Pork? Noodles? In a soup!

As the temperature drops soup just sounds like something good to eat. Now I know it's not really cold here in the Bahamas, but it is cooler than it was in the summer. Yesterday I wanted to make chicken souse, but I didn't have any chicken. So I made a noodle soup with diced picnic pork shoulder. It was so good! Lucky for you I got a picture before we all dug in.

Pork Noodle Soup

Recipe:
2 tbs of vegetable oil
1/2 lb of diced picnic pork shoulder

1/4 cup of chopped onions

2 garlic cloves minced
1/4 cup of white wine
4 cups of water
3 tbs of lime juice
12 oz package of tri-color pasta
2 cups of frozen mixed vegetables
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Season pork with salt and pepper. Heat saucepan and then add oil to hot pan. Add pork. Cook pork allowing it to brown lightly before turning on other side to brown. Once pork has browned on both sides add onions. Allow onions to become translucent and then add garlic. Stir to ensure onions and garlic do not burn. Deglaze pan with white wine. Then add 4 cups of water and lime juice. Season with salt and pepper. Allow mixture to come to a boil. Once boiling add pasta. Allow pasta to cook for 8-10 minutes. Then add mixed vegetables allow to cook for 5 minutes. Serve hot.

It's Chicken Week!

     Enjoy the menu! I'll be cooking along with you!

Caribay Approved!

After seeing my recipe for Chicken Souse, my sister goes ahead and follows my recipe step by step. Here's the result. It works! The proof is the pudding... no I mean picture. 

Chicken Souse & Johnny Cake

Breakfast was great!

Saturday Morning

I've been up now for about two hours. The first hour I spent fighting to get out of bed so that I can begin breakfast. I grew up having a hot, homemade breakfast and that's something that has stuck with me from my child hood. I guess the fighting to get out of bed was passed on from my dad as well as the hot, homemade breakfast. He would get home from work sometimes as late as two in the morning and still get up to take my mom to work at 6:30 am. Then when he got back home it was time to get the me, my sister and brother ready for school, which always included a hot breakfast. Sometimes we'd have French toast or "panny cakes". All I know is that once you told my dad you liked something he was always delighted to prepare it for you... over and over and over again until you decided you liked something else. Thanks Daddy! Now I'm excited every day I get to make your breakfast. It's true in life you reap what you sow.

In a few minutes we'll be having breakfast together, my mom, dad and I. We're having Chicken Souse and Johnny Cake. Can't wait! I just finished checking the Johnny Cake in the oven. It's almost ready and it's smelling great. Oh I hear the timer going off! I've gat to run...