Dejah

So many delicious meals! Don't know where the time has gone. I've been cooking and eating, but just got lazy in posting.😏 Most labour intensive cooking I did was about 3 weeks ago. I was late in celebrating Dragon Boat Festival, and was reluctant in taking up the task as Covid did not allow any family or friends to help out. However, I finally took up the challenge and made +80 packets of Joongzu, for family and friends to enjoy. I made 2 kinds this year, both with the same filling, but one batch all sticky rice, and the other batch my Mom's mixed rice (jasmine and sticky)

My bachelor neighbor just bought a smoker with BBQ. He smoked beef short ribs today, a first try, and shared some with us. I am usually the one feeding him! I said a small piece as I already had stuff out for supper - stuffed chicken wings from the freezer. The ribs were pretty good for a first attempt. Cooked up jasmine rice and Shanghai Bok Choy.

The chili bean sauce he mentioned in his recipe is doubanjiang

Black Bean Garlic Chicken, Butter Melon over Ho fun. Always a favourite except for our kids' spouses! Definitely an acquired taste. Had forgotten these fun plates: Made wontons for a friend and had lots of filling left over: Stuffed bell peppers, fried then simmered with oyster sauce Breaded veal cutlet with katsu sauce, tater tots and roasted carrot. Thought of doing a brown gravy like my Dad used to in the little prairie cafe, but thought of the extra calories!

Oh My Goodness! It's been a long time since hzrt8w been on eGullet. He was pretty regular for a few years. I am still in touch with him via email. Will have to remind him of this!

Smoked Winnipeg Goldeye on mixed field greens

When I see lovely daikon, i want Tang Yuen - with re-hydrated dried shrimp, Chinese sausage, daikon, cilantro. They really stick to your ribs!

Something pungent this way comes. Tried a different recipe for Chicken, Salted Fish (Ham Yu) and Tofu Sand Pot. The salted fish was diced then sauteed in the pot until crispy. Whew! Even with the exhaust fan on full blast didn't help. Smelled lovely until afterwards. Too much of a good thing. It was handy to have the vegetables cooked in the same pot! Picked up tail-end pieces of halibut Labelled WO Halibut Fillets. Not sure what the WO means, but it was about half price. The pieces still had good thickness. Coated with Panko and eaten with a lemon and caper sauce. Sides: clean out the veg bin stir-fry and Indian Lemon Rice. The halibut was lovely - moist and silky texture.

Hubby requested Steak and Kidney Pie - so it WAS...for supper.

Made soup with the ham bone - lots of vegetables: parsnip, carrots, leeks, celery, canned corn and white kidney beans, plus a couple of spoonfuls of leftover scalloped taters. Good and filling lunch to fuel me for working in the yard!

Have never been able to find andouille or tasso here. A suggested substitution was chorizo, and that's what I used/

It was much cooler (9C) and quite windy today, compared to the 19C yesterday! Good day to work on laundry etc. inside and to put together something I haven't made for a long long time. Jambalaya Creole style. It was good! It turned out quite spicy, but the corn on the cob tempered the heat a bit.

I'd eat this for breakfast, lunch and supper. Hubby isn't a fan of eggplant, so all the more for me!

When lovely pork tenderloins are marked down, I cook them! Garlic-herb roast pork with pear, baked potato and corn-on-the -cob (all the way from California). Pears were sliced and cooked under the pork. Nice change from apple / apple sauce. Had a chunk of bone in ham from Easter. Baked and doused with Maple Brown Sugar glaze. First time making scalloped potatoes with both white and sweet potatoes. Hubby has a sweet tooth so the meal was to his liking even though ham is not his favourite protein.

Feels like I am in a "cook through the freezer" these days. at least, with the variety of beef I had accumulated. A pack of 2 large chuck steaks = 2 meals. Stir-fried Beef and Rice Cakes. Didn't have green onions but did have new chives up in the garden. Whew! They packed a wallop! Last night was a different kinda recipe: Koorka Beef Ularthiyathu Recipe – Chinese Potato Beef Curry. Ularthiyathu is Malayalam word, which means slow cooked and then dry roasted - common in Kerala, India. But it is also labeled Chinese Potato Beef Curry. Loved the fresh curry leaves in the recipe.

