Dinner 2024

[Dejah]

Have had this jar of Za'atar hiding in my pantry for some time. Rubbed it under the skin and on the skin of a spatchcock chicken with some stuffing underneath. Roasted in the oven, and the stuffing was great with all the juice and spices.  We had some of the cranberry apple orange chutney that I made.                  

                                                                                

 

                                                                         

 

A good friend has had a couple of falls, so I cooked supper for her and her husband. Made enough to feed the two of us as well. A favourite of theirs is Sesame Chicken. I obliged.

           

                                                                       

 

Also did up some mixed vegetables with shrimp as well as Jasmine rice

 

                                                               

 

Just got our supply of pickerel today, so it was Fish'n'Chips day!  As usual, we had curry gravy for the chips and malt vinegar for the fish.

 

                                                                       

 

                                                   

                                                     

[liuzhou]

Last night.

 

 

 

Pork tenderloin, marinated in olive oil, juice of a lemon, crushed coriander seeds, black olives, chilli, salt. Drained and fried the pork then 'braised' briefly in the marinade. Added coriander leaf less than a minute before serving. Served with a simple tomato and red onion salad dressed with olive oil and black pepper - and rice.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 8 by liuzhou (log)

[Ann_T]

 

Chicken Piccata with a side of pasta.

Last night's dinner.

[Duvel]

14 hours ago, Honkman said:

Shepherd’s Pie - ground beef, carrots, peas, onion, garlic, tomato paste, thyme, Worcestershire sauce, flour, chicken broth and obviously topped with mashed potatoes made with russets, milk, egg and melted butter

Such a perfect surface pattern browning 🤗

[Captain]

Pie night.

[Norm Matthews]

Charlie ordered New York style pizza and I made blueberry buckle.  

[Dejah]

Found watercress at the store yesterday. I've been eating the tender tips in salad and to sub in for lettuce in sandwiches. Love the fresh crunch and the bite.

With the larger stalks, I made Watercress soup with pork bones.

 

                                                                    

 

Main was Seafood Paella and Taylor Farms Chopped Salad with addition of cukes and fresh blueberries.

 

                                                                 

 

                                                                           

 

                                                                    
 

[Honkman]

Stew with kale, pinto and great Northern beans, carrots, bacon, celery, onion, garlic, jalapeno, bay leaf, tomato paste, parsley, cider vinegar and vegetable broth. Served with avocado and sour cream.

[Neely]

 

We been so busy back and forth working on our little holiday home that buying fresh food and cooking has been really neglected.

Not having shopped for a while and forgetting about deliveries, I’ve been ’cooking’ out of fridge and pantry. 
 

Below was a combination quinoa and lentil stir fry with silver beet from the garden

 

Below was jarred pickle herrings

 

 

And below was the amusing quinoa fritters with chilli and garlic mayo

I can’t say that I greatly enjoyed any of these meals… which is kind of sad. 

[Norm Matthews]

Charlie asked if I would make rice cake soup.  I had not made it before but it didn't look complicated like some Korean food can be. I already had some ox bone soup in the freezer but this recipe just used water so that is how I did it.  Mine was not as pretty as the picture but Charlie said his mom never added the garnishes.

Edited April 9 by Norm Matthews (log)

[Ann_T]

 

Honey Garlic Chicken, with rice.

Been awhile since I made this dish and I had forgot just how

much we both like it. 

 

Added some cashews to it this time. 

Edited April 10 by Ann_T (log)

[Neely]

Looks very good AnnT

 

Now this meal was better than the last few. The fish is Barramundi found in Northern Australia waters also SEAsia and across to India. Good fish shops sometimes have it fresh but mostly thawed from frozen.  Mashed potato combined with cauliflower mash and zucchini.

 

 

[haresfur]

Baked Chicken katsu curry and smashed cucumber salad. I made chili oil for the salad using Korean-style flakes (from China) so it was not very spicy but the flavour is decent. Salad was on a bed of lettuce that needed to be used up. The curry was from a previous meal and rescued from the freezer. Manageable but better not frozen and thawed. Served on brown rice. Sorry about the messy counter top.

 

[liuzhou]

15 minutes ago, Neely said:

The fish is Barramundi found in Northern Australia waters also SEAsia and across to India.

 

 

I occasionally see barramundi here in southern China, too. (I’m just above the border with Vietnam, so sometimes classified informally as SE Asia).

 

It is indeed a fine fish. Whether the fish is fresh or frozen and defrosted, I’m not sure. The name in Mandarin Chinese is 金目鲈 (jīn mù lú), literally ‘golden eye bass’ or 尖吻鲈 (jiān wěn lú), lit. ‘pointed snout bass’.

 

I only bought it once and made fish and chips. Happy mouth! Must look out for it again.

 

 

 

[haresfur]

Early in the Australia & New Zealand forum fish and chips topic, barramundi was compared to eating a dishcloth. I have heard that wild barra is much better than farmed.

[weinoo]

 

Caesar salad.

 

 

Broccoli rabe.

 

 

Spaghetti and meatballs, practically heresy, but so good and comforting.

[liuzhou]

20 minutes ago, haresfur said:

Early in the Australia & New Zealand forum fish and chips topic, barramundi was compared to eating a dishcloth. I have heard that wild barra is much better than farmed.

 

Must have been a tasty dishcloth. I and the friend who shared it were well happy.

[liamsaunt]

Some quick dinners.  Sunday we had rigatoni with turkey meatballs

 

 

 

Monday we had a runny brie with salad and baguette

 

 

 

And last night I made a vegan version of kimchi fried rice

 

[Captain]

Yearling schnitzel, steamed potatoes, peas and stroganoff mushrooms.

 

[rotuts]

@Captain

 

that looks delicious

 

have never thought of stroganoff mushrooms.

 

thank you for the idea

 

pleased you leave the skin on  potatoes.

 

 

Edited April 10 by rotuts (log)

[liuzhou]

Pan fried chicken breast with black boletes, garlic, chives and coriander leaf. Had too many noodles for lunch so skipped the carbs with dinner (unless beer counts).

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 11 by liuzhou (log)

[RWood]

Made a salad and ranch dressing, then fried some enoki mushrooms like I fry chicken. Didn’t taste any different 🤷‍♀️

[rotuts]

to me , enoki mushrooms have almost no taste whatsoever 

 

pure decoration

Edited April 11 by rotuts (log)

[RWood]

12 minutes ago, rotuts said:

to me , enoki mushrooms have almost no taste whatsoever 

 

pure decoration

Yeah, they just tasted like chicken coating.

[rotuts]

but looked interesting.