Dejah

We love cumin lamb! Yesterday, I was at Safeway and found 2 packages of ground veal marked down! So I made Ann_T's Magnolia Grilled Veal Meatloaf! I used Summer Savory that my kids brought from Nfld for herbs. We LOVED the texture, way better than the usual meatloaf with tomato sauce / BBQ sauce. We had some slices for supper tonight, with a mushroom gravy. Took some to my brother and s-i-l. Tomorrow, I may grill some for lunch! Thanks, @Ann_T! Another first for me was Rice Pudding! I have only ever made it once, about 50 years ago.This one is baked in the oven. Don't care for raisin in it, but hubby likes them. Next time, I will put in pistashios and cardamom, like we've had in East Indian restaurant.

Lamb is a favourite protein! Grilled on cast iron pan. Fresh mint sauce, peas and Jasmine rice.

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Nice to be able to get ground lamb - made Moussaka for supper. This time, I tried broiling thin slices of eggplant as opposed to pan frying. We prefer the thicker slices pan fried - soft silky texture a nicer contrast to the ground lamb. Salsa makes a nice contrast as well Lovely fresh chicken breasts on sale at our local Co-Op: $4.99 / lb. Picked up 4 trays and put them into foodsaver vacuum bags for the freezer. Kept 2 breasts out for Chicken Fajita last night. Avocados from the freezer for guac, a can of El Paso refried beans, etc

I have to special order them thru' our little local Asian store. I think Dim Sum restaurants in Winnipeg uses them. They get them thru' a wholesale supplier that I used to order from for my restaurant. Company is in Mississauga, Ontario

It's sour cream. Had evening garden club meeting and I am on lunch / coffee committee. So it was early supper: Deluxe Wonton Soup, with Siu Choy, Char Siu, and shrimp plus noodles.

Still re-energizing after the Xmas festivities followed by friends making their annual visits! Made Thai Herb Salmon Baked in Foil for guests for supper. Sides were Green Beans Almondine, Jasmine Rice and Nasi Lamak. Made trifle for dessert. Leftover salmon for two the next night Always keep Costco Weiners in the freezer. Great when I am tired of cooking! Cavendish Fries and bag of chopped salad = supper! Had a Butterball Turkey Breast in the freezer that didn't get used over the holidays. Used a box of Stove Top stuffing for the 1st time. Better when oit was dried out a bit next day! LOL! Leftover turkey for sandwiches for 2 days. Stir-friebd Udon noodles with siu choy, shirataki mushrooms, rehydrated shrimp, and char siu, in oyster sauce. Picked up a small pork blade roast. Seasoned with West African Citrus Spices. Made delicious gravy! Made 3 doz egg tarts for our garden club meeting in the evening! Easy when I am able to buy puff pastry tart shells!

A big market is 3 hours from me. My friends are heading to Malaysia for the winter and will bring back a couple for me.

Ran out of time to make moussaka, so the ground lamb turned into Kofta. Basmati rice and mixed veg sides. For dessert: Chinese Steamed Egg Cake: memory from my childhood, and, my kids love this whenever Po-Po visited us on the farm and made this. After school, a wedge of this with ice cold milk. I have been making this in my Mom's old wicker basket, but it finally fell apart even with all the mending I did. So, I had to make this in a bamboo steamer. I need to find a similar basket, like this one! Maybe when my friends go to Malaysia!

Have not made pizza for eons, but I had a lot of various meats left over from our Xmas charcuterie. Picked up some pizza dough from a local bakery, and tossed together a couple for supper. Half was meat, and the other half vegetable. It was pretty good! We have a second pizza for supper, but the granddaughters (10 and 12) came up for the evening. Our pizza not to their taste, and they requested noodles. So it's stir-fried noodles with bean sprouts, butter green beans, and grilled striploin. They seem to be very hungry tonight as they devoured the whole platter of food, followed by Melona Mango pops, a bowl of blueberries, and an Asian pear each! They also each had 3 pieces of Quality Street chocolates. I picked up a can at Xmas, and we are not particularly fond of them, so I guess I'll keep them for when they come up!

