Dinner 2024

[Dejah]

On 1/7/2024 at 8:23 PM, Tropicalsenior said:

I can't get lamb but do you think it could be made with pork? If so, could you share the recipe? It really looks good.

I sent you a private msg with the recipe as I am not sure of the restrictions on posting a recipe from a cookbook.

[Dejah]

We are in a deep freeze until next weekend: -27C, feels like -41C. Wind has been brutal, and blowing the snow that we had for 3 days. Not a good time to be out or driving.
Good time to catch up on drooling over all the meals.
A few from our kitchen:
Spicy Italian sausage, sweet tater, creamed corn and roasted beets   

 

Black bean garlic Beef, Bitter Melon, and Ho Fun                                  

 

For hubby's birthday, Paella - recipe from The Spanish Table             

 

 

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

Roasted dry rub chicken legs eventually served with mushroom cous cous and a green salad (which I neglected to get a photo of).

I also made chicken noodle and vegetable soup with the breast meat. All trim to the freezer and a small ramekin of chicken fat and fond to roast some potatoes tomorrow.

 

 

[gulfporter]

Looks burnt but doesn't taste burnt.  

 

Gochujang chicken with turnips and carrots on a sheet pan.  A side of pickled radishes with green onions.  

 

I'm currently at our Arizona house, using convection feature of its Viking oven.  The crisp it gets on the chicken skin is amazing!   I don't bake or roast at our Mexican house as that oven has no thermostat and struggles to get to high temperature and hold it. 

 

 

 

 

[liamsaunt]

Friday I made haddock puttanesca for my husband, sister, and me.  Niece and nephew continued their anti fish crusade.  Nephew had the pasta with the last serving of a meat sauce he had made in a large batch and portioned for the freezer for nights when we were eating foods he does not like.  Niece opted for an egg sandwich since pasta is not on her list of favored foods either.

 

 

Sunday I made a big pot  of braised short ribs for my husband, niece and nephew.  Served on mashed potatoes 

 

 

Since my sister and I don't eat red meat, I also made mushrooms bourguignon 

 

 

After dinner I combined the remaining mushrooms and beef to get four meals for the freezer to take to my Dad.

[Shelby]

Happy Birthday to Mr.  @Dejah!

 

This sounds really good.  I don't have haddock but maybe white bass would do?

35 minutes ago, liamsaunt said:

haddock puttanesca

Super cold here still--supposed to continue all this week too.  Next Sunday it finally gets above 30f for a high.  Brrrrr.

 

Pizza night with some more of that wonderful Canadian bacon my bil made.  

 

 

Had a major craving for cheese and hatch Chile  cornbread.  Thawed out chili to go with.

 

 

 

Venison meatloaf

 

 

Made chili cheese dogs and tots with leftover chili

 

 

SV'd pork tenderloin, noodles and Brussels sprouts

 

Ronnie's birthday was yesterday so I made  a small batch of cinnamon rolls for dessert/breakfast

 

 

He requested chicken livers and gizzards for his birthday dinner.  I fried the gizzards and then pressure cooked them for 45 mins.  While they were doing that I made gravy for dipping and twice baked potatoes

 

 

 

He always wants this sheet cake for birthday dessert

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rotuts]

@Shelby

 

My kind of pizza , 

 

and my kind of food.  

 

hope there were seconds on that VML w MP's and gravy .

[Honkman]

Cold weather requires stew - Black-eyed pea stew with andouille sausage, bacon, kale, celery, leeks, green pepper, onion, garlic, jalapeno, chili flakes, bay leaves and chicken broth. Finished with some cider vinegar.

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

@Shelby

Everything looks good however my vote goes to that cornbread.

Green chili and cheese 😋

 

[Raamo]

Meatballs and tomato sauce with spaghetti noodles.

 

Noodles were store bought,  sauce is home made.   Sauce is onions,  garlic,  oil, canned tomatoes from last summer, and fresh basil.

 

Meatballs are beef and pork + meatball ingredients;)

Edited January 15 by Raamo (log)

[Smithy]

7 hours ago, liamsaunt said:

Since my sister and I don't eat red meat, I also made mushrooms bourguignon 

 

 

Please tell more about this dish. Your food ALWAYS looks wonderful, but this looks like exactly what I need to be cooking in the next day or two. 

[gfweb]

On 1/13/2024 at 1:50 PM, 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 🤗

 

 

 

I've read that US boxed soft cheeses are  in containers t hat are glued as opposed to nailed/stapled as in Europe. 

