Just showing off some foods I made lately.
Up above are deviled eggs.
Above are Pate A Choux Pastries filled with vanilla cream topped with chocolate, chocolate pots de creme, and a cherry
These are what I call potato stuffed potatoes…..Basically mashed potatoes with an egg piped into hollowed out baby potatoes or parts of regular potatoes.
Brown Butter Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies
Thought I’d feature some oldies but still goodies.
At my local Sprouts Grocery Store I came across these Kimchi Dill Pickle Cranberries. I thought I was seeing things. Why would anyone want Kimchi Dill Pickle Cranberries?
You may not agree but I think someone was on drugs to think this one up.
Kimchi Dill Pickle Cranberries just might be the FORKING WEIRDEST Food Find Ever!
Las Pupusas is a casual Salvadorian/Mexican restaurant with a few locations in Las Vegas Nevada. I went to the North Las Vegas Location on Craig Road and had the grilled salmon there.
It’s not a fancy plate of food and is very basic but is a large portion and the salmon was prepared nicely with a soft moist center.
I was surprised that this $15. meal was prepared this nicely.
On another night we went to MRKT. It’s the nicest restaurant at Aliante Casino Hotel. It’s a steak and seafood restaurant. I’ve previously enjoyed steak here. I thought tonight I’d try the salmon.
It came out with a great sear on it and shattering crisp skin but was terribly over cooked and very dry. Incase you don’t know…salmon doesn’t taste good when it is over cooked.
What a shame…….the quality of this fish means nothing when it’s over cooked like that.
I send it back since it was $38.00. (without sides)
Then I get this……
It’s raw in the middle and like seared sushi…….
This got sent back too…..
Was waiting for a third one but it took so long we left.
Incase you don’t know what a quality perfectly cooked salmon is like …….here is what you should expect to be at a nice restaurant.
The salmon should have a nice sear. When it’s cooked like this you get that special silkiness in your mouth and the salmon flavor is its best. Also at better restaurants the blood line is removed (that is the dark meat on the bottom of filet).
The $15. Salmon from Las Pupusas was prepared better than the $38. salmon from MRKT.
Las Papusas
945 W Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV
702-648-6200
I have not found a working website for Las Papusas.
MRKT Sea & Land at Aliante Casino/Hotel
7300 Ailante Pkwy North Las Vegas NV
702-692-7320
www.Aliante.BoydGaming.com
Every THING is subject to change. (maybe the chef at MRKT will learn how to cook salmon?)
The FORKING Truth is that Facebook & Jetpack (a WordPress Plugin) wants a LOT of Money from food bloggers that don’t make a dime on their blog.
Recently I published a story on BBQ Mexicana. Facebook suggested me to pay them $91. for 385 views…….
Everyday they ask for a different amount of money for a different amount of views.
A few days latter-
Facebook asked for $168. for 11,149 views.
Then on another day-
Facebook asked for $147. for 15,465 views.
Jackpack doesn’t really ask for money on a daily basis but periodically they upset me.
Sometime in the last year or two I wasn’t able to “Like” other people’s blogs. They said I ran out of “free” likes and needed to pay them another $200. yearly to like other people’s blogs. Since I couldn’t “like” other people’s blogs many of those people stopped liking my blog. But also many of those people also discontinued their blogs…(I wonder why….only kidding)
I don’t know why or how but sometime latter I was able to “like’ blogs again but most of my old “blogger” friends are long gone now.
Now Jetpack wants more money from me again. They want $4.50 monthly so I can view my statistics.
I figure this is the reason why most people are switching to Pod Casts, You Tube, and Tic Tok.
I have to tell you I AM JUST SICK OF THIS! ……..(Thank You for listening…I feel slightly better now)
And this is what Facebook wants today.
And that’s The FORKING Truth
My local Sprouts Grocery sells a lot of snacks that I never noticed at my old Sprouts around Phoenix that I used to shop at. I picked up these Pineapple Habanero White Carrot Chips because I previously bought Sprouts Hot Honey Beet Chips that were delicious so I thought these Carrot Chips have a chance on being delicious too!
I open it up.
I take a whiff….Don’t really smell much of anything.
I gobble one down…ICK it’s very salty……
I let sit in my mouth till it melts this time.
I do get the habanero. But it’s salty habanero.
WOW! That last chip was extra spicy…ouch.
There is a slight hint of sweetness but it’s so faint that it is hard to identify as pineapple.
The flavors are too unbalanced to enjoy unless you are a fan of very salty and extra spicy.
I should throw them out!
Not a fan of Sprouts Pineapple Habanero White Carrot Chips.
Your FORKING opinion may indeed differ.
I came up with a creative idea! Pesto Pop Tarts.
