Dinner 2024

[Dante]

Modified Plattsburgh Red Hot (made with North Country Smokehouse cheddar Vermont cheddar sausages) with cheese. Tater tots on the side.

[Honkman]

Risotto Minestrone from “Urban Italian” by Andrew Carmellini - made with arborio rice, carrots, celery, snap peas, green beans, zucchini, onion, white wine and chicken broth. Finished with basil pesto and parmesan.

[Maison Rustique]

Now I'm craving a chili dog!

 

I might finally be getting the hang of cooking for one. A loaf pan fits nicely in the toaster oven with supper for tonight and leftovers for another night.

 

Penne with a little creamy white wine tomato cheese sauce topped with paradise locker (local purveyor) bacon, soffrito and more cheese. 

 

 

[Tempest63]

My digestive system is giving me some discomfort at present , so the wife got the lions share tonight, but what I had was very tasty.

Nigella’s Duck Legs with potatoes served with green beans and black kale.

Cooked in a Lodge cast iron skillet, some of the potatoes stuck but were very crispy.

 

[gulfporter]

Breakfast for Dinner.  Potato hash with bacon.  Potatoes culled from our plates at generous local restaurant.  

 

 

[Duvel]

Haddock, fried in beer batter, on a brioche bun with home made tartare sauce and some air frier fries. Curry sauce. A Guinness for good measure. And only a crappy picture because I was hungry 🙃
 

[Smithy]

During a recent freezer excavation I stumbled over a partial package of New York Style Calabrese Sausages. Surprise! I thought I'd used the last of them here. Judging by the label, and the last time I can remember being close enough to a grocery store in California that carries them, I'd guess I bought them during this shopping trip.

 

 

Well, I don't know whether or when I'll be in that area again, but that's no reason to let them languish any longer. I wanted comfort food. I was pleased to see that I'd vacuum-packed them well enough that they weren't freezer burned.

 

I couldn't remember exactly what I used to do with them, and forgot that I'd actually written down the recipe so I could repeat it to the extent that I can repeat any of my wing-it dishes. As it turns out, I came fairly close. Sweated onion, then added the slices of sausage and browned them. Added a glug of good red wine and cooked that down, then added the contents of two cans of diced tomatoes.

 

 

That was really pretty soupy at first, and when I added the cooked pasta nothing wanted to coat the pasta. I ended up adding tomato paste, then lengthening the sauce with some of the pasta water. A little bit of cream, and a lot of shredded parmesan on top.

 

 

As I said, I don't know when or whether I'll be able to get more -- maybe I can figure out how to make it? -- but this was a fitting end for that lonely package. I'll enjoy the leftovers until they're gone.

[Honkman]

Meze Salad Bowl from ATK - Diced eggplant, red bell pepper and radicchio get pan seared until nicely browned. Mixed with raw zucchini cut into thin ribbons and quartered roasted and marinated artichoke hearts and pan seared halloumi cheese. Vinaigrette made with olive oil, honey, thyme, lemon zest and juice. Topped with crispy chickpeas coated in a spice mix of sirarakhong chili, paprika, coriander, turmeric, allspice, cumin and sugar.

[CantCookStillTry]

Giant marinaded pork forequarter chops from the local butcher on the bbq. The flavour is apparently "Chinese". I have never been able to isolate the "Chinese" nuances (other than the gimicy red colouring) but they are a delicious firm family favourite. 

 

Served in true CCST fashion with 2 minute noodles, sauced with onion, chilli, ginger, garlic, frozen stir fry veg, oyster and soy. 

 

 

Yes I still cut up chops for the not so much child. He's fine with steak but the inexperienced knife scraping round bones is a noise too much for the biggest boy 🙄🤣. 

