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Dinner 2024


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18 hours ago, Tempest63 said:

I had no firm plans for an evening meal tonight so went rummaging through the freezer this morning and found a portion of Ragu I made a few weeks ago.

I also found the leftovers from a roasted leg of lamb. I trimmed off all the fat and finely chopped up the lamb, I added the chopped lamb to an onion, carrot, celery and garlic soffritto. Added 500ml of lamb stock and some fresh rosemary then simmered it for about 25 minutes until the fluid had reduced. It then went in the fridge overnight.
Today I split the meat between two Pyrex dishes, about 500g in each dish. I added 80g of frozen peas to each and mixed in. 
I boiled up 1kg of floury potatoes in salted water with half a teaspoon of turmeric added to the water to give a yellow colour to the chopped potatoes. Mashed them up with goats milk, butter and Parmesan. Split it equally over the two dishes and now have a couple of after work shepherds pies. One for this week and one put away for next week.

 

Tonights dinner will be a venison pot roast that also came out of the freezer after being cooked up about three weeks ago. It got cooked for a Sunday dinner but wasn’t eaten on the day.

 

Turmeric added to the boiling water for your roasted potatoes gives a nice golden colour to the finished spuds.

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My sister and her hubby were here yesterday afternoon/evening and took me out for an early supper at Osteria Bianchi a local place that is very good. It was a perfect weather day so we sat outside. The only photo I took was of my sis, her husband and wine. Everyone thinks my sister and I are the same person or twins, so it is almost like seeing me, except that I just got my haircut so hers is considerably longer than mine. Ha! I always love that since she's 9 years my junior. Anyway, I got so involved in enjoying the weather and wine that I forgot to take pix of food. We shared many things and had a couple of specials not on the menu--Little Gem Caesar salad, an eggplant pizza, a rolled lasagna noodle thing and the corn/mushroom pasta. And olive oil cake. My fridge is full of leftovers, so I'll be feasting all week. 

 

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2 hours ago, Tempest63 said:

Turmeric added to the boiling water for your roasted potatoes gives a nice golden colour to the finished spuds.

 

I don't think I knew this. I have a houseful of people coming next weekend. I may try this trick for some meal -- maybe prep it this week. I'm not sure whether there are any turmeric-haters in this crowd, so I'd just try a small batch. 

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21 minutes ago, Smithy said:

 

I don't think I knew this. I have a houseful of people coming next weekend. I may try this trick for some meal -- maybe prep it this week. I'm not sure whether there are any turmeric-haters in this crowd, so I'd just try a small batch. 

Half a teaspoon to one teaspoon to a pan of potatoes adds no flavour but gives it a good colour. 
My youngest daughter once commented she could never get roasted potatoes the same colour as mine so I told her how I cheated and she uses it all the time and has passed it on to her friends.

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Saturday night dinner- SV elk steak (medium rare) and mushrooms.  Freezer mishap means similar will be had the next 2 nights at minimum 

 

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Tonight was the reheated venison joint I found in the freezer.IMG_5433.thumb.jpeg.2fbf3f82d559c5e3a590755e49084da7.jpegI tried to slice it but it was too soft and crumbled as it was sliced.

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Served with the BBC’s next level cauliflower cheese.

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With horseradish mash, steamed tender stem and a reduced gravy.

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Red chilli chicken tacos made with Padilla de Oaxaca, chipotle and puya chillies, fire roasted tomatoes, roasted garlic and red onion.  Served with homemade guac, pickled shallots and shredded sawtooth coriander.

 

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Bought some more filets on the way home from an event and not enough time to SV them (my normal method).  So cooked them normally on the grill - first time I have cooked a steak that way in over 12 years!  Came out pretty good, but not as good as SV.  Served with steamed cauliflower in butter.

