Dinner 2025

[Steve Irby]

Last nights dinner and todays lunch.  Okra based gumbo with smoked turkey, Conecuh sausage, shrimp and blue crabs.  

 

   

[Norm Matthews]

Bahn Mi sandwiches were requested for dinner today. I like when I don't have to figure out what to have for dinner.

[MaryIsobel]

3 hours ago, Norm Matthews said:

Bahn Mi sandwiches were requested for dinner today. I like when I don't have to figure out what to have for dinner.

I agree Norm, I like to cook and find it relaxing but the figuring out of "what to make" exhausts me.

 

[YvetteMT]

Add me to the "dinner planning is exhausting" club!!!

 

Couple meals from this week-

 

Taco salads by request-

 

Mountain lion leg roast with potatoes, carrots and mushroom gravy. (Mtn lion hunted by my partner.  There is a quota for them, this was a young male.  Meat is reminiscent of lean pork)

 

And elk steak, sweet potato, brazi bites and sautéed mushrooms. (Elk also hunted)

 

 

[CantCookStillTry]

I made a Lasgane! It cost a fortune!

I wasted 10 minutes of my life when the 18 year old sweetheart at Dan Murphies tried to guide me on the Red Wine for the sauce (he was probably on point, I have no knowledge of red wine, cooking or otherwise)

 

 

Garlic bread is straight off the supermarket shelf and to be honest, if I wasn't sharing with you guys the "salad" would have stayed in the fridge 😅

[Maison Rustique]

Another salad supper. (Weather is finally cooling down today.) I made a little extra bacon so I could have a couple of rashers for breakfast this morning.

 

[Ann_T]

I forgot that I had this very large cast iron "Mongolian" griddle pan.

I hadn't used it in a while.

But I pulled it out yesterday morning and made a Mongolian beef style dish for Moe's breakfast and I took the same for lunch.

This very heavy large pan is 22" in diameter and doesn't really fit on the stove so I used it on my gas grill.

Cooked the onions, garlic and ginger on one side, and the beef on the other and then combined with the sauce and finished with noodles.

[RWood]

I had a leftover pizza dough ball that was getting a little tired, so I made a piadine, a la Tomatina that’s in the Bay Area. This particular version is my mom’s favorite.
Pesto, roasted tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, romaine and creamy balsamic. After folding, I cut it in half, plenty for both of us.

 

[Neely]

Dinner was porterhouse steak with chips/fries and salad. 2nd photo shows the steak was cooked medium rare. Was all good

 

 

 

 

 

[rotuts]

Tj's Fz chile rellenos :

 

 

standard base of chopped fresh spinach , quite a bit .  EVOO ( for mouth feel )  

 

perimeter of Campari tomatoes .  CT's get a dusting of Penzey's Pico NS seasoning  .  added toasted chopped pecans 

 

the Af's the CR :  package says  15 - 20 min 350 .  it was wrong  22 min got close , but next time , 375  for 15 , then 5 - 8 400 F

 

Its Saturday  , that means PBS cooking shows .  VH adds a dollop of sourcream to things .  I have none.  so a dollop of yogurt.

 

 

eats like this .

 

I thought this would be good.  turned out better than good.  the yogurt was a quite nice addition .  a few more pecans next time

 

( there are two CR's in each box , accompanied w an awful ' tomato [sic] ' sauce.

 

the CR needs to be crispier and hotter .  next time.  if its under cooked , it can end up being a little greasy oily.

 

quite nice .  thank you , VH for the sour cream ' idea '  .

 

 

Edited yesterday at 10:11 PM by rotuts (log)

[weinoo]

Pasta setup:

 

 

Linguini (250 g) in about 2.5 L water. Sauce components are olive oil, butter, onion, garlic, white wine, clam juice and clams (canned from Basque country).

 

 

 

Linguini with clam sauce.  Added lemon zest, parsley and a splash of lemon juice.  Note how much sauce the Setaro pasta absorbed, along with over 1/2 cup of starchy pasta water.

 

Brussels sprouts with bacon alongside.

Edited 12 hours ago by weinoo (log)

[gfweb]

15 hours ago, Neely said:

Dinner was porterhouse steak with chips/fries and salad. 2nd photo shows the steak was cooked medium rare. Was all good

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like what we'd call a NY strip steak.  Lovely

[liamsaunt]

Orzo with kale and Parmesan, topped with some sautéed chicken marinated in lemon and garlic. 
 

[rotuts]

@weinoo

 

your pasta setup is not really that different than mine .

 

your top Pot is my Fasta.

 

your bottom Pot , is my final plate , where the mixing is done .

 

tasty results all around.

 

however , for the Bronzo penne , they seem to take more time than the recommended times

 

in the Fasta Time-table.  so , un til those get dialed in , Ill use the two pan method you have championed.

Edited 6 hours ago by rotuts (log)

[Duvel]

With DW (quite successfully) doing low carb at the moment, little one and me opted to forego pizza &

movie night for some hot dogs (and a movie) …

 

We got this Feuerwurst from the supermarket, a rather spicy beef sausage native to the state of Hessia, bordering to our community in the north.

 

 

Of course there are no suitable sized brioche buns available, so we had to make our own (including the egg wash, masterfully applied by LO) …

 

 

Nice result !

 

 

Filled with the works and a self made, mustard forward sauce …

 

 

 

One happy camper 🥳

 

 

And DW didn’t starve either with a cauliflower bake and some bacon/cheese add-ons … plus a Duvel for yours truly …

 

 

All enjoyed while watching Venom. Can you tell little one had a great afternoon !? 🤗

[gulfporter]

Rack of lamb (thank you Costco!).  Very tender, I marinated 40 hours.  Had a flare-up on the grill which burnt off the bones (but didn't scorch the meat).  Side is Pearl Couscous salad.  

 

Hit 125 degrees after 9 minutes each side. Shut off burners and let it sit on grill as it cooled down for 5 minutes.  Another 5 minute rest in house before separating into finger food.  Final internal temp when I brought it into house was 137.  On the medium side of medium rare and perfect (for us).

 

[MaryIsobel]

2 hours ago, Duvel said:

With DW (quite successfully) doing low carb at the moment, little one and me opted to forego pizza &

movie night for some hot dogs (and a movie) …

 

We got this Feuerwurst from the supermarket, a rather spicy beef sausage native to the state of Hessia, bordering to our community in the north.

 

 

Of course there are no suitable sized brioche buns available, so we had to make our own (including the egg wash, masterfully applied by LO) …

 

 

Nice result !

 

 

Filled with the works and a self made, mustard forward sauce …

 

 

 

One happy camper 🥳

 

 

And DW didn’t starve either with a cauliflower bake and some bacon/cheese add-ons … plus a Duvel for yours truly …

 

 

All enjoyed while watching Venom. Can you tell little one had a great afternoon !? 🤗

Now that's a hot dog! Speaking of dogs, I made 15 beirocks today. DH and I will have a couple with soup for dinner and the rest will go in the freezer to feed our dog/house sitter for a week while we go to Mexico for a short trip. I pulled them out of the oven and pushed them to the far back of the stove top. Turned my back for less than 5 seconds and my granddog Mable had taken a bite. I moved them to the spare room to finish cooling and closed the door. As I was packaging them up, I again turned my back for less than 5 seeconds and Mabel had grabbed one and run off with it. Hard to get a photo of a black lab but here she is, scoping out the kitchen. Her much better behaved sister, Freckles, is in the background.