Welcome back to my blog. I apologize that I haven't posted in a while. I have been fighting migraines for the last 3-4 years and have been trying new courses of treatment since Sept. I've been seeing Dr. Chad Jenkins of Planet Chiropractic, 1409 Kempsville Rd. Chesapeake, VA. (Phone 757.410.2793 or email: planetchiropractic@yahoo.com) and a licensed massage therapist named Kelly Foster (fostermassage@yahoo.com) and my meds have been changed to include an anti -depressant for stress called lexapro. Knock on wood I haven't felt this good for this long in quite some time. I have had good results with other medication for a week or two only to have my symptoms return so I'm kinda waiting for the other shoe to drop. Dr. Chad and Kelly are fixing old shoulder and neck injuries from 11 years ago, that I acquired in a fall when I was an iron worker. These injuries have steadily gotten worse over the years which I'm sure in no small way contribute to my headaches. Last week Food Lion had fresh picnics on sale. For those of you who don't live in the south it is the equivalent of a shank portion of ham but from the front leg. The top cut is a Boston Butt. Well I made a version of Cuban-Style Oven-Roasted Pork from Cooks Illustrated.com. If you Google Cuban style grill-roasted pork you can find a link to epicurious.com that has the same recipe. You start out with brine and marinade your picnic for 24 hours. if the weather is not cooperating you can roast the picnic in the oven at 325 degrees skin side down on a rack placed in a roasting pan for 3 hours , flip over for 3 more hours, remove and let rest for at least 1 hour before carving. I highly recommend the Mojo sauce. I served the pork with a roasted corn salsa and a three bean salad with oranges, cumin and cilantro. The sides worked perfectly, can be served room temperature or cold and work great all year around. Since fresh corn is scarce as hens teeth I just pan roasted a good quality frozen corn in a little olive oil with salt and pepper. This brought out a very deep corn taste that hit the spot. I used Serrano peppers without ribs or seeds for a little heat and good background flavor. The recipe calls for red sweet peppers but bell pepper will work just as well. On the three bean salad it is hard to find frozen wax beans but I did find a green bean, yellow wax bean and carrot mix from Pictsweet.. I just removed the carrots and added the kidney beans and followed the recipe. On Sunday I sliced the leftovers real thin and made Cuban sandwiches on the griddle. Excellent use of leftovers just need a baguette or other crusty bread, dill pickles, mayo and Swiss. What's leftover I'm going to chunk cut and add to my version of Emeril's New-Style Caldo Verde since winter is supposed to be back tomorrow. On a personal note I would like to welcome the latest member and grandchild to the family Elijah Thomas Akers. A fine looking young lad that favors my side of the family.
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