substitutions when cooking, look up the average weight of the item to replace (same for using frozen vs fresh).

Nuke squash. About 8-10 mins works for me per squash. You don’t want it mushy but you do want to be able to cut it. Cut both directions to make cubes and turn inside out in order to remove cubes. Cook meat, drain if desired. I use ground turkey and there’s no need to drain. Add everything together, let it cook a few mins (if squash is hard) for flavors to combine. Serve over rice. Yum.

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Posted by hawksnestcreation on October 30, 2011 in One Pot Meals, Pruett's Cruet

Tags: 1 pot meals, Armenian food, recipes