Dinner 2025

[gulfporter]

Grilled bangers, mash and (unmushy) peas.  I like to remove skin and flatten banger into patties.  Made a red wine and bacon gravy.  Solid comfort food for mi esposo who returned from a solo trip to US first time since his femur fracture and surgery. 

 

We were told at his age (73) it would be a year to full recovery, and that he might never fully recover.  He's pretty much at 100% now, 8 months post ORIF surgery (internal metal brace secured to femur with screws and wires).  

 

 

[Neely]

Had dinner at one of my son’s home. They cooked salmon, mashed potato and 3 greens - broccolini, beans and peas. The salmon was lightly marinated in honey and soy with a few chilli flakes and red peppers. It was very good.

 

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by Neely (log)

[Shel_B]

Shoyu Chicken over Ginger-Garlic Rice with Bok Choy

 

This turned out to be very flavorful and the closest yet to what I want out of this dish. I used low-sodium San-J Tamari and the result was nicer that previous results with various soy sauces. 

 

The Thai Hom Mali Jasmine rice was cooked in a store-bought chicken broth with homemade ginger-garlic paste added. 

 

I was going to make the sauce with chicken stock, but at the last moment decided water would be the choice at a 1:1 ratio with the tamari. Light brown sugar was added, although the intent was to use dark brown. None was available, so light brown it was. Definitely want to try dark brown, and maybe even turbinado, going forward.

 

Brown rice vinegar was added, although I went back and forth between it and a really nice, traditionally aged but young, balsamic. TJ's has one that's a good couple of steps above standard supermarket fare and would be the first choice should balsamic be used.

 

 

Next time, maybe some dark soy sauce mixed with the tamari with the intent of making the sauce darker. Gotta play with that.

 

The chicken was marinated in the braising liquid over night in the fridge, and it rested in the sauce for about 40-minutes after cooking before removing it to the broiler to crisp up the skin. It got five minutes under the heat, and another minute or maybe two might have been nice.

 

The sauce was strained, cooked down, and thickened with cornstarch.  'Twas an enjoyable dinner ...

 

This was the fourth or fifth time I've made the dish. It's a work in progress.  The internet recipes are all similar to one another, but there are many adjustments and tweaks that can be made. It's been fun trying to improve the dish and make it more my own. 

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Shel_B
Structure, clarity (log)

[Duvel]

Japanese-y dinner …

 

Edamame, bamboo shoots, salt-pickled cucumbers with katsuobushi, (unfortunately closed in the picture) bowls with oden with egg, tofu & daikon, spinach with sesame dressing, roasted miso corn, tuna tataki, karaage (from chicken breast imstead of thigh - it was a spontaneous dinner from the fridges content), dried skate wings and (commercial) gyoza …

An icecold chuhai … 

 

And spaghetti with (commercial) uni butter - excellent …

 

 

An umaibo from the mancave for dessert (beef tongue flavor) …

 

 

Enjoyed while watching Nausicaä from Studio Ghibli …

 

 

No complaints 🤗
 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Duvel (log)

[Steve Irby]

It's a good thing I'm bald because there was a lot of mopping action on my head with this dish.  I picked up a  tray of smallish green peppers off the quick sale table and roasted them a few days ago.  I sampled a liitle bite from one of the peppers and it seemed pretty mild so I chopped them up and added to some smoked turkey leg quarters that I was clearing out of the freezer.  I had a small can of chopped jalapenos on standby in case the stew was too mild.  They definitely weren't needed. I ended up with a very h🥵tly spiced turkey and green chili stew.   I added a couple of cans of white beans to tame the heat a little but you still felt the heat as soon as you stopped eating.   The roasted pepper on top is a mild gypsy green pepper that was added as camouflage.  

 

[rotuts]

I make naan-ish AF pizzas from time to time , remarkably easy

 

 

Campari tomato , thyme , fontina cheese

 

 

 

AF'd .  about 4 - 5 minutes

 

 

plated .  w EVOO  quite nice .  added Chipotle tabasco to live it up .

[liamsaunt]

Grilled chicken thighs with lime basil butter and corn, plus tomato salad and some grilled bread

 

[dans]

Mapo tofu tonight (and lunches for a couple of days). My first attempt. Next time a little more sauce and medium tofu. I could only find firm or extra firm.