Dejah

Grilled Lamb chops on reduced price. Eaten with wild rice leftovers, corn, and mint sauce.

Inspired by the comments about Picalilli, I made some this morning! But the recipe said wait for a month before consuming! I licked the spoon and it was good.

local meat packer has 2/pk pork tenderloins on sale for $5.00. The package I cooked last night was 36 oz: supper last night and lunches today. A friend has a cottage in northern Manitoba and they just picked up a container of new harvest of wild rice. So supper was rosemary marinated and grilled pork tenderloin, cranberry, wild rice, and barley pilaf, and a pile of mixed veg. Eaten with my cranberry apple orange chutney

Chicken and ginger conger with century eggs, Chinese cruellers, and a new ingredient for me: crispy ikan bilis. What a punch of umami! My friends who winter in Malaysia brought back a big bag as we loved the crispy chili ikan bilis when we stayed with them.

Chicken Francese for supper. It's an Italian dish. Wondering about the name Francese...named for a lady chef? It was quite nice, with just a hint of lemon in the sauce. A friend introduced us to Mustard Pickles. She had given us a couple of jars and we really like them. So I made my own batch last week. The pickle goes well with chicken pork, hot dogs. That's the yellow stuff on the lower left.

Gai Lan is my favourite vegetable. Paired with tofu and oyster sauce makes for a simple and quick supper with Jasmine rice.

I've been very lazy in posting, but not in cooking and taking pictures. Tho I have no debilitating after effects, energy and stamina is just not up to old standards since I had my stroke end of April. But nothing stops me from cooking and eating. @Smithy: I too made a peach pie. Haven't made one for years but this was for a friend. Need to learn how to do lattice topper but the pie was good. We had just enough pastry to make a regular size pie and for a topless small one for ourselves. Peaches have been terrible this year - o BC Freestones. When it was +30 outside, I did Chicken Souvlaki in the Ninja Toast Oven Air Fryer. Eaten with rice and black beans Have been watching a series on TV: Streets of Hong Kong, mainly about street food. Thought this looked good, so I tried it: Beef short ribs simmered with star anise, ginger, scallions, and white peppercorns for 5 hours. The meat very tender but rather flavourless as that went into the broth, which was amazing. Meat dipped in chili crisps and soy was fine. Eaten with bok choy and rice noodles. Pineapple Pork Meatballs was easy to put together and great with fresh pineapple. Sobey's had prime rib on sale, $2.00 off for Scene members ($13.99 - 11.99) plus 10% off for Scene day - firstr Tues of the month. Grilled up one steak for two of us.

Breaded Pork Chops. Corn OFF the cob for hubby and new taters. Tried out VH new flavour dipping sauce: Orange Ginger - can't beat the discontinued Mango Chili 🤥 A friend brought over Ho Fun with shrimp. I cooked up Shanghai Bok Choy with garlic scapes. Cleaning up when freezer and pulled out a bag of homemade apple pie filling. Made Canadian Cheddar Cheese Apple Crisp. No oatmeal was harmed in this crisp. Canadian Cheddar Cheese Apple Crisp - from E.D. Smith Pie Filling - Recipe on can Basic Recipe: 6 portions 1 - 19 oz. E.D. Smith apple pie filling 1 - cup all purpose flour ¼ cup sugar 1 ½ tsp. baking POWDER ½ tsp. salt 1 ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese ( I use old cheddar) 1/3 cup melted butter ¼ cup milk Combine and sift all dry ingredients Mix in cheese Mix together the melted butter and milk. Add to the above mixture Mix gently with a fork until all the flour is incorporated Spoon apple pie filling into a shallow 1 quart / 1 litre baking dish Drop flour/cheese mixture by forkful to evenly cover the entire dish. Don’t press down! Use the fork to spread the dough if lumpy Bake in pre-heated oven at 375F for 25-35 minutes or until golden brown The recipe calls for a shallow 1quart dish. I used an 8” x 11” Pyrex glass dish. I made 1.5 times the topping recipe but 2 cans filling Great with ice cream or by itself.

Some meals over the past week or so... .Mapo Tofu - added Japanese eggplant 'cos I wanted them! Had cooked these thin Pad Thai noodles and they were not right for this dish! Took them out and glad I had leftover rice in the fridge. Sauteed Shrimp, chips and Shanghai Bok Choy. Curry gravy is a favourite for chips! Beef & Bitter Melon with the Pad Thai Noodles I cooked a couple of nights ago. Shake 'n' Bake BBQ Glaze for chicken legs. I had kept the stock left from poaching a chicken. Cooked the rice and the Chinese cabbage with it. Delicious rice! Reminds me of Hainan Chicken & Rice. Grilled Ground Chicken Burgers with Thai Basil, pan fried potatoes, roasted cauliflower and salad (strips of carrot, cuke, diced red onion, and feta cheese. I used Japanese seasoned sushi seasoning (a vinegar) as dressing. Breaded Pork Chops, a few shrimp, corn OFF the cob, new taters. WE loved VH Mango Chili dipping sauce on pork, chicken, fish, but they have discontinued it !!! Booo

Thank you for all your helpful responses. I checked out Spiceology. All look interesting, except they all contained salt and orange peel (high in potassium) But I may order them for myself! I've made a file, so, looking forward to the challenge.

Wondering is any member on dialysis? My 88 year old brother just started last week. My 87 year old s-i-l is recovering from a heart attack. I am trying to take over some of the cooking for them. I have various pamphlets and notes from dietician, but any input would be appreciated.

My grands call this Brandon French Toast: It's grilled cheese, dipped in egg then fried. Served with maple syrup.

I had poached a chicken for my brother, who just started dialysis. He had the ginger, scallion, sesame oil dip but missed the salt..."=( The poaching broth was amazing, with just ginger and scallions. I used some to cook the rice that we had for supper. To make it a quick supper for us, I opened a can of fried dace, and stir-fried some Shanghai Bok Choy wit a few shrimp. Fish again last night: Blackened Manitoba pickerel, homemade perogies by a friend, peas, and Cavendish sweet potato fries (hubby's request) Picked up Guy Fieri's Chipotle sauce for the fries.

Baby backribs on sale at Safeway. I was short of time, so I didn't slow cooked them as long as I usually do. But they turned out well - in the oven and into our tummies! I had a few baby Shanghai Bok Choy languishing in the crisper while I was away. Trimmed off the yellowed leaves and simmered the stalks in the rib juice that I drained off from the ribs. Cooked 2 racks and sent one to the freezer for a day when I don't feel like cooking.

Still building up stamina after my 4-week stay in the hospital. But always feel great to be back in the kitchen! Chili and toast: Turkey breast stuffed with Ham and Cheese, Cavendish Sweet Tater fries and mixed veg Shrimp and Spicy Cheezy Grits Pan-seared strip loin and Sweet tater And tonight, easier wonton soup with my own char siu from the freezer.