Dinner 2024

[gulfporter]

Blackened shrimp over a black bean and fresh corn salad.

 

 

[C. sapidus]

Light summer dinner with bounty from a local orchard. Green and yellow beans with dry-fried shiitake mushrooms and grated Parmesan

 

 

Crisp with red and black raspberries, blueberries, mango, and dried strawberries. This will not last long.

 

[Neely]

Two fishy meals. 
 

Seafood pasta, didn’t look at the name of the pasta but it’s like a long casarecce. 
 

 

 

Below … Fresh flake (again) with Asian salad, noodles and a Thai sauce of coconut milk, lemongrass, coriander, fish sauce and lime juice. 
 

[Honkman]

 

We haven’t used the spiralizer for some time - zucchini noodles (briefly sautéed with garam masala) and chicken breast (cooked with garlic, ginger and garam masala). Served with diced mango, cilantro, lemon juice and a herb-yoghurt sauce (made with lemon zest and juice, cilantro, mint and garlic)

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

Oven baked haddock with sriracha, corn and cucumber with Greek dressing.

 

[NadyaDuke]

A few recent dishes.

A vendor at our farmers market sells a great chicken chorizo (Mexican/fresh style). I found a Serious Eats recipe for chorizo and potato tacos. One night we had tacos, and another night we had the rest of it with eggs.

 

We did a one night camping trip as a shakedown cruise as we’re starting up again after several years off. I kept it easy with some bratwurst in an improvised rosé glaze (since that’s what we were drinking), some cooked RG beans from the freezer, and a bag of salad. Ancient Tupperware plate.

Keeping  it real, the night we got back from camping we had spaghetti with Rao’s and frozen turkey meatballs. Our go to lazy meal.

 

For the Fourth we had family over. We grilled hot dogs and brats, my SIL made deviled eggs, I made a couple salads, and my husband and I made this strawberry cake. It’s served with a whipped cream with a bit of sour cream added, which is a neat trick I’ll use again.

 

[gfweb]

I'm so sorry @Maison Rustique. Prayers for all concerned.

[haresfur]

One pot pressure cooker white bean and chicken chili. Can't seem to get green salsa here (one of the big grocery chains used to have it). So I used some day-glow green Thai Sriracha. It did the job along with the pickled birds eye chiles I put in when cooking the chook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dejah]

Where have the days gone?
Going to take time later to catch up on all the meals posted by eGulleteers.
Meanwhile:

Thai Basil Chicken with a package of Epicure seasoning from a friend who sells this product. Quite nice and a meal in 30 minutes
                                                                                    

 

Singapore Rice Noodles with Shrimp

 

                                                                               

 

Pickerel and Cavendish Potato Wedges          

 

Slow-roasted Pork Ribs                   

 

                                                                        

 

Coconut Thai Curry Lamb Shanks

                                                                       

 

Small prime rib roast. Made Yorkie in roast pan                                  

                                                                       

 

[Neely]

Love soups… this one was very easy, split favs beans and leek. 
 

 

 

 

This could only be called Beef Stew, made by my husband which I liked a lot. 
 

 

[Honkman]

Swiss chard-sweet potato lasagna with different layers made from 1) lasagna pasta 2) sautéed Swiss chard stems, shallots and garlic 3) blanched Swiss chard leaves 4) thinly sliced sweet potatoes 5) bechamel sauce made with bay leaves, cloves, nutmeg and a bit of sugar 6) goat gouda

[Dejah]

Used my wonton filling combo: shrimp, ground pork, waterchestnut for stuffed bell peppers with black bean sauce

 

                                                                          

 

Leftover wonton meat filling with tofu and eggplant with Toban sauce. Made a big plateful, and ate that up as lettuce wraps for lunch next day!

 

                                                                        

 

I was given a big bag of fresh bean sprouts. I love them stir-fried with lots of ginger and green onion. Topped them with some sauteed shrimp and lots of green onions.
I had tossed in a couple of links of Chinese sausage into the rice as it cooked. Love the flavour that goes thru' the rice. All went well with the bean sprouts.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

[Dante]

Pulled pork burrito with pinto beans, rice, salsa and red cabbage with chipotle sour cream sauce. Side of steamed asparagus with a sprinkling of umeboshi vinegar.

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

Simple and quick dinner of a potato, mushroom, feta and dill omelet with a salad of mixed baby greens, cucumber and tomato.

