Dinner 2025

[Honkman]

Sweet Potato Oxtail Stew - oxtail, green peppers, onions, garlic, orange zest, tomato paste, cinnamon stick, thyme and bay leaves are braised in a mix of veal stock, reduced red wine and orange juice. After two hours you add diced sweet potatoes for another hour and finish with some parsley. 

 

Served with a salad made with shredded jicama and carrots and a dressing with canola oil, lime juice, roasted cumin, garlic, jalapeno and cilantro.

[Neely]

@Ann_T Quote… ‘Canned peas are a must for hot chicken sandwiches,  frozen peas are a must with roast beef dinner, with mashed potatoes and Yorkshirepuddings.’ Absolutely agree. 

Dinners have been all over the place here. I had to lend my car to son’s wife so didn’t do any large shopping for a week. Then I shopped big time and bought steak and marinara mix plus other goodies like figs and yummy Brie for desserts. 

Steak frites with salad. Butter was the steaks only accompaniment meaning no sauce. The steak was what we call a Scotch fillet. 

 

 

 

 

Below…Seafood risotto, another recipe I came across in Rick Steins Venice to Istanbul series. Yes I’ve cooked risotto like this before but this time doing it his authentic way with a touch of all spice and cinnamon it turned out very good.

 

 

Red peppers were $1.00 a kilo at the market so we’ll be having them for a while. !!!
Below stuffed red pepper with a lamb chop and tabbouleh with fresh mint and parsley from the garden.

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 06:57 AM by Neely (log)

[Acelestialobject]

Fried Fish with Tangy Tomato chutney and Flavored Rice :))

[C. sapidus]

Larb gai - details in Larb Laab Larp (clicky)

 

Served with butter lettuce and coconut rice. House guest had never enjoyed larb before, licked the plate. 😉

 

Edited 16 hours ago by C. sapidus (log)

[Norm Matthews]

Charlie asked if I would make lasagna a few days ago. I said I'd do it the next day but forgot.  Said I'd do it tomorrow and today is the day and I forgot again until he reminded me. Something else I forgot is how much active time it takes to make it. I'm getting too old to spend 3 or 4 hours at something like that without taking a break. I am about to rewrite the recipe and cut down on the amount of stuff and combine some steps in assembly and plan a way to do some of it the day before.

[Smithy]

2 hours ago, C. sapidus said:

Larb gai - details in Larb Laab Larp (clicky)

 

Served with butter lettuce and coconut rice. House guest had never enjoyed larb before, licked the plate. 😉

 

 

Thank you so much for this reminder and inspiration! I need to larb again.

[Honkman]

Quick vegan dinner with broccoli, butternut squash, cherry tomatoes, miso tofu, shallots, garlic, rosemary and olives

 

[Ann_T]

I asked Moe if he could have anything he wanted for dinner what would it be.

His quick response was Rack of Lamb.

Thankfully Thrifty's had fresh racks.

Rubbed it with fresh garlic, rosemary and lots of black pepper.  Ready for the grill. 

 

Grilled Rack of Lamb with homemade mint sauce (Moe's favourite), Parisienne Potatoes, cauliflower and carrots (for Moe).

Edited 4 hours ago by Ann_T (log)

[dcarch]

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dcarch