Dinner 2016 (Part 9)

[mgaretz]

27 minutes ago, scubadoo97 said:

@mgaretz  my kinda weekend breakfast and good for weekdays too.  

 

'Cept it was dinner!  (Im usually not willing to put that much time into breakfast!)

[scubadoo97]

Rummaged the fridge for leftovers.  Had leftover Patagonian scallops and shredded brussel sprouts from the other night and I was digging into a bag of Lay's salt and pepper kettle chips while contemplating dinner, so said why not

 

 

Edited September 30, 2016 by scubadoo97 (log)

[Anna N]

 

 

Desperation dinner. Tired, hungry, uninspired but dinner turned out not too bad. A russet potato started in the microwave and finished in the oven. Mushrooms sauteed in some garlic-flavoured oil left from an earler project, grated mozzarella and a generous dusting of smoked paprika. 20 minutes start to finish. 

 

[Norm Matthews]

 I am not generally a fan of fried shrimp but this was more like a tempura and we liked it.  We batter fried lemon and dill pickle slices and spiral cut potato baked with cheese and a spicy cocktail sauce.

Edited September 30, 2016 by Norm Matthews (log)

[liamsaunt]

linguini with mixed olives and sun dried tomatoes

 

[Shelby]

Venison stroganoff last night

 

[sartoric]

Egg fried rice with char siu pork belly.

 

[mgaretz]

Char siu made from pork tenderloin in the air fryer.  Sliced and stir fried with mushrooms and bok choy.

 

 

 

 

[robirdstx]

French Onion Soup

 

 

[Shelby]

Need to post some notes in the IP topic on this...turned out really well

 

Started with egg drop soup

 

 

Then beef and broccoli with jasmine rice and egg rolls

 

 

 

[Dejah]

Where did September go? Teaching and grandkids have kept me busy, but I did cook! The meals have been low-carb.

Ginger Glazed Pork Chops with Konjac noodles

Slow cooker Butter Chicken with "naan"

Braised Lamb Shanks with Mushrooms on mashed caulidlower

 

[Anna N]

 

Had a few shrimp in the freezer so sauteed them in the shells. Enjoyed them as "peel 'n eat" shrimp washed down with Taffel Akvavit also from the freezer. 

[suzilightning]

Using up a bunch of stuff:

 

Lasagna

Meatloaf made into sandwiches

Chicken spinach meatballs with some rice

 

Yesterday poached shrimp in a beer/garlic/onion broth.  For some reason John decided some of them would go well with leftover lasagna noodles and red sauce instead of the seafood sauce I had made.  Leftovers today for a snack.

 

Pulled a package of chicken breasts on the bone.  I plan on roasting them later then using one for Cape Cod chicken salad and one to make into chicken pot pie.  The bones will be simmered with some others and vegetable leavings from the freezer to make broth for soup.

Edited October 1, 2016 by suzilightning (log)

[liamsaunt]

barely seared toro on udon noodle stir fry

 

[Kerry Beal]

8 hours ago, Dejah said:

Where did September go? Teaching and grandkids have kept me busy, but I did cook! The meals have been low-carb.

Ginger Glazed Pork Chops with Konjac noodles

Slow cooker Butter Chicken with "naan"

Braised Lamb Shanks with Mushrooms on mashed caulidlower

 

More about your low carb Naan please?

[liuzhou]

Today is China's National Day and the start of a week long public holiday accompanied by ludicrous propaganda, so everything has ground to a halt. But I knew it was coming, so I stocked up and am in hiding.

 

Tonight, gave a duck breast a nice massage with toasted Sichuan peppercorns, chili flakes and sea salt and left it to think about that for about an hour. Then slowly pan fried it to pink while the rice cooked. Finished off with some garlic fried mushrooms - the first of the button mushroom season. And my spicy mango relish.

 

Edited October 1, 2016 by liuzhou (log)

[HungryChris]

Bought some fresh flounder yesterday and made fish and chips last night with spicy lemon garlic aioli and a cucumber salad.

HC

[weinoo]

Dinner last night:

 

 

Unconventional ramen. Homemade chicken stock, shitake and button mushrooms, green and yellow string beans, carrots, cherry tomatoes, Sun Noodle's ramen noodles, and a just slightly-overcooked hard boiled egg.

[BonVivant]

My lodging has a kitchen but I found out it's mostly good for boiling water!

 

 

I like Riesling and I like Gewürztraminer but it's the first time I had both in one bottle. The wine tastes more like Riesling.

 

 

Wild Sockey salmon and lobster tails are "cheap" (for the Europeans), many things are more expensive. Though not the first time I have had PEI mussels, elsewhere in Canada and Europe, but it's the same: big shells, tiny flesh. I'm used to small shells, big fleshy mussels that taste of the sea (I live in Europe's biggest mussel producing country).

 

 

Last photos from Ottawa:

 

If one's Raison d'être is "live to eat, drink and travel" then I'm a success.

 

Oink oink is on board... (takes a litle over 4 hours by train to Toronto)

 

[Dejah]

5 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

More about your low carb Naan please?

Kerry: This is the recipe I used:
https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/low-carb-naan-bread-with-melted-garlic-butter

 

But I reduced the amount of hot water from 500 to 400 ml.
Next time, I will also make the "breads" thinner.

3 carbs / serving / 2 pieces

[quiet1]

Cottage pie experiment with baked Parmesan asparagus.

 

Per my mom's request I used a recipe she found for cottage pie instead of winging it as I usually do - I'm not super thrilled with the end result. Not enough gravy to my taste plus it is missing a little something. I did keep the salt super low for my mom, which didn't help, but even with salt added it needs something. Going to make a gravy tomorrow to perk up the leftovers.

 

The asparagus by contrast ended up too salty. The recipe I used for that called for salt and pepper and olive oil and I think for my taste the salt from the cheese is enough. Still have a bunch of asparagus to eat so need to come up with a new experiment for tomorrow.

 

I find the peeling and chopping and boiling the most tedious part of making mashed potatoes so I made a huge pot and from this meal also put enough in the freezer for a side dish on another day, win.

[robirdstx]

Grilled Lamb Chop, Baked Potato and Green Beans

 

 

[rotuts]

@robirdstx  

 

I could gobble that up right now   Id even eat the string beans  ....

 

if I could have seconds !

 

[sartoric]

I had lunch at home with guests yesterday, and attended a hens night later. There was a fine spread of food, which I ignored in favour of this homemade baklava. I had four pieces, bad me, delicious dinner though.

 

 

 

[rarerollingobject]

Korean bul ssamgyeopsal, or fire pork.

 

With cheese and ramyun noodles, which is a very common variation and the breakfast of champions, if you ask me.

You make a sauce of Korean chili paste, chili flakes, Korean hot curry powder (which I keep in that old MSG tin), garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, black pepper, honey and soju and sauté the pork belly (leftover, marinated in ginseng) in it with some cabbage, carrot, onion and perilla leaf, add blanched ramen and their flavoring packets (more chilli), chopped fresh Korean green chillis, sprinkle with toasted sesame seaweed and then pour over a blanket of melted cheese.

 

See cheese in action hither: 

 

 

Fire pork.