Leftover Makeover : Prime Rib Roast Bone Soup

Sorry no image for this one as it was really tasty and we ate it up before I remembered to take a photo.

Beef ribs from the prime rib roast

Cabbage 

Carrots
Tomatoes
Celery
Potatoes
Tomato paste

Extra seasoning : cayenne pepper, Bay leaves, thyme, oregano, paprika 

Boil until meat is falling off bone. Enjoy!

Baked Potato Hash

We needed a carb item to round out our dinner. Actually I'm perfectly ok not eating carbs at dinner, but my husband doesn't feel a meal is complete without carbs. So, I rummage through the kitchen and come up with this:

Potatoes
Basil
S&p
Mozzarella
Plain greek yogurt

Basically toss the potato chunks in everything and then top with mozzarella. It was pretty good...you know what would've made it better? Sour cream instead of the Greek yogurt. But yes, yogurt is healthier. =)

 

Lamb Shank

I've always wanted to try cooking lamb shank...so when I saw it go on sale at T&T I picked up a package of three shanks. When I opened the package, I found the shanks were covered in silverskin. From watching cooking shows, I remember chefs always had to cut this chewy stuff off before cooking it...so I proceeded to wrestle with cutting/shaving/ripping/tearing the skins off. I got the shanks about 85% clean before giving up....I needed to get these cooking else we wouldn't have dinner on time.

Lamb shanks
Onion, Shallots
Garlic
Carrots
Tomatoes
Potato
Cumin
Rosemary
Thyme
Basil
Chicken Stock
Rice Wine

I rubbed cornstarch on the shanks and then started to sear them in a big pot with onions. Once browned, I deglazed with rice wine, threw everything else in, added chicken stock and covered the pot for a good simmer. Once the carrots were soft, I moved the shanks to one side, stuck in my immersion blender and pureed some of the veggies to make a thicker sauce.

 

 

It was only cooking for about 50 min before we had to eat....so though it was cooked...and tasty...it was not fall-off-the-bone soft. Resimmering the leftover shank for an hour the next day did the trick however. Will definitely be making something like this again!

Kimchi Stew

THIS is perfect for a cold day! The tip of my nose is always a little cold and hot stew is the perfect fix. Hot spicy stew. A couple weeks ago we had bought a tub of kimchi from H-Mart....which we inhaled fairly quickly. There was a lot of kimchi juice left in the container and we were starting to think of ways to use it up as to not waste the tasty goodness. So.....it all went into the stew.

Pork belly
Kimchi and all the leftover Kimchi juice
Onion
Carrot
Potato
Sugar




Serve over rice. So yum!

Butternut Squash Soup & Kale Chicken Hash

I've always wanted to try making my own butternut squash soup. So, I bought one, baked it in the oven for 45min and then used half of it to make this soup.

Butternut squash
Onion
Curry Powder
Chicken Stock

I made the chicken stock with the carcas of a Costco BBQ chicken. Meanwhile I took its breastmeat and sauteed it with kale and some leftover potato hash. Everything went together...great comfort food! So great in fact, I just put the kale chicken hash straight into the butternut soup:



So now it's a hearty kale chicken butternut squash soup!

Both were really delicious...and will surely be made again. =)

Chicken Soup

The weather's getting cool and that brings out a craving for a hearty chicken soup. This is probably my favorite while growing up:

Chicken carcas (I save the bones from when I buy whole BBQ chicken)
Tomatoes
Carrots
Potatoes
Onion
Garlic
Salt

I like to boil/simmer it until the bones fall apart from the joints. Using one of those handheld drink blenders to puree the veggies in the soup add to the richness of flavor too. I had two bowls already. So yum.