 

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I had four dough's still in the fridge since September 2nd. All were smaller 500g (flour) batches. Had intended to bake a few days in a row.
We have had a stretch of 30 to 32°C temperatures this week so, didn't really want to turn the oven on to bake.
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So rather than had the dough go to waste, the last two days, Matt took a dough out, in the night and baked pizzas.
Both of his pizzas are vegetarian. 
 
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Saturday  he baked a Sausage Pepper and Onion pizza and with the remaining dough I baked one baguette.
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Sunday he baked a broccoli and bacon pizza
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and I made Moe a Calzone for breakfast.
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The Calzone was just Italian sausage with fresh mozzarella and I used some of the tomatoes from the garden to make a fresh sauce.
 
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This recipe caught my eye as being a step up from the Martini Chicken I have been making for, maybe, 15 years.  It has the Parm cheese in the breading like the other one does but also uses lemon zest and juice in the egg  dip part of the breading and  lemon zest in the bread crumbs. There is a lemon and oil sauce tor topping. When Charlie said it was good, I said I was thinking about replacing the old recipe for this one, he said to keep the old one in the recipe book, he likes it better.  That suits me, I  guess. This  one took a lot more time. I made an Alfredo sauce for the pasta.

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1 hour ago, Norm Matthews said:

When Charlie said it was good, I said I was thinking about replacing the old recipe for this one, he said to keep the old one in the recipe book, he likes it better.

 

...so Charlie thought it was good, but not AS good as its predecessor? Makes life easier for you!

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Something very simple tonight: Chickpea and Yam Soup, inspired by a recipe posted by Michael Pollan about ten years ago.  Garbanzos, garnet yam, onion, raw and dry roasted garlic, a few lemon slices, rind and all, water and remnants of homemade chicken stock, S&P.  After cooking on the stovetop, everything was whirred around in the Vitamix, using my new container for the first time.  I love that container. It does a better job and provides smoother results than the other containers I have.

 

Overall, a simple, quick dinner with plenty of leftovers.  Oh, poop! I forgot to add the greens.  I picked up some red chard to add to the dish after whirring ... oh, well, it'll go into the next bowl(s).

 

 

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Roasted Carrot, Chicken, Avocado, Pistachio and Quinoa Salad from McFadden’s “Grains for every Season” - quinoa is cooked in water, carrots and red onions are roasted in the oven, chicken breast poached, pistachios toasted and at the end you mix all of it with parsley and avocado in a vinaigrette made with olive oil and orange juice

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My food-gifting friend showed up yesterday with a ton of Mexican food. He was doing a segment for one of the local TV stations on the KC Taco Trail and I got to enjoy some of the benefits. I already had Italian leftovers from Saturday night, so I now have enough food to last me at least a week and maybe even more. 

 

I gorged myself on this last night.

 

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26 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

Grilled double-thick pork chop with bi-color corn.

 

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We just had our first bi-colour corn of the year last night. It was sweet and juicy and delicious.

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Tonight one of my “leftover” lamb shepherds pies went in the oven. Its twin brother is nestling in the freezer for one night next week.

Pre oven

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Post oven, hot and bubbling

 

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Served up with baked, garlic butter asparagus. Yum yum.

 

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With the lamb, potato topping, the veg within the pie and the asparagus it was a complete meal.

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56 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

Grilled double-thick pork chop with bi-color corn.

 

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We just love a thick pork chop. Our local butcher gets his pork from one local supplier and it is very very good. His thick pork chops are a weekday favourite when fried off in sage butter. Belly pork is a Sunday lunch for me and the wife. Bone-in pork loin is one of our special roast dinners for visitors.

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3 hours ago, Tempest63 said:

We just love a thick pork chop. Our local butcher gets his pork from one local supplier and it is very very good. His thick pork chops are a weekday favourite when fried off in sage butter. Belly pork is a Sunday lunch for me and the wife. Bone-in pork loin is one of our special roast dinners for visitors.

 

I love thick pork chops, too. If I didn't lose it in my latest PC disaster, I'll share a favorite recipe when I can find it.

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