Dinner 2016 (Part 8)

[liamsaunt]

grilled swordfish and swordfish belly, grilled clams, marinated tomatoes, pasta with raw tomato sauce, arugula salad

 

[ProfessionalHobbit]

7 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:

 

I think of menudo as the Latin tripe dish. So this is very interesting. I'm always learning something here, thanks, Prof. Hobbit.

 

You're not too far off.

 

http://asianinamericamag.com/2014/07/how-to-make-menudo-filipino-style/ explains the Filipino angle.  

 

My family's version is radically different from Betty's.

[sartoric]

Tuna rice. I didn't go shopping, so raided the pantry for this, quick easy and yummy.

Diced onion, crushed garlic, turmeric and chilli sautéed in ghee. Basmati rice, chicken stock, frozen peas, then tuna stirred in last minute. Served with pappadams and papaya chutney.

 

 

[ninagluck]

I had a dear friend for the weekend at my place, we went out to dine for 3 days, 4th day, we had to cook ;-)

 

the result (we did not buy anything, just from my stock, should I worry? ;-)  )

Zucchinirolls, stuffed with a salted sheeps cheese on a fingerlicking carott/campari/orange reduction with crispy quinoa

foie gras with port figs and wild herb salad (it was dark already, so we were looking for greens with a flashlight in my garden )

aperol sorbet with sea buckthorn and assam pepper. 

Edited August 29, 2016 by ninagluck (log)

[chefmd]

21 minutes ago, ninagluck said:

I had a dear friend for the weekend at my place, we went out to dine for 3 days, 4th day, we had to cook ;-)

 

the result (we did not buy anything, just from my stock, should I worry? ;-)  )

Zucchinirolls, stuffed with a salted sheeps cheese on a fingerlicking carott/campari/orange reduction with crispy quinoa

foie gras with port figs and wild herb salad (it was dark already, so we were looking for greens with a flashlight in my garden )

aperol sorbet with sea buckthorn and assam pepper. 

 

 

ninagluck, I wish I were your dear friend

[ninagluck]

@chefmd hihi, you can work on it, visitors are always welcome!

Edited August 29, 2016 by ninagluck (log)

[scubadoo97]

This is what happens when my wife is late from work.  I play in the kitchen. 

Leftover salt cod and potato mixture that was used for fish cakes Sat night were fried and served with a garlicky homemade mayo.  

 

The  texture of these quenelles was far superior to the cakes that were shallow fried the other night.  These were light as a feather.  

 

[Anna N]

Farro cooked in Instant Pot, dressed with olive oil and white wine vinegar and tossed with tomatoes, cucumber, scallions and blue cheese. 

 

[chefmd]

Roasted artichoke with mayo, garlic, and jalapeño dip.

 

Eating an artichoke is like getting to know someone really well  - Willi Hastings

 

 

roasted tomato and red pepper soup with crispy fried left over bits of pork rib meat

 

[ElainaA]

18 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:

The roasted tomatoes were probably the best thing I did. I never think I will get sick of raw garden tomatoes in the winter when the grocers are offering styromates, although they have gotten better lately with tasty Scarlet Pearl grape tomatoes offered nearly year'round and all through the winter. I needed some variation today though. So I looked to Marcella Hazan for inspiration. I knew she would come to my rescue.

Marcella can always come to the rescue. She is my Yoda.

[huiray]

Top sirloin cap – salt & pepper; pan-seared; oven finished.

Small Kennebec potatoes – simmered in salted water, tossed w/ Charentes Poitou butter & fresh parsley.

Chiffonaded collard greens – sautéed in the pan residues after searing the beef.

I cooked the larger end of the TSC (cut in half); the smaller end was kept for another day.

 

Just out of the oven...    Just after cutting...  

[Thanks for the Crepes]

I slow braised a chuck roast from partially frozen with slivered onion, a can of cream of celery soup, a Knorr caldo de res cube, and half a cup boiling water all day in my 1982 Rival crockpot. At about 3:00 PM, I added lots of fresh, rough-chopped carrots and celery. Then about an hour before we ate, I added a little dried thyme, lots of dried parsley, and some black pepper. It didn't need any more salt.

 

I left the potatoes I usually include out, because I planned to serve leftover scalloped potatoes, but all we wanted was the pot roast, veggies and some toasted English muffins with butter.

[Wild_Yeast]

I ate leftovers, but the hubby doesn't care for it when it was freshly made (ChickenMarsala ) lol so I made him Doenjjang Jjigae/ Korean Beanpaste stew, potatoes, squash, mushrooms, cabbage, pork, carrots, chili flakes and the most important ingredient: fermented bean paste.  

[huiray]

A pasta bowl.

