Dinner 2017 (Part 3)

[Toliver]

On 4/1/2017 at 7:22 AM, Shelby said:

...was really hungry for venison meatloaf so that's what we had.  For the first time I put bacon on it.  Why I've never done it that way, I don't know because it was soooooo gooooood.   I couldn't find my Benton's bacon---it's here somewhere but I just didn't have the oomph to dig for it--so I had to settle for thin bacon but I understand now why @rotuts and @kayb and many others make their meatloaf this way.

Growing up, I loved my mom's meatloaf. She always topped the meatloaf with exactly three slices of bacon, laying them down lengthwise on the meatloaf...one strip down the exact middle with another strip laying lengthwise on either side of it. She then used Heinz ketchup for the "glaze" on top of the bacon.

As an adult, I'm like you, Shelby. "More" is always a good thing when it comes to bacon. I cover the meatloaf with the bacon strips (putting them lengthwise on the loaf). If I can see meatloaf peeking through the bacon, I haven't done my job right. 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

7 hours ago, Anna N said:

 

@JoNorvelleWalker

I came to broccoli rabe late in life  but it is truly one of my favourite vegetables now. 

 

Previous times I've tried broccoli rabe I'd been too lazy to blanch it, shock in ice, drain and dry, and then saute it.  I find it repays the effort.

[sartoric]

My first attempt at chapattis, they weren't perfectly round, but they were tasty and did the job.

Served with eggplant curry, repurposed sambar, steamed basmati rice, lime pickle and mango chutney.

 

[Anna N]

1 hour ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Previous times I've tried broccoli rabe I'd been too lazy to blanch it, shock in ice, drain and dry, and then saute it.  I find it repays the effort.

Absolutely.  

[Okanagancook]

@sartoric nice looking chapatis!  Did you dry fry them and then brush with butter/ghee?

Edited April 4, 2017 by Okanagancook
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[Arey]

Sunday dinner was a braised lamb shank with leeks on a bed of rice and a green salad.  Easter drawing near means something lambish besides lamb chops and racks of lamb are available at Mel's.  I got three shanks and two lbs of lamb cubes for kabobs.  The original recipe was from a W of S catalogue years ago and called for leeks, garlic, white wine and rosemary.  I had the lamb, the leeks and the garlic and that was about it so I used Penzey's Greek seasoning,water and a lot of leek because lots of leeks is a good thing. I roasted the shank in the oven to get it browned, a tip from C.I. in reference to short ribs, and was able to cook the shank early enough to refrigerate it and get the major clean up done a couple of hours before dinner.  The only thing missing was a dog to give the bone to

[sartoric]

43 minutes ago, Okanagancook said:

@sartoric nice looking chapatis!  Did you dry fry from and then brush with butter/ghee?

Yes, @Okanagancook, that was my method, using ghee. Next time I will knead them a bit more...

[sartoric]

41 minutes ago, Arey said:

Sunday dinner was a braised lamb shank with leeks on a bed of rice and a green salad.  Easter drawing near means something lambish besides lamb chops and racks of lamb are available at Mel's.  I got three shanks and two lbs of lamb cubes for kabobs.  The original recipe was from a W of S catalogue years ago and called for leeks, garlic, white wine and rosemary.  I had the lamb, the leeks and the garlic and that was about it so I used Penzey's Greek seasoning,water and a lot of leek because lots of leeks is a good thing. I roasted the shank in the oven to get it browned, a tip from C.I. in reference to short ribs, and was able to cook the shank early enough to refrigerate it and get the major clean up done a couple of hours before dinner.  The only thing missing was a dog to give the bone to

Sounds delicious @Arey, but don't feel bad about no dog, they shouldn't have cooked bones. The bones can easily splinter and get stuck in the gut, which leads to expensive vet bills. This I know.

[Captain]

This doesn't have a name...  It starts with a Mexican style rice then grilled kranksy and grilled veg.

Real easy and real nice.  Maybe someone can give it a name.

[mgaretz]

4 minutes ago, Captain said:

This doesn't have a name...  It starts with a Mexican style rice then grilled kranksy and grilled veg.

Real easy and real nice.  Maybe someone can give it a name.

 

Mexi-Kran?  

