Dinner 2022

[Ann_T]

Last night's dinner,

Green Peppercorn steaks.

 

Needless to say, the plate without carrots is mine. 

Sugar Pie for dessert.

Topped with whipped cream and toasted coconut. 

[Paul Bacino]

PF Chang's recipe for eggplant stir fry

 

 

Served over rice

 

Edited February 24, 2022 by Paul Bacino (log)

[Kim Shook]

@liamsaunt – your sole meuniere is truly delicious looking.  Jessica has determined that we should eat fish on Fridays during Lent (we are Episcopalians, not Roman Catholic🤷‍♀️) and I would love to know how to duplicate that, if you would be so kind!

 

@Ann_T – that peppercorn sauce is gorgeous.  I’d want a whole lot of your fantastic bread to soak that up!

 

 

Made a pot of marinara yesterday afternoon.  Ended up with 3 quarts of it.  It will be making multiple appearances this week.  Tonight, I put it on some veal patties we had in the freezer to make an approximation of veal parm.  Served with rigatoni and green beans dressed with oil and vinegar:

 

That’s a slice of mozz on the veal.  Jessica is not a fan of the veal patties, so I used some mini meatballs I had in the freezer on hers:

 

 

Old school pasta dish called for old school garlic bread.  I used one of those big, fluffy grocery store “Italian” loaves with “garlic spread”:

 

It was truly a 1970s mom Italian dinner! 😁

 

 

 

 

[Duvel]

Having still some red-braised short rib handy, I made some steamed buns and stuffed them with said short rib, kewpie, quick-pickled cucumbers, cilantro and chili crisp. Drizzled with the braising liquid and wolfed down before the the structural integrity of the bun was compromised 

 

[Paul Bacino]

@Duvel-- Nice Buns    🙃

[cteavin]

Some daikon with dinner. 

 

 

[rotuts]

@cteavin 

 

interesting .

 

please offer more detail , if you are able .

[liuzhou]

Thai green curried chicken with spinach. Made with bottled green curry paste from Thailand, augmented by galangal, makrut lime leaf and chilli. Served with rice - of course.

 

[liamsaunt]

19 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

@liamsaunt – your sole meuniere is truly delicious looking.  Jessica has determined that we should eat fish on Fridays during Lent (we are Episcopalians, not Roman Catholic🤷‍♀️) and I would love to know how to duplicate that, if you would be so kind!

 

 

My husband and I go along with the Lenten dietary "restrictions" also, as a courtesy to my sister who lives with us and is a practicing Catholic.  Eating more fish is no sacrifice for us but don't tell anyone haha🤣

 

Anyway, I tried broiling this fish because I had more pieces than I could do at one time in a skillet, and it worked out well.  I left my baking rack in the middle of the oven and preheated the broiler (I have a Wolf stove and the broiler is HOT, so if yours is less powerful you might want to move the rack up closer to the heating element).  I lightly oiled a flat baking sheet and then dipped the filets in melted butter and laid them out in one layer.  Seasoned with salt and pepper, and I sprinkled on about 1 tsp. fresh breadcrumbs and 2 tsp. minced parsley per filet.  I drizzled on a little of the leftover melted butter, then popped them under the broiler for 3 minutes or so, just until cooked.  When fish came out, I squeezed lemon juice over it.  That's it! 

 

Last night was sandwich night.  Leftover beef tenderloin with arugula, parmesan, and truffle butter for my husband

 

 

Brie, apple, arugula, hot honey, and bacon for my sister and me

 

[shain]

Pizza al taglio. Twice baked so it's extra crunchy. Super high hydration dough so that it doesn't dry in the process.

Margarita with basil. Margarita with arugula. Roasted peppers with ricotta and mozzarella.

Dessert pizza with dulce de leche and mozzarella (which was is a very tasty, but next time I won't use an al-taglio base for it, because without a rind, it was leaking all over).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[liamsaunt]

Rigatoni with tomato, eggplant and spinach sauce

 

[Shelby]

@Paul Bacino WOW on the pig.  Just wow.  And, also, on the eggplant stir fry.  I love eggplant.  And, I drink the heck out of that kind of sparkling water.

 

@Ann_TI'm going straight to your blog to find your sugar pie recipe.  I want.  

 

@Kim ShookGlad to see I'm not the only heathen that eats garlic bread with pasta 😬

 

I got some boneless chicken thighs in my Misfits order so I could make @Kim Shook's and Jessica's Chicken Karaage.  She's right.  It's really good.  I didn't have the potato starch that I thought I had,  so I used corn starch.  I think it worked just fine.

 

Miso Aioli to dip the chicken in

 

Chicken and a few of the egg rolls I made and froze a while back

 

 

Drunken noodles

 

 

Pizza night--sausage, jalapeño, black olive and mushroom

 

 

It's been pretty cold here for a stretch of days so I did a big pot of vegetable soup.  Need to do that more often.  Makes good lunches.

 

 

Big sandwiches to go with.

 

 

Fried catfish and a few shrimp

 

 

 

And last night was goose and noodles from the last goose that Ronnie got.

