September 22, 2008
I hope you enjoyed our segments from Cafe Michael today. Chef Michael and his staff do a great job with their meals and also with the cooking classes. What a great idea to have classes for children! The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday and also offers private parties. As promised, I have included the recipes that we featured today and also the dip that we made during the program. Here is the recipe for the dip...it's real easy.
Corn Relish Dip
1/2 jar of corn relish (can be found in Cafe Michael kitchen shop)
1 to 2 cups of sour cream (or to taste)
Mix together well and serve with Pita chips, potato chips or Fritos
CAFÉ MICHAEL SALMON DINNER
Sauteed Blackened Salmon
Israeli Couscous
Vegetables Medley
-Cut salmon filets into 6-8 ounce servings. Rub generously with blackened seasoning (or other seasoning mix you like). Place a small amount of oil in a saucepan and heat to very hot, then add salmon and cook on each side about 3 to 4 minutes, until center is done. Remove from heat.
-Make Israeli couscous according to the directions on the package (boiled in salted water about 10 minutes). When couscous is fully cooked, Place in a small saucepan with about 3 Tbs. white wine and salt and pepper and sauté just until hot through and wine is reduced. (Fresh Market is the only place we have found this couscous).
-Make a vegetable medley of onion, zucchini, cherry tomatoes and blanched green beans. Slice onion thin, slice zucchini, halve tomatoes and cut green beans to bite size (or use haricots verts, which are very small thin beans).
In a saucepan, heat about 2 Tbs. oil, add vegetables, toss until all vegetables are soft, season with salt and pepper.
Corn relish, sold at Michael’s kitchen shop, makes a good topping for blackened salmon.
CAFÉ MICHAEL
GRILLED SHRIMP WRAPPED IN BACON
Use large uncooked, tail on peeled and deveined shrimp. Make a slit lengthwise across the top of the shrimp and fill space with a small amount of fontina cheese. (You may also use asiago or jalapeno cheese). Wrap each shrimp in one half piece bacon and secure with toothpick.
Shrimp are best grilled, until bacon is cooked and browned. Shrimp can also be baked in the oven at 375 degrees until bacon is cooked. Serve with your favorite barbeque sauce for dipping.
For information on catering, kitchen shop items, and cooking classes, call:
MICHAEL GRIFFIN
Restaurant: 564-7007
Or you can ask for Cary Mason or Kathy Barnhart
CAFÉ MICHAEL is located between Monte Sano Mountain and Hampton Cove in the Interior Marketplace, 5732 Highway 431 S.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Scene Restaurant and Lounge-Monaco Pictures
September 11, 2008
First, I hope that everyone remembers the significance of today's date and what it means in the history of our nation. I hope and pray that we never have to deal with such a tragedy again.
Secondly, I hope you enjoyed this morning's show from Monaco Picture's Scene Restaurant and Lounge. What a neat place to enjoy a good meal and I do mean a good meal. Executive Chef Anthony Gutierrez has a menu that runs the gamut of foods, including sushi by Sou Chef Paul Visuthikosol. Can you say OUTSTANDING!!! Here are a couple of recipes from this morning's show for you.
Bananas Foster
1/4 cup (1/2) stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup banana liqueur
4 bananas, cut in half lengthwise, then halved
1/4 cup dark rum
4 scoops vanilla ice cream
Combine the butter, sugar and cinnamon in a flambe pan or skillet.
Place the pan over low heat on top of the stove and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves
Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan. When the banana sections
soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum. Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum. When the flames subside, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream. Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately.
For added flavor, toast slivered almonds in melted butter in a skillet, salt to taste and spoon over bananas.
Sexy Ban (Sushi)
Tuna -2 slices
Salmon-2 slices
Yellowtail-1 slice
Shrimp Tempura-2 pieces
Avocado-2 slices
Jicama-2 slices
Spicy Garlic Aioli-1oz.
Spicy Sesame Sauce-1oz.
Eel Sauce 1-oz.
Sesame Sauce-1oz.
Sliced carrot
White rice-1 cup
Cook white rice according to instructions on package. (Amount depends on how much sushi you are making.
Spread rice on seaweed wrap, place two shrimp tempura on rice along with jicama, roll into tube shape.
Alternate strips of fish and avocado and press into roll. Slice into serving sizes.
Mix Spicy Garlic Ailoi and Sesame Sauce together and Spicy Sesame Sauce and Eel Sauce
together or any variation of choice and serve with sushi.
Or you could just go to Scene Restaurant and Lounge and let them fix it all for you. By the way, Scene is this week's featured Real Deals coupon. You can purchase a coupon for $50 worth of food for $25. You can log in to whnt.com Friday morning and go to the Real Deals segment. The coupons go on sale at 8:30am. For more details go to the Real Deals section right now and check it out.
