bettyjoan Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Tuesday night - Lamb and orzo stuffed peppers with marinara and goat cheese Spinach salad with radishes and roasted beets Last night - Assorted leftovers Cauliflower and brussels sprout gratin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Pita chips and hummus Oyster stew Leftover mushroom bruschetta Leftover macaroni and cheese marinara with meatballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Rock shrimp in a Provení§al-style sauce of tomato, celery, garlic, oil-cured black olives, capers, fennel seed, saffron, lemon, and espelette, served over friend grits cakes. Apologies to cuisine purists, but I had leftover Anson Mills coarse grits the needed to be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Leftover oyster stew Turkey burgers with hummus and pickled shallots Bulgur and cauliflower salad My husband thought the stew was more of a chowder when I first made it, so I added some corn to the leftovers. (The oysters had been unevenly distributed, so the leftovers were pretty low on seafood and needed something extra.) I added some harissa to the meat mixture when making the burgers and decided to spread the hamburger buns with hummus. They were good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 there's a seafood stew thing going on... last night: cioppinoesque tomato shrimp shell broth with cod, shrimp, squid, mussels and clams tonight: buttermilk-brined fried bone-in chicken thighs oven roasted broccolini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Deconstructed colcannon. Fingerling potatoes steamed until tender, smashed flat, then pan fried in rosemary olive oil until browned and crispy, finished with a sprinkling of salt. Savoy cabbage braised with apple and brown butter, finished with a little rice vinegar because I somehow ran out of apple vinegar. The brown butter was a mistake, but it worked out pretty well. Meyer lemon and satsuma sorbets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 tonight: eco friendly rose veal scallopini piccata (with meyer lemon/salted caper sauce) mushroom risotto (crimini, oyster and dried porcini) leftover roasted broccolini Samuel Smith's oatmeal stout ginger cake (recipe from _The Last Course_ by Claudia Fleming), with creme chantilly 2011 Muga white rioja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Last night: Welsh rarebit Red and green leaf lettuce salad, with radishes, cucumber, avocado, Campari tomatoes, bacon, and feta; bottled ranch dressing My husband also had a leftover turkey burger, a scoop of leftover mashed potatoes, and a square of leftover chilaquile casserole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrelayneNYC Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Cream of cauliflower soup, brioche croutonsSpaghetti with tomato and porcini mushroom sauce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Various bits and pieces of leftovers, a romaine salad in a tarragon vinaigrette, and a cleansing glass of carrot, satsuma, grapefruit juice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrelayneNYC Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Ricotta cheese, honey and Meyer lemon crostiniIsraeli couscous, with chard, chickpeas and Spanish chorizo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrelayneNYC Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Potato gnocchi, with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, unsalted butter and black truffleChickpea clam chowder -- wild littleneck clams, chickpeas, shishito peppers, champignon mushrooms, onion, clam broth and light cream 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Rib roast, roasted potatoes, broccoli, all washed down with a bottle of 1970 Ch. Ducru Beaucaillou. Getting low on '70's bottles now; some didn't make it, but this one was mighty good. I'm not necessarily a Riedel fan, at least not at Riedel prices, but I found a box of four "full bodied red" ones at T.J. Maxx for $40, so at $10 a pop I thought "why not?" The wine did taste good in those glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Christmas dinner: Leg of lamb shawarma over bulgur with harissa and tahini, chopped salad. Last night: Rigatoni carbonara. I actually prefer pancetta in my carbonara...terrible, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Baked potatoes with shredded BBQ chicken, sharp cheddar, chives, and a bit of sour cream. Yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Meatless Monday - "Blush" macaroni and cheese with tomatoes and spinach (the sauce was somewhat like vodka sauce, and it had a pinky hue due to tomato paste). I think cavatappi is my absolute favorite shape of pasta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Cobb salad Leftover roast beef Bulgur with mushrooms The bulgur mushroom recipe is an old one from Martha Stewart. It's very simple and pleasing and was great with the beef. I used some of the beef stock I made from the beef bones as the soaking liquid for the bulgur. The rest of the stock is going into onion soup soon. I started out following the Brown Derby recipe for the salad (especially as I found both the watercress and chicory called for in that recipe, along with romaine and iceberg, at Whole Foods), but deviated some as I went along. I only had one chicken breast half (the reason I originally decided to make the salad--I had all of the ingredients but the greens on hand). I made a small amount of the dressing by doctoring a basic vinaigrette I'd already made, since the dressing recipe would have made more than