zoramargolis Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 last night: salad mushroom-barley-bean soup. Base was smoked turkey stock. Quite an array of 'shrooms went onto the soup: roasted foraged maitake, from the freezer; oyster; crimini; dried porcini; dried lobster. last of the bread pudding 2013 Veramonte pinot noir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Soon: Whole wheat boule butter Italian truffle cheese oma cheese from Jasper Hill Same salad as last night with red bell pepper Pork shoulder and black-eyed pea chili, adapted from Michael Symon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 beef stew with carrots, celery, mushrooms, barley BreadFurst baguette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Grilled bone-in ribeye sliced with a chimichurri sauce. Sweet potato, onion and lemon cakes with Greek yogurt dollops and chives Swiss chard sautéed with a soffrito made from the chopped stems, onion, garlic and red chili Barolo from...can't recall as someone else brought it and didn't last long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 beef stew with carrots, celery, mushrooms, barley BreadFurst baguette Best. Baguette. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Sweet potato, onion and lemon cakes with Greek yogurt dollops and chives These sound intriguing. Were they made with cooked, mashed sweet potatoes, or were the sweet potatoes raw, like a latke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 These sound intriguing. Were they made with cooked, mashed sweet potatoes, or were the sweet potatoes raw, like a latke? Latke style with shredded raw sweet potatoes and egg as binder. Recipe from food52. Found it important to squeeze out excess moisture, particularly from the onion, to get the right batter consistency for coherency and crisping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 My run got rained out, so salad for dinner. Inspired by a few interesting things I've had in restaurants lately along with what was languishing in the fridge, roasted sweet dumpling squash, Bosc pear, dried cranberries and toasted pecans in a Meyer lemon, linden honey, olive oil dressing, served over the last of the butter lettuce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Snow peas, tofu, and water chestnuts in a ginger, sesame sauce Jasmine rice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Last night - Stovetop pumpkin macaroni and cheese Green salad with dijon vinaigrette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 The ginger, sesame sauce was requested again, so tofu, water chestnuts, and a big bag of tiny little Shanghai cabbages, each cut in half to make them one bite's worth. Jasmine rice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Seared filet of salmon served on a butter lettuce salad dressed with a mustard and pomegranate dressing. One of my favorite quick weeknight meals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Salad of romaine, cucumber, artichoke hearts, hard-boiled eggs; champagne-caper vinaigrette Leftover pork and black-eyed pea chili Leftover Carolina Gold rice (from Rose's) Kale - ricotta pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 salad with avocado, cuke, feta, lemon vinaigrette chicken sofrito with preserved lemon, chick peas, moghrabieh,* celery root, and broccolini this is a one pot meal with a long cooked sofrito of onion, garlic, tomato, roasted peppers, cumin and pimenton, browned chicken thighs, vegetables, pasta, broth and aromatics. 2007 Laurent B. CDR *similar to Israeli couscous, but the individual pearls are larger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 This last weekend, I got stuff to make some more interesting recipes in some books I have, but last night was not a good example of that. But I've been busy. So we had chicken breast pounded thin with oven baked fries and greek salad (with homemade greek dressing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 tonight: charcoal-grilled rib-eye with salt-pepper-pimenton rub charcoal-grilled bok choi with miso-ginger butter baked russet potatoes with sour cream, butter, and chives 2003 Torbreck Woodcutters shiraz --found in the back of one of the cabinets where wine is stashed. Mercy! I was prepared for it to be cooked after so many years of less than ideal storage, but it was fabulous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 tonight: charcoal-grilled rib-eye with salt-pepper-pimenton rub charcoal-grilled bok choi with miso-ginger butter baked russet potatoes with sour cream, butter, and chives 2003 Torbreck Woodcutters shiraz --found in the back of one of the cabinets where wine is stashed. Mercy! I was prepared for it to be cooked after so many years of less than ideal storage, but it was fabulous! I swear, Zora...nearly every post you make on this dinner thread is inspiration. Hope it continues apace after you move! Note to self: miso-ginger butter for firmer greens or asparagus...of course! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Whole wheat pita triangles and garlic hummus Baked sockeye salmon over a salad of butter lettuce, baby arugula, and radish and cucumber slices, with champagne-caper vinaigrette Beef stew (onions, potatoes, carrots, and barley) I simmered a bison osso buco bone, which we had brought home from a meal at Beuchert's, in the stew. It had only a little meat left on it but still had the marrow. The flavor of the stew was fantastic, and I suspect that had something to do with it. By the end of the simmering time the bone was bare, and the marrow had migrated into the stew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Note to self: miso-ginger butter for firmer greens or asparagus...of course! I used white miso from South River, which has more than a hint of sweetness. I might have added a few drops of mirin otherwise. Mixed the miso with softened butter, ginger put through a giant garlic press that I have, and a few drops of roasted sesame oil and good soy sauce. I lightly steamed the bok choy, which had been cut lengthwise into quarters and smeared some of the miso butter on before I put it onto the grill with the steak. I turned them a couple of times and took them off when they'd gotten some nice grill marks. I added a bit more of the miso butter before serving. Really delicious, and I imagine it would be very nice with other grilled veg like asparagus, eggplant, green beans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Calzones: Trader Joe's refrigerated pizza dough, TJ's organic marinara that I doctored, sauteed mushrooms, pepperoni, salami, mizzarella, smoked provolone. They weren't pretty, but tasted great. Salad of mixed lettuces with my go-to "house" dressing, dijon/pomegranate viniagrette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Assorted olives Apple soup with Italian truffle cheese and honey Lamb cumin meatballs over barley and fresh garbanzo beans seasoned with dukkah The soup recipe called for brie, but I had none of that and did have the right amount of truffle cheese left to make a half batch of soup. Unfortunately, the cheese had started to get a little ammoniated, but the honey I added (not in the original recipe) masked that nicely. I really liked this combination. The dukkah had been prepared some months ago and was staling, but toasting it a bit in a dry pan brought it back to life enough to use. I hate throwing food away . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thick-cut pork chops simply seasoned, seared, and finished in the oven with sprigs of rosemary, and served over sauteed spinach. Also a baked pasta dish with lots of mushrooms and onions cooked down with Marsala. Added plenty of reggiano and mozz. Turned out great. I nailed the temp of those chops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 green salad with meyer lemon vinaigrette meat loaf made with eco-friendly ground beef and bulk mild ground pork Italian sausage roasted kabocha squash, rutabagas, and celery root basmati rice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Left over Pizza Carrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Left over Pizza Carrot And what was your beverage choice with this fascinating repast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 And what was your beverage choice with this fascinating repast? Iced herbal tea. Oh yeah, dessert-- spoonful of fresh-ground peanut butter. Impressed, aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishinnards Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Sorry I've been neglecting this thread lately. I cooked some Thai food this weekend. Saturday: Jasmine and red rice with vegetables, Salmon salad (พล่าปลาà¹à¸‹à¸¥à¸¡à¸à¸™ Phla pla salmon), chicken with chillies and green beans (ไà¸à¹ˆà¸œà¸±à¸”พริà¸à¹„ส้ถั่วà¸à¸±à¸à¸¢à¸²à¸§ gai pad prik sai tua fak yao), omelet (ไข่เจียว Khai jiew), panang curry with beef and pumpkin (à¹à¸žà¸™à¸‡à¹€à¸™à¸·à¹‰à¸à¹„ส้ผัà¸à¸—à¸à¸‡ panang nuea sai fak tong), Sly Fox Incubus. Sunday: à¹à¸à¸‡à¸¡à¸±à¸ªà¸¡à¸±à¹ˆà¸™ Gaeng Massaman, Massaman Curry with lamb Curry paste of dry red chillies, coriander, cumin, cloves, nutmeg, mace, fennel, cardamom seeds, shallots, and garlic all roasted and then pounded with galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime peel, cilantro root, shrimp paste, white pepper and salt. Lamb ("Osso Bucco" from Fields of Athenry) braised in coconut milk with lemongrass, roasted star anise, roasted bay leaves, roasted cinnamon stick, and roasted cardamom pods. Curry paste fried in reduced coconut cream, added to lamb with boiled potato cubes, under-ripe pineapple cubes, pearl onions, and peanuts. Seasoned with fish sauce, palm sugar and tamarind. Served with Jasmine and red rice and omlette (ไข่เจียว khai jiew) apple salad (ยำà¹à¸à¸šà¹€à¸›à¸´à¹‰à¸¥ yum apple), fried dried fish and vegetables. Yesterday, more of the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Marmite sandwich, shrimp dumplings, Utz BBQ potato chips, Goldfish, pretzels, and chocolate chip cookies. 