[Paul Bacino]

 

Red Okra and Onion

 

 

 

 

 

Bucatini with Fried Okra/Onion/cheese in a Pineapple tomato sauce

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 31 by Paul Bacino (log)

[Duvel]

Greek-ish dinner …

 

Some meze (plus a glass of non-pictured ouzo) …

 

 

Pork souvlaki (off the skewer) with tzaziki and broad been hummus …

 

 

Satisfactory 🤗

[Duvel]

7 minutes ago, Paul Bacino said:

Bucatini with Fried Okra/Onion/cheese in a Pineapple tomato sauce

That is … interesting. Where does that combo originate ?

[Paul Bacino]

@Duvel--  Had just picked  the okra and onions/   and I canned 1 pint of Pineapple tomato ..with a 1/2 pint left!!   Actually really worked good

[Tropicalsenior]

3 minutes ago, Paul Bacino said:

pint of Pineapple tomato

I just Googled it. Thank goodness, I thought it was a combination of pineapple and tomato and the thought kind of made me gag.

[FrogPrincesse]

A few simple dinners.

 

Cheeseburgers on brioche buns with ground beef from my local butcher shop, grilled onions, and Swiss gruyere.

 

 

Harissa chicken a la Melissa Clark, very simple and tasty one sheet-pan dish.

 

 

 

Grilled brats & asparagus. The brats were from Whole Foods and the seasoning was off - way over-salted.

 

 

Shrimp scampi with squid ink linguine

 

 

[Dante]

Pasta with chicken cooked in oil from a jar of sun dried tomatoes, with a sauce of tomato puree, stock, cream, shallots, Parmesan, sun dried tomatoes, and fresh basil. Evidently, this is called Marry Me Pasta.

[Honkman]

Penne with Brussels Sprouts, Bacon and Parmesan from “Dinner” by Melissa Clark - You start by sautéing bacon and rosemary, then add crushed garlic and jalapeños and cook until you get nice browning. Add sliced brussels sprouts and cook until well browned, add butter and penne pasta. Finish with lemon juice, olive oil and parmesan

[rotuts]

@Dante

 

great idea to use the oil from SDT's

 

Ive made a note.

 

thanks

[Paul Bacino]

@Tropicalsenior--Purple Cherokee used to be my favorite,  now the Pineapple is close. 

[Tropicalsenior]

1 hour ago, Paul Bacino said:

@Tropicalsenior--Purple Cherokee used to be my favorite,  now the Pineapple is close. 

I had never heard of that variety. But they certainly are gorgeous tomatoes.

[gulfporter]

Last minute meal.  We were literally going out the door to walk to a restaurant when thunderclaps made us reconsider.   Thawed a hot Italian sausage link and fried with onions, peppers and half a tomato.  Rinsed a pack Udon noodles, added goat cheese and fresh basil.  Topped with a quick pan toasting of panko, garlic and olive oil. 

 

 Oh.....it never rained!  Storm didn't make it over to our side of lake.  

 

 

 

 

[liamsaunt]

Jumping back in with some recent dinners after a few weeks of vacation and too much restaurant food.  

 

Yogurt marinated grilled chicken with zucchini, an Israeli couscous salad, and a tomato-olive-cucumber salad

 

 

Everything but the bagel coated tuna with rice and soy roasted mushrooms and peppers

 

 

Tomato tart with lemony green beans and pistachios

 

 

Charlie Bird's farro salad (minus the radishes because I didn't have any) with grilled chicken on top

 

[Duvel]

Easy dinner, enjoyed with a glass of Tempranillo: Steak frites with Roquefort sauce and raspberry chipotle dip. Doesn’t look medium rare, but it was …

 

 

I love my airfryer - and as goofy as the crinkle cut fries look, they give the best results in the air fryer, hands down.

[Dante]

15 hours ago, rotuts said:

@Dante

 

great idea to use the oil from SDT's

 

Ive made a note.

 

thanks

 

I thought so as well!    Definitely an idea that I'll be using again whenever I have a jar of them. 

[Tempest63]

On 1/14/2024 at 1:30 AM, billyhill said:

Polenta with parmesan  and braised short ribs.

I’ve got a few portions of short rib in the freezer. Thank you for reminding me as I now have a week off work to find something nice to do with them.