Dinner 2016 (Part 2)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

1 hour ago, Anna N said:

Shelby,

I did snicker when you said "trudge downstairs".  That is exactly what I must do when it occurs to me that a rotisserie chicken should be on the menu!   I do wish there was room to keep the rotisserie on the counter  where I know it would get much more use. 

 

Anna, you don't have your rotisserie conveniently at hand in the bedroom?

[Anna N]

1 hour ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Anna, you don't have your rotisserie conveniently at hand in the bedroom?

Hate to break the news to you but the bedrooms are in the basement!   I acquired the rotisserie because my daughter had no place to keep it. AND  I just came across a whole chicken in my freezer, the one that's upstairs, that I didn't know I had.  Guess I will need to work it into the meal plan that I always intend to make but never have.

[sartoric]

Geez it's been hot. In the relative cool morning I roasted some pumpkin and sweet potato with rosemary. They went into a mixed salad, with leftover roast chicken, rocket, spinach, "sweet berry" truss tomatoes, seed bread croutons and fried haloumi. 

 

[ElsieD]

I am in awe of the meals I see posted here, and thus seldom post any of mine.  Tonight however, I thought our meal was good enough to post.  We had duck breast (medium rare, doesn't really look like it in the picture) with a mango/pepper salad in a jalapeño jelly and lime dressing, roasted tarragon potatoes and broccoli with some almonds browed in butter.  

[Tere]

Do please post! Don't get stage fright - I posted ready made chicken curry amongst more serious eats the other day  your meal looks yummy

[ElainaA]

@ElsieD That meal is beautiful. Please post more of what you make! One thing I love about this thread is the range from simple to elaborate - its all good.

 

Tonight, for us, was simple - Roasted butternut squash and apple soup. There are apples cooked and pureed in the soup with roasted squash, onion, cayenne, nutmeg, chicken stock and cream and more raw apples as garnish. And a salad and biscuits. 

 

[mgaretz]

Tonight I made smoked pork loin chops.  They were rubbed with Memphis Dust and then basted with honey and BBQ sauce for about the last 20 minutes of the cook.  Smoked at 225F to an IT of 142F then lightly seared with the Sansaire Searing Torch.  Served with steamed and buttered Brussels Sprouts and white corn (not pictured).

 

 

 

[Thanks for the Crepes]

I made a pannukakkun recipe for Finnish oven baked pancakes that Deryn shared over on the All Delicious Thing Finnish topic. Details are over there.

 

I served it with sliced strawberries and bananas on the side. Delicious.

Edited February 17, 2016 by lesliec
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[Anna N]

 

Braised lamb shoulder chop with butter beans. I was attempting to recreate a dish my (now deceased) girl friend used to make.  This was not quite it.  I have two more shoulder chops so may try again in the near future.  It is possible of course that my memory deceives me but I recall beans that were luscious with the lamb fat and I believe there were onions in the dish but little else.  Do not recall if she used canned or dried beans. 

[liuzhou]

Another day, another banquet. 8 people, 10 dishes to share.

 

We started with a mixed mushroom soup. Not photographed. Then:

 

Crisp Skin Roast Chicken

 

Thai Style Deep Fried Whole Prawns

 

Braised Goat with Tofu Skin

 

Beef Casserole

 

Sweet and Sour Fish

 

Mixed Roots (Taro, Daikon, etc)

 

Greens

 

New Year Sticky Rice Sweets

 

There was also fried rice.

 

[Paul Bacino]

KInda Proud how this Pork Culet turned out --  we again  call it a  " Tenderloin "

 

I did just a bit different but like the result:

Pound the center cut loin

Flour and season -- I used an Italian blend/ S and P

Egg White wash

Now I usually just dredge in Corn Flakes .. this time..  I  Lightly pounded in the Corn Flake topping

Rest 30 mins and Pan fried it

 

I finished it plain with Mustard and Onion  side of dill pickle  -- to late night for final pic!!  

 

Killer crispy

 

 

 

Edited February 17, 2016 by Paul Bacino (log)

[rotuts]

PB  you should be proud !

[Okanagancook]

Absolutely PB, looks delicious.

