Dinner 2018

[CantCookStillTry]

Ok guys. What's the trick. How does one make creamy mushroom sauces look attractive in a photo? Am I cooking them wrong? They taste fine (if you can ignore the 'shrooms - yeah its not a meal for me) but mine always seem kinda grey and icky looking. Hence the super close up. 

 

Pork loin chops, mushroom mustard sauce and rabbit food. 

 

[liamsaunt]

Wednesday night, salmon sandwiches with bacon, roasted peppers, arugula, and spicy paprika aioli

 

 

Last night, chicken piccata with mashed potatoes and roasted romanesco

 

[suzilightning]

On ‎3‎/‎2‎/‎2018 at 5:26 AM, CantCookStillTry said:

Ok guys. What's the trick. How does one make creamy mushroom sauces look attractive in a photo? Am I cooking them wrong? They taste fine (if you can ignore the 'shrooms - yeah its not a meal for me) but mine always seem kinda grey and icky looking. Hence the super close up. 

 

 

One can't make creamy mushroom sauce look attractive.....it will usually look like cat regurgitation.

 

The sleet has gone over to heavy wet snow here.  I'm contemplating making (another) pot of Pam Reiss' Sweet Potato soup for John who had oral surgery on Tuesday and is eating soft food for another few days.  I also have some ground bison and it's a throw up between Cincinnati chili and taco filling.......

 

Well power went out at 13:05 and still not back on.  NOTHING got made.  With any luck when I get back home from running errands hopefully it will have been restored ...but I'm not counting on it.

Edited March 3, 2018 by suzilightning
It didn't happen!!!! (log)

[kayb]

Cheese tortellini with red sauce and meatballs. I had canned some of the roasted cherry tomato-garlic sauce; took a pint of that, buzzed it in the blender, stirred in a half-cup of leftover Ragu the daughter had been using as a dipping sauce for toasted ravioli, and made meatballs.

 

 

A few days ago, and I don't think I've posted it, I had a poke bowl. 

 

 

And last night, the best chicken salad I've ever made in my life. Or, as my daughter termed it, "fruit salad with chicken in it." 

 

 

Yes, there was chicken underneath it all. Fruit included halved red and white grapes, chopped apple, mandarin orange segments, and blueberries. This was prior the addition of sliced almonds and dressing. Dressing was one I more or less made up -- a half-cup of mayo, a tablespoon of Dijon mustard, a tablespoon of golden balsamic vinegar, salt and freshly ground pepper, and a teaspoon of honey.

 

[lindag]

10 minutes ago, suzilightning said:

 

  I also have some ground bison and it's a throw up between Cincinnati chili and taco filling.......

  

a "throw up"?   Meaning a toss-up?  I get the connection to the cat barf.

[suzilightning]

52 minutes ago, lindag said:

  

a "throw up"?   Meaning a toss-up?  I get the connection to the cat barf.

exactly

[Tropicalsenior]

On 2/28/2018 at 6:20 PM, liuzhou said:

 

Yes

 I thought that I would make some of these and I went looking for a little better recipe then I had previously found that gave ingredients but no quantities. I found this one  but I find I need a little help with the translation. This is the first time I have been instructed to do plastic surgery on something before I steam it.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

6 hours ago, CantCookStillTry said:

Ok guys. What's the trick. How does one make creamy mushroom sauces look attractive in a photo? Am I cooking them wrong? They taste fine (if you can ignore the 'shrooms - yeah its not a meal for me) but mine always seem kinda grey and icky looking. Hence the super close up. 

 

Pork loin chops, mushroom mustard sauce and rabbit food. 

 

 

Looks good to me.

 

[ninagluck]

after I watched  the movie "cook up a storm", I had to buy a clay pot and cook that 3 cup chicken 

[Anna N]

1 hour ago, ninagluck said:

after I watched  the movie "cook up a storm", I had to buy a clay pot and cook that 3 cup chicken 

OK I’ve never heard of the movie but I have heard of 3 cup chicken. I’m just curious about the cosy like arrangement of fabric around the clay pot. 

