Dinner 2021

[scamhi]

dinner last night

a 3 skinless boneless chicken thighs, silken tofu, "healthy Noodle" stir fry, garlic, ginger, chili, oyster sauce, chili bean sauce, sesame oil, scallions and chicken stock. thickened with cornstarch slurry.

 

[heidih]

14 minutes ago, scamhi said:

dinner last night

a 3 skinless boneless chicken thighs, silken tofu, "healthy Noodle" stir fry, garlic, ginger, chili, oyster sauce, chili bean sauce, sesame oil, scallions and chicken stock. thickened with cornstarch slurry.

 

You mean konnyaku/konjac ? They have an enjoyable textural place in my world. 

[scamhi]

38 minutes ago, heidih said:

You mean konnyaku/konjac ? They have an enjoyable textural place in my world. 

I had to look at the ingredients and Konjac power is one.

We use them in stir fries not sure about having them with a tomato based sauce

[heidih]

3 minutes ago, scamhi said:

I had to look at the ingredients and Konjac power is one.

We use them in stir fries not sure about having them with a tomato based sauce

 

Right so not go tomato/Italian as your sensory expectation will be jarred. But in Asian type preps where slippery texture is enjoyed they are nice.

[gfweb]

Schnitzel and salad

 

[heidih]

Salad? What are the tasty looking balls?

[gfweb]

2 minutes ago, heidih said:

Salad? What are the tasty looking balls?

 

Arugula with pearl onions and new potatoes sauteed in butter and pimenton

[mgaretz]

Sirloin steak, cooked SV then seared, served with steamed Brussels sprouts in butter.  

 

 

[Wait. Wot]

22 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

Sirloin steak, cooked SV then seared, served with steamed Brussels sprouts in butter.  

 

 

 

Looks good! What are the seeds on the steak.

[mgaretz]

53 minutes ago, Wait. Wot said:

 

Looks good! What are the seeds on the steak.

Dill.

[Honkman]

Beef and bacon (processed in the food processor to a paste, sauteed for a few minutes) burger topped with gorgonzola and caramelized onions

 

[heidih]

1 hour ago, mgaretz said:

Dill.

Dang my guess was cumin. Do not associate dill with beef. Old ideas - need mind expansion

[mgaretz]

1 hour ago, heidih said:

Dang my guess was cumin. Do not associate dill with beef. Old ideas - need mind expansion

 

Dill is one of main flavor components of McCormick's Montreal Steak Rub.

[Dante]

Curry Risotto Omurice

[Dejah]

8 hours ago, heidih said:

Right so not go tomato/Italian as your sensory expectation will be jarred. But in Asian type preps where slippery texture is enjoyed they are nice.

I agree! With soups, I find if I boil the noodles instead of just warming them in the broth, they have a better mouthfeel

A quick trip to Winnipeg Chinese supermarket gave me more practice in my Love-Hate relationship with fresh rice noodles (Ho fun).
Tonight, it was with beef, gai lan and oyster sauce.

 

                                                                    

 

I had picked up quite a lot of BBQ meats from my favourite BBQ shop in Chinatown. The owner knows me well now, and always gives me a big bag of Siu Yook (Crispy Pork) bones.
Supper after we got home was Congee with the bones, Century egg and fuyu.         

 

                                                                   

 

 

[Duvel]

8 hours ago, gfweb said:

Schnitzel and salad

 

That is a thing of beauty !

[Wait. Wot]

4 hours ago, heidih said:

Dang my guess was cumin. Do not associate dill with beef. Old ideas - need mind expansion

I was thinking caraway.

[liamsaunt]

Creamy polenta topped with roasted mushrooms and garlicky kale, plus a poached egg and a green olive pesto.  Another dinner based on a Half Baked Harvest recipe, though I roasted my mushrooms for extra flavor.  

 

[shain]

Hand cut pasta with mixed mushrooms, chestnuts, wine, butter, garlic, thyme, parm.

Broccoli salad with onion, a very light mayo dressing with lemon juice and a whole lot of zest, mint, pepper, a bit of sugar.

 

 

[heidih]

8 hours ago, Dejah said:

I agree! With soups, I find if I boil the noodles instead of just warming them in the broth, they have a better mouthfeel

A quick trip to Winnipeg Chinese supermarket gave me more practice in my Love-Hate relationship with fresh rice noodles (Ho fun).
Tonight, it was with beef, gai lan and oyster sauce.

                                                        

 

On the konnyaku based noodles - I simmer them first in some water and a few glugs of soy sauce.  The fresh rice noodles I usually can get  are oiled, and rolled end over end - versus coiled - but sometimes break and frustrate me as I try to unroll them. 

[BonVivant]

From Setubal, just south of lovely Lisbon. Love Portugal! Would go there every year if I could!

 

Pasta with cuttlefish ink

 

1 of these 2 big cuttlefish had the ink sac intact, which I saved for the pasta.

 

All gone now. My new favourite squash is lakota. Orange with splashes of green. Orange flesh, dense and very sweet.

 

[kayb]

16 hours ago, Honkman said:

Beef and bacon (processed in the food processor to a paste, sauteed for a few minutes) burger topped with gorgonzola and caramelized onions

 

That is a thing of beauty. I love a burger with caramelized onions and blue cheese or Gorgonzola. Never thought about grinding up the bacon and adding it to the burger; making a note of that!

[Tropicalsenior]

27 minutes ago, BonVivant said:

Orange with splashes of green. Orange flesh, dense and very sweet.

 

I am just starting to see those here in Costa Rica. Guess I'm going to have to try them. Thank you

[robirdstx]

 

Dinner tonight from the last of Friday’s lunch leftovers (Street Taco filling, grilled vegetables and refried beans) with a couple of warmed flour tortillas and a sprinkle of shredded cheese.

 

 

[Tropicalsenior]

2 minutes ago, robirdstx said:

 

Dinner tonight from the last of Friday’s lunch leftovers (Street Taco filling, grilled vegetables and refried beans) with a couple of warmed flour tortillas and a sprinkle of shredded cheese.

 

 

I like the way that you do it all on one pan and I like those flour tortillas.