Ripe tomatoes [Van Antwerp Farm] de-skinned, de-seeded; stewed w/ onions, celery, grated yellow carrots [Silverthorn Farm] gently sautéed/softened in EV olive oil [California Olive Ranch]; plus a sliced-up yellow Carmela sweet pepper [Silverthorn Farm]; fresh basil [my deck] towards the end; seasoning adjusted.

With linguine [Rustichella d'Abruzzo] & leftover boiled & buttered small Kennebec [Silverthorn Farm] potatoes.

Genovese basil [my deck] garnish.

 

A couple slices (a half) of a Lambkin melon [Fields Farm Fresh].

[suzilightning]

Last night was a roasted game hen stuffed with lemon and garlic on a bed of roasted veg - rainbow carrots, eggplant, sweet potato along with some steamed yellow beans.

 

I think I will take my dinner inspiration from @huiray's of a day or so ago with some steak with tarragon, baby red potatoes but, instead of the collard greens I do believe I will visit a local store and pick up a bit of Mr. Ron's coleslaw.

 

I've already roasted off some chicken breasts to make sandwiches for John and will pick up some shrimp to make shrimp and rice noodles for him to nosh on the next few days....

[liuzhou]

I have a glut of lemons, so lemony dinner.

 

First, a starter of clams simply steamed with garlic in a little water acidulated with lemon juice. Finger food.

 

Then
 

Cubed pork tenderloin marinated for 24 hours in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, coriander seeds, S+P.

 

Served with rice and a tomato, scallion, mint salad dressed with shichi-mi tōgarashi.

[HungryChris]

Steak night here. These were bigger than I usually like to get, but the price was right and I see a steak sandwich in my future. Brussel Sprouts and left over tomato, cucumber, avocado  and onion salad.

HC

[mgaretz]

Pizza: thin crust (store bought) with mozzarella, onions, red peppers, mushrooms and chicken apple sausage.  Forgot to take a picture of the whole pie, so here is the plate of leftovers ready to go into the fridge.

 

 

[sartoric]

It was steak night here too ! Pan fried scotch fillet with anchovy garlic butter. 

Served with potato pumpkin mash, garlic zucchini with semi dried tomatoes and a rocket salad.

 

 

[ninagluck]

simple salad for dinner from the fridge, runnerbeans, zucchini, toasted brioche

[huiray]

Leftover top sirloin cap (t.s.c.).

Sautéed French filet beans & pattypan squash. Wild rice [Bineshii] drizzled with t.s.c. juices.

[robirdstx]

Second meal cooked under pressure in my new Instant Pot: Beef Stew. Not your typical summer meal, but the pot roast was on sale and my husband is a meat and potatoes kind of guy!

 

[kayb]

On 8/28/2016 at 2:05 AM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Dinner was the tenderloin cut from a porterhouse, sous vide  55.5 deg C.  Nothing wrong with that temperature, but the beef was cooked way too long and was mealy.  This was because of the flies, or more specifically one particular fly that kept me occupied for hours.

 

As I was madly whisking the Hollandaise it sat on the control wheel of my CSO and mocked me.  The Hollandaise ended up too stiff, and the bread was overdone.  A couple of times I thought I might have gotten the fly but it kept coming back.

 

Sometimes you think you've hit the fly but unless you find the body, most likely you did not.  This time there was no mistake -- barehanded.  Very satisfying.  My dinner I enjoyed in peace, but as I said it was not a very good dinner.

 

My beloved CSO I then wiped down with bleach.

 

 

My sympathies and congratulations on finally obliterating the SOB. I hate a fly. And we have hordes of them.

 

On 8/29/2016 at 5:27 PM, ninagluck said:

I had a dear friend for the weekend at my place, we went out to dine for 3 days, 4th day, we had to cook ;-)

 

the result (we did not buy anything, just from my stock, should I worry? ;-)  )

Zucchinirolls, stuffed with a salted sheeps cheese on a fingerlicking carott/campari/orange reduction with crispy quinoa

foie gras with port figs and wild herb salad (it was dark already, so we were looking for greens with a flashlight in my garden )

aperol sorbet with sea buckthorn and assam pepper. 

 

I probably should not have reposted the photos again, but they're so gorgeous I could not help it. That meal is a gorgeous thing.

 

I am back from a three-day conference at which I ate hotel food, but for one exceptional dinner at the Capitol Bar and Grille in Little Rock, where I had their burger with pimiento cheese. If you ever go to Little Rock, AR, do this. They also have a reasonably decent Cuban sandwich. And spiced pecans that will make you cry, they're so good.

 

[Auro]

Today is carrot rice, polenta, and meat with wine sauce.

[Okanagancook]

Carrot rice?  How is that made, please?