two cups. The salad looked fantastic in the huge shallow red bowl I dug out for the occasion, and we're going to be eating leftovers of it for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuit Girl Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Jim made an absolutely delicious, if not decadent, pork belly on Sunday night. A while back I bought some pork belly (skinless) but didn't have any immediate plans for it so I popped it into the freezer. It was just too pretty a piece to not buy. Jim got the recipe from a food blog in Singapore called The MeatMen. He had to slightly adapt the recipe as it called for using belly with the skin but nonetheless, it turned out fabulous. Even the Sophie dog was going nuts over it practically climbing in my lap for bits. However, I am warning you, if you start looking at this website, you'll be sucked in for hours. It's a carnivores heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Last night was Leftover Cobb salad Black bean soup Spicy stuffed squid braised in tomato sauce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Was doing so good today and fixed a really healthy dinner- grilled chicken cutlet, red wine braised tomatoes and mushrooms, sautéed asparagus. Texas toast (for Hubby who didn't want a healthy dinner really). Last night was pasta with sauteed bacon, napa cabbage, shallots and peas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Black bean chili spiced with ancho and chipotle chile pastes from Rick Bayless' recipes Avocado and palmito salad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Quinoa and black bean salad with a lemon-basil dressing - I ate mine meatless, and husband had his with some chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Poached eggs on toast with asiago cheese sauce Home fries Steamed broccoli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Pasta with Pesto, Roasted Shittake Mushrooms and Toasted Almond Slivers Roasted Broccoli with Aleppo Pepper Kale Salad with Oranges, Avocado, and Tahini Dressing Yay vegetables! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 seafood noodle soup (shrimp, cod, squid) in a miso-shrimp shell broth, with bok choy and sliced cucumber, garnished with gojujang and toasted sesame seeds quince tart tatin with vanilla ice cream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 French onion soup with short ribs Leftover black-eyed pea salad Leftover stuffed squid over spaghetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrelayneNYC Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Roasted shrimp and radicchio salad, with Meyer lemon-scallion vinaigretteChana masala, basmati rice, lime pickle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xochitl10 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Broiled rockfish Mashed sweet potatoes Cornbread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Short rib tacos Black-eyed pea and smoked salmon quesadillas Leftover rice grits and braised chicory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Roasted heirloom tomato and leek risotto Romaine in a tarragon, walnut oil vinagrette Hortas Do Caseirinho IG Minho Frisante Rosado - a pink sparkler, because I'm pretending it's summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I made an Armenian Christmas Eve menu, since tonight is Armenian Christmas Eve. Several of the items are ones I read that are typical for the night before Christmas. I planned this a couple of months ago, so I can't recall exactly how I decided things. So many dishes have multiple names, it's hard to know what things are actually called (plus, the different alphabet throws a curve in there). The only pre-made things I bought were the components for the bastegh and also the gigande beans, which I got at P&C Market. They carry fresh containers of a fantastic gigande bean salad. I've made bastegh (fruit leather) before, and it took forever and didn't come out that well, so I bought fruit leather strips at Whole Foods for that. My bread could have been more cracker-y, but it came out pretty well. I hadn't tried making that before (which my husband's mother's family calls "dahn hatz"--house bread), but I've had purchased versions. It needs to be rolled out extremely thin, and I didn't quite get there evenly enough. Making the actual dough wasn't that hard, so I'll be trying that again and focusing on rolling super thin rounds. This was dinner: Lupiayi Plaki: Gigandes bean salad Tahnabour: Yogurt soup with wheatberries (family name for this is matzoon soup) Parag Hatz: Cracker bread Khorovadz Tsoug: Broiled white fish with lemon garlic sauce Nevik: Swiss chard with chickpeas Arishtayov Printzi Yeghintz: Rice pilaf with noodles Bastegh: Fruit leather pouches filled with dried fruit and nuts 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Pork paprikash Fuji apple and spring green salad with a mustard vinaigrette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Delicious Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Last night, in anticipation of Downton Abbey, the missus made scotch eggs, bangers and mash, and sticky toffee pudding to get us in the proper frame of mind. Nailed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 white bean, sausage, lacinato kale and roasted butternut squash stew with meyer lemon gremolata baguette garlic toast bosc pear 2011 cantele primitivo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrelayneNYC Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Insalata di funghi e finocchioUovo con tartufo neroPappa al pomodoroI had some stale