[Thanks for the Crepes]

I gnawed on the last fried chicken wing for dinner. Then I enjoyed a big grazing plate of all my favorite salad components: spring mix, spinach, alfalfa sprouts, boiled egg, thin-sliced white onion, red bell pepper, sliced raw button mushrooms, and cottage cheese topped with out of local season but very tasty Chilean blueberries. I had made up lemon tahini dressing for dipping, but found that it wasn't needed. I was in the mood to just enjoy the unadulterated flavors of everything. Well, I did use some kosher salt, and black pepper on the eggs.

 

Last time I was at the fancy grocery store, they had clover sprouts and they were really good. This time, they were sold out, but the alfalfa sprouts were delicious too. I've been eating a lot of sprouts lately. I will get sick of them eventually, but I've been deprived of sprouts for quite a while. I used to be able to get food grade alfalfa seeds and sprouted my own. Now all I can get are mung bean seeds, and I have to go to the Mediterranean store, of all places, for those. Oh, and both the alfalfa and clover sprouts are tested for e-coli, salmonella and listeria, so that makes me feel even better about relishing them. The sprouts come from Sunny Creek Farm in Tryon, NC. 

[Norm Matthews]

While we were having the beef teriyaki stir fry the other day, my son was remembering how good the teriyaki sauce served over grilled chicken was in the fast food teriyaki restaurants in Seattle. He looked up a recipe for the sauce.  It had a 5 star rating and over 200 reviews. I told him to e-mail it to me and I'd make it.  He said it was exactly like he remembered.  I also steamed some broccoli rabe left over from the stir fry and made a Bernaise sauce for it.

[dcarch]

Pork seems to be on sale.

A couple of pork dishes.

 

dcarch

 

Ribs on sweet pepper

 

roasted pork on beets, Asian pear and asparagus

[Ann_T]

Easy dinner tonight.

All Moe wanted was homemade bread

toasted.  

 

[mm84321]

[chromedome]

10 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:

I gnawed on the last fried chicken wing for dinner. Then I enjoyed a big grazing plate of all my favorite salad components: spring mix, spinach, alfalfa sprouts, boiled egg, thin-sliced white onion, red bell pepper, sliced raw button mushrooms, and cottage cheese topped with out of local season but very tasty Chilean blueberries.

 

Oh, and both the alfalfa and clover sprouts are tested for e-coli, salmonella and listeria, so that makes me feel even better about relishing them. The sprouts come from Sunny Creek Farm in Tryon, NC. 

Good call. I haven't seen pre-tested sprouts anywhere here in Canada, but admittedly I haven't been looking. They don't seem to be much in demand anymore, at least here in New Brunswick. 

 

[Anna N]

 

 Hard to cut a perfect slice. Next time I might try a 7 inch, lined springform pan.  That would likely take care of two problems: getting it out of the pan and, being a little shallower, might cook it a little more as it needed just a bit more time.

 

 

[Toliver]

18 hours ago, Captain said:

This doesn't have a name...  It starts with a Mexican style rice then grilled kranksy and grilled veg.

Real easy and real nice.  Maybe someone can give it a name.

It almost sounds like a riff off of jambalaya. You'd just need some chicken...

Mexi-Kransky-balaya?

 

12 hours ago, Ann_T said:

"Smalls...you're killin' me!"*

(*A quote from the movie "The Sandlot")

I can almost taste the melted butter. [Drool/Homer Simpson].

[zend]

Yam Tuna using raw fish (or should I call it Poke with Thai salad dressing? )

 

 

[sartoric]

Spicy butternut pumpkin soup with a big spoon of homemade harissa, a little too big as it turned out. We cried and sniffled our way through it though. A dollop of Greek yoghurt helped, mint to garnish also. Served with broadbean dip and cheddar toasties. Followed by a calming watercress salad with honey mustard dressing.

 

 

[liamsaunt]

Last night, haddock veracruzana style

 

[mm84321]

Damn fine meat pie

[kayb]

Favorite less-than-30-minutes dinner: pasta kinda-carbonara, with Canadian bacon subbed for guanciale, and with the addition of some asparagus and some sugar snaps.

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Last night:

 

 

 

Lasagne al forno from Giuliano Bugialli's The Fine Art of Italian Cooking.  Finest lasagne I have made.  Hard to think of a better meal.

[mm84321]

Patagonia dark chocolate and dulce de leche ice cream.