Dinner 2024

[Captain]

Sunday roast. Lamb leg, veg and gravy.  I decided against Yorkie's thinking that would be to much to eat.

I did miss them..

[RWood]

My mom had her sisters over, so I made pot roast and mashed potatoes.

[Katie Meadow]

10 hours ago, Duvel said:

And if you end up at Ortolan, you‘ve come full circle size & flavorwise 🤗

If it comes to that, @weinoo, I want a divorce.

[NadyaDuke]

On 6/21/2024 at 12:16 AM, Honkman said:

 

Veal Frikadellen with Kohlrabi - frikadellen made with ground veal, sautéed onions and tarragon, eggs, milk-soaked bread and mustard - first briefly seared and then finished in the oven. Kohlrabi was simply sautéed in butter/oil and finished with toasted almonds, lemon zest and juice, parsley and kohlrabi greens

“Frikadellen” always reminds me of the book “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” which is where I learned the word.  “These meat balls had a name, frikadellen, which was a great joke with Francie and Neeley.”

Looks delicious!

 

[NadyaDuke]

A few recents when I remembered to take pictures! 
Curried chicken salad. I was looking at various recipes for ideas  to zhuzh mine up and saw that Ina Garten blends her dressing with some mango chutney, so I did that and liked the result.
 

 

 

A solo dinner so I cooked salmon which my husband doesn’t care for. I don’t cook fish enough to be proficient. My oven got a software update to give it an air fryer mode so I tried that. I got the doneness spot on due to the numerous temperature probes I took, as you can see. But the “air fryer” mode didn’t give crispy skin so next time I think I’m back to cast iron.

 

And tonight we smoked ribs, served with asparagus salad and some focaccia from the farmers market.

 

 

Edited June 24, 2024 by NadyaDuke (log)

[gfweb]

@NadyaDuke If you lightly salt the salmon for 30' in the fridge, it won't leak albumen where you take its temp.  You can also slide the probe in on the side of  the fish

[pastameshugana]

18 hours ago, gfweb said:

Outback is opening new ones here.

 

Its a surprisingly-good-for-the-price chain.  A reliable place when traveling in the heartland.

 

The really ironic thing was when we were in Oz a few weeks ago, and our hosts took us to an Outback for one lunch.

 

I thought it was just one of those 'Merica things, apparently I was wrong.

Edited June 24, 2024 by pastameshugana
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[liamsaunt]

Nephew cooked again last night since I am battling a summer cold.  He made bunny chow in two versions, one with beef and the other with roasted cauliflower.  This is the roasted cauliflower one.  He also made chapatis and South African yellow rice.  He hasn't offered to cook tonight yet, so I think I am back in the kitchen starting today...

 

[C. sapidus]

Thai seafood salad (yam po taek) with poached shrimp and bay scallops. Dressing was lemon and lime juice, chile jam, fish sauce, garlic, sugar, green bird chile, lemongrass, torn mint and Thai basil leaves, and slivered lime leaves. Tossed with tomatoes and cucumbers, and served over lettuce.

 

[Honkman]

Red Lentil Soup with Garam Masala - red lentils are cooked in a mixture of vegetable broth, coconut milk, diced tomatoes, bin bhuna hua garam masala, onions, garlic and fresno chili. Carrots and chickpeas are separately sautéed in coconut oil with the garam masala and added to the soup at the end with some fresh mint.

[Neely]

 

Dinner was Pierogis with mushroom sauce and red horseradish 

 

 

 

For dessert we had deconstructed Blackforest cake… which was really just chocolate cake with frozen cherries that had been soaked in cherry brandy and whipped cream. 

 

[Maison Rustique]

Too hot to cook or eat. Had a salad with nuts, brioche croutons, crispy pepperoni. With toasted, buttered Organic Super Bread from TJs.

 

[YvetteMT]

From Sunday- chicken marinated in a parmesan garlic sauce with gf mac salad and sweet potato. Last night similar but rice and green beans for sides. 

[C. sapidus]

Thai steak salad (yam nuea) with cucumbers, butter lettuce, Thai basil, and sliced shallots. NY strip was marinated with garlic and soy sauce before hitting the charcoal grill. Sauce was garlic and bird chiles, smashed in the mortar and then mixed with lemon and lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, roasted chile paste, cilantro, and mint. A bit spicy for Mrs. C, unfortunately.

