Truffled Potatoes (with Chicken)

I love roasted potatoes. The outsides get all crispy, the insides are soft and hot.  The chicken, like the parsley sprig is mostly just a garnish here!

Truffled Potatoes

1 lg bag red skinned potatoes, 1-2lbs

2 tbsp fresh chopped parsley, plus extra for garnish

1 tbsp butter

3 tbsp White Truffle Garlic Olive Oil

Salt and pepper

Preheat your oven to 350degrees. Butter your roasting pan. 

Quarter your potatoes and toss with the parsley and the Olive Oil. Lightly dust with the salt and pepper now. You can always add more later. (or use the Black Truffle Garlic Sea Salt)

Roast, uncovered, for 30 - 35 minutes. They should be starting to brown.

Serve alongside chicken or steak. This chicken was previously pan fried in the Roasted Garlic Olive Oil.

Penne With Balsamic Butter Sauce

This recipe earned a thumbs up from my picky husband. And permission to make it again! So that's even better. I can imagine this with roasted butternut squash in the fall.


Penne with Balsamic Butter Sauce
Inspired by Food and Wine

1 lb broccoli, cut into pieces
1 lb penne (I love our Maestri Pastai brand)
1/4 cup Fig Balsamic Vinegar
1/4 lb butter, cut into quarters
2 tbsp Roasted Garlic Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste


Heat the oven to 400degrees. Toss the broccoli with 1 tbsp Roasted Garlic Olive Oil and some salt and pepper. Roast about 10 minutes.

Cook the penne until it is al dente, about 11-13 minutes.

Toss cooked pasta with veggies, salt and pepper and balsamic.

Steak with Polenta

So I made a whole bunch of polenta. I have so much left over that I froze about half of the leftovers. Every couple days I grab it and slice off some to go with my dinner.

Today I decided to make steak. I wanted to serve it with some smashed red-skin potatoes, but when I got home I realized I had used the last of them on Monday night.

What to do?

I sliced it up and sent it to the frying pan.

Steak and Polenta 

You need a nice frying pan, some sliced polenta and some steaks. This will serve as many people or as few people as you need it to. This is directions for each serving.

Salt (Himalayan Pink) and Pepper
Steaks
2 Tbsp for each steak, I like Jalapeno, Bacon or Roasted Garlic Olive Oil. I used Portobello and Garlic Olive Oil for this one.


Salt and pepper your steaks liberally. Add 2 Tbsp of olive oil to a frying pan and heat over medium high heat.

Add the steak and cook until desired level of 'done'. This will vary according to how well-done you like your meat. I prefer medium-well, and cooked mine for about five minutes a side.

Keep it warm.

Slice your polenta into thin slices. Add it to the pan and cook until crispy. Also about five minutes.

Serve together and enjoy!