Dinner 2018

[gulfporter]

Tomatillo gazpacho, topped with toasted pepitas.  

[Kim Shook]

On 5/4/2018 at 4:10 PM, Shelby said:

I love it!

 

I've never had the Spanish rice version.

 

My Grammy used make a really good salad using the chicken kind on the left.  It had artichoke hearts and curry powder in it.  I'll have to look that up.  I had forgotten about it.

Dirty, dirty secret re: the Spanish Rice version.  Many years ago (35, at least) when I was a broke newlywed, a co-worker brought in a casserole for a lunch potluck that everyone loved.  She was an even younger and broke-r newlywed than I and she confessed it was just a pound of hamburger cooked and added to Spanish Rice-A-Roni when it was almost done.  The dirty secret part is that it is still a once a year guilty pleasure for Mr. Kim and me.

Edited May 7, 2018 by Kim Shook (log)

[Kim Shook]

On 5/4/2018 at 9:07 PM, kayb said:

I believe I owe the original recipe for this four-ingredient piece of brilliance to @Kim Shook, but tonight, I added something and took it to a new level.

 

These four things -- fresh corn, chopped asparagus, minced tarragon and cooked/frozen and thawed salad shrimp:

 

 

with the addition of about three tablespoons of butter, will give you a start-to-finish-in-20-minutes dinner you'd be proud to serve guests.

 

Saute the corn and asparagus in the butter, on medium high.Throw in the tarragon. Cut the heat back to medium, cover, and steam for two or three minutes, just long enough to get the asparagus almost to crisp-tender. Stir in the shrimp, cover again, steam some more just until the shrimp are hot. Eat immediately. Get seconds.

 

I'm betting you could add this to a pasta with beaten egg and grated parmegiano, and have a phenomenal pasta primavera. I'm planning on leftover on a grain bowl with a balsamic viniagrette and shave parm. If I don't just warm them up and eat them as they are.

 

 

Thank you, ma'am!  I got that recipe from @Maggie the Cat originally.  Mr. Kim and Jessica would LOVE the addition of asparagus and I could easily pick them out.  Great idea!

[Kim Shook]

Not cooking much lately, but I wish I could.  Everything y’all are doing is so inspiring!  A few recent “feasts” 

 

Before dinner snack - Caramont goat cheese w/ herbes de Provence and water biscuits:

The cheese is from Caramont farm.  Jessica took us there for a day of baby goat cuddling.  The three of us had a lovely day together thanks to my MIL who stayed with my mom.  She also provided us with dinner one night.  We shared one of her Shepherd’s pies:

 

Served with broccoli and salad:

 

 

Another night was spaghetti and veggies:

 

 

A couple of nights ago – pickle-y stuff to start:

 

Veggies:

 

Chili dogs, tarted up canned beans and frozen fries:

We are living the good life here. 

 

[kayb]

Two iterations of pork tenderoin: After the char siu, with which I was not overwhelmed, I stuck the other half of the tenderloin in the fridge. Sunday, I diced it up, peeled and diced some potatoes and cooked them, made a Mornay sauce (with the addition of some paprika) and stirred it all up together. Topped it with a combo of panko and grated parmigiano.

With frozen lima beans and an apple salad, it served well for Sunday lunch.

 

[Okanagancook]

Rib eye steak done on stove top; frites from the air fryer; oyster mushrooms from farmer's market and fresh asparagus roasted then tossed in tahini lemon sauce.  Delicious.

[Toliver]

On 5/4/2018 at 11:37 AM, Anna N said:

 Look what arrived at my house today.

 

 

I confess I leaned towards their "Stir Fried Rice" flavor solely because of the slivered almonds included with the rice/pasta. It took me years to realize I could buy my own slivered almonds and add them to whatever rice dish I wanted. DOH!

[rotuts]

C*R*A*P

 

Im going to have to get a Box

 

hopefully at MarketBasket  

 

a wonderful family chain in my area that has attractive prices.

