Iron Chef VJ (sorta)

[Amby 490]

sounds fab jules!

[Nessa 23]

bump

[Amby 490]

I'm making an onion tart tomorrow and some yummy filet mignon

[Nessa 23]

invite me, I love that

[Amby 490]

ok you're invited. it will be a birthday celebration

[Sister Fracas 5]

Decided my dish will be French onion soup on Tuesday.

Just for a future week....2008 is International Year of the Potato (hehehe), we should do the potato proud by including it one week.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

My dish was lentils with small onions but I forgot to take a picture.

[Nessa 23]

lovely day to grill outside here. Maybe i'll even take a picture.

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

I like potatoes!

[Nessa 23]

[Amby 490]

I'm going to make my onion tart tomorrow because I fell asleep at like 6:30pm. I felt so ####### because my allergies were killing me.

[Sister Fracas 5]

Ok, made my French Onion Soup...

1. Sauteed 3 cups of a mixture of yellow, white and red onions, and a couple of shallots in 1/4 cup of margarine and 1 tbsp of olive oil. I sauteed them on a medium low heat for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they were soft and translucent, but I didn't let them get brown.

2. I added about 1 tbsp of flour to the onion mixture, stirring for about 2 minutes. Then, to the pot, I added 4 cups of beef stock, 1/4 cup of white wine (although you can also use sherry or red wine), pepper (salt if you like, but the stock had enough salt in it for my taste), bay leaf and allspice.

3. While that was cooking for about 30 minutes, I sliced a demi-baguette into one inch slices and lightly toasted them.

4. I put the slices of bread in the bowls and ladled the onion soup over the them.

5. On top of the soup I put swiss cheese slices, slightly letting them hang over the edge.

6. The next step would preferrably be done in a broiler, which I don't have, or a larger toaster oven than I have, so it doesn't take as long, but I popped the bowls of soup in a 450 degree oven to melt and bubble the cheese on top.

Careful though...the soup comes out boiling and the cheese MOLTEN! hehehe... it's so good though....

Edited May 21, 2008 by Sister Fracas

[Bootylicious!! 2]

I've made several onion dishes but haven't remembered to take pictures of them. I made pork and onion tacos the other night. Last night I made roast with onions, potatoes, carrots, and celery. The tacos actually weren't picture worthy. The roast was but I forgot.

[Nessa 23]

Ok, made my French Onion Soup...

1. Sauteed 3 cups of a mixture of yellow, white and red onions, and a couple of shallots in 1/4 cup of margarine and 1 tbsp of olive oil. I sauteed them on a medium low heat for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they were soft and translucent, but I didn't let them get brown.

2. I added about 1 tbsp of flour to the onion mixture, stirring for about 2 minutes. Then, to the pot, I added 4 cups of beef stock, 1/4 cup of white wine (although you can also use sherry or red wine), pepper (salt if you like, but the stock had enough salt in it for my taste), bay leaf and allspice.

3. While that was cooking for about 30 minutes, I sliced a demi-baguette into one inch slices and lightly toasted them.

4. I put the slices of bread in the bowls and ladled the onion soup over the them.

5. On top of the soup I put swiss cheese slices, slightly letting them hang over the edge.

6. The next step would preferrably be done in a broiler, which I don't have, or a larger toaster oven than I have, so it doesn't take as long, but I popped the bowls of soup in a 450 degree oven to melt and bubble the cheese on top.

Careful though...the soup comes out boiling and the cheese MOLTEN! hehehe... it's so good though....

oh wow, I gotta try that someday.

So what's next week's ingredient?

* chicken

* scallops/seafood (we can count as a seafood week, since lots of people made other seafood dish, not scallops)

* pasta

* squash

* dessert

* red meat

* potato

* onions

* ?

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Let's do something summery since it's getting warmer outside. I don't really have any ideas so someone else better come up with something.