Dinner 2018

[HungryChris]

Caesar salad and chorizo stuffed clams that were given a heavy hand of fresh oregano and rosemary. I liked the combination. My croutons for the salad had plenty of garlic, of course, and fresh thyme, paprika and a little salt.

HC

[Shelby]

A while back we got into a discussion about Rice-A-Roni and I said that I had never had the Spanish rice version.  A few days later I got a package in the mail--Spanish Rice-A-Roni from @suzilightning .  Made my day  .  I've saved it until our tomatoes from the garden started coming in (it tells you to add a can of tomatoes to the mix).  We really liked it!  

 

Homemade salsa 

 

The famous Rice-A-Roni

 

Cheese stuffed banana peppers

WARNING:  Dangerous picture about to be shown.  All GBP dislikers please look away.  This means you @rotuts and @kayb 

 

Stuffed venison bell peppers from the garden.  

[gfweb]

@Okanagancook fabulous!

[liuzhou]

Another hot weather dish. It's now just after 11 pm. 33ºC/91.4ºF. Not sure what it was when I cooked. Certainly more.

 

Clams with black fermented beans, garlic, ginger, white chillies, coriander leaf, scallions and Shaoxing wine. I usually serve myself this with linguine or similar, but tonight decided on a whim to try orzo. It worked very well. You can't see in my pictures but all the spicy, salty clam juices made their way to the bottom and soaked into the orzo. Happy mouth.

 

 

 

 

[Anna N]

52 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

You can't see in my pictures but all the spicy, salty clam juices made their way to the bottom and soaked into the orzo. Happy mouth.

Oh my. Delicious. 

[Kim Shook]

5 hours ago, Shelby said:

A while back we got into a discussion about Rice-A-Roni and I said that I had never had the Spanish rice version.  A few days later I got a package in the mail--Spanish Rice-A-Roni from @suzilightning .  Made my day  .  I've saved it until our tomatoes from the garden started coming in (it tells you to add a can of tomatoes to the mix).  We really liked it!  

 

Homemade salsa 

 

The famous Rice-A-Roni

 

 

 

 

Spanish Rice-A-Roni is the one that I put a lb. of ground beef in to make it a main course.  (As you can see, I've deleted the horrible pepper pictures 😉)

[Shelby]

20 minutes ago, Kim Shook said:

Spanish Rice-A-Roni is the one that I put a lb. of ground beef in to make it a main course.  (As you can see, I've deleted the horrible pepper pictures 😉)

😂

 

Ah, yes, Kim.  Another  member of the no GBP club.

[Anna N]

8 minutes ago, Shelby said:

Ah, yes, Kim.  Another  member of the no GBP club.

You have no idea how many of us there are.

[Kim Shook]

26 minutes ago, Shelby said:

😂

 

Ah, yes, Kim.  Another  member of the no GBP club.

Well, I don't discriminate.  I detest all peppers.  Though, for some reason, I like pepper jelly and if I roast jalapenos I find it tames the heat and I quite like the flavor in some dishes.  

[KennethT]

I typically dislike peppers too - not so much because of flavor, but they tend to give me heartburn for some reason..  But, oddly enough, I love chili peppers!  But, they're not the same animal...

[MRE]

Definitely a member of the GBP club. I love all peppers, red, green, yellow, orange, or purple. Sweet, hot, mild, pickled, grilled, or fried. I would sorely miss peppers if they were to suddenly disappear from the world.

[MRE]

Dinner last night. Grilled chimichurri marinated pork loin, a bit of left over grilled tri-tip from the night before, pinto beans, Mexican rice, salsa verde (on the beans and rice), chimichurri (on the meat), salad w/ thousand island. Flour tortillas not pictured.

[MRE]

Tuesday's dinner. Grilled tri-tip, chimichurri, and the rest.

[Okanagancook]

MRE, looks like you make your own flour tortillas?

[MRE]

6 minutes ago, Okanagancook said:

MRE, looks like you make your own flour tortillas?

Nope, but that is on my list of things to work on. Believe it or not, these are a Safeway house brand. They're pretty good. I toasted them on grill just before serving.

[liamsaunt]

Green bell peppers give me horrible indigestion.  All other kinds of peppers are fine, and I enjoy them very much, but GBP are the enemy.

 

Last night, burgers and hot dogs.  Simple food as we are on vacation and the kitchen amenities are quite lacking.  Typical for a rental house.  Burger and dog platter

 

 

Plated beef burger and hot dog

 

 

Salmon burgers for the non-red meat eaters

 

 

 

[ElsieD]

I too am a member of the non GBP club.  Love all the rest.

[Tri2Cook]

19 minutes ago, liamsaunt said:

 Burger and dog platter

 

19 minutes ago, liamsaunt said:

Salmon burgers for the non-red meat eaters

The first picture captioned by the first quote above had me thinking that while everything looks tasty, those burgers seemed a tad anemic looking. But I didn't want to be rude and mention it. Then you posted another picture captioned by the second quote above and all became clear... so it felt alright to mention my initial thought since it was simply a case of mistaken identity. 

[Anna N]

12 minutes ago, Tri2Cook said:

The first picture captioned by the first quote above had me thinking that while everything looks tasty, those burgers seemed a tad anemic looking. 

 And my first  thought was, “My heavens, she can even make burgers and hotdogs look good”, and they’re not my favourite food. 

[liuzhou]

I'll eat yellow bell peppers, reluctantly suffer red ones, but there is a total exclusion zone in my life for green bell peppers.  Detestable, vile things which should be eradicated from the planet universe multiverse!

[scubadoo97]

Leftover tenderloin with black beans, rice and kohlrabi greens

[ElsieD]

Pork back ribs, coleslaw type salad, sweet potato fries.

[scubadoo97]

Those fries looks amazing. Well all of it does, but those fries hit my carb buttons hard.  

[ElsieD]

30 minutes ago, scubadoo97 said:

Those fries looks amazing. Well all of it does, but those fries hit my carb buttons hard.  

 

Thank you, but I can't take credit for them.  They were frozen fries, Alexia brand.  They do bake up nice and crispy.

[Okanagancook]

How did you do them in the air fryer.  I love sweet potato fries but find them soggy.