Dinner 2017 (Part 1)

[Anna N]

18 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Butter and a bit of mint sauce.

 Canned peas are an abomination and unsightly in the name of whomever you choose to believe in. 

[rotuts]

yet Soooo  tasty !

[liuzhou]

Apart from some French brands, canned peas are a monstrous insult to the vegetable kingdom.

 

Unless you are hand picking fresh peas in peak condition and eating them immediately, frozen win every time..

[quiet1]

1 hour ago, Anna N said:

 Canned peas are an abomination and unsightly in the name of whomever you choose to believe in. 

 

'I used to have to make a little dish of them for my FIL for special dinners because he would not eat anything else. So stuff like Christmas dinner we'd have a lovely spread, all carefully sourced ingredients, well-prepared, and then... his peas.

 

Sigh.

[chileheadmike]

Maker's Mark bourbon barrel smoked pulled pork and a twice baked potato.  

 

Let's go Chiefs. 

[Shelby]

9 hours ago, chileheadmike said:

Maker's Mark bourbon barrel smoked pulled pork and a twice baked potato.  

 

Let's go Chiefs. 

I am liking this for the wonderful looking food.....not the part about the Chiefs 

[liamsaunt]

A big salad

 

 

Baked eggplant fries

 

 

Fried chicken

 

[mgaretz]

Sous Vide burgers (cooked at 133F and torch-seared) and peas (from frozen - no cans!).

 

 

[Paul Bacino]

Finished my Dish:
Fresh Egg Pasta
141 degree egg
Bottarga ( Grey Mullet Roe )
Quail Egg Gummies
Topped with Fennel Pollen

 

[Tri2Cook]

Beef Paprikas, boiled potatoes and cucumber dill salad in all of it's uncalculated pile-it-on-the-plate-and-munch glory...

[HungryChris]

Lightly breaded fried chicken and potato salad.

HC

[robirdstx]

Lazy night for dinner tonight. My husband made a Marie Callender's Turkey Pot Pie for himself in the microwave and I made a quick Egg Salad Sandwich with an already hard cooked egg, some mayo, and salt and pepper on a slice of honey wheat bread. Hit the spot for both of us!

 

 

 

Edited January 17, 2017 by robirdstx (log)

[scubadoo97]

Went out deep sea fishing yesterday.  50 mi. offshore fishing in 130-150 ft water.   Got rougher than predicted. Areas with structure were less than stellar.   Small legal snapper caught made a great ceviche on the boat.  Done two ways. Asian and Mexican.  A few legal lane snappers made its way home

 

 

[Thanks for the Crepes]

12 hours ago, liamsaunt said:

Baked eggplant fries

 

 

liamsaunt, your oven baked eggplant looks so very good. Would you be kind enough to share how you made this inviting healthier version of a classic?

[liuzhou]

Cold weather comfort. A cottage pie with cabbage.

 

 

Simple beef, onion and carrot with Worcestershire sauce, S+P and secret ingredient*, topped with buttery mash. Stir fried cabbage.

 

* a sprinkling of shichimi togarishi.

 

 

[shain]

Cannelloni filled with sweet potato, and two types of goat cheese (one similar to cream cheese and the other feta), sage, caramelized onions, nutmeg, a little chilli, chives.

Baked covered in a bechamel with pecorino (so I guess calling it a thin mornay is more correct) nutmeg and black pepper.

 

 

 

Edited January 17, 2017 by shain (log)

[Shelby]

4 minutes ago, shain said:

Cannelloni filled with sweet potato, and two types of goat cheese (one similar to cream cheese and the other feta), sage, caramelized onions, nutmeg, a little chilli, chives.

Baked covered in a bechamel with pecorino (so I guess calling it a thin mornay is more correct) nutmeg and black pepper.

 

 

 

 

I would like this a million times if I could.

[TicTac]

Seconded & Third'd!!

 

I have made ravioli with a similar filling before, the idea of a bechemel (curious to hear your method) on top of it, oh so decadent!

 

 

[Anna N]

Pork chop with roasted carrots, parsnips and potatoes. 

 

[robirdstx]

 

Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin with Red Bell Pepper, Pineapple Chunks, Sliced Water Chestnuts and White Onion with Rice

Edited January 18, 2017 by robirdstx (log)

[Thanks for the Crepes]

I fried up some zucchini tonight, and while I already had the mess from the frying going on, I decided to fry my sweet potato and thin pork chop as well. I also threw in a jalapeno and a couple serrano peppers into the mix. While this meal was all fried, it wasn't as greasy as one might think. I use more paper towels draining and blotting fried foods than I use for all other purposes. The pork chop was given a liberal introduction to cayenne, a milder, but flavorful chili pepper and black pepper, and everything was shaken in a bag with flour before its trip though the hot oil. 

 

I prefer pork chops broiled, but that requires a war with the smoke detector. I'm pretty sure it is a militant vegetarian. 

[shain]

13 hours ago, TicTac said:

Seconded & Third'd!!

 

I have made ravioli with a similar filling before, the idea of a bechemel (curious to hear your method) on top of it, oh so decadent!

 

 

 

It does work well in ravioli, especially with butter and sage, though I'll skip the cheeses in the filling. 

I can't claim much originality with the bachemel, I simply add the grated cheese to it so that it will melt, then cover the cannelloni and bake. It provides moisture to cook the pasta and since the filling is relatively lean, it does not end up heavy, although a garlicky, creamy and cheesy sauce is definitely decadent. 

Edited January 18, 2017 by shain (log)

[HungryChris]

First pizza in the new oven, so a bit experimental, but it's a start. Sausage and peppers.

HC

[Shelby]

I found this chicken breast in the freezer that I had stuffed with cheese and ham and SV'd.  So, I thawed it out in a 135F water bath.  Was good and easy.  No, I didn't brown it.  I was too lazy.

 

[Ann_T]

Liamsaunt,  amazing photos.

On 16/01/2017 at 5:12 PM, scubadoo97 said:

Went out deep sea fishing yesterday.  50 mi. offshore fishing in 130-150 ft water.   Got rougher than predicted. Areas with structure were less than stellar.   Small legal snapper caught made a great ceviche on the boat.  Done two ways. Asian and Mexican.  A few legal lane snappers made its way home

 

 

 

Scubadoo,   I'm thinking of cooking fresh sole for Moe tonight.  I can't tell if your fish has a light batter on it or if you just dipped it in flour.

Could you please share how you cooked the flounder?