 

Edited June 25, 2024 by C. sapidus (log)

[Norm Matthews]

I wasn't planning to cook today, just eat something left over but there wasn't anything. There was one steak, not enough for two and some shrimp in the freezer. They were quickly defrosted , skewered and so was the steak. Steak was marinated a few minutes in teriyaki and the shrimp in Japanese BBQ sauce.  They were grilled and we had them with rice and kimchi. Charlie had his with Yum Yum sauce.

I didn't even think to take a picture until this was all that was left. 

[Ann_T]

Tonight's dinner. Steak and Frites with a wine sauce.

Grilled a 21oz Sterling Silver New York Strip steak for Moe and I to share. Some leftover for Moe's breakfast.

I used a one of the disks on the Breville Sous Chef 16 FP to cut shoestring fries.

Steak was served sliced and drizzled with the wine sauce.

I love the 4th Sear Zone burner on my grill that is positioned between the 2nd and 3 rd burners. Temperature was 700°F when the steak went on the grill.

[Honkman]

Brown rice with chicken, broccoli, red beets and spinach - Diced chicken breast, red onions, broccoli, red beets and fish sauce we’re sautéed in oil. In parallel, brown rice with garlic was cooked in chicken broth and added to with baby spinach to vegetable mixture. Finished with some cilantro.

[Neely]

We had a burger and salad for dinner

 

 

 

I made an apricot and blue berry galette with bought frozen pastry. We always have some pastry in the freezer because my husband will quite often make apple galette to use up some uneaten apples. I usually make my own pastry as I quite like doing that.

 

[liuzhou]

Had to be done - I could feel it coming.

 

🦌 驴肉夹馍 (lǘ ròu jiā mó), Donkey roujiamo!

 

 

This is probably the best jiamo I've ever eaten and I've llterally eaten thousands. The only change I made from my regular beef jiamo recipe, apart from the choice of meat, was to omit the cumin. I didn't think it would do much for the delicate sweetness of the donkey meat and I wanted the meat to shine. It was incandescent!

 

The next few were just as good.

 

 

Edited October 23, 2024 by liuzhou (log)

[liamsaunt]

Sunday was pasta night.  I made a zucchini, garlic scape, and spinach pesto for myself, my niece and my sister

 

 

My nephew cooked a spicy sausage pasta for himself and my husband.

 

 

Yesterday was a very yellow dinner.  Crunchy haddock with mango salsa, curried rice with raisins and carrots, and zucchini/summer squash

 

Edited June 26, 2024 by liamsaunt (log)

[Norm Matthews]

Charlie loves Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches so when I showed him a recipe for Philly Cheesesteak Meatloaf, he was all for trying it.   The picture that came with the recipe looked like it was topped with cheese as well as having it in the middle but it didn't.  All the cheese was in the center and I didn't want to take it apart by then so when it came out of the oven, I grated the rest on top and put it under the broiler for a few minutes.

 

 

[Maison Rustique]

@Norm Matthews That looks delicious! I need to hunt for that recipe!

 

[Honkman]

Pasta alla Gricia with Slivered Sugar Snap Peas from Joshua McFadden’s “Six Season”.
Crisp up some pancetta. Cook linguine and add very thinly sliced sugar snap peas in the last 1-2 minutes. Make some cacio e pepe butter (compound butter made with freshly toasted and ground black pepper, pecorino and parmesan). Mix everything together with a little bit of pasta water to emulsify.

[Duvel]

Leftovers in a nice presentation …

 

[weinoo]

First, this is for @Duvel:

 

 

In order to show the relative size of this chicken thigh, compared with a string bean and a tater tot (or, as in this case, a "spud puppy").

 

 

 

This is cacik, a Turkish yogurt/cucumber soup, made very similarly to tzatziki. Often served in lieu of a salad, before the rest of the meal. Lots of fresh herbs; in this case dill, mint and parsley. I like to serve it pretty thick, but it can be thinned out with water to give it more of a soup consistency.

 

 

The above mentioned chicken thighs (almost a la Jacques, though I do turn them, as opposed to covering them), green beans (blanched, then sautéed in the drippings after the thighs were cooked), and the aforementioned spud puppies. And no matter what the directions say vis-a-vis the spud puppies (they say to cook on an ungreased baking sheet), a little spritz of oil or cooking them on parchment will lead to a more uniform finished product.

Edited June 27, 2024 by weinoo (log)