Dinner! 2008

[Lisa2k]

David  - both your prawn dinners looked wonderful.  When summer time comes I could live on seafood, salad, corn and tomatoes and be happy!  Both those dishes would make me very, very happy!

Dr. J  - your monkfish is just lovely.  I really have to try that soon!

Prawn  - what a gorgeous Father's day spread.  I'm not a dad, but I want that!!

Megan  - I keep coming back to that frittata.  I sure wish that was waiting for me when I get home tonight!!

Daniel  - love all the sausages!  We were in a Russian deli last week and decided that we wanted to purchase one each of all the different sausages and have a party with sausages, beer and toothpicks as the only utensils!

Only two dinners from me, but lots of pictures!  Hope it's not too many. 

Friday night I used up that lovely merguez sausage in some marinara on whole wheat penne.  I also served a salad:

Father's day was a big feast.  The apps included Texas Caviar w/ Pita chips:

These wonderful little canapes with fresh salsa, cojito cheese, mayo and chorizo in little filo cups:

Flaming hot peanuts:

Cheesy Artichoke dip:

For dinner Mr. Kim request BBQ, sausages and sides.  I had to do oven roasted BBQ because of Stupid Grill, but it turned out really well:

The sausages were brats and these cute little veal and pork sausages we got at the European deli called Parowki Dla Dzieci:

We cut the brats in half and served small buns so that people could have some of each if they wanted to, but the other sausages were already tiny.

That's 18 of the little suckers on a half sheet pan!  So cute.

Sides included mustard slaw:

My sister-in-law's Caprese:

My other sister-in-law's tossed salad with grapefruit, kiwi and strawberries and a really good sweet and sour dressing:

My MIL's famous deviled eggs (she swears they aren't any different than anyone else's, but they do taste better):

Pickled cabbage and Half Sours from the European Deli and my Grandmother's pickled pickles that I posted about before:

Swiss potato kugel - a new recipe I was trying out (meh):

Dessert was Angel Food cake with Caramel Apple Sauce, Lucky Charms Treats (they were silly, but everyone loved them - kids and adults), peanut butter cookies and a phenomenal Crunchy Milk Chocolate-Peanut Butter Layer cake that I heard about from DesertCulinary here at eG and that everyone just raved over.  It is one of the best things I have ever put in my mouth:

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Oh, Kim, everything looks so amazing, and that cake..wow! Peanut butter and milk chocolate..I just drooled!! I love how you swirled the top, so pretty!

[SobaAddict70]

Pan-roasted Arctic char, slow-cooked tomato sauce, roasted heirloom potatoes

[Shelby]

Kim--Everything looks SO good. I want to dip a chip into that Texas caviar and a fork into that cake!!

Soba--I'm going to have to try something like this with some monk fish I have in the freezer. My husband isn't a big fan of tomato with fish for some reason. Maybe I can change his mind!

[Shelby]

I could have eaten this whole thing last night in one sitting.

I made the no knead bread and added sea salt, rosemary and a bit of cracked black pepper.

[Graphix]

a bit late but, fathers day dinner.

marinated grilled flank steak and yellow squash. Fingerling 'sandwiches' stuffed with bacon portobello, and sage. And green beans.

My little brother did the cooking...here he is doing all the plating..

and a closer shot

Brendan

[Shelby]

I've been in a salad mood lately. It's hot here, but my lettuce in the garden is still producing!

Pizza with fresh basil from the garden

More fresh basil!

Lamb ribs, mashed taters and gravy and corn

Homemade strawberry cheesecake ice cream!

[MiFi]

What to do with a big pot of fagioli?

Salmon Cakes w/Chow and white bean radicchio salad

Fresh Cibola Farms Sausage w/white beans in herbed tomato sauce

[Tri2Cook]

I was testing an idea for my pickled peach consomme so that became last nights dinner.

pork belly - salad of dandelion greens, peaches and chive blossoms - pickled peach consomme

The pork belly was roasted on a bed of onions with (It's good... honest!) peach tea snapple. The pickled peach consomme tastes like a light spiced peach vinaigrette minus the oil so I just dressed the salad with a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper.

[Daniel]

Pork belly dish looks great..

[Prawncrackers]

Inspired by recent quiches on the thread, here is a Crab & Chorizo one i cooked today:

[C. sapidus]

Whoa, crab and chorizo quiche – man, that looks good.

Chicken fried rice (in the back) with eternal cucumbers and nahm prik ong – a relish of chiles, shallots, garlic, tomato, and shrimp paste.

[Kim Shook]

Shelby - the texture of that bread is gorgeous! I really have to try the no-knead method! And I would dive into every dish in your next post! I adore lamb ribs and just the idea of strawberry cheesecake ice cream makes me slightly faint !

MiFi - the sausage and beans are lovely. What all is in that? Sounds like something that we would love in our house.

Dinner last night was grilled ham, gratin dauphinois, roasted asparagus, fried green tomatoes and sweet potato rolls:

I used cheddar instead of gryere, because it's what I had - it was very good!