 

[Dejah]

On 2/20/2022 at 1:41 PM, Duvel said:

Little one requested “dim sum” for today’s Pizza & Movie night. Specifically xiao long bao and spring rolls. I am very certain that while the kid had probably more xiao long bao in his life than most westerners, I am also pretty sure he never had a spring roll. At least not in the faux-chinese egg roll takeaway sense that I was envisioning. But hey …

 

 

 

 

 

 

I LOVE everything about your "Little One"
And the dim sum spread too!

[Dejah]

Spent Sat morning catching up on pages of eGullet. What better way to start the day?!
A few meals behind in posting:

Beef & Mixed Vegetable                                               
 

Roasted a chicken stuffed with Kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass                                                          Steamed Pork Ribs with fermented Chinese Olives
 

              

 

 

Beef Liver and onions with mixed grains and brown rice                                                                    Shrimp Vadouvan  and mashed cauliflower                              

 

        

                                           

[Paul Bacino]

@Shelby  Thanks

 

Really like watching you cook too!!!

 

[Norm Matthews]

 I made a Tortellini soup with cheese tortellini, spinach, Italian sausage, beef broth and evaporated milk.  A while back a friend gave me a recipe for grape salad and said it was a favorite.  It was more of a dessert than a salad. It was good but it reminded me of something someone in the 1950's might take to a church social.

[heidih]

18 minutes ago, Norm Matthews said:

 I made a Tortellini soup with cheese tortellini, spinach, Italian sausage, beef broth and evaporated milk.  A while back a friend gave me a recipe for grape salad and said it was a favorite.  It was more of a dessert than a salad. It was good but it reminded me of something someone in the 1950's might take to a church social.

Agreed on the grape "salad". It reminds me of the Ambrosia salad my mom used to serve at dinner partes. I remember canned pineapple, mandarins, coconut and creamy somethiing? Gawd it was so nice when they started selling the canned "tropical" fruit in juice instead of heavy syrup! I like the use of evaporated milk. I need to add that to my pantry since I don't get to shop much and it is a nice back-up when you want creamy.

[KennethT]

 

Yunnanese elk with herbs (again). Made with maitake mushrooms and 7 different herbs, 5 of which from the garden. Sticky rice and cucumber salad.

Edited February 27, 2022 by KennethT (log)

[Ann_T]

Moe's dinner.

He loves scallops so I ordered more from Walcan Seafood. This time Quadra Island Scallops.

Bigger than the Hokkaido Scallops that he also loves. But equally sweet and delicious.

Seared and served in garlic butter with fresh thyme and parsley and served with fresh lemon juice.

Asparagus on the side.

[SusieQ]

On 2/21/2022 at 4:04 AM, cteavin said:

I've been feeling bovine, so I tofu-ed up for the week. 😁 #mealprep

 

I haven't done anything with 'em, yet. (I usually add them to stir frys with a quick sauce.) I sprayed them with oil and baked them at 250C until they were golden brown. They keep forever, but they'll all be gone within a few days. 

 

 

It looks like you have several different coatings. Not to mention shapes. Could you give more detail? 

[scamhi]

couple of recent dinners

grilled spatchcocked chicken, some romesco and stir fried sichuan cabbage

Last night cumin lamb and another sake

 

[lindag]

11 hours ago, Ann_T said:

Moe's dinner.

He loves scallops so I ordered more from Walcan Seafood. This time Quadra Island Scallops.

Bigger than the Hokkaido Scallops that he also loves. But equally sweet and delicious.

Seared and served in garlic butter with fresh thyme and parsley and served with fresh lemon juice.

Asparagus on the side.

Oh dear, I suddenly feel quite faint!

[liamsaunt]

Chicken milanese with an arugula salad on top and some whole roasted carrots.  My farm share gave me some dark purple carrots recently.  They taste just like regular carrots but if you try and cook them with anything else they stain the other food and/or turn the broth purple!  Not very appetizing.  This seemed like a good way to use some of them up.  I had a more complicated dinner planned but have been feeling blah about cooking lately.  Quick and easy is sometimes good.

 

 

[cteavin]

10 hours ago, SusieQ said:

 

It looks like you have several different coatings. Not to mention shapes. Could you give more detail? 

 

Sure! Thanks for asking. 

 

Think of the tofu as a mince into which you add half as much (by volume) minced vegetables, herbs and flavorings and bind it together with cornstarch. Press that into a pan to get the shape then cut them as you like. At this point you can bake them (but they'll be a bit dry). Better, coat them with a spray oil and bake them or deep fry them. To add texture and more flavor, bread them as you would chicken and do the same. 

 

I make versions of this all year for a quick snack/dinner -- variations are endless and depend on what's in season. 😉

 

I made this the other day from them 😁 and the photo came out well so I used it to update the video I made on them in YouTube. My channel is 'Made By You and I', if you're interested. 

 

 

[Dejah]

3 hours ago, lindag said:

Oh dear, I suddenly feel quite faint!

That is a gorgeous sear! How!?