Back to simpler fare: Tomato, Beef & Egg stir-fry - lots of Jasmine rice to soak up the delicious sauce!

Quiet days after all the hustle bustle of the Christmas week! Just 2 old folks at home, so we celebrated the new year with surf & turf! Tenderloin steaks done in cast iron pan, garlic butter lobster tails in the air fryer, jasmine rice, and.....PEAS! Happy 2025, everyone!

The rest of the 2024 story! BBQ Pork ribs in the oven, siu choy, quick pickled mini cukes, Jasmine rice Pickerel Fish'n'Chips with our usual curry gravy and malt vinegar. Peas seems to be usual veg! Last meal of 2024: 4 hour oven-braised Thai Coconut Curry Lamb Shanks with carrots and celery. Jasmine rice and fresh mint sauce to cut the richness of the coconut milk. Paratha was useful in sopping up the gravy!

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Always seem to be pressed for time when the house is full of adult kids and grandkids. This Xmas was especially distracting as the headliner was our 4 month old grandson and his first visit to our house! Also, we were ecstatic with our 2nd son and family here from St. John's NFLD after not seeing them for 2 years. So, just as long as food was prepared and on the table, we weren't concerned about table settings, etc. For Xmas eve, we set out a wonton soup buffet along with Char Siu Baos I made early in the morning. Xmas Day dinner: I cooked a 9 lb and a 3 lb prime roast. My 2 sons delivered dinners over to my 87 year old brother and s-i-l as it was too physically difficult for them to come over for supper. Made 2 dozen Yorkshire Puddings early in the day, along with the gravy as I had lots of beef drippings in the fridge. Sides were simple - mashed potatoes, asparagus in the air fryer, and green beans almondine. We also had a vegetarian Shepherd's Pie for one of the granddaughters. Dessert was our usual for all family celebrations: English Trifle! If that wasn't enough to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth, we also enjoyed thin slices of Vinarterta, shortbread, butter tarts, and mincemeat tarts. There were bottles of wine, ice wine, and eldest son also brought a bottle of Bourbon for relaxing and sipping once we cleared out of the kitchen!

I did longer as the ribs were bigger pieces. I probably did 45, just by watching the liquid as it cooks down. This was a great dish!

Wishing all your wonderful foodies a Merry And Bountiful Christmas as you celebrate with family and friends. A few meals as we prepare for tomorrow! Air-fryer Chicken Ground Lamb Stuffed Buttercup Squash Smoked Turkey Cantonese Chow Mein 1 2 3 4 5 Ribs Siu Choy to go with the ribs And the Char Siu I made Char Siu into Baos! My granddaughter from Newfoundland loves these so much! I made 3 dozen. Baos accompanied by Gai Lan & Udon Noodles for a vegetarian granddaughter and a few shrimp and Char Siu for the rest of us.

Found Pork Buckeye at the local meat packers. This was the cut we used in the restaurant for Char Siu. Made up a batch for baos , for when the family all converge on the 21st. One of my granddaughters, the 11 year old, who lives in Nfld, loves these, so we will make the baos, AND sticky rice while she is here. She loves both of these, so wants to learn! ❤️ She is already learning to cook many different dishes with her Dad. I got another batch of buckeye, so her Dad (my 2nd son) will mix the marinade together today. It's hard for them to find good reasonably priced Char Siu in St. John's, Nfld Taste test: with ramen noodles! Honey Mustard Baked Chicken. A friend adds a tsp curry powder to the recipe. Will try next time as we love the smell and taste of curry. Had chicken legs and thighs left from the Honey Mustard chicken, so did a steamed dish with shitaki mushrooms and lap cheung. Sauteed gailan and rice to soak up the juices! Son arrived yesterday ahead of the family for the head office staff Xmas party. Lovely that they pay all the expenses. I had a sirloin tip roast (not a favourite cut!) and did a 30 hour sous vide at 130. It turned out well and we had it for supper when he arrived at 6. Was so busy getting the sides while visiting that I forgot to take a picture. These are the outside pieces. Looks dry but wasn't, and it was tender! Sandwiches with leftovers.