Jessica is not a ham fan, so she had filet:

This steak was from the Belmont Butchery - grass fed, pasture raised with more flavor and marbling than I've ever seen in a filet. Mr. Kim did a fantastic job grilling it - it was a perfect medium rare.

Rolls:

[Shelby]

*sigh* I LOVE fried green 'maters and your look sooooo good!

[nakji]

The season's first zucchinis came in from the market this weekend, so I stuffed them with some ground chicken and grilled them with some cheese. Very satisfying!

Jessica is not a ham fan

I've heard such people exist, but have never seen any proof before now.....

Edited June 23, 2008 by nakji (log)

[Kim Shook]

Jessica is not a ham fan

I've heard such people exist, but have never seen any proof before now.....

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Yes! We find it decidedly suspicious, especially for a child born in the capital of the confederacy and wonder if she isn't some Yankee changling !

[CaliPoutine]

Jessica is not a ham fan

I've heard such people exist, but have never seen any proof before now.....

Now you have double proof. I've never seen so much ham since I moved to Ontario. Jewish kids don't get exposed to ham while growing up That might be one of the reasons I dont like it.

[nakji]

Now you have double proof. I've never seen so much ham since I moved to Ontario. Jewish kids don't get exposed to ham while growing up biggrin.gif That might be one of the reasons I dont like it.

Fair enough! I myself could not imagine life without pork, especially in Asia! I think it makes up three or four meals a week for me. Without it, I'd be stuck eating the cheapest and most boring meat at the supermarket - boneless, skinless chicken breast.

[CaliPoutine]

Now you have double proof. I've never seen so much ham since I moved to Ontario. Jewish kids don't get exposed to ham while growing up biggrin.gif That might be one of the reasons I dont like it.

Fair enough! I myself could not imagine life without pork, especially in Asia! I think it makes up three or four meals a week for me. Without it, I'd be stuck eating the cheapest and most boring meat at the supermarket - boneless, skinless chicken breast.

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I do like pork, just not Ham. We ate a lot of baby back ribs while growing up. Pork tenderloin too. My mom NEVER bought or served Ham. It doesnt make much sense.

[CaliPoutine]

Here's a new use for the Southern Style Chicken Breast from McDonald's. I used them to make made my version of a fried chicken salad w/ homeade honey mustard dressing.

Romaine, corn, Dubliner cheddar, cuckes, scallions, hard cooked eggs, carrots and glazed pecans. I diced up the breast on top. It was pretty darn good if I do say so myself.

[Prawncrackers]

Whoa, crab and chorizo quiche – man, that looks good.

Bruce, that quiche was even better the next day at room temp. I used quite a bit of gruyere cheese in it and the flavour seemed to develop and mature a little.

Yesterday, we had roasted monkfish with chorizo rice (ok it was a stripped down paella). I made a deep shellfish stock for the rice which was so tasty we drank the leftover straight as soup!

Today, with some of the leftover monkfish bits i did a frito misto with goats cheese, prawns and sprats. Served with a fat crouton, salad and garlicky mayo. It was a good way to clear the shrapnel in the freezer.

[Ndy]

I was testing an idea for my pickled peach consomme so that became last nights dinner.

pork belly - salad of dandelion greens, peaches and chive blossoms - pickled peach consomme

The pork belly was roasted on a bed of onions with (It's good... honest!) peach tea snapple. The pickled peach consomme tastes like a light spiced peach vinaigrette minus the oil so I just dressed the salad with a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper.

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WOW! that looks like a restaurant dish. A really nice restaurant.

[SobaAddict70]

These are trimmings and peelings from roughly 2 lbs. asparagus. Add 3 1/4 cups water. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. Strain. Makes 3 cups asparagus stock.

Pea soup (onion/carrot/celery stewed in EVOO and water, pinch of salt; asparagus stock, shelled peas; simmer for 20 minutes, then puree in a blender) with creme fraiche and chives.

Salad (baby lettuces, tatsoi, heirloom radishes) with a tarragon viniagrette

Fromage blanc with rhubarb conserve

Edited June 26, 2008 by SobaAddict70 (log)

[Ce'nedra]

Dinner tonight appears fairly messy but it was very filliing and satisfying

Plain, boring vermicelli noodles got jazzed up and became exciting and flashy with marinated pork (normally, beef is eaten in this dish; also, I bought the pork readily marinated from a good butcher), pickled carrots, thinly sliced onions, bean sprouts, cucumbers, and lettuce all topped off with peanut sauce, the crushed peanut themselves, nuoc cham, and a drizzle of chopped spring onion-oil.

[suzilightning]

this was John's dinner last night when he finally got home...served on the book the recipe came from.

heat olive oil with garlic slivers, grated ginger, cumin and smoked paprika until fragrant. dump in shrimp. three minutes or so later ladle onto a plate with some of the juice. drizzle with some lemon juice and serve with homemade foccacia to soak up the juices. oh... and there was some steamed asparagus in another dish.

[Shelby]

Shrimp......sigh.......looks so good Suzy! I love the fish plate!