Dinner 2019

[JoNorvelleWalker]

6 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

I've spent about the last ten days battling a summer cold and having little appetite. I have managed to make something each day, but it's been basic, survival food. Last night I felt there may be an end in sight and was determined to make something worth eating. As most of us do in those situations I hit on a personal comfort food which is tasty but relatively easy to make.

 

I've posted versions* of this more than once, but make no apology.

 

Pork tenderloin cubes marinated in olive oil and lemon juice with garlic and crushed coriander seeds, then fried. Rice. tomato and basil salad (the first of this summer's balcony basil), simply dressed with more olive oil and sea salt.

 

 

 

 

* not iterations, dammit!

 

 

Beautiful!  Get well soon.

 

[Shelby]

Spied a good deal at the store--whole beef tenderloin.  Should have gone back and gotten another one.  The meat was so tender and good.

 

Done on the grill outside with a salad and tater

@Ann_T's honey garlic chicken (I added a whole bunch of heat to it this time--bout blew my socks off) and eggrolls

 

 

Pizza last night. Canadian bacon and pepperoni

 

 

 

[rotuts]

@Shelby

 

that honey-garlic-chicken look's mighty Cheffie !

 

 

PS :

 

go back and get another TL

 

cut thick and try the RB40 in the refit for 3 days , the vac and cook a low as you like

 

 

Edited June 7, 2019 by rotuts (log)

[shain]

Pickled beetroot "carpaccio" (pickled with star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, fennel seeds, chili, pepper, thyme, sugar). Sour cream, mint.

Roasted sweet potato, sweet and creamy, with coconut chutney, flavored with tamarind, fenugreek, chili, toasted cumin, mustard seeds, curry leaves, fennel seeds.

Egg curry. Eggs with yogurt, ground peanuts, spices. Baked and cubed. In a sauce of onion, tomato, yogurt, coconut milk, ginger, kaffir lime, coriander seeds, hing.

Rice with toasted anise seeds.

 

 

Edited June 7, 2019 by shain (log)

[TdeV]

8 hours ago, shain said:

Roasted sweet potato, sweet and creamy, with coconut chutney, flavored with tamarind, fenugreek, chili, toasted cumin, mustard seeds, curry leaves, fennel seeds.

 

Looks scrumptious, @shain. How did you make the coconut chutney?

Edited June 8, 2019 by TdeV
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[kayb]

@shain, I am intrigued by the egg curry. I presume one beats the eggs with the yogurt, ground peanuts and spices (what spices? and would organic peanut butter, which is truly just ground peanuts, work?), pours the whole concoction into a baking dish, and bakes as if it were a quiche. The sauce I think I could muddle through; just saute the onions, add the tomatoes, coconut milk and spices, and simmer until it's thick?

 

Any pointers you can share would be deeply appreciated. I think I have to try this. I may wait until my "guinea pig," a friend on whom I try most new recipes, visits.

[ElsieD]

19 hours ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Poached in dilute chicken broth until tender-crisp.    Than dress as you please.     Even Caesar.    I was lazy with only EVOO and vinegar.    What sounds good to you?

 

I don't know for sure but I have a bunch of celery in the fridge and when I saw your picture, I thought, what a great idea!  I had just come back from a store specializing in olive oil and balsamic vinegars and had picked these up and I'll use an olive oil balsamic combo that would be good on celery.  Maybe the green apple/smoked hickory combo.

[Duvel]

Dinner at Ping’An village, near Guilin, China: Bamboo chicken & rice (cooked in bamboo sticks directly in the flames), local charcuterie, egg & tomatoes, fried river fish. Enjoyed with a light beer, followed by Sweet Osmanthus wine ...

 

[robirdstx]

 

Duck Breast Risotto 

 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

2 hours ago, ElsieD said:

 

I don't know for sure but I have a bunch of celery in the fridge and when I saw your picture, I thought, what a great idea!  I had just come back from a store specializing in olive oil and balsamic vinegars and had picked these up and I'll use an olive oil balsamic combo that would be good on celery.  Maybe the green apple/smoked hickory combo.

 

You will rock!    Please share your findings.   

