Dinner 2025

[Honkman]

Variation on Sweet & Sour Pork - made with pork tenderloin (drenched in some starch), red, yellow and green bell peppers, red onions and pineapple. Sauce made from hoisin, soy sauce, mirin, sriracha, brown sugar and lemon juice. Finished with some sesame seeds and served over rice

[Shel_B]

Here's the dinner with the sauce. The flavor was quite good, although a little more intensity would have been welcome.  The sauce was great on its own, but the flavor got lost a bit when diluted with the rice, chicken, and veggies. Notwithstanding, it's worth playing around with some more. There was some left over, and I may try to punch up the flavor a bit before using it in another dish. Of course, just adding more sauce might have doe it as well.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 13 by Shel_B
Added an Afterthought (log)

[Dante]

On 5/9/2025 at 6:06 PM, TdeV said:

 

Ooh . . . lovely!

How did you make the tenderloin? Sauce?

 

 

Thank you!

 

The tenderloin was just sliced, given a dusting of flour, and sauteed.  The sauce is pretty simple- deglaze the pan with  vinegar (I used malt vinegar for a bit more richness),  add stock, garlic, and parsley, then add the olives. Thicken as necessary (my default thickener is cornstarch slurry)

 

[Dante]

Pan seared tofu over noodles with a sesame sauce, with cucumber slices

[Duvel]

Ribeye with garlic & rosemary and a salad made from roasted carrot, onion, mozzarella & fresh herbs …

 

[YvetteMT]

Chicken thigh, zucchini, and potatoes

[Dr. Teeth]

A shakshuka.   With about 1/4 the cilantro that I put on it.   This was the glamour shot before being served 

[Duvel]

45 minutes ago, Dr. Teeth said:

A shakshuka.   With about 1/4 the cilantro that I put on it.   This was the glamour shot before being served 

That‘s excellent, @Dr. Teeth. These one pan dishes with barely cooked eggs (insert: shashuka, menemen, huevos rancheros, …) are very underrated. Happy to see such a nice and visually pleasing rendition 🙏
 

 

Edited May 13 by Duvel (log)

[Duvel]

Not a pretty picture, but a pretty good dinner: Bouillabaisse - squid, shrimp, sea bass and anchovy in a stock with onion, garlic, tomato, saffron, Pastis, fennel fronds (and obviously potatoes 😉).

 

[TicTac]

On 5/13/2025 at 5:18 AM, Duvel said:

Ribeye with garlic & rosemary and a salad made from roasted carrot, onion, mozzarella & fresh herbs …

 

As good as I am sure the food is, the tablecloth is the real star of this show!

 

🤣

[Dr. Teeth]

Spaghetti with Cavolo Nero Pesto.   A family staple and a trusted ally in the constant struggle to use the CSA each week.   Sorry for the messy plate 

[Honkman]

Sichuan-Style Chicken Salad from a CI recipe - the chicken breast is poached sous-vide inspired by heating water in a dutch oven to 175F and then keeping the chicken breast in it for 20 minutes off heat until it hits 160F. The chicken is mixed with napa cabbage, scallions, celery, cilantro and sesame seeds. The vinaigrette is made heating oil with garlic and ginger in the MW until bubbling, adding gochugaru and let it infuse. After filtering you add soy sauce, black vinegar, toasted sesame oil, sugar and sichuan peppercorns 

[weinoo]

A couple of recent dinners...

 

 

Penne with chick peas and green beans - ramp pesto.  Large salad accompanied.

 

 

Crispy-skinned chicken thigh, pan gravy.  Sautéed green beans with shallots.  Potato salad on the side.

[Maison Rustique]

As hot as it is here, I just ate some Progresso soup--Southwestern Bean. I got home late and didn't want to take time for anything else since basketball is starting.

[rotuts]

@Maison Rustique

 

Thanks for that mention.

 

Im a fa of IPR's Italian Wedding.

 

Ill look for that SWQ Bean .  It has a lower salt version.

[gulfporter]

Duck breast and Udon noodles with Asian spices.  The duck went past optimum temperature, but was still tender and tasty.  

 

PS. You know how on cooking shows like ATK they tell you to cover the handle of a pan that's come out of the oven so you don't forget and pick it up barehanded?  Well I finished the duck in a 400 degree convection oven and 3 minutes after taking it out I grabbed the uncovered handle. Owwwwww!! 

 

I normally sear and cook breast in pan and don't put in oven, so I guess my brain didn't  register that I shouldn't grab it.

 

[Ann_T]

 

Dinner tonight was Lime & Lemongrass chicken cooked on the grill.

Marinated in a coconut milk marinade.

Served with a Pineapple salsa.

 

[Dante]

Dirty Rice

[YvetteMT]

Elk, mushrooms, and sweet potato 

[Honkman]

Three Cup Chicken with Steamed Broccoli with Sesame Vinaigrette - chicken thighs are stir-fried and cooked with a mixture of ginger, garlic, rice wine, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, toasted sesame oil and rock sugar and finished with Thai basil and fresno chili. The steamed broccoli was mixed with a vinaigrette made by pureeing sesame seeds, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, toasted sesame oil and canola oil. Served over rice

[Dr. Teeth]

Got home late.  So a quick dinner:

kabonosy sausage, creamed chard and egg noodles.   Not shown, rye toast and lots of mustard 

[Dante]

Pad Thai

[weinoo]

 

Pan-seared wild Gulf (of Mexico) shrimp, Hokkaido scallops, salad.  Rice, too.

[Honkman]

Warm Salad of Squid, Bacon, Beans & Tarragon from Simple by Diane Henry - simple but yet very tasty dish with quickly pan-seared squid, green beans, bacon and shallots mixed with a vinaigrette made with olive oil, lemon juice, heavy cream and tarragon. Served over sliced boiled potatoes

[gulfporter]

Picnic dinner. Grilled salmon on toasted croissant with checkerboard corn.