Dinner 2020

[kayb]

Got into my birthday charcuterie, which necessitated a trip to the cheese section.

 

Gorgonzola dolce, Reading, a young Gouda, and a bloomy rind goat cheese whose name I forget. Three kinds of olives, two kinds of pickles. Preserved walnuts. I sampled the nduja (it's hot!); the sopressata and the chorizo.

 

Good stuff.

 

 

[Sartain]

Twice cooked pork - beginning my long-overdue foray into Chinese cooking.  Served over steamed rice.

 

[robirdstx]

 

Chicken and Andouille Gumbo with Jasmine Rice and a Salad

 

 

[Franci]

Tomorrow I need to do some shopping for vegetable and protein! No, charcuterie we are covered 😁 I baked some bread and some pizza bianca in teglia, made mung bean salad, stir-fried broccoli stalks and carrots, marinated cucumber, edamame, and a small piece of sockeye salmon and of picanha. 

 

 

[CantCookStillTry]

I turned this pretty little Chicky 

 

Into this boring looking meal a day later. 

Chicken, Broc, Swede & Carrot Mash & Peas.. awaiting Bisto. 

 

Disclaimer: All crispy skin was consumed in a 'family pick' fresh out of the oven. 

[chromedome]

1 hour ago, CantCookStillTry said:

Disclaimer: All crispy skin was consumed in a 'family pick' fresh out of the oven. 

 

As is right and proper.

 

In my household for the past several years, I have (sadly) been the only enthusiast for chicken skin and have been forced to consume it all personally. One does as one must...

[liamsaunt]

Grey sole in a coconut lime curry broth with carrots, baby bok choy, chives, and zucchini

 

[liuzhou]

39 minutes ago, liamsaunt said:

Grey sole in a coconut lime curry broth with carrots, baby bok choy, chives, and zucchini

 

 

 

Yes, please. With seconds!

[IowaDee]

Oh the red pepper on the left side of the bowl looks for all the world like a little fish swimming along..  I did a second and a third take!

[mgaretz]

Made another rye bread.  Dinner was egg salad (mine with diced celery), the last of the carrots from the pot roast, steamed Brussels sprouts and a piece of the rye bread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kim Shook]

@liamsaunt – all of your food is beautifully prepared, plated, and photographed.  But the scallop rolls that you make just make me crave scallops. 

 

@weinoo – a lamb, rice, and Caesar dinner just sounds so perfect.  I make many brown plates – Mr. Kim always notices and announces them. 

 

@scamhi – Happy Birthday.  I think an assortment of King crab legs is the perfect celebratory meal!

 

@Dejah – HI!  So glad to see you. 

 

@Shelby – those loaves of bread!  That BLT!  Those fries!  Wow.

 

@RWood– do you possibly have a link that is NOT CI website recipe for those potato cakes?  They look outstanding.  If not, could you give us the actual name of the recipe?  Thanks so much.

 

@Katie Meadow- <<hugs>>  this is a bitch of a year.  Last week was my first birthday without my mom in the world.  I was doing ok, but suddenly I’m feeling everything that has been missing from our lives in the past few months.  Thanks so much for expressing what you did.

 

@Ann_T– escargot!!!   I do not eat mushrooms, but when that is the only way the escargot comes, I go ahead and order and eat the snails.  Mr. Kim and Jessica are always ready to relieve me of the fungus!  Along with various seafood, escargot are among my top five.  Should I feel guilty that ALL of my favorite foods are living creatures?

 

@robirdstx – that salad is right up my alley!  Visibly crunchy lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, shredded cheese, and creamy dressing!  Perfection.

 

July 9^th was my birthday.  Mr. Kim brought dinner home from a place called Hobnob.  Pimento cheese with housemade chips (I cut up the bread so Jessica could eat it – she had dental surgery the day before):

The pimento cheese tasted good, but was a little dry.  It needed more mayo.  Crab hush puppies with remoulade:

These were kind of a fail.  The crabmeat was a very small part of the hush puppies and the puppies themselves weren’t really good hush puppies. 

 

Mr. Kim got the Fried Chicken Cobb Salad:

Fried chicken breast, mixed greens, avocado, sweet corn, tomato, applewood smoked bacon, sliced egg, bleu cheese crumbles, buttermilk ranch dressing.  These was very good.  Made us want to try the family fried chicken sometime. 

 

Jessica and I got the crabcakes for two:

With potato salad (too much dill) and slaw (too much celery seed).  The crabcakes were perfect.  Bite:

 

That morning, my MIL brought over what is pretty much my favorite cake – chocolate with 7-minute frosting:

 

It was delicious!

