Dinner 2020

[CantCookStillTry]

Chicken Tikka Masala from a Spice Tailor Kit. I love the whole spices and they are much fresher than if I bought my own to languish in a hot cupboard. 

This is my sons portion. Heavy on the rice. I'll have it for lunch tomorrow. He had 2 more bowls of rice after 🙄😬. It is literally his favourite food. Even over nuggets!!

 

 

[rotuts]

@CantCookStillTry 

 

interesting stuff.

 

UK/Canada/Australia

 

amazon ( USA ) shipping almost doubles the price.

 

I recall a similar sort of think at Stop&Shop

 

possibly Patak .

 

Searching around in grocery stores , rather than Senior Blitz  ....

 

those were the days.

[weinoo]

 

Petite (2 lbs.) boneless lamb shoulder roast. Potatoes, turnips and garlic.

 

This is some of the best tasting lamb I've had recently - raised in NY State. Roasted to a nice medium (how we like shoulder) - lots of leftovers - ideas welcome (laghman?).

 

 

This interesting Loire Valley red was delish -  was a favorite at the old Ssam Bar.

[Shelby]

@Kim ShookYour char siu looks amazing!

 

@robirdstxHappy Anniversary!!!  I'm sorry it wasn't like you had planned, but your food looks delicious.

 

@DuvelI want that bread.

 

@pattiI want that shrimp.  I've been out of shrimp for a while.  I miss it!

 

@weinooLamb isn't usually a favorite of mine, but yours looks delicious.  Ronnie loves lamb.  It's really hard to find around here.

 

Sandwiches again...I seem to be having a major craving for a big fat sandwich lately.

 

 

Then for Halloween, spider deviled eggs, more endive, ribs and Mac and cheese

 

 

 

 

[Raamo]

For lunch my wife picked up some sandwiches, they offered her day old bread for free...

 

So what to do with day old bread?  Well make garlic bread (and croutons for later use)

 

Tomato soup is from 30 mins cookbook by American's test kitchen.  It's our easy go to complex tomato soup!  

 

[dcarch]

Temperature was going to drop below freezing. I rushed out and picked the renaming ripen tomatoes and made the last 2020 BLT s.

 

dcarch

 

 

[shain]

Zaatar and yogurt quick bread (recipe).

Baba ganoush - fire roasted eggplant, tahini, lemon, garlic.

Rice stuffed grape vines from the market, labneh, veggies, homemade pickles.

 

 

Edited November 1, 2020 by shain (log)

[liamsaunt]

Chicken broccoli penne with a parmesan breadstick

 

[Smithy]

1 hour ago, shain said:

Baba ganoush - fire roasted eggplant, tahini, lemon, garlic.

Do you find that fire-roasting is critical to the flavor? I ask because I've had baba ganoush in Egyptian restaurants that was made over a stove and was DELICIOUS. However, my attempt at it earlier this summer, when I went the lazy way and cooked the eggplant in the oven, was a bland disappointment to me. Fortunately my husband still liked it, so it wasn't a total loss.

[mgaretz]

Finally felt like firing up the smoker since the air has been clear for a while now.  A whole chicken:

 

 

Served with steamed Brussel's sprouts in butter:

 

 

[shain]

1 hour ago, Smithy said:

Do you find that fire-roasting is critical to the flavor? I ask because I've had baba ganoush in Egyptian restaurants that was made over a stove and was DELICIOUS. However, my attempt at it earlier this summer, when I went the lazy way and cooked the eggplant in the oven, was a bland disappointment to me. Fortunately my husband still liked it, so it wasn't a total loss.

 

I roast it over a gas burner. You have to use an open flame for the smokey flavor, the peel should be completely charred and burnt. 

[BonVivant]

Sepia/cuttlefish

 

Was never into the "goth" thing as a teenager but I enjoyed being a one for a little while today. Bucatini with sepia ink

 

Sepia, kale, tomatoes etc.

 

From Sicily

[TdeV]

Fabulous photos, everyone!

 

@Shelby, those spider devilled eggs are so cool.

 

How did you cook the endive? What's the sauce on them?

[gulfporter]

@BonVivant Love that bucatini!!

[TdeV]

Friday night was 43°F at the end of our socially-distanced-but-within-range-of-the-gas-heater dinner and wine time. Of interest, perhaps, each of the dishes below got rave reviews from one diner.

 

The dish which I spent some days considering was a rice casserole which used: brown rice cooked in fresh chicken stock, shredded zucchini (squeezed), slow roasted tomatoes diced, corn kernels, reconstituted mushrooms*, freshly grated Parmesan, nutritional yeast (thanks @shain), ground fennel, celery seed, moistened with sous vide water(s) from (unrelated) duck breast and pork chop. The duck skin had been roasted crisp, then chopped up and scattered over the top of this casserole.

 

*Every Saturday all summer I bought two mushroom varieties from the Farmers' Market guy; they sit in the fridge, sometimes, for a long while and eventually dry out. Friday I fed them to the Cuisinart to make mushroom powder and put through a sieve–boy, did my kitchen smell good! The remaining mushroom pieces went into this casserole.

 

 

Can't find the original eG poster for these Beef and Curry Pies. Modifications: I used one pound beef (from frozen) so doubled soy sauce, sugar, salt and green peas. For me, the diced potatoes took much longer than 5 minutes to soften. As you can see below, I'm quite unfamiliar with filled pastries.

 

 

And done. They look a little wonky but tasted fine.

 

 

 

 

 

[Shelby]

42 minutes ago, TdeV said:

Fabulous photos, everyone!

 

@Shelby, those spider devilled eggs are so cool.

 

How did you cook the endive? What's the sauce on them?

It was my first time doing endive.  A couple TB of butter, when melted I added the endive and about half a cup or so of white wine and juice of half a lemon (a big lemon).  Then I put a lid on it and let it cook on low for at least 45 mins.  Remove lid and turn up heat --braise until liquid gone.  Salt well.  Then I topped with dollops of Little Green Dress from Vivian Howard's new cookbook  

[pastameshugana]

8 hours ago, dcarch said:

Temperature was going to drop below freezing. I rushed out and picked the renaming ripen tomatoes and made the last 2020 BLT s.

 

dcarch

 

 

 

Everything about this is perfect: The tomatoes, the crispy bacon, and the photography!

 

[gfweb]

4 hours ago, gulfporter said:

@BonVivant Love that bucatini!!

 

I shudder at the black splatter from that bucatini.

[gfweb]

Braised short ribs for a wet and cold Fall night.

 

[liamsaunt]

Dreary and generally annoying day here.  So, popovers

 

 

Chicken soup

 

[robirdstx]

 

Very casual setting for Dinner tonight - Pan Fried Pork Potstickers with Dipping Sauce, Egg Fried Rice and Hot & Sour Soup

[patti]

When I cooked the shrimp for last night’s salad, I cooked enough for another meal, which ended up being shrimp flatbreads. 

 

[patti]

@Shelby Thanks! I love shrimp and am lucky enough to be able to get some easily. 
 

@mgaretzThat chicken looks gorgeous! 

[Raamo]

It's finally cooled down big time in Minnesota, so Pizza time is back!

 

Dough and sauce are homemade. I don't like a lot of cheese on my side.  Very tasty! 

[curls]

There was quite a bit of discussion about gyros and our favorite kabob & gyro place closed a few years ago so I was pushed to give this a try. Oven baked gyro loaf of lamb & beef. Turned out rather well; it is our new favorite!  🙂