Dinner 2020

[robirdstx]

Fajitas with the tortillas! 😁

 

 

Chicken Breast Meat marinating in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, jalapeño and paprika

 

 

Pico de Gallo

 

 

Guacamole

 

 

Grilled and chopped chicken with add ins ready for the skillet.

 

 

In the skillet!

 

 

Fajitas!

[gfweb]

We ate dinner in a restaurant!

 

First time in 3 1/2 months. It was nice to have other people's cooking for a change.

[KennethT]

This was a first attempt at recreating a dish my wife was obsessed with on our trip to Indonesia last summer - udang arsik tapanuli - shrimp in a sauce made from the kitchen sink of SE Asian herbs - lemongrass, ginger, galangal, shallots, garlic, chilis and lots more. It was pretty good but definitely needs a bit of work. It's too bad because there are only a few recipes online (all in Indonesian) and all are for the traditional version made with fish and some fruits/herbs that are completely unavailable here.

[heidih]

Good man! @Abra sent me an Indonesian cookbook long ago.  As you are familiar  hard to have all ingredients at hand. Good effort Lets just do the travel thing

[heidih]

On 6/12/2020 at 2:39 PM, shain said:

 

That's one pretty challah.

 

The best thing about it being braided is that one can tear of chunks of bread. In my extended family, we don't even place a bread knife on the table when serving challah

 

Killing me.I lost a friend last year. She and her Rabbi were good with this kinda Catholic girl doing the Friday morning challah bake   A female ritual I missed.

[Franci]

 I feel as food tastes one on my child is definitely more Chinese than the other. My son loves tofu and my daughter really dislike it, my son runs far away from cheese and my daughter lives on Comté 🤣 classic. So tonight tofu and panzerotti 😁 

 

[scubadoo97]

Roasted chicken this evening.  So basic but always good.  Butter and rosemary under the skin

[heidih]

4 hours ago, Franci said:

 I feel as food tastes one on my child is definitely more Chinese than the other. My son loves tofu and my daughter really dislike it, my son runs far away from cheese and my daughter lives on Comté 🤣 classic. So tonight tofu and panzerotti 😁 

 

 

Good they have strong opinions. I was so taken when mine (29 the other day) told his kindergarten teacher lobster was his favorite food. Very integrated community but nobody else chose that! 

[BeeZee]

Not much effort after being out playing golf...came home and put a couple of small turkey tenderloins in some prepared marinade, let it sit an hour. Yellow squash sliced in half, some oil, salt, onion powder, balsamic glaze drizzled on top. Button mushrooms with same, but left whole. All grilled, served with salad. The turkey was good because it was natural/non-injected, and cooked up perfectly by DH...overcooking it makes jerky.

Edited June 14, 2020 by BeeZee
Spell-o (log)

[heidih]

23 minutes ago, BeeZee said:

The turkey was good because it was natural/non-injected, and cooked up perfectly by DH...overcooking it makes jerky.

 

Kudos to dh and his grill skill. 
Sawdust" is the descriptor that comes to mind with turkey.

Edited June 14, 2020 by heidih (log)

[scamhi]

more grilled pork. with a Miznon recipe of green beans- blanched with lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil and salt. scallion ginger sauce on the side. Yesterday was national rose day so we complied

[BonVivant]

Fish without chips. The fishmonger cooked the 3 for me.

 

Last of the Pecorino I brought back from Sicily.

 

Another batch of radi from the garden

[Dante]

Tofurkey Marsala with baby carrots, broccoli, and snow peas over farro

[heidih]

Fishmongers! Treasures. More valued than boyfriends. My first taught me to debone trout. A life lesson I still use 40 or so years later, 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

1 hour ago, heidih said:

Fishmongers! Treasures. More valued than boyfriends. My first taught me to debone trout. A life lesson I still use 40 or so years later, 

 

Side story.    Many years ago I locked myself out of my car while parking behind my local super.    I went into the fish department, closest to the door, and asked the fishmonger if he could help me break in.   He brought out a long flexible boning knife and proceeded to do a fair number on the rubber window fittings before finally springing the lock.   

My husband shook his head and reminded me that this man had been a prisoner of war from Italy, held at the Presidio here during WWII,    Didn't bust out of the brig then, nor into cars since.

ETA  Here  is a story of a similarly imprisoned Italian who married a relative-in-law.   Sweet.

Edited June 14, 2020 by Margaret Pilgrim (log)

[mgaretz]

Egg salad sandwiches on the challah bread, crudites.

 

[gfweb]

Flat iron steak with romesco sauce and roasted cauliflower. The Cauliflower and romesco were nice together.

 

[chefmd]

King crab legs salad.  It took me a long time to get the meat out.  

 

Roasted spring onions with anchovy and garlic bread crumbs.  

[heidih]

2 minutes ago, chefmd said:

King crab legs salad.  It took me a long time to get the meat out.  

 

 

 

I use kitchen scissors and cut down length  

[robirdstx]

 

Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin and Vegetables with Sushi Rice

 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Chard from the yard

 

Sweet Italian sausage saute with potatoes, peppers, onions

 

[KennethT]

Thai steamed wild caught black bass... Pla neung manao. Steamed in the CSO and dressed with a tangy sauce made with tons of garlic, lime juice, fish sauce and chilis.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

14 minutes ago, KennethT said:

 

 

THAT is a work of art.

[Kim Shook]

All of this middle eastern food is making me crazy! 

 

@mgaretz – gorgeous challah.  The very first bread I ever made was a challah loaf.  I was 19 and it was wildly successful – better bread than I’ve made in the ensuing 40 years.  One of my friends was Jewish and insisted on taking some to his mom, who asked me to make it for her every so often from then until I moved away for good.  No idea what the recipe was, but yours looks so good, I think I need to try again!

 

@Franci – love the corn fritters.  Perfect summer dish!

 

@liamsaunt – those are perhaps the most beautifully grilled steaks I’ve ever seen!

 

Made some dinners to take over to Mr. Kim’s dad and stepmom.   I made enough that we’ll also be eating them this week.  I realized that made more sense and cut down on the mountain of cooking I’ve been dreading.  I love to cook, but you can have too much of a good thing. 

 

IP braised beef and gravy:

 

Sour cream potatoes:

 

Green beans:

Pardon the solidified bacon grease – I forgot to take a picture while they were hot.

 

The next meal was Apricot BBQ Chicken:

Mr. Kim and I thought it would be better with thighs, but I am "shopping" in their crammed freezer, trying to not let all that food go to waste and they only eat boneless, skinless.  

 

Broccoli casserole:

This was really good – it calls for using FRESH broccoli, which is unusual in a broccoli casserole.  And I took a microwavable rice pouch – easy enough that his dad should be able to do it with his stepmom supervising. 

 

Dinner for us Friday night was roast chicken done in the CSO: 

 

Salad:

 

Jessica requested roasted broccoli and @Marlene's Smashed Potatoes:

 

 

Yeast rolls and gravy (freezer surprise):

 

Not a great job on defatting!

 

Plated – without:

 

and with:

 

Dinner tonight started with a salad:

 

And some of the Apricot BBQ chicken we took to Mr. Kim’s parents, cheater creamed corn (a bag of frozen corn + a can of creamed corn), roast broccoli, yeast roll, and chicken rice a roni:

 

Edited June 15, 2020 by Kim Shook (log)

[heidih]

2 hours ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Chard from the yard

 

Sweet Italian sausage saute with potatoes, peppers, onions

 

 

 

That chard is speaking loudly to me I recall a young boy down the street who told me his grammy grew it and he loved it with "a bit of butter".