Cherries Jubilee Made At Home

Cherries Jubilee Made At Home.

Sometimes the ingredients we choose to use need a little sprucing up before we can actually consume them how we want too. In this case, the cherries we are using to make our Homemade Cherries Jubilee need to be flambéed (or set on fire) to bring them together perfectly with the Vanilla Ice Cream.

Be careful when trying to make this dish at home, its not overly hard to do, but if you have had a few drinks or aren’t familiar with the technique, when the fire does finally catch onto the alcohol, it may surprise you and we’d hate for you to get burned before you get to enjoy your hard work.

Enjoy this tonight when your kids get home from school or by yourself while everyone is gone, we’re sure you deserve some ice cream after a long hard weekend.

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Spicy Tomatillo Guacamole

Guacamole in Southern California can be found in thousands of places, so needless to say there are thousands upon thousands of variations that can turn up when thumbing thru recipes in a cookbook or online. This Spicy & Creamy Tomatillo Guacamole recipe incorporates the deep flavors of a few Tomatillos and the spice from 2 small peppers to bring about something different than your used too.

With today being National Guacamole Day (Sept. 16^th) and with the Sun shining as bright as it is, I do believe that today is the perfect day to fire up the grill, make a few bowls of this good green Guac and get our complete lounge on outback. 

Yeah we know that Summer is supposed to be over, but in our neck of the woods it has still been in the hundreds this entire week, so we are going to take advantage as best as we can.

Enjoy this with some good salty chips and strong drinks, its sure to soothe the soul in this insane heat-wave.

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ROTD: Homemade Pizza Dough

Today is National Cheese Pizza Day. Sure you could run out to Dominos, Pizza Hut or even the local Haute-Cuisine location of the moment and grab yourself a few slices, but why not make something special for yourself?

When your Great Grandparents needed something or wanted to make a meal for the family, most likely they did themselves and felt a sense of accomplishment after doing so. We need to bring the era back to life, where the kids actually want to get their hands dirty for the sense of something good.

Write down this list of ingredients and make a quick stop at your local grocery store on your way home from work. When you get home, make yourself some Pizza Dough, roll it out and top it with whatever your heart desires. But more importantly, take a moment and enjoy the labor of your hard work, just because you and your loved ones deserve it.

Ingredients

1 TBS sugar

1 ¼-ounce packet (2 1/4 teaspoons) active dry yeast

3 TBS extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing

3 ¾ cups a-p flour, plus more for dusting

1 ½ tsp Kosher Salt

Directions:

Whisk 1 – 1/3 cups warm water (Roughly around 105 degrees F) and the sugar in a bowl; sprinkle the yeast on top of the water and set aside until the mixture becomes foamy (about 10 mins.)

Stir in the olive oil.

Whisk the flour and Kosher salt together in a large bowl.

Make a well in the center of the flour and pour in the yeast mixture.

Gradually stir with a wooden spoon to make a rough dough.

Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface. 

Knead the dough until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes, dusting with more flour if necessary.

Form into 2 balls.

Brush 2 large bowls with olive oil, add a ball of dough to each and turn to coat with the oil.

Cover tightly with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature until doubled in size, about 1 hour, 30 minutes.

Roll out and top as desired, or wrap in plastic wrap and freeze up to 1 month.

The Food Holidays of September 2012

September is a major turning point in the year for many reasons. For the kids, September is a horrible month because they have to go back to school. For everyone else, September is a month worth celebrating, simply because it is cooling off outside, Football will soon be in full effect and some glorious Holidays are right around the corner. In our offices, we feel that everyday is a Holiday. When you wake up in the morning and feel overwhelmed by what you have to do that day, take a moment and enjoy the fact you woke up that day and your alive. Things could always be worse and that is a cold act.

I just want to thank everyone who takes a few moments and reads our posts, comments on what they see and who show us love when we are out and about doing our “Foodie” thing. Without you the site wouldn’t be what it is nor would it be what we are preparing to roll out over the next few months.

Enjoy each and every day as if it were to be your last, make smart moves to provide a better tomorrow for your loved ones and most importantly tell someone you appreciate what they do for your life, there is nothing wrong with being kind. Enjoy

September is:

National Biscuit Month

                        Better Breakfast Month

National Chicken Month           

                        National Cholesterol Education Month

                        National Honey Month

                        National Organic Harvest Month

                        National Papaya Month

                        National Rice Month

The 1^st week of September is National Waffle Week

The 2^nd week of September is National Biscuit & Gravy Week

The 2^nd week of September is National Vegetarian Awareness Week

The 4^th week of September is National Wild Rice Week

September 1 National Cherry Popover Day

September 1 Wine Season Begins

September 1 Oyster Season Begins

September 2 National Blueberry Popsicle Day

September 3 National Welsh Rarebit Day

September 4 National Macadamia Nut Day

September 5 National Cheese Pizza Day

September 6 National Coffee Ice Cream Day

September 7 National Acorn Squash Day

September 8 National Date Nut Bread Day

September 9 Weinerschnitzel Day

September 10 TV Dinner Day

September 11 National Hot Cross Bun Day

September 12 National Chocolate Milkshake Day

September 13 National Peanut Day

September 13 National Pickle at Snack Time

September 14 National Cream Filled Donut Day

September 14 National Eat A Hoagie Day

September 15 National Linguini Day

September 16 National Guacamole Day

September 17 National Apple Dumpling Day

September 18 National Cheeseburger Day

September 19 National Butterscotch Pudding Day

September 20 National Rum Punch Day

September 21 National Banana Festival

September 21 National Pecan Cookie Day

September 22 National Ice Cream Cone Day

September 23 National White Chocolate Day

September 24 National Cherries Jubilee Day

September 25 National Food Service Employees Day

September 25 Crab Meat Newburg Day

September 26 National Pancake Day

September 27 National Chocolate Milk Day

September 27 National Corned Beef Hash Day

September 28 Strawberry Cream Pie Day

September 28 Drink Beer Day

September 29 National Coffee Day

September 30 National Hot Mulled Cider Day

9.20.11 = National Rum Punch Day

The Saying Goes: 1 Part Sour, 2 Parts Sweet, 3 Parts Strong & 4 Parts Weak.

