Dinner 2022

[Honkman]

Produce is getting better and better here in the Bay Area - time for a vegetable soup after going through the produce department. Soup included cauliflower, green beans, kohlrabi, carrots, corn, green onions, celery, tomatoes, Swiss chard and fennel. Added some spelt to make it more substantial. Finished with some pistou to get some extra flavor.

[Raamo]

Last night, chicken sausage pasta with red peppers.   I've made this often enough I pretty much got it down.  Sauce has sour cream, tomato paste, chicken bouillon, red pepper flakes, pasta water.  Finished with some fresh basil.

 

[liamsaunt]

Haddock in spicy tomato butter sauce with pearl couscous

 

[TicTac]

Does it still count as dinner if it it only to be consumed in 6’ish hours?!  

 

paneer/pea/almond curry 

 

excuse the mess - action shot! 

[Duvel]

1 hour ago, TicTac said:

Does it still count as dinner if it it only to be consumed in 6’ish hours?!  

 

paneer/pea/almond curry 

 

excuse the mess - action shot! 

Nope, sorry … that for the breakfast thread then. You don’t expect us to wait for 6h, do you ?!

Edited March 30, 2022 by Duvel (log)

[Kim Shook]

@Shelby – I just looked and I haven’t made lasagna soup since May 2020😳(is it weird that I can dig up that information?).  I’ve just put it on my menus document.

 

@Tropicalsenior – your broccoli salad sounds great.  Never thought about adding what amounts to Waldorf salad ingredients.  I’m going to try that next time!

 

@Ann_T – your Swedish meatballs are the best-looking ones I’ve ever seen.  I’ve printed out the recipe and hope to make it soon.  And I have to say that if I were lucky enough to get a piece of that pizza, I would gladly pull all the mushrooms off and dig in😁.  That crust is incredible.  I’ve always been the person at the table saying, “Are you not going to eat your crust?”.  😄

 

Friday was salad and sandwiches.  Jessica asked for the Momofuko dressing which I’d basically forgotten about:

 

I’m really glad she did.  It is so good!

 

Just tuna salad sandwiches as our main course.  Mr. Kim’s with asparagus and (purchased) potato salad:

 

 

Mine on toast with cheese and chips:

 

 

Sunday in Lent is considered “little Easter”, so we were able to get restaurant food and decided on pizza – All the meats from a local place:

 

 

Feta and sausage with half jalapeno:

 

 

On Monday, I tried out a new recipe from Taste of Home: Tex-Mex Shredded Beef Sandwiches.  It was supposed to be done in a slow cooker, but I decided to adjust the recipe for the IP and it worked very well:

It was incredibly easy and tasted very good.  It was just a chuck roast, chili seasoning, and BBQ sauce.  Sandwich, crappy purchased macaroni salad, slaw, and chippy dip:

 

 

 

For dinner last night I tried a recipe from Cook’s Country for Skillet Roasted Chicken and Stuffing (really dressing since it isn’t IN the chicken).  The whole thing cooks in the oven in a large skillet.  Sautéed and seasoned onions and celery on the bottom, herb-butter brushed chicken on top of that and bread cubes around the chicken and into the oven:

 

 

Out of the oven:

 

 

Carved:

 

The recipe wasn’t without problems, but the chicken was gorgeous.  With Costco chickens being so cheap and good, I probably hadn’t roasted a chicken in years, but this reminded us of how good a home-roasted chicken could actually be.  The problems I mentioned were all with the “stuffing” (dressing):

 

It was truly delicious – no problem with that.  The issues were with the amount and the texture.  There would have been barely enough dressing for the 3 of us, much less any leftovers to go with the half chicken that I ended up putting away for later meals.  Luckily, I had a couple of cups of bread/vegetables/seasoning mix in the freezer that I popped in the microwave and added to the pan.  The texture problem could have been operator error.  I might have cut the bread cubes too large because they were pretty hard even after the “steaming” step - you take the chicken out of the skillet and tent it and let the dressing sit, covered for 10 minutes.  Some of the cubes were just still too hard.  Pretty sure I can fix that with more careful cutting and adding a little more chicken broth.  It is such a good recipe and such an easy method that it is worth reworking a bit to perfect it.  The really unforgivable thing is that a recipe for roast chicken and dressing doesn’t call for or provide for gravy/sauce🙄.  Luckily, I realized this as I was putting the chicken in the oven.  I went completely rogue and dump a combination of canned turkey gravy, white wine, Better than Bouillon, and chicken Bisto into a saucepan and simmered it for the hour that the chicken was in the oven😄. Not too bad.  Plated with butter beans:

I confess I was too lazy to go out for Brussels sprouts.  They would have been perfect, though. 

 

 

[Tropicalsenior]

8 minutes ago, Kim Shook said:

Never thought about adding what amounts to Waldorf salad ingredients.

It didn't start out to be that way but by the time I got through leaving out what I couldn't use and adding something to substitute, that's how it turned out. The dressing was as you described and it was good.

[TicTac]

2 hours ago, Duvel said:

Nope, sorry … that for the breakfast thread then. You don’t expect us to wait for 6h, do you ?!

