Dinner 2020

[gfweb]

Miso cod on roasted cauliflower/onion puree

 

[Kim Shook]

@Ann_T – that short rib and polenta looks so incredibly good. 

 

@CantCookStillTry – I don’t know why I never thought of it before, but your mini toads in the holes (that looks awkward, huh?) are so smart.  I’m making them like that next time. 

 

@Shelby – now I want meatloaf.  And mashed potatoes.  And brown gravy. 

 

@mgaretz – gorgeous sprouts!

 

Last night - a radish and a carrot from Jessica’s vegetable delivery (paring knife for size comparison):

 

They are very good and the radishes are beautiful:

 

Salad:

 

CSO chicken thighs, fixed up Kraft, and broccoli:

[Margaret Pilgrim]

1 hour ago, Kim Shook said:

@Ann_T – that short rib and polenta looks so incredibly good. 

 

@CantCookStillTry – I don’t know why I never thought of it before, but your mini toads in the holes (that looks awkward, huh?) are so smart.  I’m making them like that next time. 

 

@Shelby – now I want meatloaf.  And mashed potatoes.  And brown gravy. 

 

@mgaretz – gorgeous sprouts!

 

Last night - a radish and a carrot from Jessica’s vegetable delivery (paring knife for size comparison):

 

They are very good and the radishes are beautiful:

 

 

 

More kitchen art.    Thanks!  

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Bucatini all' Amatriciana

[liamsaunt]

Honeynut squash, kale, and spinach lasagna and arugula salad

 

[Dejah]

Comfort food needed these last few days:

 

Instant Pot Coconut Curry Chicken. Must remember to add the coconut milk AFTER high pressure cooking! Eaten with a wild rice / brown rice mix.

 

                                                                  

 

Beef & Tomato with Egg

 

                                                                  

 

Picked up a bunch of frozen dim sum from the local Chinese grocery. Not bad in a pinch, and because I am not energetic enough to make my own. Pastry a bit too thick for me. The sticky rice was good tho', silky and just enough filling.

 

                                                               

 

                                                               

 

 

 

[Kim Shook]

Last night:

spaghetti and meat sauce, salad, and Texas toast garlic bread

[mgaretz]

Panko shrimp (from Costco) served with steamed cauliflower:

 

 

[Toliver]

3 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

Last night:

spaghetti and meat sauce, salad, and Texas toast garlic bread

Kim,

Your spaghetti looks delicious (and now I am hungry for it!).

Do you make your Texas Toast in the oven/under the broiler?

My mom would "toast" (brown) her Texas Toast in a non-stick skillet on the stove top...sort of like how you brown the exterior of a grilled cheese sandwich in a skillet.

She couldn't see firing up the broiler for just a few piece of Teas Toast.

The skillet method doesn't work so well with the Texas Toast that has cheese on one side.

[robirdstx]

 

Grilled Pork Steak with BBQ Sauce, Cole Slaw and Yellow Squash with Red Bell Peppers and Onion

[patti]

15 minutes ago, robirdstx said:

 

Grilled Pork Steak with BBQ Sauce, Cole Slaw and Yellow Squash with Red Bell Peppers and Onion

In the Before Times, I often went out to lunch with two co-workers, and one of our favorite plate lunch spots has barbecued pork steaks on Thursdays. Yours looks as delicious as theirs. 
 

Tonight’s dinner:

 

 

And a couple of nights ago I made crab stuffed fried shrimp. 
 

 

[Franci]

A little bit of leftovers: Ligurian savory rice tart from lunch and some duck in plum sauce from the kids’ lunch, only cooked some hanger steak and some bai tsai. Salad too, no picture. 

 

[CantCookStillTry]

@Kim Shook Thanks Kim! They're Not bad cold either... pondering xmas party snack potential 🤔

[liuzhou]

Pork, chickpeas, onion, garlic, star anise, chilli, bay leaf, tomato. With spinach and rice.

 

 

 

 

[weinoo]

 

Scotch broth. Using less, not more barley, is the key for me (like 1/3 cup for 2 quarts of liquid). It was still brothy, as opposed to stodgy. Who knows what leftovers may bring. Leeks, onions, carrots, celeriac, celery all found a home.

 

 

With apologies to Joan Nathan, as well as to my maternal grandmother, I threw these together very quickly - using the French Moulinex to shred the potatoes and onion. A different style to be sure.

 

I may make Joan's tonight.

Edited December 11, 2020 by weinoo (log)

[mgaretz]

Tri-tip, cooked SV then seared, latkes from TJ's, made in the BSOA on air fryer mode, carrots, steamed and way overcooked with honey and cumin.

 

 

 

[Dante]

Chicken and dumplings (more accurately, chicken and spinach gnudi)

 

[Kim Shook]

@Toliver– this was just the frozen garlic toast, but I’ve done that same skillet method in the past with both the frozen and homemade.  I generally do it in the CSO.  It is so small that it heats and toasts it at the same time and is really fast. 

 

@patti – Your crab-stuff shrimp are gorgeous.  What a great job you did with them.  I’d love a dozen of those for lunch today!

 

Last night - cornbread should look like this going in the skillet:

 

Out of the CSO:

 

Ham slice that looks dry, but was not at all:

Slathered with honey-mustard. 

 

Peaches, cornbread, ham, butterbeans, and mac and cheese:

The butterbeans were some fresh ones that I’d gotten from a produce stand in September.  They were shelled, but not processed at all.  I froze them and cooked them in water and a three-finger pinch of kosher salt.  They tasted so salty that we found them inedible. 😟

[Katie Meadow]

5 hours ago, weinoo said:

 

Scotch broth. Using less, not more barley, is the key for me (like 1/3 cup for 2 quarts of liquid). It was still brothy, as opposed to stodgy. Who knows what leftovers may bring. Leeks, onions, carrots, celeriac, celery all found a home.

 

 

With apologies to Joan Nathan, as well as to my maternal grandmother, I threw these together very quickly - using the French Moulinex to shred the potatoes and onion. A different style to be sure.

 

I may make Joan's tonight.

If you do make those new genius latkes please do post the results with your usual stringent critique.

[liamsaunt]

Chicken tinga tacos, spicy beans and cilantro-lime rice

 

[gfweb]

Latke with arugula and horseradish vinaigrette. Flat iron steak.

 

[Okanagancook]

The steak and latkes look so good...I wouldn’t know which to taste first!  Well done.

 

some excellent meals everyone...very inspiring.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

1 hour ago, gfweb said:

Latke with arugula and horseradish vinaigrette. Flat iron steak.

 

Those latkes are absolutely beautiful!    Do you have a special recipe for horseradish vinaigrette?   Sounds divine.

[robirdstx]

Rudy’s Texas Bar-B-Q

 

 

Brisket, Moist

 

 

and Jalapeño Sausage Links

 

 

with Homemade Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes and Asparagus 

 

[gfweb]

25 minutes ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Those latkes are absolutely beautiful!    Do you have a special recipe for horseradish vinaigrette?   Sounds divine.

 

Not really. My base vinaigrette is olive oil and apple cider vinegar with a dab of dijon and pinch of salt.  I added enough horseradish until I got a discernible but not too strong note.  The "runoff" was nice on the steak too.