We are lucky to get pickerel fillets, quick frozen and sealed in 1 lb pkgs 3 times a year ($11.00 / lb - no bones). Sobeys also has fresh pickerel, around $15.00 / lb. I usually have several pkges, 10-15 in the freezer - quick meals!

Another snowmagedon this weekend! Time to catch up reading, admiring and posting: Portuguese Roast Chicken with Epicure spice pack: Instant Pot Black Bean Garlic Ribs and Fun See Cumin Beef Bell Pepper Stir-fry Sous Vide Pork Loin Steamed Pickerel Cantonese Style Pork Piccata - best effort this time with the balance of the sauce!

That's a thing of beauty! The whole meal was!

Quick and easy: Spicy Shrimp on Cheesy Grits, chopped salad and peas.

Come on up and over IF you can handle our winters;-) First one this week went thru', and we are hunkering down for a second one - extended long period of snow starting tonight! We have an outlet for restaurant quality foods from Sysco. We used the supplier when we had the restaurant. Picked up a case of 24 eight oz strip loin steaks for $188.00. They were on the thin size, not like when I cut my own from a whole strip loin 😉 But they are perfect for quick fry Abbreviated Steak Chasseur with home-made fries in the Ninja. From the freezer, tail-end pieces of Halibut on sale a couple of months ago. The skin was left on, and they smelled very fishy thawed. Soaked them in cold salter water, dried off, and smeared with mayo. Breaded with cracker crumbs and pan-fried. Thank goodness the fishy smell was gone, the skin peeled off easily, and supper came together with corn and rice. Sauce was VH Mango Chili dip.

@Shelby: THAT pizza you posted. I would LOVE that! Our first winter storm arrived Tues - beginning with rain, then ice pellets, then snow and blizzard winds. Main highways and many provincial roads were closed due to ice and visibility issues. Semis were parked along the shoulders from yesterday afternoon to this morning. It was a good day to stay home. I baked muffins all day, so supper was quick and easy. Butter Chicken with commercial sauce. Eaten with Cardamom Basmati rice A couple of my nieces who grew up working in our family restaurant were visiting from Calgary. Their request was for some dishes we had on our menu: #17 Soo's #17 - deep fried pork ribs (with a few chicken balls!) and some turned into #13, Sweet & Sour Pork Ribs Shrimp Egg Foo Young was another favourite as was Boneless Almond Chicken: Winnipeg Blue Bombs made it to the Grey Cup for the 5th year, but lost miserably in the last quarter! Supper was a winner tho- a single rib prime roast Lots of colds and flu hitting friends, so out came my Hot 'n' Soup Soup pot. Supper was augmented with some air fryer chicken wings with VH Chili Mango sauce. Local Co-Op had fresh lamb shanks - could never resist! Thai Coconut Curry Lamb Shanks And finally, another dish we love, but definitely a vegetable you either love or hate: Shrimp and Bitter Melon (Foo Gua) with black bean garlic sauce over rice noodles. |

Caught up reading a few pages of amazing food. Now, for some of the meals we've had: Lean ground beef on sale at one of the stores, so made up a bunch of meatballs. Had these with jar of marinera sauce and pappardelle. A new European grocery and tiny restaurant opened in the city. I went in to buy mix for potato dumplings, and came home with these Moroccan Lamb sausages, made on site. The texture and spices were good, but they were way too salty! We could eat one each - and thankful for the sauteed cabbage and couscous . Time for paella! And Persimmons are in the stores! Great for dessert time. Haven't been able to find these in town for quite some time. Was happy to find them at the new European store. We love these with stew. Made a big pot and 8 dumplings. Shared 3 servings with my brother, s-i-l, and their grandson. Been trying to get the rest of the outside stuff done while we had a day of double digit temps. Shrimp and Udon Noodles made for a quick supper.