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Stressful day supporting friends.    End of the week.    Really scraping the walls of the larder.

A hastily and sloppily put together tian.

His and her burgers, his thin, mine a hockey puck

with smashed potatoes.

 

 

Comfort food

[Smithy]

3 hours ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Really scraping the walls of the larder.

 

I aspire to that status (assuming it's voluntary!) but have a long way to go. Your creativity is inspiring!

[shain]

10 hours ago, TdeV said:

 

Looks scrumptious, @shain. How did you make the coconut chutney?

 

 

Thanks! Here you go:

 

 

[shain]

10 hours ago, kayb said:

@shain, I am intrigued by the egg curry. I presume one beats the eggs with the yogurt, ground peanuts and spices (what spices? and would organic peanut butter, which is truly just ground peanuts, work?), pours the whole concoction into a baking dish, and bakes as if it were a quiche. The sauce I think I could muddle through; just saute the onions, add the tomatoes, coconut milk and spices, and simmer until it's thick?

 

Any pointers you can share would be deeply appreciated. I think I have to try this. I may wait until my "guinea pig," a friend on whom I try most new recipes, visits.

 

You got it. I blended the eggs with whole peanuts, hence effectively creating ground peanuts. But peanut butter will do perfectly well.

Here's the recipe, for you to use as a baseline.

 

[Shelby]

Venison burgers, fries and pasta salad last night

 

[rotuts]

@Shelby

 

P.S.:  I like the way your pizza's seem to ' bubble up and overflow ' the crust.

 

[Shelby]

10 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@Shelby

 

P.S.:  I like the way your pizza's seem to ' bubble up and overflow ' the crust.

 

I have a problem cutting back on the cheese 😁

[Ann_T]

23 hours ago, Shelby said:

T's honey garlic chicken (I added a whole bunch of heat to it this time--bout blew my socks off) and eggrolls

 

@Shelby, your honey garlic chicken always looks so good and beautifully plated.   I haven't made it in a while.  

Maybe it needs to be on the menu this week.

 

Hot dogs and homemade fries. Grilled European wieners.

We ate dinner watching our Raptors win game four.

[suzilightning]

The other half of the sandwich from lunch (toasted marble rye, ham, cheese, mustard *, miracle whip and Mr. Ron's coleslaw) and a large salad of red leaf lettuce, red onion, minced cucumber, Cashel blue cheese and a salad dressing I have been using lately.  It is equal parts of Cain's mayonnaise, Lactaid sour cream, white balsamic vinegar, tarragon vinegar and minced tarragon.  Just didn't do it for me so added a tablespoon of Knorr Ogorkowa z grzankami soup mix(pickle soup).  Ledgewood Farm - my local place provides sushi, fresh fish, deli and for some reason they have a whole eastern European section.  I love the pickle soup mix though I don't make soup with it....also sautéed an almost over the top pear in butter and some toast dope then chopped half of it up and put them into the salad.

Tossed some chopped walnuts into the leftover butter and toast dope then onto a piece of parchment paper to cool....

 

 

* full explanation of the specific ones I use and why is in the LUNCH forum

Edited June 8, 2019 by suzilightning (log)

[Dante]

Mapo tofu with kale added, over rice noodles

[Margaret Pilgrim]

1 hour ago, Ann_T said:

 

Hot dogs and homemade fries. Grilled European wieners.

We ate dinner watching our Raptors win game four.

 

It's hard to press the like button when we watched the Warriors lose...but I did.

[Norm Matthews]

I almost forgot to take pictures.  We are expecting a few people over any time now. I have been using the smoker since early this morning.  We are having pulled pork and ribs. Charlie is grilling some hamburgers and i made a fruit salad.  Everything else was store bought.

[shain]

Century egg with pickled ginger and sesame oil.

Zhai choy - tofu skin, wood ear and shitake, glass noodles, carrots, cabbage, lily buds, doufu ru. Over rice.

 

 

Edited June 8, 2019 by shain (log)

[chefmd]

Meat and potatoes.  Saturday indulgence.  With red wine.  Naturally.

[gfweb]

Bratwurst with lightly mustardy cabbage/sprout slaw sweetened with a couple tsp apple juice, and potatoes