2011 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2011 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Curry paste of dry red chillies, coriander, cumin, cloves, nutmeg, mace, fennel, cardamom seeds, shallots, and garlic all roasted and then pounded with galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime peel, cilantro root, shrimp paste, white pepper and salt. Lamb ("Osso Bucco" from Fields of Athenry) braised in coconut milk with lemongrass, roasted star anise, roasted bay leaves, roasted cinnamon stick, and roasted cardamom pods. Curry paste fried in reduced coconut cream, added to lamb with boiled potato cubes, under-ripe pineapple cubes, pearl onions, and peanuts. Seasoned with fish sauce, palm sugar and tamarind. Served with Jasmine and red rice and Who has nice lemongrass right now? I've only got a little curry paste in the freezer, so it's time to make another big batch and I can't find decent lemongrass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishinnards Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Who has nice lemongrass right now? I've only got a little curry paste in the freezer, so it's time to make another big batch and I can't find decent lemongrass. I got some from Bangkok 54. Older, thicker stalks, maybe at little ratty looking on the outside, but nice and purple on the inside. They worked well and have some fragrance. Freshworld in Springfield usually has good lemongrass, but I haven't been there yet this month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Whole wheat pita chips Frisee, romaine, baby arugula, and butter lettuce salad with radishes, toasted walnuts, cucumber, bacon, avocado and hard-boiled eggs; champagne-caper vinaigrette Leftover beef stew Mashed butternut squash with maple syrup and toasted walnuts Pan-roasted balsamic bacon brussels sprouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 We're in a salad rut as Mr. lperry is back from a trip, and he wants to lighten it up for a while. It's typically been romaine, Fuji apple, dried cranberries, and pieces of chèvre or Manchego in a tarragon, Dijon vinaigrette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 - Basic caprese salad with good evoo, balsamic and sea salt to compensate for the off-season tomatoes - A chicken cacciatore type dish I do occasionally by browning locally-raised chicken (bone-in thighs work well) and simmering slowly in a sauce made from San Marzanos, lots of garlic/onion/bell pepper (not green) capers, and fresh basil/oregano. Remainder of the Barolo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Sly Fox Incubus. I'm intrigued. What's that? Edited to add: Never-mind, I get it. The beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 last night: enchiladas rojas stuffed with poached chicken or jack/cheddar cheese (sauce was adobo that I'd made last week thinned out with poached chicken broth and pinto bean broth) refried pinto beans rajas de poblanos saffron rice pico de gallo pineapple upside down cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Last night: Risotto with vegetable broth (I should have pulled from the heat about 3 minutes earlier, oh well, live and learn), pan fried red snapper, carrots, zucchini and green beans. I went all out Sunday night because my Mom was over and roasted turkey with mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans and homemade pear sauce (made earlier this year which I froze). We still have leftover turkey so I am figuring out what I want to do with it. We have our annual condo board meeting tonight so I will probably slice off the breast meat for sandwiches and then tomorrow night I can use the remnants for turkey noodle soup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 last night: enchiladas rojas stuffed with poached chicken or jack/cheddar cheese (sauce was adobo that I'd made last week thinned out with poached chicken broth and pinto bean broth) refried pinto beans rajas de poblanos saffron rice pico de gallo pineapple upside down cake Hmmm. That sounds like a dinner made by a ridiculously talented home chef who once lived close to Mexico. SoCal