Each week, fabulous recipes grace Debbie’s in-box and pop up on her computer screen, and she’s sharing her favorites with you.
Recipes associated with different countries found their way to me this week, which is always fun. I love just about any food with an ethnic flair, and it almost doesn’t matter what country. Although the meat and potatoes that the Irish tend to embrace is not creative enough for my liking, even with our McCommonality.
You see this recipe for beef brisket braised in porter? This is what we’re making for our Oktoberfest this year. I’m nearly giddy with the prospect of serving German food that isn’t pork. This recipe is from the October Bon Appetit, and they actually have an entire Ocktoberfest menu idea.
I’ve proven in the past that I’m completely addicted to bean salads, so it’s probably no surprise to you that this recipe for Turkish bean salad caught my eye. It’s very simple with really no unique anything going for it, but I like the fact that it’s made with kidney beans; not many bean salads are.
Now, we don’t eat a lot of grains here and I’ve got many beloved recipes for chili, so I’m not sure if I’ll ever actually try this recipe for millet chili. It was interesting to me, though, and knowing the texture of millet, I can see it working. I think I’d rather just have meat and beans in my chili — why add extra carbs?
As bad as it is to take a vegetable and cook it in heavy cream, I’ve always loved creamed corn. I especially like this update using a Mexican cheese and fresh cilantro.
Can I try these swiss chard ricotta gnudi with fall mushrooms with spelt flour? I bet I can. It’s a lot of cheese, but it might just be worth suffering through the post nasal drip just once.
What recipes did you drool over this week?
Clacked by Debbie McDuffee
on Sep 28, 2009 @ 10:00 EST5EDT
