Dinner 2024

[liuzhou]

Stir fried pork with fresh 松茸菌 (sōng róng jūn) aka matsutake. Garlic, ginger, chilli, Chaoshan fish sauce, soy sauce, scallions. Served with rice.

 

[liamsaunt]

My husband's Easter plate: roasted rack of lamb with asparagus risotto and roasted broccolini.  Nephew skipped the risotto in favor of mac and cheese with his, and my sister and I skipped the lamb in favor of extra broccolini.

 

[rotuts]

@liamsaunt

 

fantastic

 

Ive opened a new folder 

 

in my fo0d p0rn collection :

 

its called Lamb

 

you pic is entry # 1.

 

'thank you.

[Honkman]

Mushroom ragu with rice noodles - ragu was made with brown button mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms, carrots, shallots, garlic, seitan (only chorizo flavored was unfortunately available), smoked paprika, teriyaki sauce, cilantro, jalapeno, gochugaru and mushroom broth

[Neely]

Back to salads. This was ordinary old bought rotisserie chicken with stuffing. 
 

[liamsaunt]

Nephew had yesterday off from work so he offered to cook dinner using recipes from a YouTube cooking channel he likes to watch.  He made chicken tikka masala, garlic naan, and a curried rice with fruit and nuts.  I contributed the saag paneer because I have a lot of spinach to use up, and helped with kitchen clean up.  

 

[Ann_T]

On 4/1/2024 at 8:21 AM, liamsaunt said:

OH MY!!! perfectly cooked rack of lamb.  I would devour everything on that  plate. 

[Ann_T]

Last night's dinner.

I decided to buy halibut steaks this time instead of the filets.

And although the fish is the same and tasted wonderful, I decided there is a reason I never buy steaks.

I hate bones.

It was a work night so dinner was quick and simple.

Roasted potato wedges and fish grilled in a cast iron grill pan and finished in the oven.

 

Served over spinach with a lemon brown butter.

[Kerala]

 

Chicken on orzo, made by the wife. Quite a new addition to our menu and the third or fourth time she's done it but getting better and better.

[weinoo]

Channeling Rome...

 

 

Mezze rigatoni with fresh artichoke hearts, shallots, garlic, lemon zest and Pecorino Romano.

 

 

Endive dressed with anchovies, garlic, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper.

 

Edited April 2 by weinoo (log)

[Captain]

Minimum effort dinner.. Chicken Schnitzel grilled veg.

[C. sapidus]

Napa cabbage and shrimp soup, with onion, dried shrimp, fish sauce, ginger coins, and white pepper.

 

Edited April 3 by C. sapidus
Onion (log)

[liuzhou]

Spicy shrimp with garlic, Shaoxing, soy sauce and scallions. 海蜇 (hǎi zhé), Rhopilema esculenta, an edible jellyfish. Rice.

 

 

 

[liamsaunt]

Lo mein with a 50-50 blend of ground chicken and mushrooms, various peppers that needed to be used, and an entire head of cabbage.  Only four more cabbages in the crisper to conquer (until the next one comes from my CSA).

 

[MaryIsobel]

4 hours ago, liuzhou said:

Spicy shrimp with garlic, Shaoxing, soy sauce and scallions. 海蜇 (hǎi zhé), Rhopilema esculenta, an edible jellyfish. Rice.

 

 

 

Could you please describe the texture of the edible jellyfish? Is it raw or cooked?

[Paul Bacino]

 

 

Easter Weekend!!

 

Morels

 

Yellow Foot

 

 

 

Stuffed shells

 

[rotuts]

@Paul Bacino

 

absolutely stunning shells ?

 

 

Meat Sauce ? or Classic tomato ? 

 

love both versions.

 

Ill be keeping that pic.

 

for review purposes.

Edited April 3 by rotuts (log)

[Paul Bacino]

@rotuts---Homemade gravy sauce---  shell filling Ricotta,1 egg, 5 cheese blend shredded Italian, bit of sugar and nutmeg--all to eyeball  -- bake covered @325.  30-49 mins./  last 15 uncovered 375==== also pre cook shells then fill

Edited April 3 by Paul Bacino (log)

[rotuts]

@Paul Bacino

 

nice.

 

pleased to see the nutmeg in the filling

 

I always try to remember the small amount of freshly grated nutmeg 

 

in items ' white :

 

mashed potatoes , bechamel , etc.

 

just enough to notice something extra is there

[liuzhou]

3 hours ago, MaryIsobel said:

Could you please describe the texture of the edible jellyfish? Is it raw or cooked?

 

 

The jellyfish is gelatinous with the texture of a particularly al dente pasta. It isn't cooked as such but is processed. and cured before being sold. I have written more about that in this topic.

 

Note: of the 4000+ species of jellyfish, only around a dozen are edible and they must be processed properly to be safe to eat. Don't be trying to eat what you come across at your local beach!

 

 

[MaryIsobel]

11 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

 

The jellyfish is gelatinous with the texture of a particularly al dente pasta. It isn't cooked as such but is processed. and cured before being sold. I have written more about that in this topic.

 

Note: of the 4000+ species of jellyfish, only around a dozen are edible and they must be processed properly to be safe to eat. Don't be trying to eat what you come across at your local beach!

 

 

Interesting - thanks. Although our waters are home to lots of jellyfish, I have never thought "I should take those home and eat them." When I was a kid, my sister got stung by a Persian Man-of-War and promptly passed out on the beach and required a brieft hospital stay, so I have always thought of them as predators rather than food.

[Captain]

Chicken curry with rice and delicious paratha.

[Norm Matthews]

I didn't want to spend time cooking so I just made steak on the grill and mashed potato cakes.  I cooked one potato in the microwave and it made 4 cakes, just enough for the two of us. Charlie asked for his steak to be cut up like for skewers.  He had it like at a Japanese Steak House, with rice and Yum Yum sauce and dipped the potato cakes in soy sauce.  He said it reminded him of Korean cakes that way.

[C. sapidus]

Dry-fried green beans with chorizo, Sichuan peppercorns, garlic, ginger, and shallots

 

[liamsaunt]

Continuing my quest to use up the long storage CSA vegetables that have been languishing in my fridge for lack of ideas, last night's dinner was a soup that was 50% potato and 50% small white and green daikon radishes.  When treated like a potato, the radishes blended nicely into the soup.  I prepared it like a mashed potato soup with cheddar, bacon and chives to make sure my nephew would not notice the radishes and complain. Everyone really enjoyed it.  I made a loaf of crusty bread to have with it.

 

 

 

My next long storage vegetable to try and use up are watermelon radishes.  I have a gallon sized ziplock bag full of them, and more are coming in today's box.  There's only so many radishes on salads that one can eat!