First, I hope that everyone remembers the significance of today's date and what it means in the history of our nation. I hope and pray that we never have to deal with such a tragedy again.
Secondly, I hope you enjoyed this morning's show from Monaco Picture's Scene Restaurant and Lounge. What a neat place to enjoy a good meal and I do mean a good meal. Executive Chef Anthony Gutierrez has a menu that runs the gamut of foods, including sushi by Sou Chef Paul Visuthikosol. Can you say OUTSTANDING!!! Here are a couple of recipes from this morning's show for you.
Bananas Foster
1/4 cup (1/2) stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup banana liqueur
4 bananas, cut in half lengthwise, then halved
1/4 cup dark rum
4 scoops vanilla ice cream
Combine the butter, sugar and cinnamon in a flambe pan or skillet.
Place the pan over low heat on top of the stove and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves
Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan. When the banana sections
soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum. Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum. When the flames subside, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream. Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately.
For added flavor, toast slivered almonds in melted butter in a skillet, salt to taste and spoon over bananas.
Sexy Ban (Sushi)
Tuna -2 slices
Salmon-2 slices
Yellowtail-1 slice
Shrimp Tempura-2 pieces
Avocado-2 slices
Jicama-2 slices
Spicy Garlic Aioli-1oz.
Spicy Sesame Sauce-1oz.
Eel Sauce 1-oz.
Sesame Sauce-1oz.
Sliced carrot
White rice-1 cup
Cook white rice according to instructions on package. (Amount depends on how much sushi you are making.
Spread rice on seaweed wrap, place two shrimp tempura on rice along with jicama, roll into tube shape.
Alternate strips of fish and avocado and press into roll. Slice into serving sizes.
Mix Spicy Garlic Ailoi and Sesame Sauce together and Spicy Sesame Sauce and Eel Sauce
together or any variation of choice and serve with sushi.
Or you could just go to Scene Restaurant and Lounge and let them fix it all for you. By the way, Scene is this week's featured Real Deals coupon. You can purchase a coupon for $50 worth of food for $25. You can log in to whnt.com Friday morning and go to the Real Deals segment. The coupons go on sale at 8:30am. For more details go to the Real Deals section right now and check it out.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
MDA Telethon
September 4, 2008
First a BIG thank you to all of the Tennessee Valley for your generosity during the annual Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day Telethon. Because of your help, we here at Newschannel 19 marked another record year in pledges. For the first time ever, our total topped the three hundred thousand mark. That is fantastic, especially considering the extenuating circumstances of this year's event. Hurricane Gustav for one and the less than good economy for another. Neither kept you from listening to your hearts and generously helping us. Whether you called in a pledge, donated money during any one of the many fund-raisers through-out the year or by volunteering your services, we could not have done it without you. From the bottom of my heart, I salute you and thank you!!!
Second, I hope you saw our segments this morning from Burritt on The Mountain concerning Earthscope. What a neat concept that the Huntsville City Schools have to provide system-wide environmental education for elementary students. I wish these kinds of programs were available when I was in school, but then again, that was so long ago that our classrooms had dirt floors anyway. (Just kidding.) If you don't know about Earthscope, I urge you to find out about it and really support this great educational tool for our children. The program is funded through community partnerships and Huntsville City Schools (grants and such). The more you learn about it, the more you will want to help.
For more information, contact :
Earthscope Environmental Education
1107 Monte Sano Blvd.
Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 428-7309
jrussell@hsv.k12.al.us
First a BIG thank you to all of the Tennessee Valley for your generosity during the annual Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day Telethon. Because of your help, we here at Newschannel 19 marked another record year in pledges. For the first time ever, our total topped the three hundred thousand mark. That is fantastic, especially considering the extenuating circumstances of this year's event. Hurricane Gustav for one and the less than good economy for another. Neither kept you from listening to your hearts and generously helping us. Whether you called in a pledge, donated money during any one of the many fund-raisers through-out the year or by volunteering your services, we could not have done it without you. From the bottom of my heart, I salute you and thank you!!!
Second, I hope you saw our segments this morning from Burritt on The Mountain concerning Earthscope. What a neat concept that the Huntsville City Schools have to provide system-wide environmental education for elementary students. I wish these kinds of programs were available when I was in school, but then again, that was so long ago that our classrooms had dirt floors anyway. (Just kidding.) If you don't know about Earthscope, I urge you to find out about it and really support this great educational tool for our children. The program is funded through community partnerships and Huntsville City Schools (grants and such). The more you learn about it, the more you will want to help.
For more information, contact :
Earthscope Environmental Education
1107 Monte Sano Blvd.
Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 428-7309
jrussell@hsv.k12.al.us
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