[Kim Shook]

A recent breakfast for dinner (using up those gorgeous eggs) started with salad:

Ham and cheese omelets, tots and some lovely tangelos:

 

Valentine’s Day!  Dinner was supposed to start with appetizers, but after our huge potluck lunch at church, we knew we’d never eat appetizers AND our meal, so those got punted for the next day.  Dinner included a really simple mixed green salad and a sourdough baguette:

 

 

The main course was a Cook’s Illustrated recipe that I found in a new special publication of theirs called “All-Time Best French Recipes”.  It was scallops and mushrooms:

This was fantastic.  We adore scallops and I was a little apprehensive about not doing the classic ‘sear’.  These are actually poached in wine and chicken stock.  Then the mushrooms are sautéed and a cream sauce made.  All of that is poured over the scallops and the whole thing is broiled.  I served this with rice:

 

Dessert was purchased from our favorite cake café.  I had the fresh fruit cake with white cake and frosting:

 

Mr. Kim had the salted caramel chocolate cake:

Those cakes are on dinner plates.  Rather large ones, too!

 

Next night’s dinner was our intended appetizers from Valentine’s Day.  Pickly stuff:

 

Smoked salmon spread and pate:

 

Cheddar and vegs:

 

And more cake from the night before (I am still eating this cake)!

[kayb]

In an effort to get more veggies in daily, I'm working on some different preps. Last night, tried a cauliflower and tomato curry (It called for potatoes, but I don't care for potatoes in curry). Recipe is on Epicurious, here. Had it with wild rice salad made with wild rice left over from the night before, and roasted sweet potato wedges with sweet paprika, glazed with a bit of honey. I'd originally planned the cauliflower for a vegetarian main, but decided I wanted some meat, so I did hamburger steaks topped with caramelized onions and gorgonzola dolce.

 

[sartoric]

Still too hot to cook, so another chicken salad it is. So glad I roasted that large chicken on the weekend.

A kind of Caesar, with cos lettuce, bacon, grape tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, seed bread croutons and a mayo, red wine vinegar and EVOO dressing.

 

 

 

[scubadoo97]

Made chicken soup today.   Nursing a bad case of the flu.  Yesterday it was miso soup and salmon 

[Franci]

Survival dinners here. Tonight a grilled branzino, scallops and salad. 

 

[Anna N]

Wow Franci,  I am positive I could survive on your dinner!  

 

 

Stamppot meets bubble and squeak meets colcannon. Potatoes, carrots, parsnips, savoy cabbage added to caramelized onions, cooked in Instant pot with some chicken stock, roughly mashed and topped with some previously cooked bacon that I nuked. Lost my favourite potato masher in the effort. Plastic handle disintegrated. 

[rarerollingobject]

Giant, giant prawns. The biggest I've ever seen, nearly as long as my forearm, end to end - photographed next to my massive cleaver and my old iPhone 5 for scale. Split open and simply grilled with butter and a miso/mirin/ginger glaze, sprinkled with toasted nori and eaten on lamb's lettuce.

 

[Smithy]

48 minutes ago, rarerollingobject said:

Giant, giant prawns. The biggest I've ever seen, nearly as long as my forearm, end to end - photographed next to my massive cleaver and my old iPhone 5 for scale. Split open and simply grilled with butter and a miso/mirin/ginger glaze, sprinkled with toasted nori and eaten on lamb's lettuce.

 

 

 I confess: I had no idea prawns could get so large.  Is this something you pick up at the local fishmonger's shop, or at a standard grocery store?  Or do you have to go down to the wharf - or get them from special friends?

 

The resulting dinner photo is stunning!  

[blue_dolphin]

Wow - that first photo is right out of The Attack of the Killer Prawns!  Luckily, you have the cleaver for self-defense and a phone at the ready to summon the emergency squad if need be!  Amazing!

 

A much more sedate rainy night supper here.  Soup and grilled cheese:

[rarerollingobject]

3 hours ago, Smithy said:

 

 I confess: I had no idea prawns could get so large.  Is this something you pick up at the local fishmonger's shop, or at a standard grocery store?  Or do you have to go down to the wharf - or get them from special friends?

 

The resulting dinner photo is stunning!  

 

Never seen them this big before myself, but I flirt very shamelessly with my fish shop guy, so he always keeps interesting things to the side for me and texts me when he has something splendid in, like these.

 

Will Flirt For Fish.

 

 

[liuzhou]

25 minutes ago, rarerollingobject said:

 

Never seen them this big before myself, but I flirt very shamelessly with my fish shop guy, so he always keeps interesting things to the side for me and texts me when he has something splendid in, like these.

 

Will Flirt For Fish.

 

 

 

With you on that. I flirt shamelessly with my seafood gal, and she keeps things for me, too.

 

Will Flirt For Food

Edited February 18, 2016 by liuzhou (log)

[Vlcatko]

Warm legume salad with soft boiled egg and crispy bacon