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My fish share gave me the dreaded pollock again yesterday. Trying to think of something to do with it other than chowder, I decided on Thai-flavored fish cakes. I ground up the fish with lemongrass, chiles, cilantro, ginger, garlic, fish sauce, palm sugar, scallions, and coconut milk then formed into patties and chilled to firm up. Then I fried them and served with lime wedges and a dipping sauce made from sweet chili sauce, fish sauce, and malt vinegar. I really liked this. Served with a cucumber salad and steamed rice. I also got a piece of Faroe Island salmon in this week's share so that will be dinner tonight.

Egg on a seeded bagel

Pizza night. Pepperoni Vegetable I also made a carbonara pizza and a sausage pizza, but did not get pictures of those.

Last night was clean the leftovers out of the fridge night, which usually translates to using up various leftovers in sandwich form. For my husband, leftover tenderloin, arugula, parmesan, and truffle butter and for me, leftover turkey meatballs and sauce, arugula and provolone

A simple salad with hazelnuts, apples, and gorgonzola dolce in a citrus vinaigrette. I topped it with crispy chicken made from a recipe that came in a case of wine my husband ordered. It was supposed to be "sweet, spicy, and crunchy" but really did not have enough heat for me. And I forgot to add the honey that the recipe called for so it ended up not being sweet either (my fault, obviously). At least it was crunchy! It was one of those nights ;-)

This week's fish share was much more appreciated than last week's pollock. Haddock, cooked on a bed of dijon mustard, white wine, and leeks. Crispy lemon garlic parsley crumbs on top. Sides were leftovers from weekend family meals: sweet potato puree and cauliflower gratin.

This week's batch of soup is eggplant parmesan soup. Roasted eggplant is cooked with celery, onions, garlic, tomatoes, white wine, oregano, and stock, then garlicky breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese is added along with a tbsp. of balsamic vinegar and a handful of basil, and then the whole thing is pureed.

Fish chowder made with pollock. I have a weekly fish share, and usually love whatever they give us. That said pollock is the one fish I really don't like, and since it is such a common fish we are guaranteed to be given it at least once in every eight-week cycle. There is something about its texture that I find off-putting. It is OK in chowder though.

Egg, bacon, and cheese on Japanese milk toast

It is not runny but I would not describe it as thick either. I basically follow this recipe from Ina Garten http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/chicken-stew-with-biscuits-recipe.html

yakisoba

I just made a huge pot of this 14 bean soup with kale for lunch this week. I'll give half to my sister. We make a pot of soup each weekend and then split it between us.

They are biscuits with parsley in them. The chicken was in the stew under the biscuits.

chicken stew

I made a butternut squash soup for dinner last night. It was not sweet at all. Adapted from the New England Soup Factory Cookbook: 2 onions, chopped 3 ribs celery chopped 5 carrots chopped 1 lb. butternut squash, chopped 4 cloves garlic, chopped 3 tbsp. butter 6 cups chicken stock 2 handfuls tortilla chips 1/2 cup cilantro 6 ounce montery jack cheese juice of one lime one bunch scallions, chopped one can minced green chiles Melt butter and saute all vegetables until soft. Add chicken stock and simmer until vegetables are tender (this took about 40 minutes). Remove from heat and add tortilla chips, let soften. Add cilantro and montery jack cheese. Stir to melt cheese. Blend with stick blender. Add juice of one lime, scallions, and minced green chiles. Season to taste. It basically tasted like a big bowl of melted nachos. My 14 year old niece LOVED this soup. She requested the leftovers for dinner tonight. The original recipe called for sherry but I did not have any. The adults added hot sauce at the table. Here is a picture (not great because my niece was standing over my shoulder saying FEED. ME. NOW!) I served it with a pan of cornbread, the East Coast Grill recipe (you can find it on the New York Times website)

Congee

Linguini with olives and roasted peppers.

sandwich made with leftover mushroom-provolone frittata and roasted peppers from Saturday's antipasto platter. There is some spinach and thinly sliced onion on there too.

Funny you noticed that. My Joy of Cooking was my bible when I first got married and wanted to learn how to cook things other than the five recipes I made over and over again in college. It got a lot of use, as you can see. I don't cook from it too often anymore, but I still make their cornbread. I will post pictures once the bookshelf project is done, but it might be a while! I have been moving very slowly on making this house my own and have a long way to go. There are actually a bunch of really good recipes in that book. The pan seared striped bass with garlic mustard sauce is delicious. I also like the chili scallops with greens, the blackened shrimp with red pepper coulis, and my husband likes the codfish with lobster sauce.

I can't remember if I replied to this thread years ago (I joined egullet back in 2003 but then left for many years, can't remember why now). At the moment I have about 400 cookbooks. Here they are: I moved to my current house almost two years ago, and at that time I probably purged about 300 others. I have a bad tendency to collect books of all types haha. My two most recent acquisitions could not be more different from each other: Nopi and The Vermont Country Store Cookbook. The bookcases in the picture are ones that my husband and I lugged home from an unfinished furniture store and painted ourselves right after getting married a very long time ago. The walls they are on go up another 10 feet and out about four feet. I am towards the end of a project to upgrade all the bookcases in my house, and am planning on having custom bookshelves made that go all the way up to the ceiling and to the edges of the walls, with library ladders. Room for lots more cookbooks :-)

spaghetti and meatballs

Shelby has Ronnie tried the rare tuna? My inlaws used to insist that they only liked tuna cooked all the way through until they finally tried it rare. Now they fight us for the rarest pieces (and we let them win out of respect for our elders haha). Tonight's dinner was fluke with crispy crumbs, glazed carrots, and cauliflower puree. This dinner screamed for something green, but the fridge is pretty bare after being on the Cape for so long. I brought the fluke home from the Cape and picked up some more local tuna for tomorrow too. I will have to go buy green things on my lunch break tomorrow.

tuna and udon noodles with bok choy

spaghetti with lobster and clams

eggs scrambled with spinach and mushrooms on a croissant