Crab cakes with mango chili sauce, oven roasted fingerling taters, peas.

Had a couple of lovely warm days for garden clean-up. Figured I wouldn't want to cook supper after. A former international student of mine from Turkey opened a small eatery in town about 5 months ago. Good time to try out his cooking - The Shawarma Queen. Lovely aromas when I went in to order then curbside pick up. We shared a Lamb Kebab place and a Chicken Shawarma plate Yesterday was 16C! It was a full day yard clean-up. In anticipation for need to cook supper, prepped some black bean garlic ribs in the morning. Cooked them in the Instant Pot for 30 minutes. Sauteed green beans with ginger and garlic, sprinkled with a mix of toasted sesame seeds and ginger. Lots of jasmine rice was needed! Then it snowed in the early morning! High of 2C day.

Tofu, eggplant, shrimp in Toban sauce. Need extra bowl of rice with this stuff! Had lots of fresh mint left, and it went well with the heat!

Scotch Broth from a lamb shoulder:

Picked up lamb shoulder on sale. Took the time and put together the whole spices and ground spices for Indian Lamb Curry. Aroma was wonderful. Started cooking a bit later than planned so had to toss the lot into the Instant Pot after simmer on stove top for 90 minutes - to tenderize the meat. Was great with basmati rice, naan, steamed cauliflower and peas. Lots of fresh mint leaves. The big bone was used to make Scotch Broth for lunch. Bought more whole pickerel from my Gimli fish guy. Steamed one with black bean garlic sauce. Sauteed pea shoots with ginger and garlic.

Hamburger steak made with store bought sale chuck burgers, mushroom gravy with green peppercorns, and tater wedges. First time cooking Chinese lettuce / celtuce. I remember what @liuzhou said about this veg being bland and needed to be paired with something stronger flavoured. We had gone to get our first Covid vaccine shots, so supper was a quick one with the celtuce. Opened a can of fried dace with black beans. Sliced up the celtuce and stir-fried with some leftover prime rib roast. I liked the texture of the celtuce and it went well with the fried dace. Used to be able to buy the canned dace for around $1.25, and it was great when we were bumming around the country in the 70s with a limited budget. The product was "banned" for a long time. It's been available for the last year or so, but the price has gone up to $4.25 for this last can! I think the little grocery store made big profits on this! Must load up when we are next in the big city Chinese grocery store!

It's been snowing since mid-morning, and in the next 2 days, we are expecting 10 cm! Good thing it's mild temps and the snow will melt soon. Pulled a single rib prime roast from the freezer and tossed it into the pot for sous vide. A quick sear while the Yorkies and sweet tater were baking and veg steamed, and supper was ready!

Made several care packages for a friend whose 13 year old just had open-heart surgery. Just made up 2 of her favourites: Wonton soup and Cantonese Chow Mien. Both items were big sellers in my restaurant days. I left out the broth so she can freeze a couple containers. I also sent 2 cartons of chicken broth. Had planned for us to have the same for our supper but felt something different would be more appealing! Beef and Broccoli And Spicy Crispy Ginger Beef

Weather was balmy but will be expecting 10-20 cm of snow come tomorrow and Tuesday! Hooked the Big Easy up to the propane tank, and cooked a chicken for supper. I seasoned the bird and tucked in Thai lime leaves and bits of butter under the skin. Cooked for 1 hour 15 minutes. Made gravy from the drippings, boiled carrots and fingerling taters. Skin was lovely, but I didn't indulge...except for a small piece.😏

After several days of heat, ice, sleeping in the recliner, my back is finally allowing me back into the kitchen W had A & W burgers one night, and Domino Pizzas the next. There was a $5.00 coupon off for 14" feast pizzas, so we ordered in. I had the Pacific Veggie Feast and hubby had Meatzz Feast. Had plenty for supper plus left over for 2 lunches. Egg Foo Young and Chinese sausages with rice for a 3rd easy meal And finally, felt good enough to BBQ some ribs, with tater wedges and mixed veg Thinking to pull out the Big Easy for a chicken tonight. Might be the last day for the week as we are expecting a snow storm by Sunday!