Dejah

SO many lovely meals to catch up on! A few from my kitchen: Steamed chicken with Shitaki Mushrooms and Chinese Sausage Moroccan Seasoned Veal Kafta Father's Day Surf & Turf, with Rhubarb Pie a la mode for dessert Made my former restaurant's #13, Sweet & Sour Ribs for a good neighbor who helps us out with lawns, etc.

I bought a big chunk of beef brisket. Cut the thin end for stew, the original purpose for the purchase. It's still not as good as short ribs. What to do with the thicker half? I don't have a smoker, so I decided to season and do sous vide. The brisket was seasoned with Applewood Smoked Salt and coarse grind black pepper then vacuum sealed. I set the process up in the evening, 155.5F for 25 hours. It was ready next evening around 9 pm. Left the brisket in the bag, sooled off then into the fridge. There was quite a bit of dark gelatinous liquid in the bag. I had planned to give it a sear on the BBQ, but got lazy. Sliced some up for sandwiches next day, and we liked it! Served on rye bread, sweet 'n'spicy mustard, and a pickle. The brisket was tender, juicy, and not the pull-apart texture usually found with smoked brisket.

Took @Senior Sea Kayaker 's suggestions and made crab stuffed morels. They were very filling and rich, so we just had tartar sauce and a salad with them. Had some sauteed in butter and mixed in with scrambled eggs for lunch next day. YUM! Busy day digging in the flowerbeds, so a quick supper was needed. Fish Piccata with pickerel

Some meals this week- some quick with flower planting taking most of my attention: Picked up a piece of marinated Sterling Silver sirloin roast. It looked well marbled when I cut it into chunks, but I think all the marbling melted off. Haven't learned my lesson yet to only use beef short ribs for stew. LOL! Made in the IP, and was ok. But I hate shredded meat in stew! Chicken stir fried in black bean garlic sauce with bell peppers that needed using up MaPo Tofu with ground pork and eggplant. Or Spicy tofu, ground pork, eggplant in Toban sauce 😉 We've been getting beautiful asparagus from a nearby Hutterite colony. We've been steaming them mainly. Made my first feed of Morels, dipped in egg and milk, and coated with cracker meal. These were deep-fried and was great! Sauteed some shrimp with Montreal Steak Spice, and cooked up Jasmine rice. Had Mango Chili dip for the morels, but was best eaten nekkid;-) Drizzled Maple Coffee Balsamic on the asparagus. Had company for supper tonight. Citrus Marinated Roast Chicken was on the menu, with mixed veg and roasted baby taters. The juice from the pan was delicious! Dessert was Canadian Cheddar Cheese Apple Crisp with a dollop of vanilla ice cream!

It's a "snow day" here on the Manitoba prairies 😞 Good time to catch up on posts, but more importantly, I need eGulleteer's expertise. I haven't cooked these for ages, mainly just sauteed in butter. What is / are the best way (s) to enjoy this gift I just received from a friend?

Pan grilled strip loin, mushrooms in green peppercorn gravy, loaded perogies made by a friend: bacon, onion, cheese, taters, dill Salted, tucked with fresh thyme, and roasted chicken. Fresh asparagus from a Hutterite colony. Love that they cut just the top 4 - 5 inches. Maybe they keep the rest of the stalk for themselves. $4.00 / lb, and they were amazing!

Trying to get the garden cleaned up, so quick supper with Shake'n'Bake BBQ Chicken. Picked up Halibut tail pieces and a filet = fish 'n' Chips with curry gravy and malt vinegar Saddle of Lamb never disappoints, especially when they are reduced by 50% on Superstores Flashfood app. These specials don't come up often now, but when they do I grab them for the freezer. Lamb rubbed with whole grain Dijon mustard and slow roasted. Got away fromn me temperature-wise, but it was still good, moist and tender. Had expected son for supper but he had other plans. Guess the rest will go into the freezer...