bread that had to get used before it turned, so that was an easy decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Braised savoy cabbage and apple, finsihed with butter and a little rice vinegar Crimini mushrooms in a red wine, balsamic reduction served over black rice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rieux Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Zurek with kielbasa from the Kielbasa Factory in Rockville. Used recipe from the Splendid Table. Perfect for a cold night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 last night: braised short ribs with maitake mushroom sauce potato and rutabaga puree haricots verts with garlic and meyer lemon bartlett pear and chocolate sea salt caramels 2009 La Grand Ribe CDR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Re-toasted Armenian cracker bread Baby romaine with cucumber, radish, avocado, portobello mushroom, and black-eyed peas; red wine vinaigrette Bucatini all'Amatriciana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishinnards Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Aloo Gosht (meat and potatoes) with lamb; cauliflower cooked in mustard oil with Bengali 5 spice; moong dal with a tadka of hing, kalonji, bay leaf and dried chilli; cucumbers, onion, and tomatoes with lime juice and salt; lime and raw chillies; pickle and Basmanti rice (not pictured). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Last night I made ground chicken with sauteed garlic and onion, peas and broccoli served with parsley potatoes. I decided the leftovers of the chicken would make a really good white pizza with garlic sauce OR stuffed in a pita with some hummus. Tonight wasn't a great night... Campbell's coconut curry soup. This was actually a pretty good soup, it's one of their pouch soups. Carrots and hummus and a cookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Roast chicken last night. Made chicken enchiladas with leftovers tonight. Just now had a nice piece of cold roast chicken as a midnight snack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Cabbage and noodles. Yeah, just that. Sometimes all I want is simple foods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrelayneNYC Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Vegan night at Casa Trelayne. "Cream" of fennel soup, with parsley-scallion pestoBeans on toast -- chickpeas (for are not chickpeas a type of bean?) and Rancho Gordo Sangre de Toro beans, with watercress, preserved lemon, Meyer lemon sections, slow-cooked onion and extra-virgin olive oil, on a toasted baguette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 More salad of baby romaine with cucumber, radish, avocado, portobello mushroom, and black-eyed peas; red wine vinaigrette More reheated Armenian cracker bread Moussaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrelayneNYC Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Vegan/vegetarian night at Casa Trelayne. Carrot and parsnip salad, scallion pestoMixed olives (Castelvetrano, Kalamata, oil-cured), with quick-pickled fennel and preserved lemonPasta with cauliflower, radicchio, shishito peppers and chickpeasI'm experimenting with a new technique (new to me, anyway), where you prepare pasta as you would a risotto. I should also mention that while I'm not a vegan or a vegetarian, I cook meatless A LOT. I would say it's about as often as I have pasta during the week. One thing that you will not find me doing however, is cooking something that is meatless that reminds someone of meat. I've never quite gotten the point of that. Isn't the reason some people go meatless/vegan/vegetarian so that they don't find themselves thinking of, or being reminded about meat? Why then, would you cook or eat something called vegetarian bacon? So: you will not see any fake burgers, fake chicken cutlets, "tofurkey", none of that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Baby romaine with radish, cucumber, avocado, red pepper, diced apple, toasted walnuts, and black-eyed peas; red wine vinaigrette Jalapeno, tomato, and scallion quesadillas Wheatberries with sausage, spinach, mushrooms, and goat cheese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 One-pot casserole: Bone-in chicken thighs; sofrito of onion, garlic, leek, tomato, roasted red pepper, celery root, aromatic herbs, pimenton and cumin; red Russian kale, frozen peas; orzo 2011 Vií±ademoya bierzo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishinnards Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Last two days we had Kukul Mas (Sri Lankan chicken curry) made with homemade roasted curry powder, onions, garlic and ginger, lemongrass, curry leaves, whole cardamom, cloves and cinnamon, chillies, tomatoes, peanut oil, salt and coconut milk. With this we had Acar Rempai (Malaysian quick mixed pickle) a true fusion dish made with cauliflower, carrots and cucumber, shallots, garlic and ginger, curry powder (Malaysian Parrot brand), turmeric, black mustard seeds, chillies, peanut oil, salt, sugar, vinegar, and toasted sesame oil and toasted sesame seeds. Dishes were fiery and dynamic. The heat was tempered by consuming lots of jasmine rice (brown jasmine rice, like health conscious hippies). Also had Piraat ale (one of my favorites, Arrrrh) and roasted some red chilli papads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrelayneNYC Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Roasted beet salad, with watercress, fennel and chestnutsMigas con huevos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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