Dinner! 2007

[eskay]

I love the olive peeking out from the end of the loaf

[monavano]

I love the olive peeking out from the end of the loaf 

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I swear I didn't plan that. It was just looking at me like a little eyeball when I tookit out of the pan!

This is a take off of a recipe from Cooks Illustrated, which has yeast and takes time for rising(s). The essential taste is exactly the same, but it doesn't have the same chew and crust.

Overall, I love this recipe and it really helps when your in a pinch for time, or just can't babysit bread all day.

Edited October 23, 2007 by monavano (log)

[C. sapidus]

Megan, I hope we will be seeing more of you around here. Cucumberphiles unite!

Tonight Mrs. C grilled skin-on walleye fillets. The grownups coated our half-fillets with a mixture of green curry paste, coconut milk, fish sauce, lime juice, and basil. Younger son sprinkled his with cinnamon. Elder son kept it simple – salt, pepper, and lime juice. Simpler turned out to be better.

[eskay]

Megan, I hope we will be seeing more of you around here. Cucumberphiles unite!

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My stupid fridge froze the cucumber I bought yesterday Anyone have a recipe for cucumber sorbet?

Here's two recent dinners.....neither of them turned out particularly awesome though. Sunday was squash soup, which in my opinion actually tasted better just as roasted squash out of the oven. Monday I made latkes/potato pancakes. I think the pan wasn't hot enough--they were oilier than I think they should have been. But the applesauce (well, dry applesauce) was tasty. I call it: dinner by grater!

[suzilightning]

Cucumberphiles unite!

Tonight Mrs. C grilled skin-on walleye fillets. The grownups coated our half-fillets with a mixture of green curry paste, coconut milk, fish sauce, lime juice, and basil. Younger son sprinkled his with cinnamon.   Elder son kept it simple ? salt, pepper, and lime juice. Simpler turned out to be better.

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bruce - walleye is so sweet it needs nothing but itself so i will side with elder son since he is closest to pure. and give me cucumbers (johnnybird can't see the point in them but what does he know?)

and dodie - like some sauce with your cinnamon rolls? john would saalam you. i have had to teach him how to make a basic vanilla flavored spread for his cinnamon rolls.

[heidih]

My stupid fridge froze the cucumber I bought yesterday    Anyone have a recipe for cucumber sorbet?

My fridge often plots against me in the same way. If you were going to give them some salt, sugar and vinegar after thin slicing them, they are actually useable though not attractive. Worth a shot.

[Dr. J]

Here is tonights desert. Dinner was tough to photograph.

[Ce'nedra]

Dr. J that looks great! Although... I'm not quite sure what it is? I'm sure it's tasty anyway

This is actually from yesterday:

There was left over goat curry (no solids left, only the liquid -each was brought in different containers) left from a previous bbq party of sorts so mum took much of it home and I decided to throw in some chicken, bamboo shoots, onions, sweet potato and coconut milk (because it was a tad salty) to make into a home meal

[dockhl]

Dr. J

OK, beautiful, but what IS it???

Ce'nedra

So delicious with that bread, my mouth waters

[Domestic Goddess]

Ce'nedra - I got this fabulous recipe from this site: Confessions of a Pioneer Woman cinnrolls

Suzilightning - my hubby says the icing is VERY important. Like what SIF said, you can't never have too much of it.

Edited October 24, 2007 by Domestic Goddess (log)

[judiu]

Ce'nedra - I got this fabulous recipe from this site: Confessions of a Pioneer Woman cinnrolls

Suzilightning - my hubby says the icing is VERY important. Like what SIF said, you can't never have too much of it. 

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She should have called them "Sinrolls" !

[kbjesq]

I made chickpea burgers with hommus, guacamole and dillfritters, I was having a very meat-eating friend over and wanted to show him how good vegan food can be. The buns are made with okara, which gives very moist bread with a nutty flavor. I always have it on hand from making soymilk.

I think that burger would convert anyone! It looks very enticing. Please tell me more about using okara in bread. I never know what to do with mine. I stick it in the fridge with good intentions and then end up throwing it out. Adding it to bread dough would be great, since I usually make 2-3 loaves per week in a Zo bread machine. Is there a simple way to add the okara to the pre-existing breadmachine recipes, e.g., substitute some of the flour with okara? What would be the approximate proportion, if you know?

