Breaking Bread the Podshow

We went to Paris!  It was incredible.  The museums, the architecture, and of course... THE FOOD.  We simply had to cook French food when we got home.  So we made:

• Quiche Lorraine: A pie crust filled with a custard ( eggs + milk + heavy cream ), that's filled with shredded swiss cheese, scrumptious bacon bits, and sautéed onions.  Oh, la, la!!!
• Creme Brulee: A dessert made of a cold, smooth custard bottom and a hard top of blow-torched sugar.  Divine!!!

Enjoy!

Luscious Lamb Chops.  Decadent Pasta.  Simply, divine!

We pulled these recipes from Carla Lalli Music's, 'Where Cooking Begins'.  

• Herbaceous grilled lamb chops: Lamb chops marinated in olive oil, red wine vinegar, crushed coriander seeds, mint, rosemary, and basil.
• Pasta all'amatriciana with confit tomatoes: Fusili pasta with confited tomatoesk pancetta, red onion, grated parmesan cheese, and crushed red pepper.

It's a great recipe book.  There are specific recipes, but also guides on methods of cooking, like confit.

Enjoy!

We made Loaves & Fishes!  Well, a loaf & a fish.  We received a wonderful cookbook as a gift: Ottolenghi Test Kitchen.  We cracked it open.  The two recipes that stood out to us were spiced soda bread and tahini salmon.  So, we got into the kitchen and got to it.

The spiced soda bread was insanely delicious.  The tahini salmon tasted great and gave us a lot of ideas for the future.

Enjoy!

On this episode, we cook up a couple delicious Philly Cheesesteaks!!!  Steak, sauteed onions, sharp provolone cheese - what a trio!  We jazz it by adding in bell peppers and seasoning.  Don't forget to toast your hoagie!

We try our hand at Brazilian food.  For this edition, we cooked three dishes: Picanha, Camarão No Leite de Coco, and Arroz e Feijão.  

Picanha is top sirloin cap, a delicious cut of beef.  Camarão No Leite de Coco is shrimp cooked with peppers in a coconut milk sauce.  And, Arroz e Feijão is rice and beans -- a classic!  

This was a great meal and did not require too much labor.  Thank you, Brazil!

This episode brings us to CHINA!  We're trying our hand at two delicious recipes from two different provinces:  Soup Dumplings ( Jiangsu Province)  & Hunan Beef ( Hunan Province )

We labored for hours prepping the dough, folding the pleats on the dumplings, reducing a soup into delicious gelatin, frying up marinaded flank steak -- suffice it to say, this was a lot of work, but a lot of reward too!  A most enjoyable meal.  

Nothing like some hot dumps on a wintry evening to warm your soul.

We made Indian food!  This was our first time cooking Indian food.  We made three dishes for our meal: naan bread, punjabi chana ( chick peas in a tomato-based spice sauce ), and butter chicken ( also known as: murgh makhani ).  

All of the food was delicious & the sauces had deep, complex flavors that really stood out.  This was fun for us AND it's fun for you!

Welcome to the first episode in our International Food Series.  We are starting our Tasty Travels in JAPAN!  We made Miso Ramen with Pork Shoulder, Bok Choy, and Softboiled Eggs.  It is a delicious, savory meal that is perfectly warming -- especially as the weather turns cooler heading into Autumn.  We discuss the rich history of Japan, Miso, and Ramen.  Enjoy it!

We're talkin' octopus.  We share many Fun Facts about octopuses, like: octopi have 3 hearts!  We're also talkin' how to grill octopus.  Why?  Because we did and it was delicious!

We are back.  And we are GRILLING.  We made a beautiful tomahawk ribeye from a butcher that is near our New House!

We made ribs.  We stuck to the slow cooker for our ribs, we do not have a smoker.  The ribs turned out to be different, but delicious.  We're also talkin' about current events: Coronavirus, Protests, Riots, Militarized Police, so much to make sense of...

You love it, we love it, it's a classic: Sausage and Peppers.  A dish that never gets old.  It's comforting and easy to make.  

In this episode, We go over all our tips on making delicious sausage and peppers. Enjoy!

A change of pace on this episode: A BOOK REVIEW.  We go over Dr. Ted Naiman's, 'The P:E Diet' which illuminates the levers one has to pull both to lose weight and build muscle.  We dig into the WHAT of eating, the WHEN of eating, and the  HOW of exercise.  When we recognize how to exercise properly, when to eat vs. when to fast, and what foods to choose we improve our health with east.  The cliff notes are:

• Prioritize eating Protein ( protein is your friend )
• Minimize frequency of eating Carbohydrates ( become fat adapted! )
• Eat added Energy sparingly ( don't drown your food in oils )
• Be cautious of Fats and Carbs together ( these drive overeating )
• Exercise Intensely and Consistently ( workout efficiently 5X/wk )

Find the companion article to this podcast here: https://jilliansnutritionnook.com/the-pe-diet-a-book-review/

Enjoy it! 

In this episode we talk about Corned Beef and Quarantine!

We're talking Veal Osso Buco and Bone Marrow.  Yes, we are eating bones.  Very gruesome... and DELICIOUS!

We share our cooking experience and touch on a number of unrelated additional topics... such as the coronavirus, and esoteric indie films 

Enjoy!

Lessons learned from a mediocre Coq au Vin guide us toward making the most beautiful Beef Bourguignon!  The SAUCE.  The BEEF. The Bourguignon!!!  This was infinitely better than our coq au vin.  We discuss what made it so great in detail.  Learn to make beef bourguignon on par with Julia Child.

Bon Appetit!

We're turning FRENCH! We cooked Coq au Vin.  Which means chicken braised in wine in French.  We talk about lessons learned from cooking this slightly involved meal.  And talk about the importance of making friends with your mistakes!

We bring Tuscany to North Jersey.  And how do we do that?!  We make:

HOMEMADE PASTA with steamed broccoli sauteed in an olive oil, garlic and anchovy sauce.  Beautiful meatballs cooked in a white wine reduction go atop the pasta.  And of course, we finish with tiramisu.  THANK YOU ITALY!!! 

We're talkin' Friendsgiving and Thanksgiving -- what we cooked, what we ate, and what we learned!!!   

At Friendsgiving we brough: roasted brussel sprouts, pan-fried popcorn chicken, and handcrafted a delectable tiramisu

At Thanksgiving, we ate what others cooked for us ( thank you! )

Enjoy it!

We discuss a feast we prepared on a Friday night in.  The meal features: MEAT!  Really, it does.  

We cooked & ate: 

• French Basque Chorizo, Parmigian Reggiano, Lemon & Sea Salt Marcona Almonds
• Thick-cut, Uncured Bacon
• Freshly cut, locally sourced, grass finished, bone-in Ribeye!!!

And we drank some wine, a bottle of Valpolicella Ripasso.  After talking through our cooking and eating experience, we delve into discussion about Myths, Archetypes, and what these mean for human kind.  It is DEEP.

Jillian & Mike went to Italy!  Listen to them chat about all the beautiful food they ate, the delicious wine they slurped, and how awesome Italy is.

Mike and Jillian made wagyu beef patties and pork belly for dinner!  Listen to them talk about it.

AND we talk about giant extinct organisms!!!