Dinner 2022

[Dejah]

19 hours ago, Shelby said:

I'm not @Dejahbut in 2020 I posted here about a cantaloupe pie that I made.  It was good!

 

Sounds interesting, but sweet cantaloupes never seem to find their way here. Every once in a while, we hit it lucky! But I would enjoy this pie!

[Ann_T]

36 minutes ago, Dejah said:

I love how the stuffing is actual bite-size pieces of bread instead of small bits. Great for sopping up the gravy! Delicious!

Thanks Dejah,  Like you I also prefer bigger pieces.  I buy a french loaf from the grocery store and cut it up in 1/2" to 3/4" cubes and dry in the oven. 

[Smithy]

12 hours ago, Honkman said:

Guerrilla Tacos continues to be an excellent cookbook - eggplant taco (oven roasted and afterwards seared japanese eggplant) with halloumi cheese, roasted tomato salsa (tomatoes grilled until they are black with jalapeño, grilled onions, garlic and vinegar), toasted hazelnuts, parsley and some lemon juice.

 

 

 

Served with a Brussels sprouts & arugula salad with walnuts and a walnut oil & cider vinegar dressing

 

THANK YOU for a reminder of a book I picked up on Kindle some time ago, on the cheap -- and then forgot!  I'll have to start exploring the book; your samples here look really good.

[Norm Matthews]

It is pretty nice out today, at least compared to the last four.  The snow is melting and I can go out without a parka.  The cat was getting stir crazy and loved going out today.  Saturday I cooked a ham for dinner, Sunday it was a prime rib roast. This week is using up leftovers. Monday it was ham and egg salad, yesterday it was Philly cheesesteak sandwiches with some of the beef roast and today the last of the roast got used in Beef Stroganoff.  I forgot to take pictures of the ham salad and the cheesesteak sandwiches but here it the Stroganoff

[Steve Irby]

Dinner was the first harvest of king oyster mushrooms from a grow kit that I purchased a couple of weeks ago.  Served with homemade pasta and lemon cream sauce. 

 

  

 

[billyhill]

1 hour ago, Steve Irby said:

Dinner was the first harvest of king oyster mushrooms from a grow kit that I purchased a couple of weeks ago.  Served with homemade pasta and lemon cream sauce. 

 

  

 

Oooooh, I love king oysters. I can usually get them at the Asian mart in th he big city at a reasonable price. A visit usually provokes a swarm of omelets and other dishes featuring them. 

[Honkman]

Stir fried skirt steak, green beans, dried shiitake mushrooms with a sauce made from beef broth, oyster sauce, sherry, soy sauce, ginger, garlic and scallions

[Dejah]

Prep takes longer than the actual one-wok cooking!
Yaki Udon noodles with beef, shrimp, shitaki mushrooms, bok choy, carrots.

                                                                                    

[Shelby]

My appetite still isn't what it should be.  Nothing sounds good except for spaghetti and red sauce.  Of course, Ronnie doesn't agree lol.  Sooooo......

 

Night before last I did chicken piccata with lemon/butter/caper/garlic onion sauce and a salad

 

 

Last night I made Stromboli.  Salami, prosciutto, mushroom, pepper and mozz.

 

 

Broccoli salad to go with

 

 

 

 

[Tropicalsenior]

1 hour ago, Shelby said:

Last night I made Stromboli

Hmmm, something I haven't done for quite a while. Yours looks  perfect. Perfectly delicious.

[liamsaunt]

Chicken curry

 

[Smithy]

2 hours ago, Dejah said:

Prep takes longer than the actual one-wok cooking!
Yaki Udon noodles with beef, shrimp, shitaki mushrooms, bok choy, carrots.

                                                                                    

 

 

Dejah, that's generally my experience with stir-fries. I'm pretty sure that if I did it more often it would go more quickly, but the chopping and prepping is necessarily a major part. What's the dark green in the picture above? Green onions, or did you get that from the bok choy?

 

2 hours ago, Shelby said:

My appetite still isn't what it should be.  Nothing sounds good except for spaghetti and red sauce.  Of course, Ronnie doesn't agree lol.  Sooooo......