 

If you pop a New World brie into the oven in its box, the glue melts and the cheese escapes.

 

Anyone experience this?

[TicTac]

Some really great looking meals…love this threat as a source of inspiration.

 

My 8 year old cooked dinner with me today and his extra special ingredient for the cabbage…pickles!  Worked out, actually 😂

 

 

duck fat seared gnocchi, duck, sweet and sour cabbage/carrot/celery

 

 

[zend]

 

 

Beef tongue with leeks and olives stew.

 

A bit of an adaptation here of a traditional Turkish meze (leeks in olive oil). Thing is, back in the day, olive oil was not to be found in Romania, so people added olives to impart the taste, but using what oil was available - sunflower oil reigns supreme here. I've used EVOO and olives, since it is a childhood comfort food. Leeks add to the sweetness of the dish, with a balance of sourness from peeled lemon slices. Beef tongue is pressure-cooked for ~70 min on high. Other ingreds: diced onion, Turkish bay leaves, tomato paste and pepper corns.

 

[liuzhou]

First meal in new home. Not home cooked, though - kitchen equipment is in one of those boxes.

 

手撕鸡 (shǒu sī jī) is hand torn chicken, one of the few dishes usually served cold.

 

It is basically a chicken salad, but nothing like a normal western chicken salad. A whole chicken is gently poached until just cooked and left to cool. It is then torn apart by hand into chopstick weildable pieces, skin, bones et  al.

 

Then it dressed with a cold sauce made from chilli, spices, scallion, peanut and sesame oil. There any many recipes online of varying appeal and 'authenticity'.

 

Here, prepared versions are sold in larger supermarkets, which is where I got this version.

 

 

[chromedome]

38 minutes ago, zend said:

 

 

Beef tongue with leeks and olives stew.

 

A bit of an adaptation here of a traditional Turkish meze (leeks in olive oil). Thing is, back in the day, olive oil was not to be found in Romania, so people added olives to impart the taste, but using what oil was available - sunflower oil reigns supreme here. I've used EVOO and olives, since it is a childhood comfort food. Leeks add to the sweetness of the dish, with a balance of sourness from peeled lemon slices. Beef tongue is pressure-cooked for ~70 min on high. Other ingreds: diced onion, Turkish bay leaves, tomato paste and pepper corns.

 

Sounds really tasty. It's cold here right now, so it's speaking pretty loudly to the "want something warming" itch.

[Honkman]

Very German dinner with kassler (smoked pork chop), carrots, savoy cabbage, and apple in a cream mustard sauce

[Ann_T]

Keeping with eating more fish...

I made Moe Sole Meuniere for dinner last night.

 

Moe loves this mild Pacific sole. Always has. So much that he says it is like eating candy.

 

It doesn't do anything for me. I'd rather eat candy.

I'm happy to cook it for him though because it is a very easy fish to cook.

Be it pan fried or breaded, or rolled and stuffed.

 

[Duvel]

4 hours ago, Honkman said:

Very German dinner with kassler (smoked pork chop), carrots, savoy cabbage, and apple in a cream mustard sauce

Wow … you can get Kassler in the US ? It looks uncured, though ?

[Captain]

Spanish omelette for dinner tonight.

 

[Honkman]

1 hour ago, Duvel said:

Wow … you can get Kassler in the US ? It looks uncured, though ?

I didn’t have time to go to my regular German butcher this weekend who has “classic” German style kassler but one if the supermarket chains (Safeway) has this smoked but uncured “kassler” which is a good enough substitute 

[Captain]

and some pork belly. Done in the benchtop toaster oven on fan force setting.😉

[Tropicalsenior]

4 minutes ago, Captain said:

some pork belly

Looks crispy and beautiful. Care to share your method?

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

Sliced poached chicken breast, aged cheddar, arugula and Habanero sauce on a toasted baguette with herbed oven fries.

Enjoyed with a Keith's Coffee and Cacao Stout which is a keeper (up to par with local craft brewers).

 

[Ann_T]

Greek was on the menu tonight.

Slow roasted small leg of lamb served with Greek salad, potatoes cooked in with the lamb and rice.

Love double carb meals. Just like those served in Toronto's Greek Town.

 

And a lovely bottle of Black Sage Whiskey Barrel Aged Red from the Okanagan valley. Was perfect with the lamb.

This is my favourite meal so far of 2024.