Lunch 2025

[liuzhou]

窝窝头 (wō wo tóu), steamed nest buns stuffed with stir fried egg, mustard greens and chilli.

 

 

 

[C. sapidus]

Tuna salad with kimchi, spicy pickles, and cucumber

 

[C. sapidus]

I was craving something spicy and sweet and this was the resulting concoction. Sequentially seared or sauteed shrimp, oyster mushrooms, zucchini, and ripe plantains. Roasted Poblano chiles. Blended a sauce of long red chiles, shallot, garlic, ginger, and a little brown sugar.

 

Fried the sauce, adding in fish sauce, white pepper, cumin, and turmeric. Mixed everything else in and then finished with cilantro.

 

Would make again, in the unlikely event I remember what I did.

 

[weinoo]

 

SL Pizza for lunch. SL = Super Lazy, as the dough balls were from Fresh Direct.  They come frozen, 4 to a box; we had 2 pies for lunch.

 

Surprisingly not bad.  Fresh mozzarella, canned and fresh cherry tomatoes, parmesan were the topping.

[Neely]

Hope it’s OK to show location photos …. It was so nice and a beautiful day with a fab view of turquoise water, that I thought I would show you that as well as the food we had for lunch. 
 

This hotel is situated on the bay - Port Phillip Bay where Melbourne is located. 
 

 

Below  - view from the lower verandah

 

 

 

Below I had the Moules frites. There is a mussel farm nearby so food miles about 2 away.  I couldn’t eat the second chunk of sourdough bread because I could eat all the delicious chips/frites!

 

Below- My friend had the seafood pasta 

 

 

[OlyveOyl]

Salmon arayes again, this time with grated fresh ginger, red onion, soy.

Frisée salad with honey mustard vinaigrette, avocado and cherry tomatoes.

[liuzhou]

Red Lettuce BLT on Ciabatta.

 

 

 

 

[liuzhou]

Yunnan Nuodeng ham, Dutch goat cheese, Gordal olives. Finger food with a beer.

 

 

[rotuts]

another TJ's Naan-ish Pizza-ish , via the AirFryer :

 

 

one of the best Ive ever made :  maybe a bit more lower-salt salami ( from Tj's )  a bit more char , etc

 

and they are always very very good.

Edited March 12 by rotuts (log)

[liuzhou]

I cooked and ate this at lunchtime, so I guess it must be lunch. I'd had a large breakfast and wasn't that hungry, so...

 

 

"Moroccan*" sausages and black boletes. Whole grain Dijon mustard. Served with bread and butter.

 

* Made in China to a Moroccan recipe - allegedly. Actually, rather good.

 

 

Edited March 15 by liuzhou (log)

[Raamo]

Many many lunches... we made 42 lefse this morning,  first time I've counted the pile.

 

[C. sapidus]

I started with the idea of shrimp and zucchini tacos, but it morphed into something closer to a sambal.

 

Sauteed shallot, garlic, and cumin seed blended into a spice paste with long red chiles, ginger, red Hatch chile powder, ground coriander seed, and turmeric. Seared the shrimp and zucchini separately. Fried the spice paste in the shallot, garlic, and cumin-flavored oil, added in the shrimp and zucchini, and then finished with Asian basil, scallions, and cilantro, with fish sauce to taste.

 

Would make again, with the usual disclaimer.

 

[TdeV]

On 3/6/2025 at 3:55 PM, weinoo said:

 

SL Pizza for lunch. SL = Super Lazy, as the dough balls were from Fresh Direct.  They come frozen, 4 to a box; we had 2 pies for lunch.

 

Surprisingly not bad.  Fresh mozzarella, canned and fresh cherry tomatoes, parmesan were the topping.

 

Nice looking pizza.

How long did it take to defrost those dough balls? (I'm thing of making small(er) dough balls to put into the freezer.)

[weinoo]

On 3/15/2025 at 3:22 PM, TdeV said:

Nice looking pizza.

How long did it take to defrost those dough balls? (I'm thing of making small(er) dough balls to put into the freezer.)

 

My fridge is pretty cold (especially on the bottom)...these took a good 24 hours As a matter of fact, I think I moved them to the fridge one evening, and didn't used them till 2 days later.

 

I also don't see why they can't be defrosted on the kitchen counter for a couple of hours?

[OlyveOyl]

HAPPY ST. PADDY’S Day!

[YvetteMT]

Franz gf everything bread, turkey, dill pickles onion and mustard.  Green olives and cauliflower on the side

[Neely]

I just made us a Saturday lunch dumpling broth. We have these regularly and I add what vegetables are languishing in the fridge. The broth is quickly made from chicken powder, tube lemon grass and various herbs I have growing - Vietnamese mint, Vietnamese basil, green onions, mint, chives etc. The vegetables I added in this soup were mushrooms, beans and spinach. Little noodles and pork dumplings from Aldi. Splash of soy.  It was a gorgeous day so we ate outside.
 

[rotuts]

Trip to Woods Hole and the WHPS :

 

Lunch @ bleu  

 

https://www.bleurestaurant.com/

 

 

rillettes , my favorite

 

 

Foie Gras

 

excellent .the cranberry walnut toast matched perfectly.  Apricot preserves the same   that's truffle oil w a few drops of balsamic  

 

unclear what this added

 

 

Goat cheese and brie tart .  Good , but other dishes much better .  glasses of C du Pape.  very nice.

[C. sapidus]

I was craving seafood and greens, so: palak paneer, but substituting bay scallops for paneer cheese.

 

Seared bay scallops and removed. Briefly fry fenugreek and cumin seeds, then saute with onion, ginger, garlic, chiles, and tomato paste. Add spinach (frozen, microwaved, chopped). When spinach is done, stir in the scallops and a squeeze of lime.