[ninagluck]

@Anna N, I am sure if you check the net, you find a link to the movie. I used the fabric as shown there; doesn't  it look if I would know what I am doing? ;-)

[scubadoo97]

Have 2 chicken leg quarters.  Not sure what I'm going to do with them

[Anna N]

 

Cock-a-leekie soup with a garlic crouton.  

[robirdstx]

 

 

Grilled Sous Vide Beef Ribeye with Teriyaki Mushrooms and Steamed Broccoli

 

 

[menuinprogress]

 

Rice noodle soup with shrimp and assorted seafood balls.

[liuzhou]

12 hours ago, Tropicalsenior said:

 I thought that I would make some of these and I went looking for a little better recipe then I had previously found that gave ingredients but no quantities. I found this one  but I find I need a little help with the translation. This is the first time I have been instructed to do plastic surgery on something before I steam it.

 

That is a particularly inept computer translation.

 

I've posted the recipe I use in the Recipe Gullet section. Here.

[scubadoo97]

Made a massaman curry dish with chicken breast.  The leg quarters I thought I had  turned out to be all legs and didn't wasn't to mess with cleaning the meat for the curry.  

[shain]

Cabbage stuffed with mushrooms and buckwheat. Sauce is sour cream with tarragon, paprika and a little tomato paste, lightly thickened with a roux.

[CantCookStillTry]

I got sucked in and played around with the cheese taco shells again - I can't not, mexican (probably more likely - American/Australian Mexican) is his favourite. Cups work better than trying to make shells. Slicing the cheese rather than grating is also alot better structurally. 

Or you could try my favourite method and wait untill the low carber in your life has gone to bed and have a real taco. 

 

[weinoo]

 

Pork chops brined for around 3 hours, then pan fried for about 2 minutes per side. I also made a pan sauce, with drippings, mustard, vinegar and butter.  Duck fat pan-roasted potatoes.  Broccolini steam roasted in the CSO.  

[liuzhou]

Steamed sea bass.

Fish de-scaled and gutted. Rubbed with salt and Shaoxing wine. Cavity stuffed with scallions, garlic and ginger. Garlic and ginger slipped into cuts in the flesh. Green and red chillies on top with more scallions. Steamed 8 minutes.

 

Served with pan roasted asparagus and rice.

 

Ready to be steamed

 

Ready to be eaten

 

[BonVivant]

On 2/28/2018 at 11:19 AM, CantCookStillTry said:

Everyone's food looks so delicious and full of effort. I however am trapped in a phase of " 'expletive' this cooking lark, I'm too tired". Unfortunately (but not for my waist line) I don't have take away as an option.

The better half got a begrudgingly served soy sauce chicken & vegetable omelette/pancake. It's always been a riff on UK Chinese takeaway egg foo young (which is totally different to the American version) but I rarely have the beansprouts, or the inclination to deep fry an omelette (Also aware this dish is unlikely to exist in real life china). 

 

Little man had a mini roast with chicken, broc, potatoes, corn and peas. 

 

I, in lieu of dinner, had a horrible shock, when I took a deep swig from the mug I had used to reheat the frozen Gravy rather than my Black Coffee. 

 

I drink gravy quite knowingly!

 

That looks familiar... I have made something similar before.

 

 

 

(PS: - insert Muriel Heslop's accent - you are now CanCookCanPhotograph. Yes, you are.)

Edited March 3, 2018 by BonVivant (log)

[Kim Shook]

Mr.  Kim came home for a recipe for a pasta puttanesca that a co-worker recommended.  He had brought some in for lunch and Mr. Kim thought it smelled amazing.  It packs a punch.  We liked it a lot, but it isn’t something I’d make for someone before knowing their fish/olive/saltiness limits!  It packs a punch.  Served with a baguette and simple salad:

 

 

 

Served with slices of goat cheese.  The goat cheese was new to me, but made a nice foil for the big flavors with it’s tangy smoothness.

[HungryChris]

Greek salad, Buffalo wings, roasted garlic with a warm French baguette and soft butter.

HC

 

 

Edited March 3, 2018 by HungryChris (log)

[Dejah]

On 2/28/2018 at 9:25 AM, Shelby said:

 

@Shelby: Quail with a modest pose!