Well, it's I who will be doing the waiting (chances are you have already had your dinner!).  This is just a tease

[Ann_T]

Roast beef dinner with our favourite sides.

Mashed potatoes, peas and Yorkshire Pudding.

[MetsFan5]

@Ann_T my god that looks amazing. I haven’t had a home cooked meal in over a year and would just sit and eat and eat! 😂

[liamsaunt]

Udon noodle soup with roasted summer squash, baby bok choy, roasted shiitake and black oyster mushrooms, and a six minute egg.

 

[Shelby]

Yeah, @Ann_Tthat meal, as always, is drool-worthy.  I'm hoping we have one last prime rib piece in the freezer that we can have soon.

 

@Kim ShookI've been meaning to make lasagna, but it just seemed too daunting so lasagna soup happened lol.  And your chicken and dressing looks amazing.  Now I need some Stove Top Stuffing.

 

Canadian bacon, mushroom and jalapeño pizza

 

 

@Ann_T's lemon pepper wings with pasta and spinach 

 

 

 

Lemon posset and blackberries for dessert

 

 

Venison meatloaf, our canned green beans, mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Shelby (log)

[Ann_T]

 

@Shelby, now that is a meatloaf I would eat. No ketchup in sight.  

 

Getting a head start on tonight's dinner.

(unless Moe decides he wants it for breakfast)

 

One of "Moe's Diner Specials" Salisbury steak simmering in a mushroom and onion gravy.

A dish I have been making Moe for many years.

Making enough to freeze for a couple of quick worknight dinners.

Edited March 31, 2022 by Ann_T (log)

[Duvel]

A German dinner: minimal heating required 🤗

 

Weisswurst, Bratwurstschnecke, Brezel and Brötchen. Straightforward, yet delicious …

 

 

 

[mgaretz]

Been lurking and liking for a month or so, just not posting any dinner pics.  My dad passed away at the age of 95 last month and I have been cooking but mainly the same old same old while dealing with the myriad of estate issues and being frustrated by unbelievably stupid banks!  So I haven't been inspired to post.  Today was also a day at the dentist - nothing major but simple procedure turned into a multi-hour affair and being at the dentist is one of my least favorite things.  So I thought I would reward myself with a nice filet mignon, cooked SV then seared with a baked potato and butter.  Accompanied by a glass of Napa Cab.

 

 

 

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

27 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

Been lurking and liking for a month or so, just not posting any dinner pics.  My dad passed away at the age of 95 last month and I have been cooking but mainly the same old same old while dealing with the myriad of estate issues and being frustrated by unbelievably stupid banks!  So I haven't been inspired to post.  Today was also a day at the dentist - nothing major but simple procedure turned into a multi-hour affair and being at the dentist is one of my least favorite things.  So I thought I would reward myself with a nice filet mignon, cooked SV then seared with a baked potato and butter.  Accompanied by a glass of Napa Cab.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm so glad that you could chew it!

 

[Honkman]

Simple Pasta Frittata with roasted red pepper, Italian sausage, parsley and parmesan

 

[Dante]

Twice-baked sweet potatoes and Japanese yams with cilantro/mint/scallion sauce, side of slow-sauteed baby carrots

[Kerala]

Penne rigate with a slow lamb ragu.

[weinoo]

 

Shrimp (wild gulf) and cheesy grits. With bacon.

[liamsaunt]

Lemon garlic chicken, roasted broccoli with lemon and parmesan, rice pilaf 

 

[kayb]

10 hours ago, mgaretz said:

Been lurking and liking for a month or so, just not posting any dinner pics.  My dad passed away at the age of 95 last month and I have been cooking but mainly the same old same old while dealing with the myriad of estate issues and being frustrated by unbelievably stupid banks!  So I haven't been inspired to post.  Today was also a day at the dentist - nothing major but simple procedure turned into a multi-hour affair and being at the dentist is one of my least favorite things.  So I thought I would reward myself with a nice filet mignon, cooked SV then seared with a baked potato and butter.  Accompanied by a glass of Napa Cab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That looks like it would be an excellent cure for a multitude of ills.

 

My deepest sympathies on the loss of your father.

 

3 hours ago, weinoo said:

 

Shrimp (wild gulf) and cheesy grits. With bacon.

Ooohh. That looks FINE. I don't know that I've ever met the shrimp n grits I didn't love, though my favorite of them all is the version from Mr. B's Bistro in NOLA. With two caveats: the grits are rich enough to inspire a heart attack. I've cut the fat by close to half without losing any flavor. Also, the recipe and menu call the sauce "red-eye gravy." It is nowhere CLOSE to red-eye gravy. But damn, it's good!

 

[weinoo]

2 minutes ago, kayb said:

the grits are rich enough to inspire a heart attack.

 

Yes - I probably cut half the butter out, and it was still plenty rich.  The lemon actually is there to help cut through some of the richness, and it worked!

 

These were some of the best grits I've ever made!

[Margaret Pilgrim]

@weinooI have grits, and I have shrimp, and husband who doesn't like grits or polenta is out of town!     Thanks for tonight's supper!!

[Kerala]

Just sittin here clicking "Delicious!" on everything I see. What an outstanding page of food!