 

I have a sketchy history with meatloaf. I couldn’t make them for years. Then, suddenly, I started having success. That lasted a few years. Then in 2019, I made one using a tried and true recipe and it was back to failure. The loaf basically spread all over the pan and fell apart. So, I tried this recipe with some trepidation. I baked it shaped into a loaf on a baking sheet as instructed (I don’t care for loafs that cook soaking in the grease that results) and it did spread some. But after a 15-minute rest it cut fine and tasted great.  Going in the oven:

 

Out of the oven:

I don’t know if you can see how much it has spread.  A lot of the stuff at the edges is that inedible (at least to me) beef goo that leaches out of a burger sometimes.  I don’t know what it is, but it has the texture of pudding and feel icky.  Slice after sitting for 15 minutes:

 

Plate:

Meatloaf with broccoli salad, mac and cheese, and extra sauce.  Also corn:

 

 

[Paul Bacino]

Miso Ramen--  Sun Noodle/ Broccoli heads, stems and leafs/shisho/Thai Basil  --Love the way the shisho pairs with the miso broth

 

Edited July 14, 2020 by Paul Bacino (log)

[shain]

I'm behind on posting

Had family for dinner.

Grilled meats cooked by my brother (Romanian style kebabs and chicken breast).

Lentil salad with Tunisian flavors - pickled lemon, olives, chili, garlic, paprika, cumin, parsley, lemon, olive oil.

Fire roasted eggplants with tahini, tomatoes, chilies, silan, mint.

Crispy potatoes, spice mix includes paprika, cumin, turmeric, garlic, nutritional yest, chili. Some breadcrumbs added for extra crispness

Vegetable salad, flatbreads, tahini sauce, beer, pickles and hot sauces.

Dessert was chocolate sponge cake with mashed banana & chocolate chip whipped cream (whipped cream mixed with bananas and banana extract). Banana slices.

[rotuts]

@Kim Shook 

 

Happy B.D. ay !

 

you had some Killer   fantastic   take out !

 

Ive noted all those dipping receptacles !

 

now on o the Cake :   its what its about !

 

I noted there was plenty of frosting : esp between the layers

 

Seasoned Cake aficionados know its about the frosting 

 

esp  between the layers   Good Job !

 

then I thought , all the food had dipping small containers

 

why not a medium container , for each slice of Cake

w extra frosting ?

 

Seen here on eG for the first time !

Edited July 14, 2020 by rotuts (log)

[MokaPot]

@shain, potatoes and layered cake look delicious. Agree with @rotuts, good amounts of frosting.

[robirdstx]

 

Pan Fried Panko Coated Chicken Breast Cutlet with Cauliflower ‘Mac’ & Gouda Cheese Casserole and Green Beans

 

[dcarch]

Happy Bastille Day!

 

Nothing special made. Just simple crepes. So no photos.

 

dcarch 

[Ann_T]

7 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

@Ann_T– escargot!!!   I do not eat mushrooms, but when that is the only way the escargot comes, I go ahead and order and eat the snails.  Mr. Kim and Jessica are always ready to relieve me of the fungus!  Along with various seafood, escargot are among my top five.  Should I feel guilty that ALL of my favorite foods are living creatures?

 

@Kim Shook, I have a vegetarian son who tries to make me feel guilty.   It isn't working. 

 

Made Firecracker Prawns for dinner tonight. 

 

Fresh BC spotted prawns. Ready for the oven.

 

[Sartain]

Split a bone-in rib eye and sauteed zucchini with my better half.  Did a red wine pan sauce for the steak. 

[liuzhou]

Simple dinner for one. Shrimp with black garlic and garlic scapes with spaghetti.

 

 

[heidih]

4 hours ago, liuzhou said:

Simple dinner for one. Shrimp with black garlic and garlic scapes with spaghetti.

 

 

Interesting. How did you find the fresher garlic taste of the scapes combined with the sweeter funkier taste of the black? I will confess to never having used black garlic. I love the market frenzy hen the fresh scapes are piled up and the ladies are elbowing to get the absolute freshest.

[lindag]

I've been having a yen for baked ziti with spinach and tomato.

Bought all the ingredients and today's the day.  So what if it's going to be almost 

90ºF here.  Bless the air conditioning.

I literally wither in the heat.

Edited July 15, 2020 by lindag (log)

[liamsaunt]

Grilled salmon tacos

 

[Paul Bacino]

This was my riff on Salmon Tortilla's

I added Green Hatch chili Tabasco salse and pickled garlic scapes

 

Edited July 15, 2020 by Paul Bacino (log)

[liuzhou]

27 minutes ago, lindag said:

I've been having a yen for baked ziti with spinach and tomato.

Bought all the ingredients and today's the day.  So what if it's going to be almost 

90ºF here.  Bless the air conditioning.

 

It's 35ºC / 95ºF here. Has been for weeks and will remain so through September - may get higher on the way.

But cooking continues. Thank god, Chinese cooking is generally very rapid so I melt for a few minutes and life goes on.

 

I have no air-con.

Edited July 15, 2020 by liuzhou (log)