Dejah

My favourite movie! Alan Clark, who is the piano player in the movie, did keyboard work on our last recording session in Newcastle, England, 1979. That was just before he was picked up by Mark Knopfler for the Dire Straits. Have you tried cooking to "Privateer"? Great for making seafood dishes;-)

OOOPPPP! Sorry !🥴

Didn't know what to have for supper until I saw the Kobacha Squash in the store. Stuffed it with ground beef sauteed with chopped onion, tomato, mushrooms, smoked paprika, cumin, tomato sauce. Topped with shredded cheese and Panko crumbs. Steamed green beans with Burbon Maple Balsamic . Using up the last lb of pickerel fillets before new shipment comes in on Sunday! Turmeric Coconut Curry FIsh, greens beans, and Basmati rice.

Oh! You're wild woman! I usually have Mark Knopfler, Rod Stewart or the Eagles

Made Cock-a-Leekie soup with the leftover smoked turkey. But, the flavour was barely there, so I pulled out the ham bone from the freezer. Much better!

Happy Easter, eGulleteers! Single rib prime roast, Yorkies, and mixed veg Chicken legs marinated in coconut milk, red Thai curry paste, lemongrass and Kefir lime leaves. Coated with cracker crumbs and cooked in the air fryer. Sweet potato, asparagus, and chopped salad Perfectly grilled med-rare lamb chops, cilantro - lime rice, corn, and more chopped salad.

Our local meat packing plants had advertised smoked turkey, about 12 lbs, for $30.00 each. I picked one up, had them cut it into halves, and gave one half to our son and family. Reheated a few slices off the breast, and a wing in some chicken broth, covered with foil, at 350 in the oven with a sweet potato. I ate part of the wing - SO meaty! Brussel sprouts were by Michael Symon's recipe for Holiday Sprouts. I couldn't find fresh cranberries for my favourite Orange, Apple, Cranberry Chutney, so hubby had Mango Chili sauce. We enjoyed the turkey - not too salty or too smokey. Last night, a very traditional Toisanese meal: Wind-dried Salted Fish steamed with ground pork and lots of fresh ginger. My kids grew up eating this, but I don't think my grands would enjoy it. LOL! Beef and Bok Choy and lots of rice was needed!

One of our Sobeys, the "super one" has a full service seafood and butcher department. BUT, when I called this morning, I got "No. We didn't get any halibut even tho' it's in the flyer. It is only for B.C. stores!' Grrrrr....I was so disappointed so I had indicated which province and store I was checking on the flyer. My gal said they DO have small frozen steaks, for more than the sale price this week, but I was not interested.

@Ann_T:Your halibut always makes me envious and salivate! I see it's on the Sobeys flyer starting tomorrow: $5.99/ 100 grams. Just wondering what the price is for you, as it is from your coast. I will be biting the bullet tomorrow for some! Steamed Chicken, Shitaki Mushrooms and Chinese sausage: Had the granddaughters up for the day. Seems I always have to have a "buffet" when the two are here: one will like something, and the other one will not... I cooked back ribs in the oven, took a rack and sides to my brother and s-i-l, then we had the other for supper. The 11 year old granddaughter wanted perogies, ate 10 and tried and liked 1 rib and some beans. The 9 year old - no ribs, but would eat shrimp (6 jumbos) and Cavendish waffle fries. Hubby and I ate what was left;-) They seem like bottomless pits as they ate cinnamon buns, grazed on a small charcuterie board, more raw veg like carrots, cukes, broccoli, grapes, and Easter chocolates before supper!

@Shelby: Sorry to hear you'll have to go thru' this second surgery. Hopefully, it will be successful, and you'll be very prepared mentally and food-wise. When my grandson had his jaw broken by a thief swinging a heavy bag of electronics at his head while working as a security guard at a Walmart, we put a lot of food thru' the blender for him, even turkey supper as it was Thanksgiving! What he enjoyed most was congee. I made a lot with homemade meat stock, meat diced fine, etc. Maybe you can do that for a couple of meals. For us these last couple of days: Beef Tenderloin Stroganoff and Pappardelle Breaded pickerel fillets, rice, broccoli, and chopped salad

Stir-fried Cumin Beef Tenderloin with Jalapeno and mini bell peppers. Eaten with Lime-Cilantro rice

Went out to a favourite local diner for lunch with a friend: Komfort Kitchen. Breakfast and lunch is their specialty. Eggs Benedict is the Sat special, and I had my first today! It was very good! Might have to go again 😉

Catch up with the meals: MaPo Tofu & Eggplant Pork Chop in Mushroom Sauce Spatchcock Chicken: Chicken was seared, then brushed with a mixture of soy sauce, mustard, honey, tomato paste, sweet paprika, fresh ginger, salt. Laid the chicken breast side up on a layer of sliced oranges. The whole thing was wrapped in foil and roasted at 350F for 50 minutes. Remove foil and roast for another 20 minutes. The juices, mixture all mingled with the orange slices = delicious! 2 meals to celebrate the Irish! Corned Beef & Cabbage, and Guinness Beef Stew. I found out the alcohol doesn't burn off in 2 hours with a lid on the casserole. I slept very well that night! Still had 2 whole dressed pickerel in the freezer. Deep fried one and served with Sweet & Sour sauce and bell peppers. Last night, it was deep fried tofu stuffed with ground pork, shrimp, shitaki mushrooms mix. Braised with oyster sauce and Romaine lettuce. Felt like A & W tonight: Teen Burger Lettuce wrap, fries, and onion rings, no picture, but I did make dessert: Cherry Galette with cherries I froze from last summer.

