Dinner 2025

Dejah · Monday at 04:12 PM

Took a drive out to our farm house and to enjoy the fall colours. Got home too late to bake the huge ham, so I did 2 thick slices on the pan, drizzled with maple syrup.
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Honkman · 2025-10-21T03:24:02Z

Ajvar-Chicken with Carrots - chicken breast is quickly pan-seared, before smeared with ajvar and finished in the oven. Carrots, chickpeas, red onions and garlic are sauteed and cooked with a mix of vegetable broth and ajvar before finished with sour cream, mint, parsley, lemon zest and juice

Maison Rustique · 2025-10-21T10:15:49Z

The last of the gift salad kits! I added home-grown tomato, bacon, skipped the bagel chips and made some garlic toast (Penzey's Garden Salad Blend + olive oil).

Tonight I am going to have some hot food--I'm saladed out for a while, though I've got a lot of tomatoes to use. And it is a chilly day, too!

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**Smithy** · 2025-10-21T14:04:57Z

10 hours ago, Honkman said:

Ajvar-Chicken with Carrots - chicken breast is quickly pan-seared, before smeared with ajvar and finished in the oven. Carrots, chickpeas, red onions and garlic are sauteed and cooked with a mix of vegetable broth and ajvar before finished with sour cream, mint, parsley, lemon zest and juice

I had to look up ajvar. Grilled red peppers and eggplant sounds like a good combination that I've seen under other names. Do you make your own? If so, is the Serious Eats link I put in here close to what you do?

Paul Bacino · 2025-10-21T17:03:14Z

Panko Bread eggplant parm/ meatball patty center/ eggplant bottom/ garden sauce--has a middle layer of hot chili paste--Asiago and Provel cheese ( St, Louis thing )

liamsaunt · 2025-10-21T17:48:43Z

Saturday, sticky chicken wings with broccoli, rice, and cream cheese wontons

Sunday I did not feel like cooking a big dinner so we just had sandwiches. Everyone made what they wanted. I only took a picture of mine, which was a mushroom cheesesteak. Husband had a burger, sister had a caprese, and niece just ate leftovers from Saturday before heading to skating practice.

Last night, rigatoni with spicy turkey meatballs

C. sapidus · 2025-10-21T22:54:31Z

Chard with chorizo and potatoes (acelgas con chorizo y papa): Brown chorizo, remove, and then saute white onion, garlic, and cubed potato in the rendered fat. Simmer with chard, blended tomato and chipotle, and the browned chorizo, then finish with Mexican oregano and thyme.

Mrs. C made a roasted carrot dip with zaatar and pistachios, enjoyed with pita chips

Maison Rustique · 2025-10-21T23:14:53Z

Tonight was a baked potato with broccoli, onion and cheddar. Not the best I've had. Broccoli was from frozen, so not the best. But easy and filling. Was not photo worthy.

Deephaven · 2025-10-22T01:38:45Z

Skirt, chimmichurri, plaintains, avocado tomato cucumber onion salad

Dr. Teeth · 2025-10-22T02:19:49Z

More time on my hands these days, so I made dumplings again. With a semi new vegetable for the boys- edible chrysanthemum with a sesame dressing. And a scallion pancake that was the last one in the pack, got to clean out the freezer

Honkman · 2025-10-22T03:50:21Z

13 hours ago, Smithy said:

Do you make your own?

Too lazy and in many eastern European shops you can buy pretty good versions

Honkman · 2025-10-22T03:51:22Z

A variation on Murgh Keema - ground chicken is cooked with eggplants, onions, garlic, chilies, garam masala, tomatoes, parsley and cilantro. In parallel, you sauté some red onion slices, almonds and pomegranate seeds. Everything is mixed and served with rice noodles

zend · 2025-10-22T11:41:50Z

Had about half a skirt steak left (300gram-ish), SV-ed 3hrs at 53C, that I had to repurpose.

So it went in with garlic, oyster mushrooms, oyster sauce, soy sauce, bit of chili and allulose (plus a bit of cornstarch slurry). Adding the beef at the very end kept it moist and medium-rare (tender).

Accompaniaments were a cilantro-mint yoghurt sauce and red cabbage salad.