Dinner 2024

[btbyrd]

Cabbage rolls.
 

 

 

 

[btbyrd]

I got a tortilla press for myself for Christmas and broke it in with some blue corn masa from Masienda that I got for an absurdly low price. I made quesadillas with king oyster mushrooms, poblano peppers, and queso Oaxaca. The mushrooms and cheese have similar textures when you break them up.

 

 

Sauteed the mushrooms in bacon fat.

 

 

 

The taco filling was sous vide pork shoulder. Boneless shoulder cooked for 48 @ 60C, chilled, and cubed. seared hard in copious bacon fat before being shredded and tossed with red chili sauce.

 
This is how it all came together. 
 

Tacos got crema, cotija, onions, cilantro, and lime. 

 

Served with rice, beans, blender salsa, and guacamole. 🥑 Next time I’ma have some spicy salsa verde on hand for those quesadillas…

Edited January 13 by btbyrd (log)

[weinoo]

 

Spanish "soupy" rice, with chorizo and mushrooms.  

 

 

Plated/topped with seared scallops and wild shrimp.

 

 

Something green roasted with onions.

[Duvel]

6 minutes ago, weinoo said:

 

Plated/topped with seared scallops and wild shrimp.

That is simply beautiful 🤗

[Ann_T]

13 hours ago, btbyrd said:

These are the most perfectly rolled cabbage rolls I've ever seen.

 

Last night's dinner was a simple pasta.  Bucatini Cacio e Pepe.  Quick and easy.

[weinoo]

1 hour ago, Duvel said:

That is simply beautiful 🤗

 

Thanks!  I even got the rice to the cooked level that we constantly saw while in Spain.

[liamsaunt]

Fish curry for myself, my husband and my sister.  My niece and nephew didn't want fish so I made them a pork curry, which they really enjoyed.  No picture of that one...maybe I will make them start to take pictures of their alternate meals on the nights they have them.  

 

 

[mgaretz]

Wings in the Speedi again, with steamed Brussies in butter.

 

[Duvel]

Om our drive back from our holidays in Spain we passed through the Franche-Comté area, and I picked up a raw milk Vacherin Mont d’Or.

 

Today I stuck some garlic cloves in, topped it up with a bit of white wine and popped it into the oven …

 

 

Served with good bread, cornichons, honey cukes, olives, some sausages, tomatoes, celery sticks, …

 

 

Soooo good 🤗

 

 

[OlyveOyl]

Lentil soup, potatoes, carrots, onions , garlic, bay and thyme, seven minutes in the IP.

 A sourdough loaf to go with..

and a lemon almond cake for dessert.

Edited January 13 by OlyveOyl (log)

[KennethT]

1 hour ago, Duvel said:

Om our drive back from our holidays in Spain we passed through the Franche-Comté area, and I picked up a raw milk Vacherin Mont d’Or.

 

Today I stuck some garlic cloves in, topped it up with a bit of white wine and popped it into the oven …

 

 

Served with good bread, cornichons, honey cukes, olives, some sausages, tomatoes, celery sticks, …

 

 

Soooo good 🤗

 

 

Fondue the easy way!!!

[Shelby]

2 hours ago, Duvel said:

Om our drive back from our holidays in Spain we passed through the Franche-Comté area, and I picked up a raw milk Vacherin Mont d’Or.

 

Today I stuck some garlic cloves in, topped it up with a bit of white wine and popped it into the oven …

 

 

Served with good bread, cornichons, honey cukes, olives, some sausages, tomatoes, celery sticks, …

 

 

Soooo good 🤗

 

 

Stop it!  Torture.  Pure torture.

[rotuts]

@OlyveOyl

 

I would like to hear more details on how you made that soup.

 

soaking the lentils ?  prep pre iPot ?

 

it looks delicious and Id like to try to make it

 

thank you.

[Norm Matthews]

We had crab boil last night. A local store has them at a reasonable price all the time now.

 

[OlyveOyl]

@rotuts it was a simple “ recipe”, about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups lentils rinsed.

Sauté  one  diced onion, garlic to taste in IP. Add a couple or more squirts of tomato paste, the lentils, potatoes cubed..5/6 small Yukons, a bay leaf, fresh thyme…a Parmesan rind if you have it, carrots left whole.   About a quart of liquid to start the soup, salt, pepper, pressure cooked on high for seven minutes, pressure released at about 11/12 minutes.  This will need more liquid, I had some court boullion on the stove for something else and I added enough to thin the soup out.  Sometimes I’ll add peperoncino flakes to the diced onion, garlic mixture.  Dice the carrots when the soup is finished, grated Parmesan would be a plus. This was made in the 3qt. Mini IP. I think that’s it!

[billyhill]

Polenta with parmesan  and braised short ribs.

[KennethT]

Asam pedas ikan mahi mahi.... Malaysian spicy and sour fish stew made with mahi mahi. Made with:

 

torch ginger flower

 

and green mango for dessert.

[Tropicalsenior]

20 minutes ago, KennethT said:

torch ginger flower

Had no idea those were edible.

[KennethT]

37 minutes ago, Tropicalsenior said:

Had no idea those were edible.

They're very fragrant - like a light floral smell. If you read my Penang foodblog here, it was a key ingredient in Asam Laksa - the sour fish noodle soup midway through the post. The flower goes great with sour flavors.

 

 

[Duvel]

Got a nice 900 g “slice” of entrecôte on Friday and decided to go with a classic peppercorn cream sauce a la @Ann_T. While preparing I found out that unfortunately my glass of green peppercorns was somewhat off - and no possibility to get some on a Sunday night. Luckily, I had a fresh pack of shichimi tōgarashi (a blend with a high sanshō amount from Kyoto) opened last week and that made an excellent substitute - aromatic, medium heat and it worked well with the whiskey I used as well 🤗

 

So, with creamed spinach and fries from the airfryer as sides …

 

 

No complaints 🥳

[RWood]

Crispy tofu sandwich with cilantro slaw and avo. Trying for more veg options for my mother. Wasn’t bad, might need a little more spicy in it next time.

[Tropicalsenior]

1 minute ago, RWood said:

Crispy tofu sandwich with cilantro slaw and avo. Trying for more veg options for my mother. Wasn’t bad, might need a little more spicy in it next time.

Not at all a fan of tofu but that looks good.

[Captain]

Butterflied leg of lamb cooked in and on the Kamado

 

 

[RWood]

5 minutes ago, Tropicalsenior said:

Not at all a fan of tofu but that looks good.

As long as you get it crunchy, I like it.

[Tropicalsenior]

2 minutes ago, Captain said:

Butterflied leg of lamb

Gorgeous and perfect.