Costco Polish Hot Dog on brioche bun: Hot & Sour Soup

WW recipe for Moussaka. Missed the Bechamel sauce, but it was still pretty good. Cavendish fries in the air fryer Black Bean Garlic Shrimp, Bitter Melon over rice noodles Tried a different lasagna recipe, using Ricotta cheese instead of cottage cheese. The filling was lean ground beef and spicy Italian sausage. Crab Cakes, asparagus, Cavendish fries, and field greens salad

@Shelby: I always look forward to your meals! WE had been to Winnipeg for our grandson's enrollment into the RCAF. Went for dim sum lunch after, and we were so full day after when we came home that I didn't want to cook. So, quick wonton soup with ramen for early supper: Picked up a large chunk of beef liver, price reduced from $7.00 to $5.00 at Safeway. Guess no one else wanted to do the slicing himself. I loved it, cut it thick! Breaded and pan fried. Finished in the oven. Onion, peas and mashed taters = perfect meal! Picked up Chinese Mustard Greens in the city. Enjoyed soup with pork neck bones a couple of hours before supper. Have not seen this Cottage Roll for ages. Ss Flashfood app showed this for $4.79, so I grabbed a couple for the freezer. I remember cooking these early in our marriage when we had one lowly income as hubby taught on permit. The roll was simmered with a bay leaf, celery, onion and carrot for a couple of hours. Then I glazed it with brown sugar/whole grain Dijon mustard, OJ, nutmeg and roasted in the oven for 20 minutes. It was fall apart, tender, and not as fatty as I anticipated. Fried up leftover mashed taters and peas. Blanched Chinese cabbage and asparagus in the simmering liquid. We enjoyed the cottage roll supper!

I use Glico curry paste cubes for our chips!

Had leftover rice, so made a favourite from hubby's family's recipes. His Mom never liked rice as a veg, only in rice pudding. dad and hubby loved rice in any form. Mixed rice in with a couple of eggs, chili flakes and made an omelet. Cheddar cheese sauce ladled over and sprinkled with chili flakes.

Pickerel fish'n'chips with curry gravy for the chips, and malt vinegar for the fish

Picked up back ribs and tried a Char Siu recipe that is very similar to the one I use. This one used honey in place of sugar. Th ribs were marinated overnight, and they were roasted in foil at 300 for 2 hours. Once uncovered, I basted the ribs a couple of times and raised the temp. to 400. The ribs were good, and one rack went to grandson! Had one of the granddaughters spending the afternoon with us while Dad was working. She loves beef - roast or steak, medium rare. I slow roasted a single rib prime, had some Cavendish waffle fries (air fryer) and steamed asparagus, carrots, and some raw vegs for the grand. She had the pieces that were more rare than the big pieces.

A quick supper of hubby's family favourite before attending a garden club meting. February and I am already itching to go play in the dirt! LOL! KD moat with creamed salmon and corn: Our little Chinese grocery store stocks Greenland Halibut. I had picked one up and thawed it for supper tonight. It smelled fishy, so I washed it well, and pulled the skin off. Steamed for 10 minutes, then slathered it with sizzle oil over ginger, and a sauce with ginger, green onion, and cilantro. I love it when I can buy cilantro with roots! Stir-fried a half bag of vegetables that came with teriyaki sauce, and half a bag of bean sprouts that needed using up. The fish was lovely!

Meals had been catered to the grands. Sunday, first supper alone: Odds and Ends from the fridge and freezer from meals before grands: Bit of beef Fajita, Shake'n Bake BBQ chicken breast, a couple of shrimp over noodles and Gailan. Wanted Beef and Sechuan spicy turnip, but was out, so used Mui Choy (fermented cabbage), spicy radish and mint. We have a grocery here called Brandon Food Rescue that sells excess food donated from various stores, Hutterite colonies, etc The food is sold at reduced prices that help low income folks. But, they also have a couple of vendors, local farms for beef, lamb, pork, poultry. I saw lamb advertised and wanted to try their product. Prices were similar to our grocery stores. I picked up a package of lamb ribs - 2 racks $20.00. They were wrapped in butcher paper so I couldn't see what they were like. I slow roasted the ribs last night with Turkish spices. They did not have a lot of meat, but what there was, nice flavour and tender after 3 hours in foil. Had a couple of stove-top grilled lamb chops to make an actual meat meal for hubby!

The one and only time I've ever had canned tamales was on our honeymoon, 58 years ago, in Banff. Guess w didn't care for them as we've never had them since! LOL! That goose and blueberry bread look amazing!

Thanks! The fat bits on the ham, brushed with maple syrup, were SO good! It was a supper enjoyed by all.

A quick supper after a busy day with appointments: Shake'n'Bake Chicken Cavendish fries and peas Had strip loin steaks thawed, but didn't feel like steak. Sliced and stir-fried with fajita seasonings, veg. Eaten with flour tortillas, fixings and guac. Leftover beef was used for next day's supper, steamed with Mui Choy, chili flakes, and mint leaves Had the grands here for the weekend while parents are away to Calif for a "conference". 25 year old grandson was helping out by sleeping over with them at their house. HE eats copious amounts of anything. The girls are picky, but they both love ham and scalloped potatoes, and uncooked vegetables! Banana Cream Pie from scratch as per request, MY Mom's recipe.