[Kim Shook]

Prawncrackers - gorgeous chop! I would have loved that whole meal!

Doodad - would love a report on the pallet du porc. Sound very good!

Doddie - Your cinnamon rolls are beautiful. I love 'Ree' - I read the blog every day - I think I found it through you, actually! I will be trying these!

Ce'nedra - I, too, thought the prawns looked luscious. Thanks for posting directions!

Well, I guess it is only honest to post failures as well as successes. This was a failure:

It was a slow cooker recipe for chicken thighs, potatoes & leeks. And it was as dull as it looks. Incredibly bland and boring. I am sorry for the picture quality, but I took the picture after I tasted and I think my dissapointment colored my photo . I am going to bone the mountain of thighs left today to make a good old comforting chicken and dressing casserole. Even the brocolli was bitter and stinky.

Kim

[rooftop1000]

Grilled boneless leg of lamb seasoned with garlic and onion powder, paprika, cayenne and S & P

Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, cucumber dill sauce, bbq sauce and pita

become this

and then there was Pie

tracey

Edited October 24, 2007 by rooftop1000 (log)

[Shelby]

Tracey, is it apple? Looks yummy!

[rooftop1000]

Tracey, is it apple?  Looks yummy!

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Indeed

Opalescent - a great local baking variety the slices hold their shape perfectly and an all butter crust. If I had only remembered the starch to thicken the juices it would have been a 10

tracey

[Doodad]

Doodad - would love a report on the pallet du porc. Sound very good!

Kim

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You know what? That was a great, easy dish that came out like I had paid for it. I am definitely falling in love with bistro fare. It was a bit time consuming, but we make a point to try to cook every day. I have very few boxes and cans in my pantry.

The sauce that it made by itself was killer. We figured with the shoulder on sale at $5, a salad, and green beans on the side (to which I added some of the veg from the bottom of the pot) it was about a $10 meal with plenty of shoulder leftovers.

[percyn]

A few days ago, I made

Homemade meatballs and Vodka Sauce - and hard boiled eggs...hey, they go with everything

and for dessert

Edited October 24, 2007 by percyn (log)

[percyn]

My stupid fridge froze the cucumber I bought yesterday    Anyone have a recipe for cucumber sorbet?

Actually, cucumber sorbet is very good, especially when topped with some basil and drizzled with a touch of olive oil.

[Dr. J]

So sorry guys, I keep forgetting to add the description.

Vanilla Ice cream with some mint leaf up top. With basil infused oil on the sides. The oil came out great and its very subtle flavor went very well with the ice cream.

Everybodys food looks great.

Vanilla IceCream is good ol' Hagen dazs.

[Kim Shook]

Doodad - thanks for the report! I have marked that recipe to make soon!

Percyn - gorgeous meatballs. Now, I have a craving!

Tonight's dinner was much, much better. I started with this:

That's bacon from Benton's in Tennessee. Fantastic stuff!

Then these heirloom tomatoes:

Finally dinner:

BLT's with corn and skillet potatoes. The potatoes are those blah ones from the other night that I rescued by mashing them up with lots of salt and pepper and fried up in the bacon grease from the Benton's. Much, much better results!

Oh, and another slice of this for dessert:

Kim

[jsmeeker]

tostadas.

had some corn tortillas left over. I fried them up to make the actual tostadas. then made some [re]fried beans with a can of pinto beans, a bit of garlic, and some bacon fat. topped tostadas with beans and some left over steak and chicken I had made previously for tacos, some roasted poblanos and onions, and some salsa that I still had left over from the tacos.

Freaking good. Frying up some corn tortillas just before you top them makes a huge difference, even when using common supermarket corn tortillas.

[Pille]

Dinner last night was an Armenian Aubergine Stew (that's "Armenian Eggplant Stew" in US English ) - tasty, light and vegetarian (vegan even, though you wouldn't know that). It was delicious hot, and I'm looking forward to having the leftovers tonight:

[Shelby]

I just love all of your food pictures!!!!

After picking the garden clean (froze here night before last )

Shrimp

Pizza

Apple pie

[Ce'nedra]

Shelby: Wow look at all your fresh produce! Looks both delicious and heart-warming I particularly love your pizza and apple pie -comfort food at its best! What's your secret recipe?

Char kway teow