Some comfort food during the last couple of days of rain and grey skies. Chicken & Ginger cooked on top of the rice on stove top. Add a Chinese sausage for extra flavour. Hubby always wants FuYu with chicken! Seared pork tenderloin, then rubbed with whole grain Dijon mustard and finished in the oven. Pan gravy, baked sweet taters and steamed broccoli. Third day of rain, and then we will have sunny skies and +20C! Pan fried Spicy Turkey Sausages, steamed carrots, and Pappardelle Alfredo. One of the gas stations built and operated by our Indigenous people got a truck load of tomatoes on the vine from a major grow-op about an hour from our city. The state-of-the-art facility was built last year and only grows tomatoes. These were given out to the public, free, as "Giving back to the community" for support of the business. The tomato was lovely, and smelled like a tomato! The facility is 30 acres all under glass, and will produce 10 million lbs of tomato on the vine every year. They will transport the produce to western provinces and southern states along our border. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=vermillion+greenhouse+dauphin#fpstate=ive&ip=1&vld=cid:cf3ec4f1,vid:PgPJz27vriM,st:0

Exactly how my wok table is set up at my restaurant.

Had the granddaughters up for the day. They had a grazing tray for the afternoon, then we had medium rare beef tenderloin per their request. They had only Cavendish fries done in the air fryer and a tomato. Adults had the beef, leftover grits and shrimp, and a 3-peppercorn gravy with the beef. This was a $38.00 Sterling Silver tenderloin that I got at Safeway, with a $10.00 off coupon!

I have never made or eaten White Chili, so I ventured! Once I got the "red chili" out of my head, I quite enjoyed this. I added shredded cheese after the pic for hubby, and it melted in nicely. I enjoyed mine with a dollop of sour cream and dill. A friend gave us a bag of frozen large shrimp, so I took the opportunity to make Spicy Shrimp and Cheesy Grits. The shrimp were large and had a lovely "crunch" with the bite. Both the chili and shrimp dishes were quick meals, under an hour if you have the ingredients on hand.

Saw a recipe for homemade Hoisin sauce for ribs. Don't think it was better than using commercial Hoisin sauce. Might just check out the recipe again and see if I can just ramp up the can stuff. Coconut Curry Chicken eaten with fry at home Paratha Had 4 small lamb chops. Not enough for a meal so I trimmed the meat and did a Cumin Lamb stir-fry with lots of fresh mint. Eaten with Basmati rice. Haven't made Gumbo for quite sometime, so too the plunge the other day. The roux took the most time but worth it. Turkey sausage (no andouille to be had around me), chicken and shrimp. Steamed ground pork with Shitaki mushrooms and Chinese sausage. I had picked up a bundle of Ong Choy / Water Spinach. It was SO fresh and I loved it when we had it on our trips to Asia. But I have never been able to cook it properly. It always seems to come out stringy. Would appreciate any suggestions on technique! @liuzhou @liamsaunt and anyone who cooks this lovely vegetable.

Walk down memory lane when we used to travel on a shoestring budget in our Volkswagan Westfalia: Spam, cheese, on English muffin for breakfast. In the past, it was on fresh bread from a local bakery and cheese whiz! I added a slice of tomato and some dill to mine.

Thanks for the Enchilada sauce recipe, @Tropicalsenior! Saved onto my files! Made a Weight Watchers Bouillabaisse for supper. Didn't have crusty bread, so we used paratha. We used a spoon to slurp up the amazing broth!

Had been planning for Chicken Enchilada since we got disappointing take out from a local Mexican. I didn't make the sauce. We have a local Mexican / Latin grocery store that is well stocked. I might have to make my own sauce next time as the can was $6.99. However, we enjoyed supper with suateed bell peppers, mushrooms on top of the enchiladas and under the cheese. Sides were Cilantro Lime rice (Tilda packaged ready to warm in the oven), steamed green beans, and guacamole.

OMG! I was looking back to see....There is such a song... I should just have checked this page! 🤪

@rotuts: Good afternoon, Have to post here as you cannot receive messages. I read your post about pan grilling a pad of ground chicken? turkey? for use in a salad. I thought it was a brilliant idea and wanted to try it for my next salad lunch as I have several packets of ground meat in the freezer. BUT, I couldn't find your post again, after going back several pages. Can you point me to the post / the page where it appeared? Thanks!