 

Night before last I did chicken piccata with lemon/butter/caper/garlic onion sauce and a salad

 

 

Last night I made Stromboli.  Salami, prosciutto, mushroom, pepper and mozz.

 

 

Broccoli salad to go with

 

 

 

 

 

You are a trooper. First, cooking when you don't feel like it; second, cooking something Ronnie wanted rather than what you wanted (now he owes you!); and third, cooking such complicated things! I adore chicken piccata but wouldn't consider it a quick dish. And that stromboli! Beautiful!

[liuzhou]

16 hours ago, Dejah said:

Prep takes longer than the actual one-wok cooking!

 

Nearly always does. It is one good reason why the wok became so popular in China and beyond; fuel-saving.

Every day, I hear my neighbours preparing meals chopping, mincing, etc. They start early in the morning. The sound of China is of cleavers hitting chopping boards. Millions of them.

 

Cooking typically takes no time at  all.

Edited December 30, 2022 by liuzhou (log)

[Margaret Pilgrim]

I am reminded how, as a young bride, I lived next door to young French woman.   Every afternoon I would hear soft, steady pounding, I suppose as she prepped veal or chicken.   Timid and callow, terrified of the language barrier, I never made the effort to know her, to share our backgrounds and to learn so much.    A major regret.

Edited December 29, 2022 by Margaret Pilgrim (log)

[MaryIsobel]

3 hours ago, Shelby said:

My appetite still isn't what it should be.  Nothing sounds good except for spaghetti and red sauce.  Of course, Ronnie doesn't agree lol.  Sooooo......

 

Night before last I did chicken piccata with lemon/butter/caper/garlic onion sauce and a salad

 

 

Last night I made Stromboli.  Salami, prosciutto, mushroom, pepper and mozz.

 

 

Broccoli salad to go with

 

 

 

 

I am officially deeming you a Wonder Woman. The meals you make when you're not feeling well blow my mind. I'm a soup out of the freezer kind of person when feeling unwell. And thanks for the reminder - I haven't made stromboli in quite some time.

[scamhi]

BBQ'd 2 Pork butts 19.67lbs 16 hours in my Cookshack smoker and then a 2 hour rest.

with cole slaw and pickles on paper plates for 14 people.

A bunch of wines not pictured, here's one I did take a picture of. we also had the 2004 Tempier Cabassaou next to the 2000.

[Ann_T]

Tonight's dinner.

 

Eggplant Parmesan with a side of Penne.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

For dinner:  tuna salad sandwich.  I blame @heidih.

 

[mgaretz]

Won-ton soup with shrimp, onion, carrots, celery, peas, corn and spinach.

 

 

[Honkman]

Japanese inspired noodles (spaghetti) with bacon, carrots, leeks and Brussels sprouts and a sauce made from Worcestershire sauce, oyster sauce, ketchup, soy sauce and mirin. Topped with some pickled red ginger.

[Dejah]

11 hours ago, Smithy said:

 

Dejah, that's generally my experience with stir-fries. I'm pretty sure that if I did it more often it would go more quickly, but the chopping and prepping is necessarily a major part. What's the dark green in the picture above? Green onions, or did you get that from the bok choy?

That's long pieces of green onion. The paler green is bok choy.

 

 

Our son who moved to Nfld in July, surprised the heck out of us, and flew home to be with the rest of the family to celebrate Dad's 80th bday early, late Xmas, and NY, on Jan 1st.
I had nothing prepared, so the microwave thawed chicken thighs, and we had Shake'n'Bake BB! Chicken, Basmati rice redux, carrots, and a quick pickle. He dived into the butter tarts and shortbread for dessert.

                                                                                   
                                                        

[Dante]

Belated Xmas dinner post:
Stuffed Cornish hens with sides of mashed potatoes and gravy and roasted Red Kuri squash

[Dante]

Chicken Nanban with snow peas

[weinoo]

 

Italian - American style cheese ravioli with (a lot of) home-made ragu. Shredded and sautéed Brussels sprouts. The ravioli purchased from Piemonte Ravioli Company, on the same block as DiPalo's and Alleva Dairy...

 

[Raamo]

Pizza - New York Style crust and sauce from Modernist Pizza.

 

Sausage and Onion on one side and pineapple and onion on the other.