Father's Day Fun!

06/18/2010

“Come here mama....and dig this crazy scene
He's not too fancy....but his line is pretty clean
He ain't no drag.
Papa's got a brand new bag” James Brown

If that doesn’t make you want to get up and BBQ, what will?

New New New

Bourbon Sauce Chicken Kabobs. Easy! Cooks fast too.

Picnic chicken. Oven roasted chicken with a crispy bread crumb and Parmesan crust.

Tequila Lime Chicken Breasts. Tequila makes it tender. Serve with rice and salsa.

Tequila Lime Flank Steak. Tequila makes this tender too!

Frozen chicken livers. What’s a summer cocktail party without a creamy pâté?

Mac and Cheese Furter. A hotdog with mac and cheese inside, need we say more? Don’t freak: it’s from super sausage company Continental Sausage so it’s going to be delish. Kids love them.

Three new salads for hot weather:

Arugula w/ parmesan crisps and toasted pumpkin seeds with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Crispy, salty, sharp.

Grilled veggie pasta salad with onions, asparagus, peppers, squash, olives, parmesan, olive oil and vinegar. Classic.

Quinoa and black bean salad. Hippie Food and darn it’s good.

Recipe

Father’s Day Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

1 lb. Jimmy's Breakfast Sausage

3 tbsp. flour
Salt and pepper
2 to 3 c. milk

Heat pan over medium-high heat. Crumble sausage and add to pan, stirring. Fry until there is no pink meat. Add flour 1 tablespoon at a time. Stir quickly. Stir until a paste forms. Then add milk, 1 cup at a time. Mixture should be thick. Pan should be on high. Add salt and pepper, lots of pepper.

Biscuits: use Bob's Red Mill buttermilk biscuit mix, or the Immaculate Baking buttermilk biscuits in the dairy case.

On special!

Steak of the week: Papa’s Porterhouse. A really big juicy steak. This Niman Ranch beauty, as seen in Cooking Light, feeds a few hungry papas. $17.99/lb.

Fresh Seafood

Hurry in for some humuhumunukunukuapua'a, aka, unu, or parrot fish. A meaty white fish that is best baked or fried. Try rubbing with oil, a little curry powder, s & p, wrap it in tinfoil and bake. Serve with coconut rice.

Laughing Bird Sashimi quality shrimp from Belize. Beautiful fresh white shrimp that turn a lovely red when cooked. The Bowen family has built what experts have deemed “the future of aquaculture”– a result of years of thoughtful environmental design.

Copper RiverSalmon.A beautiful red color and tasty too.