Purple Place Burger

The Purple Place

Went to the Purple Place last week to try their burger that has won a few "best of" contests.

I'd been here years ago, but since then its changed ownership and the entire place upgraded. There's a really nice menu now that consists not only of bar food basics such as hot wings and nacho's but they also serve seared sea scallops, pot stickers and more. For their entree's they range from scallop risotto (which I can't wait to try!), prawns, new york steak, ribs, tacos and a line up of burgers, sandwiches & panini's.


I tried the cheeseburger with cheddar with the works along with garlic fries. It all was very tasty and I look forward to going back to The Purple Place to try some of the other items on the menu.

Located at 363 Green Valley Road, El Dorado Hills
http://www.purpleplacebarandgrill.com

Cleaning out the fridge for a nice lunch

Po' Boy Sandwich

On Today's Menu is a spur of the moment concoction of ingredients that came to mind while cleaning out our refrigerator. I hate it when food expires and goes to waste, that's good money down the drain. I really try to stay on top of items that are aging to make sure they get used up before they go bad. Today I found a few left overs from our previous dinners and we had a couple of hoagie rolls that were still fairly fresh, so I figured I'd try making my version of a shrimp po' boy sandwich for lunch today.

Here's the list of ingredients I used and how I made this spur of the moment lunch.
Hoagie roll; lightly butter the inside of the bun and lay it flat in a pre-heated pan on medium-high heat and just brown the bread (about 1-2 minutes depending on the heat of the pan). I used my panini pan for this, the trick is making sure the pan is hot enough and don't use too much butter.

I generously applied Ronda's home made roasted red pepper sauce to the roll and heated up a pan to medium-high heat with 1 tsp garlic oil and re-heated the shrimp and bacon. I laid that all down on top of a slice of swiss on the roll, let it melt and added some romaine lettuce to the top and voila, my po' boy sandwich. This was the first time I've made one of these and I rather liked it - good stuff!

Ingredients: Hoagie Roll, Cooked shrimp with garlic, Bacon, Swiss Cheese, Sauce (options: aoili, mayo, tobasco, mustard), Lettuce/Tomatos (optional)



Have a great weekend everyone!

A Good Bowl of Chili

Our version of Chili

This morning it was a bit rainy out and the perfect weather for making a big pot of home made chili or maybe chicken soup.

Tonite we made our version of chili

Ingredients
1 lb of ground beef
1/2 onion chopped/diced
3-4 cloves of garlic chopped
1 can of diced stewed tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 can tomato paste
1 can chili beans
1 can black beans
1 can tamales
1 Tbsp cummin (or add to taste)
1 Tbsp chili powder (or add to taste)

Directions
Brown and chop up the ground beef, add onions and cook til softened, add garlic and cook about 2 minutes. Add all canned items except tamales and add all seasonings. Cook about 20 minutes, cut the tamales into 1" pieces and add and stir, be sure not to over stir and disintegrate the tamales. Server hot with shredded cheddar cheese and either crackers or corn bread

Enjoy!