 

[liuzhou]

Thai style red curry shrimp, sadly made with a store-bought curry paste but augmented by fresh Thai basil, lemongrass, cilantro, culantro, chilli, garlic, Thai fish sauce and coconut cream. The shrimp were wild and live until I cleaned and peeled them. Rice.

 

 

Shrimp shells have joined the collection of such in the freezer.

 

 

 

[Maison Rustique]

I had a pre-baked potato to use up so heated and topped with leftover taco bits--taco beef, fresh salsa and shredded cheddar. It was delicious and filling.

 

My sister brought me a lot of home-grown tomatoes this weekend, so I'll be eating many tomatoes.

[Pete Fred]

Onion tart...

 

 

Which was the highlight of what turned out to be a rather minimalist dinner...

 

[rotuts]

@Pete Fred

 

That tart looks perfect.

[Captain]

We hooked up the caravan for a few nights away with friends, packed the pizza oven and made the dough a couple of days before.

 

[C. sapidus]

Halibut with fermented black beans, garlic, and ginger. Cucumber salad. Yellow squash with onion, garlic, and tomato. Coconut rice.

 

[Honkman]

Rigatoni with Ricotta-Pistachio Pesto - Pesto made with ricotta, parmesan, pistachios, basil, chives and pasta water

[Shel_B]

That looks great!

[liuzhou]

You may think at first, that I have somehow lost my mind (again) and posted this in the wrong topic. Not so. As will become clear should you read on.

 

Lunch today required a certain diplomacy. I was invited to lunch by the British Consulate-General in Guangzhou along with one of her junior consular colleagues, a young man from Wales; and the C-G’s assistant who was a beautiful young Chinese woman who spoke perfect English. The hardships I endure!

 

This lunch took place in the local Hyatt hotel, in which they were staying and which I can see from my sitting room window. After a few pleasantries we settled into a private dining room and soon settled into a long and very pleasant conversation, as food arrived. The C-G and I did most of the conversing, but everyone was included. I had checked out the C-G on the consulate’s website and learned she had studied just around the corner from my London apartment, which made for a nice ice-breaker. We then moved on to how I ended up here, why here and why I have stayed so long.

 

The food was local fare, but I didn’t think it an appropriate venue for practising my food photography, much as it needs it.

 

However, as we were chatting so much, I don't actually remember eating so much. But there was a memorable dish of Hunan style smoked anchovies, which we all enjoyed, then leapt into a discussion about real Hunan food, that province being an important part of the story of my life in China and also covered by her remit (beside the Embassy, which is obviously in Beijing, there are three British consulates in China, located in Shanghai, Wuhan and Guangzhou each covering different parts. Guangzhou covers my part).

 

Inevitably, time came for us to go our separate ways as my new found friends had a train to catch to Guangxi’s capital, Nanning for much more important meetings there. They insisted (in true Chinese style) that I take the uneaten food home to save it from going to waste and so that I didn’t need to cook dinner.

 

So here we have some of what didn’t get eaten, but I am now eating for dinner.

 

Duck with peppers

 

Shrimp

 

Some sort of Braised Beef. Rather good!

 

Fruit

 

There were several other dishes which apparantly were eaten whilst I was distracted. Apart from the smoked anchovies which I do remember us eating, there was an excellent mushroom soup, a dish of okra, another of unidentifiable greenery and a steamed fish.

 

Like most hotel restaurants here, especially the international names, their restaurant leans heavily to the Cantonese side - another reason I rarely eat in hotel restaurants.

 

Still an interesting and unexpected day. I had half expected a rather more formal, perhaps stuffy lunch and it turned out to be exactly the opposite.

 

 

Edited October 26 by liuzhou (log)

[weinoo]

 

Ravioli (from Raffetto's). Sauce from me.

 

 

Poached shrimp and scallop "cocktail." Cocktail sauce by me.

 

Lani's Farm (one of my favorite farmer's market vendors) heirloom tomato and lemon cucumber salad. Drizzled with olive oil and aged aceto balsamico. Both cucumber and tomatoes are very good.

[rotuts]

@weinoo

 

Im not that much of a red sauce person for pasta .

 

there are significant exceptions :  mostly things like lasagna , stuffed shells and the like.

 

your Ravioli , with just a touch of red sauce , and mighty fine looking red sauce at that

 

has been added to my Red Sauce List.

 

did you broil or torch the sauce after plating to get the darker bits ?

 

Id eat that dish any time.

 

1 kudos your way .

 

the shrimp also look very tasty ,

Edited July 9 by rotuts (log)