I make these bread crisps often (recipe on site…just plug in bread crisps)
I just rolled 1/2 the thin for the bottom layer. Then I just added a layer of my fresh pesto. Topped it with a thin layer of the other 1/2 of dough. Then I squirted it with olive oil added sea salt flakes and sesame seeds. This went in my preheated 475 degree f oven for around 20 minutes. (your oven might bake faster…mine leaks but is getting fixed)
I cut it into squares while hot. Note that they don’t come out crisp like the crisp bread. Instead they come out more like a pop tart.
Tasty and easy!
ENJOY!!!!
I make pizza and focaccia pretty often and everyone loves them. Today I made something different. PUMPKIN Pizza….to be exact Kobocha Squash Pizza. \
The topping went something like this-
1 roasted kobocha squash – skin, seeds, membranes, removed and the flesh mashed
2 tablespoons butter -mashed into the squash
2 tablespoons honey mixed into the squash
a pinch of iclmi togarashi mixed into the squash (this is very strong make sure you only use a SMALL pinch)
one apple sliced with core removed (maybe slightly less than a quarter inch thick Roasted with 2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons butter for roasting the apple.
pinch ground cinnamon to season the apple
a wedge of Appenzeller Cheese (a Swiss type cheese…looked like 5-6 ounces) cut in 1/4 inch slices
sage leaves
sprinkle olive oil
A little sprinkle of gruyere and parmesan for finishing
sea salt
pepper
Just bake this on to your pizza dough I did mine at 550 F for around 6 minutes but that was on a crust I just baked.
Even my husband said that this was very good.
Enjoy!!
I saw these Hot Honey Beet Chips at my local Sprouts Grocery. They were on sale and sounded interesting somI picked them up.
I try one…..OMG WOW! This is delicious…….It’s thin….It’s shattering crisp but light as air…..It’s slightly spicy……..IIt’s slightly smokey ………t’s almost sweet…….It’s just delicious flavors…..It’s WAY BETTER than any potato chip…..I could easily eat this whole package…..WOW! What a great surprise these Sprouts Hot Honey Beet Chips are!!!!!…..
Hot Honey Beet Chips from Sprouts Grocery are FORKING DELICIOUS!
I’ll be out of these soon. I hope Sprouts has more!
Wexler’s Deli is one of the FEW Delis in the country that cures, smokes, and slices, their own meats and fish. There is a Wexler’s Deli is a small counter in the food hall called Proper Eats Food Hall in the Aria Resort Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.
My husband bought a pastrami sandwich to take out. We shared it for lunch the next day.
It’s not pretty and it’s on soft west coast style bread…………and it came with a deli pickle spear.
BUT THE PASTRAMI IS SUPERB (insert angels singing)
I don’t think I ever got pastrami from any place that was this FORKING GREAT before.
It’s flavorful. It’s moist. The meat melts in your mouth. It’s so good that it doesn’t need mustard.
The pastrami is so good that I can forgive them for west coast type bread…..Besides they are California Based.
We went back to try it again and to try their own cured lox.
Similar experience but different…….FORKING AMAZING fresh silky smooth melt-in-your-mouth lox……..with sliced raw onions, better than most cream cheese, and not the best but also not the worst bagel…..and a good pickle spear. There is a good possibility that this might be the best lox that you can find in Las Vegas so it’s Worth a Fork to me.
Tried the pastrami again.
It’s still amazing and so far still the best that can be found in Las Vegas but this today is from a leaner part of the brisket that eats different……It’s still contains a lot of fat but doesn’t have the fat running threw it.
I think if you look close then you can understand the difference. (below was the first pastrami I tried from Wexler’s)
Still either sandwich has pastrami that is superior to other I’ve tried here so far so it’s still certainly Worth a Fork!
Wexler’s Pastrami and Lox is Worth a Fork!
Wexler’s Deli – Proper Eats Food Hall – Aria Resorts Resort & Casino
3730 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV
702-590-8664
www.ProperEatsLasVegas.com/Wexlers
www.WexlersDeli.com
I noticed lately that there is a new trend of things that are not doughnuts that are “Doughnut Flavored.” I didn’t know until I purchased this candy that there are other Dunkin’ Chocolate Candies out there. I saw this one and I decided to give it a try even after reading the ingredients.
It’s made in Poland….
I open it up.
Darn! The one side is damaged and doesn’t come out so I take the other one.
My one dog thinks it smells good. The other dog is uninterested in it. I don’t give them any because this might be harmful to dogs.
I bite into it……It’s so sweet that it is almost hard to taste. I do taste raspberry and what seems like extra sweet white chocolate….I do not really get doughnut here………But I can imagine LOTS OF POWDERED SUGAR……..Maybe this can pass as POWDERED Jelly Doughnut?………I am undecided if I will eat the second one tomorrow……latter I threw the rest out.
Those were my FORKING thoughts on Dunkin’ Chocolates Jelly Donut.
Your FORKING Thoughts may indeed differ.