 

[weinoo]

 

Braised leeks and endive.

 

 

Duck fat fried potatoes persillade.

 

 

D'artagnan's freezer sale netted me these poussins. Spatchcocked! Marinated in a mustardy, garlicky thing, then started in a pan, and finished in a hot oven (a la Jacques) for like 15 minutes. They were great.

[dcarch]

One of the excitement from your garden in early spring is to find things you can harvest for dinner, I don't have morel mushrooms in our area, but I have asparagus,  ramps and hosta.

Yes, hosta.  Many of you have hosta in your garden, not realizing that in some countries, hosta is a vegetable. 

 

dcarch

 

Hosta and SV blade steaks

 

Edited May 7, 2018 by dcarch (log)

[TicTac]

I like my hosta's too much to eat them!!

 

Lots of wild edibles popping up, as you said, ramps, asparagus along with dandelion, garlic mustard, fiddle heads, wild celery, etc - least for us N. E. Coasters!

 

 

[dcarch]

14 minutes ago, TicTac said:

I like my hosta's too much to eat them!!

 

 

You don't eat the whole plant. Just like asparagus, you take a few shoots from each plant. The more you take, the more robust they grow.

 

dcarch

[gulfporter]

27 minutes ago, TicTac said:

I like my hosta's too much to eat them!!

 

Extra funny to me....when we lived on 5 acres in Virginia we called our hosta, "deer caviar."

Edited May 7, 2018 by gulfporter (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

 

Last night chicken Tetrazzini.  Chicken Tetrazzini for days and days.

 

 

[Toliver]

1 hour ago, weinoo said:

 

Braised leeks and endive.

 

 

Duck fat fried potatoes persillade.

 

 

D'artagnan's freezer sale netted me these poussins. Spatchcocked! Marinated in a mustardy, garlicky thing, then started in a pan, and finished in a hot oven (a la Jacques) for like 15 minutes. They were great.

eGullet needs a golf clap emoji for posts like this.

[Anna N]

 

 

 

 Mushroom and shrimp pom-pom sushi (here), cucumber and ginger pickle and a ponzu-glazed chicken thigh. There was also miso soup but my carefully crafted carrot inclusions sank and so the photograph was just too boring. 

[Dante]

last night's dinner that I forgot to post...

 

pork tenderloin slow-cooked in kahlua and prune juice with sauteed greens on the side over cheesy grits

[scubadoo97]

Oven roasted chicken thigh with slaw and a bulger/toasted vermicelli side

 

 

[chefmd]

Rockfish and pan roasted local asparagus.  Some spears were purple so they look darker.

 

[robirdstx]

 

Pork Carnitas Tacos (topped with Onion, Cilantro and Salsa Verde) served with Chickpea Curry with Spinach (leftover from last night’s dinner)

[ElsieD]

A recipe called Quick-Cook Honey Mustard pork tenderloin.  Eaten with salad and oven roasted potato planks which were spiced up with some Dutch potato seasoning.

[HungryChris]

Kimchi fried rice with leftover kielbasa. A bit of gochujang and a few drops of hot chili oil brings a measure of pungent panache to this dish that I really enjoy.

HC

 

[suzilightning]

15 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

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Last night chicken Tetrazzini.  Chicken Tetrazzini for days and days.

 

 

John finished his a few days ago.....he's on to smooch and chicken noodle soup...and chicken salad...and meatloaf sandwiches.  Though he has asked for salmon burgers or flounder for dinner tonight.  We'll stop at the fish store after the dentist so he can decide.  Also made some coleslaw with my great grandmother's cooked dressing recipe for me and some gluten free macaroni salad for John.

[Shelby]

Needed something very easy and fast after working in the garden all day--so venison meatballs from the freezer 

 

 

Yesterday Ronnie and Chum went to the lake for a while.  Caught a nice mess of fish.  

 

[weinoo]

What's the assortment of fish, @Shelby?