maybe. :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Hmmm. That sounds like a dinner made by a ridiculously talented home chef who once lived close to Mexico. SoCal maybe. :-) It sounds like the type of meal that you should really invite some people over for doesn't it nudge nudge ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 It sounds like the type of meal that you should really invite some people over for doesn't it nudge nudge ;) Agreed. :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Mushroom Ravioli (Vace), Tomato Fennel Orange Sauce (Patricia Wells), Breadcrumbs, Pecorino Sauteed Swiss Chard, Breadcrumbs, Pecorino Markowitsch Rose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Frisee, romaine, baby arugula, and butter lettuce salad with radishes, mushrooms, toasted walnuts, cucumber, bacon, avocado and hard-boiled eggs; miso-ginger vinaigrette Leftover lamb meatballs, barley, garbanzo beans and dukkah Cauliflower and goat cheese gratin (Bobby Flay recipe) The gratin tasted great but the sauce turned very watery for some reason. Stirring it up and being selective about spooning it out helped. The cauliflower was cooked in the sauce, so maybe that gave off liquid? Usually if I make cauliflower in something like this, I pre-cook it some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Left over chicken with a big salad incorporating carrot, cukes, red onion, and greens all from the farmers market and a quick honey vinaigrette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 a cooking down the pantry and freezer meal: brandade de morue with toasted baguette (frozen, pre-soaked salt cod from Pesca Deli) soup with mushrooms, tarbais beans, cabbage, misc. aromatic veg, eco friendly ham hock, in smoked turkey broth marinated, roasted red peppers more pineapple upside down cake 2011 Kermit Lynch CDR I thought everything was tasty, but unfortunately K. didn't care for either the brandade or the soup. She ate bread and butter with apricot jam. Well, at least the jam was homemade... She's headed back to Amman, Jordan tomorrow. I promised J that I would make croquetas de bacalao out of the leftover brandade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishinnards Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Night before last we had leftover Thai food (massaman curry etc. see above) along with a pineapple salad (ยำสับปะรด) made with the bottom half of the not quite ripe pineapple used in the curry, thinly sliced and mixed with sliced shallots, mint leaves, sliced Thai chillies, halved cherry tomatoes, roasted coconut, roasted peanuts, julienned kaffir lime leaves, and only needed a little lime juice and a few splashes of fish sauce (I've been using Megachef for salads) as the pineapple was already nice and sweet and sour, but still firm and I didn't need to add palm sugar. I'll make this again. Last night was rice and dhal. Moong dhal (boiled with turmeric and ginger) with a tadka of panch poran (mustard seeds, fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, nigella seeds and cumin seeds) and jimbu in mustard oil with sliced onions, chopped garlic and ginger, chilli powder, salt, tomatoes, lime juice, palm sugar and Chinese broccoli. I made what my wife calls "fancy" rice, with whole cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, turmeric and salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Green Curry with Tofu and Mixed Vegetables (Onion, Red Pepper, Baby Bok Choi, Bean Sprouts). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Sea scallops from District Fishwife simply seared in butter and evoo with s&p. Baked frittata with egg, gruyere, swiss chard, onion, garlic and a little cayenne. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Barley and gigande bean salad Bean and cheese burritos with avocado-tomatillo salsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 An inch of ice pellets on the car (rain first, my &%#) changed our dinner plans, so an unplanned freezer-fridge-pantry meal of tofu (the sliceable kind) and sweet potato leaves in a Thai green curry, served over jasmine rice. I've only got enough frozen curry paste for two more meals. I find this situation oddly unnerving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 croquetas de bacalao alioli roasted peppers TJ's salted caramel gelato with dulce de leche 2013 Botani moscatel seco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 croquetas de bacalao alioli roasted peppers TJ's salted caramel gelato with dulce de leche 2013 Botani moscatel seco TJ's-brand gelato! I never thought to look for that there. Bet it's a great option too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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