It was a busy weekend! Did an hour Drums Alive for Seniors demo / training to a couple of Fitness Instructors at our Y. Then in the afternoon,I helped our instructor guiding an elder gentleman recovering from a stroke on walking and light exercise at our aquacize class. He is hard of hearing, so I was pretty hoarse by the end of the day! So, supper was quick: Rice Omelet (cooked rice folded into beaten eggs) with a cheese sauce. Had 2 very active and constantly hungry granddaughters here yesterday. I got smarter and prepared a grazing board for them instead of lots of sweet. They were into that within 10 minutes in the door. Polished off pretty much all of it a couple of hours before supper Gave them supper early, Med-rare prime rib (per request), corn on the cob, and perogies. We ate when our son came up after work. What was left after we ate! Had cousin Ken and his wife Leslie visit us for lunch. They sold their rural property after a major health scare a couple of months ago. They are moving to London, Ontario end of the month, to be closer to their families. Leslie was my joong making partner. I will miss her! I made Fish Maw, Crab, and chicken soup. I had used chicken drumsticks to make the broth. Took out 6, and cooked them in the air fryer. These worked well with the Yaki Udon noodles I cooked. As well, I stir-fried shrim with tomato sauce, Ken's favourite. Forgot to take pictures, so this is what was left for supper for two tonight! Dessert was big navel oranges! They left mid-afternoon as they are staying at a cabin up by Gimli, on Lake Winnipeg, a 4 hour drive from here. Gimli is where I get our pickerel from!

A few meals during this crazy spring - winter weather! Made a big pot of Beef Stew. Delivered 4 meals for 2 to a friend whose wife just passed. She was a talented friend who made a lot of pottery and jewelry. I will miss her very much. My brother had given us a couple of bags of King Crab claws. I haven't bought any lately as the price is outrageous. The claws are cooked, so he said to use them for salad as he found them spongy after steaming. I tried the oven method: thaw, brush with melted butter, and roasted for about 15 minutes in 375 oven, just to warm thru'. They were fine, but a lot of work for so little. LOL! I had some Snow Claw clusters and I enjoyed them more. I'll wait now until we can get to the source for fresh! Had picked up a couple of uncut chunks of beef liver a while back on sale at Safeway. Thawed, sliced, breaded and pan-fried with onions. Lovely with green peppercorn gravy Tomato theme for two meals! Shrimp in Tomato Sauce, and a plate of stir-fried been sprouts with lots of Jasmin rice. Beef, Tomato and Egg, again with lots of rice! Loaded bowl of Pho! I love the fresh crunch of the bean sprouts!

It works well with daikon as it soaks up the flavour! That's my fav part of the dish.

It was +22 Celcius on our prairie city today! Did a lot of clean up in the flowerbeds, lawn, and garage. I was dusty, hot, and tired, so quick supper it was! Two traditional dishes: Joong (sticky rice in bamboo leaves) -made last fall and stockpiled in the freezer for days such as today. Nam Yu Lobak and Pork made by my sil Rebecca Choy. It's a dish my Mom used to make - a walk down memory lane! Lobak is Chinese daikon / radish. The meat and Lobak are braised in Nam Yu: "It's a preserved bean curd (tofu – made from soy beans), fermented in red rice, rice wine, salt and seasonings such as Chinese five spice, sesame oil or vinegar. It's a rather pungent condiment and definitely an acquired taste. But then it's not intended to be eaten on its own by the uninitiated." Simple stir-fried Shanghai Bok Choy go with.

We love Pappardelle pasta, especially for stroganoff. So glad our local store now stocks these. I was ordering from Amazon before.

@rotuts I cooked up the second Cottage Roll for supper tonight. Unfortunately, I didn't remember to take a pic before I simmered the roll. But I did after the 2 hour simmer with bay leaf and onion.I coated it with VH Mango Chili sauce as I was too lazy to make a glaze! It was lovely, tender, and not too salty. I cooked the Chinese cabbage and carrots in the broth and it was perfect salt-wise. Eaten with Jasmine rice and Cranberry Apple Orange Chutney that I made.

Using up the leftover paella rice for Chicken Fajita Rice Bowls: Steamed Black Bean Garlic ribs and Mung Bean Noodles with Siu Choy and re-hydrated dried shrimp And FINALLY! Safeway / Sobeys have fresh halibut in. It's expensive but I splurged: $27.00 / lb. The tail pieces were slightly cheaper. The Scene points came in handy!