After our 3 mile charity walk yesterday, we went out to breakfast. I figured I worked off enough calories to indulge in one of my guilty breakfast pleasures: corned beef hash!
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On a “The best think I ever ate” on FoodTV, Michael Symon had a guacamole that had blue cheese, sage and bacon in it. While mine didn’t look a lot like the one he had (his had bigger chunks of blue cheese and probably center cut bacon) we both really liked it. We discovered there is a range of blue cheeses out there – while we like blue cheese, we don’t like it when its too pungent.
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So I had an idea to make steak taquitos. We had this steak in the freezer that I defrosted the day before – not even sure what spencer steak is!
I cut the steak into strips, then in a corn tortilla put about a tablespoon of refried beans, some taco sauce, the steak and queso cheese. I made a sauce on the side that Tony didn’t like at all, so his taquitos were a bit on the dry side. And while I tasted the steak right after I cooked it and it was very flavorful and tender, once I deep fried it, the meat was overcooked.
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So while Tony was watching football, I was able to search OnDemand in our back room, in my comfy chair with a nice breeze – I may or may not have taken a teeny tiny nap! 😀 So I was in HBO Documentaries, and I saw one on Altzheimer’s. So while I did the charity walk yesterday, I have not known anyone personally who has gone through this with a loved one first hand.
My friends Helen and Susan have though, and this documentary was such an eye opener! The first person they interviewed was about 60 years old. He was holding up an old family picture of his mom, her siblings and cousins – 14 people in total. The interviewer said “how many people in that photograph have died because of Altzheimer’s.” The mans response was “it would be easier to tell you who didn’t!” 12 out of 14 people in that photo, including his mother, all died of Altzheimer’s disease.
Yet another family had a father they could no longer take care of. He was put in a nursing home, but complications of some of the medications gave him insomnia, so they had to hire a personal caretaker, at the cost of $100 a night, to put their father back dozens of time during the night.
But the one that struck me the most was a man who was a caretaker for his wife for nine years. They showed pictures of the couple when they were young, at the beach, having fun. He was determined not to have his wife go in a nursing home. They showed pictures of her from the first year she had Altzheimer’s and it showed how debilitating the disease gets as the years go by.
But the one thing the man said was that he lost his life long companion. It was like taking care of just a body, as the last 5 years of his wife’s illness, she was unable to communicate. So I just wanted to thank everyone again for donating to my walk yesterday – it really opened my eyes to a disease I knew little about.
Alright, now back to the food! My store had spare ribs on sale for $1.99 a pound. And for some reason, my non-meat eating daughter loves these ribs – but only these ribs, not beef ribs, not baby back, just plain old spare ribs.
Thankfully Tony saw my first mistake, I had the oven temp too high – I started it off at 275, but it should bake at 200 degrees for four hours.
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It was a gorgeous night!
New BSI host this week – Rucika Cooks chose Paneer. Seems like our BSI is making its rounds in India these past several weeks! Paneer is a fresh cheese, almost like cottage cheese. So if you live in an area that you can’t find Paneer, they will accept cottage cheese as a good substitute.
I hope everyone had a great weekend! 😀
Whoa that guacamole looks great! I like blue cheese too but only when it’s mild so I totally know what you mean. Bacon looks good too!
yay for Michael Symon!! i have a soft spot for him since he is a fellow clevelander :). that guac sounds divine!
– Beth @ http://www.DiningAndDishing.com
You made the guacamole! Holy cow that looks great! I really want to try that since I have a love affair with avocado’s and with bacon….YUM!
Hey love…thanks for checking in on me during this hard time =) you are an amazing person EXCEPT for when you make me crave meat lol…you are the only person that makes me reconsider giving up meat lol. you alway make it look so good.
Love corned beef & hash, love love love ribs! Oh my. lol 🙂
Andrew loves corned beef hash! 😉 I love going out for breakfast after a long walk or run. So much fun to celebrate with a yummy meal out!! 🙂
Baby twice baked potato–SCORE. That’s on the menu lineup for this week. Thanks. My 93 yr old Dad lives in an Alzheimer’s facility. He also has insomnia and has fallen several times. His private duty caregiver costs $2180 per week. She’s wonderful with him and it’s a great relief to us to know he’s being watch out for, but even so . . . . It’s a terrible disease.
I love ribs and your look fantastic!
The Alzheimer’s documentary must have been so hard to watch. Such a sad disease. I do hope they find a cure, and soon.
Oh, yum! I do so love corned beef hash; what a great post-walk breakfast choice!
The taquitos reminded me: for my Mr.’s last salsa batch, he roasted the veggies on the grill first. Perfection! (It was your Baja fresh recipe, but smaller scale.) I’ve been eating it with a spoon, like slightly chunky gazpacho.
Hey, I’m curious; did you participate in the okra BSI?
Nope – the week got away from me . . . or maybe I was just chicken!
Thank you for participating in the Alzheimer’s walk, Biz- you have such a kind heart! Though no one close to me has been affected, I am terrified that one day they will. My grandfather had dymentia, and that was extremely painful to see him lose his memory little by little. It is a horrible, horrible disease. 🙁
On a lighter note, those ribs look AMAZING! I have only had ribs a few times in my life (for some reason, we never ate them growing up) but my oh my, do I ever love them!
i love a bright moon <3 my bedroom window usually faces the moon so some nights when its really bright i leave my blinds open to let it shine in..its kinda twilight-movie-esque haha.
breakfast after a charity walk sounds like a good way to spend sunday!! im tempted to try corned beef sometime, hmmmm 😉
xoxo
Ribs look good. The only thing missing is the smoke ring.
Al – I need a smoker! Maybe next summer? 😀
Biz-congratulations on the walk!
I can’t handle the stinky cheese!
I hope you’ll try the Taquito’s again – maybe since you cut the meat into thin slices you should just leave it raw?
Wow the paragraph about the couple with Alzheimer’s really touched me Biz. It perfectly describes my in-law’s situation. When my SIL Pam died this past June it was awful for him. THEY had lost a child but he carried all the burden.
I was actually thinking about you when I was watching it! Hugs!
Every year I run the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s Run for the Cure and my favourite thing is going out for breakfast afterwards at a diner! I’ll be doing that again this year FOR SURE!
I missed the time to donate to your walk, but wanted to say thank you for raising money and doing it. My grandfather passed away from Alzheimers 3 years ago, and watching him deteriorate was painful. I hope that they are able to use that money to help find a cure. Thank you again.
Congrats on your walk!! I’m so happy that everything went well 🙂
So glad the walk went good. Horrible and sad disease! I’ve never been touched personally by it but have heard stories. Thanks for sharing some of those stories!!
I’m not a huge blue cheese fan either, maybe the milder version I could handle. Interesting! All the food looks awesome!