My family is real big on music. Gabe is the master at music trivia. We grew up watching of course MTV and still do. FYI we are proud we still do. As we watched the MTV VMA's we wondered when do they even play videos? We watch videos on youtube!!! Or VH1 sometimes has them on. MTV is all about the reality shows now. Then we talked about how music just isnt the same as it was when we grew up. WOW I SOUND LIKE A OLD LADY!!! Thank God for ipods my play list are full of 80's music. What happen to really great bands and their music? Or listening to a song can bring you right back to a memory from your past. Some of course good memories and some bad. I LOVE the fact my boys think Bon Jovi, Journey, Van Halen, Rush, Cult, AC/DC, KISS, ect. are all COOL!!!! If you think about it music is all around us. In our car, the song you first danced too, wedding song, National Anthem, there are even funeral songs,your work out play list to get you going, love songs, and I know a few friends who have their own "theme" song. If you had a "theme" song about you what would it be? What songs to like to "rock out to? You know you do when your driving down the road and that one song comes on. You know sing loud and proud because no one can hear you!!! Unless you have your kids in the car. FYI my boys have already told my I can't sing and my dancing in worse!!! They just have never seen me with a few drinks in me ROCK the micro or hit the dance floor!!! Its a good thing there are no hidden camara's in my house!! I would be a YouTube HIT!! Not because Im good because Im that bad!! But I don't care, my boys think Mom is a weird-o,and embarrassing. Isn't that one of a Mom's job to embarrass our kids?
Im sure there will be many BBQ going on this weekend. Burgers, Hot Dogs, Ribs, etc. But what about the sides? Here are some kicked up sides.
I hope everyone has a great Holiday weekend and please be safe!!!
ENJOY,
Anna DED
Im sure there will be many BBQ going on this weekend. Burgers, Hot Dogs, Ribs, etc. But what about the sides? Here are some kicked up sides.
- Recipe
- Ratings & Reviews(0)
- Total Time:
- 1 hr 10 min
- Prep
- 5 min
- Inactive
- 20 min
- Cook
- 45 min
- Yield:
- 4 to 6 servings
- Level:
- Easy
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 large white onion, finely diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 (12-ounce bottle) root beer
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons molasses
- 1 tablespoon grainy mustard
- Hefty pinch red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon garam masala, store bought or homemade, recipe follows
- 2 (14-ounce cans) cannellini beans (white kidney beans), rinsed and drained
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Set a medium oven-safe pot over moderate heat and add bacon. Cook until most of the fat is rendered out and the bacon is crisp. Prepare a plate with paper towels, and using a slotted spoon, remove the bacon from the pot to the plate. Set about a quarter of the bacon aside, for garnish.
Add the onions, garlic and ginger to the pot, and saute until soft and golden. Add the tomato paste and cook until the tomato paste deepens in color, about another minute.
Next add the root beer, cider vinegar, molasses, grainy mustard, red pepper flakes and garam masala. Stir to combine. Then add the beans and bacon, and gently stir so the beans don't lose their shape. Taste for salt and pepper, then pop into the oven, uncovered, until the mixture thickens, about 30 minutes. Remove the beans from the oven, let it cool slightly, and sprinkle with reserved bacon and serve.
Antipasto Pasta Salad
Gourmet | June 1992
Antipasto P
yield: Serves 8 to 10
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but requires additional unattended time.
ingredients
- 1 pound rotini or fusilli (corkscrew-shaped pastas)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
- 1/3 cup red-wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 ounce (1/2 cup) sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil), soaked in hot water for 5 minutes and drained well
- 1/2 pound smoked mozzarella, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- a 1-pound can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
- 3 1/2 ounces sliced hard salami, cut into julienne strips
- 10 to 20 bottled small peperoncini (pickled Tuscan peppers)
- 1/2 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
- 1 cup loosely packed fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves, minced
preparation
In a kettle of boiling salted water cook the rotini until it is tender and drain it. Refresh the pasta under cold water and drain it well. In a blender blend the garlic, the mustard, the vinegars, the water, the oil, and salt to taste until the dressing is emulsified. In a very large bowl toss the pasta well with the dressing and stir in the sun-dried tomatoes, the mozzarella, the garbanzos, the salami, the Tuscan peppers, the red pepper flakes, and the parsley. Chill the salad, covered, for 1 hour. The salad may be made 2 days in advance and kept covered and chilled.
I hope everyone has a great Holiday weekend and please be safe!!!
ENJOY,
Anna DED
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