Enjoy National Rum Punch Day, before the warm Sunrays are gone for a few months.
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Everything's Gravy Baby...

Gravy, I love the term for multiple reasons. When you hear “Everything’s  Gravy” that means that life is good and there are no complaints at the moment. With that said lets be honest, life isn’t always gravy and sometimes people need assistance to accomplish their goals. The goal of this post here is to get everyone on the same page as to how easy it is to make a delicious creamy gravy that isn’t to salty and not too runny.

Gravy can make any meal just much better, hell if you only had a biscuit to eat and someone said “want some gravy to go with that, would you turn in down?”

Enough of that kind of talk lets get to business, this Gravy is simple and doesn’t use any pork fat (we have been getting a lot of requests for recipes that avoid hog, so today we will use one we had on deck.)

The key to pulling this off perfectly is to not rush it, it doesn’t take that long anyhow so take your time and finish any meal (especially with Thanksgiving right around the corner) with the perfect condiment, GRAVY.

Enjoy.

Happy National Biscuits & Gravy Week

Baked Acorn Squash

Today is National Acorn Squash Day. Now for my Grandmother and people a few generations ahead of us, these things are not hard to pick out at your local store. But what about the younger kids who grew up nowhere near a garden let alone a farm or field full of fresh vegetables, fruits and berries?

To no fault of their own, children of today oftentimes don’t know what is what when it comes preserving the land and growing their own vegetation, because Society at large isn’t promoting it as “Cool.”

We will leave our speech on the importance of The Slow Food Movement for a later time.

Well, we here at The Supreme Plate feel that it is our job to promote healthy living and good food as well as teach the youth how to make the Acorn Squash and many other funny looking forms of food taste delicious with just a minimal amount of work.

The Acorn Squash, seen in markets everywhere but often overlooked because of its odd shape and lack of promotion, is going to play the role of the Star in this recipe and will amaze you and your kids as to just how deliciously sweet it tastes when hit with a few simple ingredients and given a quick run through the oven.

Enjoy!

The Food Holidays of September

September is a great time across the nation for numerous reasons. The sweltering heat has began to subside allowing crops to be a bit more plentiful and most importantly reducing the amount of energy spent on keeping everything that should be cold, cold.

September is also a month of change for families as most kids begin to go back to school, so routines need to be put back into effect to keep everyone on schedule and a bit less stressed.

September is:

National Biscuit Month

                        Better Breakfast Month

National Chicken Month           

                        National Cholesterol Education Month

                        National Honey Month

                        National Organic Harvest Month

                        National Papaya Month

                        National Rice Month

The 1^st week of September is National Waffle Week

The 2^nd week of September is National Biscuit & Gravy Week

The 2^nd week of September is National Vegetarian Awareness Week

The 4^th week of September is National Wild Rice Week

September 1 National Cherry Popover Day

September 1 Wine Season Begins

September 1 Oyster Season Begins

September 2 National Blueberry Popsicle Day

September 3 National Welsh Rarebit Day

September 4 National Macadamia Nut Day

September 5 National Cheese Pizza Day

September 6 National Coffee Ice Cream Day

September 7 National Acorn Squash Day

September 8 National Date Nut Bread Day

September 9 Weinerschnitzel Day

September 10 TV Dinner Day

September 11 National Hot Cross Bun Day

September 12 National Chocolate Milkshake Day

September 13 National Peanut Day

September 13 National Pickle at Snack Time

September 14 National Cream Filled Donut Day

September 14 National Eat A Hoagie Day

September 15 National Linguini Day

September 16 National Guacamole Day

September 17 National Apple Dumpling Day

September 18 National Cheeseburger Day

September 19 National Butterscotch Pudding Day

September 20 National Rum Punch Day

September 21 National Banana Festival

September 21 National Pecan Cookie Day

September 22 National Ice Cream Cone Day

September 23 National White Chocolate Day

September 24 National Cherries Jubilee Day

September 25 National Food Service Employees Day

September 25 Crab Meat Newburg Day

September 26 National Pancake Day

September 27 National Chocolate Milk Day

September 27 National Corned Beef Hash Day

September 28 Strawberry Cream Pie Day

September 28 Drink Beer Day

September 29 National Coffee Day

September 30 National Hot Mulled Cider Day

The Spicy Oyster Shooter

The end of Summer is steadily approaching and with that we will need to start switching up our drink and dinner menus to fit the season accordingly. With it being the 1^st day of September that means that Oyster Season has officially begun. September is home to some great food holidays and today is actually National Wine Seasons 1^st day as well as National Cherry Popover Day.

With the amount of days we have to spend laying out by the pool dwindling it is time to introduce to you, The Spicy Oyster Shooter. Playing out like a Bloody Mary mixed with the most delicate sushi, this drink is one that can’t be passed up on. I am sure many people will get nervous when they hear it has an actual oyster in it, but with the spicy cayenne pepper, pepper vodka and celery salt, this thing will taste better than drink you have consumed after biting into the freshest of hand made sushi rolls.

Enjoy this often as Oysters are good for you (and for your libido according to who you ask.)