Dinner! 2010

[ambra]

Thank you for the recipe! I can't wait to try it!

Aloha Steve,

try finding good Shrimp and Lobster Sauce- Or Chinese food for that matter- in Tuscany!

[Kim Shook]

robirdstx - ok, that meatloaf looks perfect. I need some of that soon!!! Can you post the recipe, please?

[robirdstx]

Kim - Thanks, it was very tasty. I made it based on this recipe: Classic Meatloaf

[robirdstx]

Kim - P.S. on the Meatloaf recipe. I think there is a typo on the amount of salt. I only added a couple of pinches of kosher salt, not 2 teaspoons.

[robirdstx]

Tonkatsu We fell in love with this dish when we were in Kyoto 4 years ago for our son's wedding.

[Blether]

Great picture, robirdstx. Can I ask about your method ?

[Blether]

Microwaved leftovers

[DeliciouslyLekker]

Beef Stew

[robirdstx]

Blether – Thanks. I usually wait until the food is plated before grabbing the camera but they were looking so pretty. Its amazing to me how well my little digital camera works. My method is to dust the chops with flour, dip in an egg wash, then press in the panko to coat. I fry them in peanut oil then drain on a wire rack over paper towels.

[Rico]

Okay, here we go. First post in the dinner thread.

Chicken Souvlaki from Vefa's Kitchen. Also with tzatziki.

It was my first recipe from that book - my first greek recipe ever, really. Based on this, I'm pretty excited to see what else is in there ... Yeah, my photography skill set is still developing.

[Kim Shook]

robirdstx – thanks for the recipe link. Can’t wait to try it and will watch the salt!

Rico – lovely first dinner post! We love Greek food and don’t make it nearly enough!

[percyn]

A few dinners fit for the cold weather we have had:

Osso Buco on tortellini

Chicken Mughlai - with a boiled egg. You say it is chicken 2 ways

[merstar]

Apple Cider Chicken with reduced apple cider and a little cognac, sauteed garlic and shallots, and some sliced Pink Lady Apples. Served with rice.

Edited January 9, 2010 by merstar (log)

[Jmahl]

Today it was 17 degrees here on the Border. We had a pipe break. This is not a usual January here. For dinner a warming lamb stew with preserved lemons and creamed cabbage.

Nothing like a stew on a cold day on the border.

[Kim Shook]

percyn – oh, yum! That osso buco looks amazing – so rich and warming and perfect for a January evening!

Last night’s dinner was just easy sit-out stuff:

Assorted cheeses, beef stick, fruit

Baked Brie with apricot preserves and toasted almonds. Augmented with bread and soup from Panera. We were helping our daughter pack for her move to her first home – she’s renting a house with a friend and (finally) moving out after finishing college 2 ½ years ago – woo-hoo!!

[robirdstx]

Baked Turkey Thighs – crispy skin, fall off the bone good!

Turkey thigh meat served with bread dressing, mashed potatoes, green peas, and lots of gravy.

[Aloha Steve]

Lasagna, layered with cheese mixture & sweet & mild Italian sausages and my delicious ragu.

And buttered Challah bread which I made today.

[rooftop1000]

I was finaly able to finish the Pastramification process yesterday and ended up with this

which we turned into a grilled Pastrami and Swiss

and a Rueben

I am a happy camper

[Aloha Steve]

I was finaly able to finish the Pastramification process yesterday and ended up with this

which we turned into a grilled Pastrami and Swiss

and a Rueben

I am a happy camper

It looks wonderful.

BTW, I tried looking up "Pastramification" in the dictionary to no avail.

Perhaps its in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" ?

[rooftop1000]

Steve, Pastramification is duly noted in the "great smoked meat experiment" thread

Now, Pastramus Interuptus is my very own...it is when you have to freeze the product mid-process and then begin again

tracey

Edited January 10, 2010 by rooftop1000 (log)

[scubadoo97]

Tracey your pastrami looks fabulously delicious

[robirdstx]

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce and Parmesan

It all started when my hubby made this for me:

So I had to do this, using one of the cutters said hubby gave to me for Christmas:

Here are the noodles waiting for the pasta water to come to a boil:

And just a few minutes later, we ate this!

Edited January 11, 2010 by robirdstx (log)

[mig]

the first roast chicken of the new year.

[Rico]

Rooftop, I also had a little fun with brisket this weekend, after I smoked mine I turned it into chili (with some chorizo) ... Now I wish I had pastramified some of it, too. That reuben looks delicious.

Anyway, sixteen-degree (farenheit) weather is against my religion. I know when it's that cold outside, it makes me want to kick cute puppies and steal sweet candy treats from small adorable children.

But chili makes me feel better. Especially with plenty of jalapeno cornbread and a few of those tasy beverages in the background ...

And no, I'm so not above drinking Bud Light with chili.

[Kim Shook]

rooftop1000 – gorgeous pastrami! I really want one of those sandwiches.

Dinner tonight was in front of the still-up Christmas tree. We spent all this past weekend getting Jessica into her new house instead of de-decorating the house, so I decided to enjoy it while it was still there:

We had roast beef, mashed potatoes, broccoli with hollandaise, salad and yeast rolls. The beef was just a bottom round that I got on sale at the grocery store - $10 for 3.5 lbs. and I found a recipe for basically roasting it. I would never have tried that with this cut – in the past I would have only used it for braising, but the recipe was from epicurious.com, so I went ahead and tried it and it was wonderful. Before roasting:

After:

Sliced:

The mise for my potatoes:

The cheese is some Saga Brie bleu that I had in the fridge.

All nice and riced:

Done:

Salad:

Just romaine, radishes, rice noodles, almonds and Craisins w/ bleu cheese dressing.

Plated w/out gravy:

w/ gravy:

The hollandaise was Julia Child’s blender method and tasted fabulous, but was not a sauce – the consistency was more like mayonnaise.

These were just some thaw, rise and bake frozen dough that I fixed up: