The Hersch Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I wanked to make a Thai/Chinese dish called Ka Mu Palo If that's a Freudian slip, it's a doozie. Great looking food! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Well, it is food porn, after all... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundae in the Park Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Last night: pan-seared (almost! we're getting better) cod in a lemon-butter sauce over a bed of sauteed mushrooms, with roasted asparagus Tonight: fresh spring rolls with veg, Korean-style marinated beef, herbs, and rice noodles, served with a peanut butter-hoisin sauce. We really need a julienne device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Last night was arepas with pulled pork, cojito cheese, cilantro, and avocado. The pulled pork was excellent and will be good in sandwiches too. I hadn't made arepas in a while and followed a recipe online rather than the one on the masarepa package. They always came out fine when I made the recipe on the package, but these came out too dry and some broke apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Shrimp, leek, and spinach pasta (from Real Simple magazine - gemelli pasta with sauteed leeks and shrimp, with a very light lemon-cream sauce and some wilted spinach). Felt so good to be eating veggies, and I am thrilled to have leftovers for lunch today. Whatever wine was left in the fridge - I think we had a sauv blanc and a pinot gris. Whatever they were, they tasted fab after a long day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 > Chicken pot pie with leftover roasted chicken, lots of leftover vegs and herbs and Pillsbury crust joozed up with a Dijon egg glaze and rosemary. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Chicken pot pie with leftover roasted chicken, lots of leftover vegs and herbs and Pillsbury crust joozed up with a Dijon egg glaze and rosemary. That crust is gorgeous! Last night we had heaps of roasted broccoli and asparagus with some hot pepper flakes, and my husband also had a pulled pork sandwich on a toasted potato bun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Heirloom tomato tart Green salad I think I overloaded the tart, so it was a little heavy/soggy, but it was absolutely delicious - I am about to heat up a leftover slice for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishinnards Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Holy Basil again at the Thai market this week (Bangkok 54) Tuesday night, beef with holy basil (Nuea pad grapao เนื้à¸à¸œà¸±à¸”ใบà¸à¸°à¹€à¸žà¸£à¸²) with crispy fried egg (with runny yolk) on top of brown jasmine rice. Wednesday, jungle curry with chicken, eggplant and holy basil (gaeng ba gai à¹à¸à¸‡à¸›à¹ˆà¸²à¹„à¸à¹ˆ). It was face melting hot (oops), wife could not eat it but I enjoyed the thrill. Last night, chicken with holy basil, an omelet, and a festival of leftovers (five spice pork, tom yum chicken, jungle curry), rice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Crispy chicken salad with pickles and lima beans, from Real Simple magazine - this is one of my favorites. It has everything - crunchy, creamy, acidic, yum! Eating while watching TV for the first time I moved back - yay for getting our cable and internet hooked up today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Something Eco-Friendly calls finoccio [missing the "h" of "finocchio"?] which appears to be a hybrid sort of like what Ben Stiller might have been had Ann Meara had married Dino instead of Jerry: pork shoulder rubbed with crushed fennel and juniper and corned. Cut into a thin slabs and cooked until fat translucent and ruddy flesh speckled and browned. A little broth. A little cream. Squeeze of lemon just to scrap up bits stuck to pan and make a little sauce. Bedded a trio on a beautiful bunch Hakurai turnips, sliced and quickly braised with green garlic and their own greens. Chives. Good when nights cool down, but now that leaves replace blossoms on dogwood trees, the season of pork is drawing to a close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 last night: Next Step salad greens with meyer lemon vinaigrette Eco-friendly pork rib chops, herb-brined and applewood smoke+charcoal grilled z's q sauce mushroom-green garlic duxelles (crimini, oyster, porcini powder) served on top of Crook's Corner stone ground grits "cheese'd" with cave aged cheddar and reggiano Next Step collards, cooked North Carolina-style (according to my daughter) with Benton's bacon, onion, brown sugar, red pepper and cider vinegar avocado chocolate mousse 2010 blockheadia ringnosii pinot noir a revelation to my brother, visiting from L.A. who thought he didn't care for pork chops or collard greens and who hadn't tasted my bbq sauce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Baguette and unsalted butter Broiled flounder with butter, lemon and dill Baked orzo with chard, feta and dill Flounder was my mother's favorite fish. If it was on a menu when we ate out, she would almost certainly order it. My feelings aren't quite as strong, but sometimes I get sentimental about foods I associate with my parents. (I noticed flounder carried a "yellow" label at Whole Foods, but I bought it anyway.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Baguette and unsalted butter Broiled flounder with butter, lemon and dill Baked orzo with chard, feta and dill Flounder was my mother's favorite fish. If it was on a menu when we ate out, she would almost certainly order it. My feelings aren't quite as strong, but sometimes I get sentimental about foods I associate with my parents. (I noticed flounder carried a "yellow" label at Whole Foods, but I bought it anyway.) That made me think about foods that make me sentimental, and now I'm sitting at the computer crying over my Grandmother's biscuits. (In the best way.) We should start a thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 tiny radishes with dill butter and coarse salt porcinis sauteed with a little garlic in extra virgin olive oil and butter morels sauteed with a little garlic in extra virgin olive oil and butter Fleur de Maquis (an herb-rubbed, mold covered cheese), just starting to get runny toasted slices of palladin from Praline chocolates from Artisan for dessert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Red leaf lettuce salad with cucumber, radishes, tomatoes, and pea shoots; mustard vinaigrette Broiled marinated flank steak Buttermilk mashed potatoes with chives Fava beans with butter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamrhess Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Last night I made an asparagus omelet with aged gouda and shredded raw beets with a ginger/organge vinaigrette. I am having a huge problem this week with sandy asparagus -- and I have never encountered it before till now. I soak, I blanch, I swish -- still grit. Suggestions? Pam www.arcadiafood.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I am having a huge problem this week with sandy asparagus -- and I have never encountered it before till now. I soak, I blanch, I swish -- still grit. Suggestions?Soak in a bucket of seawater with a little bit of cornmeal for a day or two, until they spit out all their sand? I've never encountered this problem--obviously these spears were grown in very sandy soil--but the clam concept may not be so far off the mark. I'd say try soaking overnight in salted water in a tall vase, tips down. The salt may draw enough water out of the cells of the tips that they contract a little bit and let go of the trapped sand. dinner last night: charcoal grilled strip steak grilled ramps grilled broccoli cheese grits and mushroom duxelle, revisited 2010 Catena Zapata malbec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Last night I resorted to poking around the freezer for leftovers and came up with minestrone soup and bolognese sauce served over fettuccine. It was rather redundant, but good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 linguine tossed with really good extra virgin olive oil that had been infused with garlic and aleppo pepper, topped with lemon-roasted asparagus and Parmesan and more aleppo pepper experimental chocolate mousse for dessert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Quick pickled radishes, cucumber, and scallions Soft pork tacos with cilantro, Hatch chile, avocado, and sour cream sauce Soft flank steak tacos with cilantro, Hatch chile, avocado, and sour cream sauce Refried beans with Hatch chiles White rice I found a stash of roasted chiles in my freezer last week. I'm usually careful with packaging, but these weren't packaged very well and had been in there for a couple years. They had started to acquire a freezer smell but, despite the accumulation of ice crystals in the bag, weren't really freezer burned. I usually freeze them with the skin still on, which seemed to help in this case. After I peeled and seeded them, I soaked them in several changes of clean water, and they recovered fairly well. No more freezer smell. Now I'm trying to use them all up. Once I finish with these in the refrigerator, there's still another bundle in the freezer in the same condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Yesterday morning, I cooked some overnight soaked chickpeas with aromatics and a little bit of baking soda. They were creamy and delicious on their own for lunch. For dinner, I used some Ottolenghi _Jerusalem_ recipes for inspiration, and made a meatless monday soup with the chickpeas and Israeli cous cous, green garlic, roasted tomato, roasted red pepper, Tuscan kale, preserved lemon, harissa, cumin, sumac, topped with chopped parsley. (I cheated a little and used some home made chicken stock.) On the side we had labneh with green garlic and cucumbers, spicy olives, and flat bread with nigella seed that I'd bought at Yekta Market, which I lightly toasted, cut into wedges, drizzled with olive oil and za'atar. 2009 Tilenus Bierzo Just to make things exciting, just as we finished eating, I distractedly rubbed my eye with a finger I'd used to pick up a chile-spiced olive. Whoo-eee! that smarts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundae in the Park Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The other night: Pan-fried yellow noodles with chicken and sauteed baby pea shoots Tonight: Oven-fried chicken fingers, roasted potatoes and carrots, and a simple salad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Yogurt with raspberries Chicken BLTs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 last night: herb brined eco-friendly turkey thigh, smoke-roasted over charcoal and applewood chips z's q sauce fava/corn/roasted red pepper succotash mashed potatoes 2008 Diamond Ridge pinot noir tonight: smoked baby eggplants stuffed with a mixture of eco-friendly ground rose veal, roasted pepper, fennel, onion, green garlic, basmati rice, feta, cumin, ras el hanout, pimenton, harissa, mint, parsley, cilantro haricots verts with garlic and lemon cucumbers with yogurt, garlic, lemon, jalapeño and parsley 2011 Juan Gil dry muscat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Thursday Pulled pork nachos with Hatch chiles Spare ribs with NC bbq/mop sauce Last night Red leaf lettuce salad with radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes, bacon, and croutons; mustard vinaigrette Salmon with sauteed cherry tomatoes, garlic, and basil Leftover white rice Tonight Lettuces, pea shoots, radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes; buttermilk dressing Leftover spare ribs Creamed spinach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 pan seared eco-friendly beef liver with benton's bacon, sauteed crimini mushrooms and pan sauce of onions, balsamic vinegar, dry marsala, veal stock, green garlic, thyme and parsley mashed potatoes haricots verts with lemon 2009 Alain Paret St. Joseph Les Larmes du Pére Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishinnards Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Wednesday, Kachin chicken curry and carrot salad (from Burma, rivers of flavor), rice. This curry turned out really tasty. It's a curry paste of dried red chillies (I used 5, seeded and soaked, recipe just says seeded but soaking makes them easier to grind in the mortar) salt, ginger, garlic, turmeric (I used fresh because I had some, recipe calls for dried), and coriander seeds. Mix with pieces of chicken chopped through the bone with a little bit of water (I used homemade stock cause I could) and steamed for an hour and 15 minutes or so. Thursday, roasted eggplant salad ยำมะเขือยาว (eggplant, beef, shallots, fried shallots, roasted chickpea flour, peanuts, culantro, mint, kaffir lime leaves, lime juice, fish sauce, garlic, chillies, palm sugar), leftover chicken curry, rice. Friday, beef laap ลาบเนื้อ (shallots, mint [from the garden, it's growing like crazy], culantro, slivered kaffir lime leaves, sliced lemongrass, roasted galanga, roasted rice powder, roasted prik-ee-nu chilli powder, lime juice, fish sauce) ผักคะน้าน้ำมันหอย Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce and smoked tofu, rice Saturday, Sri Lankan sauteed greens (mallung) and chicken curry (kukul mas), rice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 visiting in NYC and gathering ingredients from Tompkins Square farmers market and Essex Market. Prepared a three hour braise in my SIL's kitchen.Heritage pork shank, country ham and bacon bits and pieces, onion, fennel, carrots dried porcini, roasted red pepper, marble sized new potatoes, canned tomatoes, wine, nettles, kale, garbanzos, aromatic herbs. Served with green garlic gremolata, grated pecorino Romano and reggiano, and rustic French bread. 2005 Marques de Vittoria Rioja Laboratorio de Gelato coffee and mint gelati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captcourt Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Last night: Pork belly confit, from Ad Hoc at Home, plus a few seared scallops. I made the pork belly last weekend and on furlough day #1 but hadn't had a chance during the week to fry any of it up. It was worth the effort, though I think I would only do it maybe a couple of times a year because of the effort and amount of lard. Salad of watercress, cara cara orange, graprefruit, pecans and dried cranberries, to cut the richness. From Cook's Illustrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 cream of asparagus soup (made with leftover asparagus ends from the previous night's dinner and fennel broth); once or twice a year I wish I had a chinois, and this was one of those times, but I managed to get it smooth enough with a food mill and strainer. egg salad with capers, picholine olives, homemade mayonnaise, parsley, dill, espelette pepper. palladin from Praline Fever Tree tonic water with lime chocolates from Artisan for dessert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Salad platter: bed of frisee, layer of quartered Campari tomatoes, sliced Easter egg radishes, sliced cucumbers, and cubed avocado; layer of pea shoots; layer of steamed asparagus spears; topped with shredded fresh mozzarella and grated hard-boiled egg; apple cider vinaigrette Leftover chicken (wing, drumstick) Leftover spare ribs I was quite impressed with my salad platter . It looked so seasonal (except for the tomatoes) and beautiful, and it was absolutely delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Last night - Chicken with garlic and almond sauce (very Spanish - the sauce had garlic, onions, almonds, saffron, dry white wine, yummy yummy) Steamed sugar snaps Garlic knots Should have made some rice to sop up all of the sauce - anything with saffron, I just don't want to waste a drop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Cornmeal waffles topped with spicy black beans and goat's cheese. Margaritas with half key lime juice and a dash of Angostura orange. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Raspberries, toasted walnuts, brie, and pear over red leaf lettuce and pea shoots, with vidalia bulb slices and white balsamic vinaigrette Potato and cheese pierogies fried with bacon and vidalia onion bulbs and greens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Amaranth greens tossed with rice noodles and a peanut / lime sauce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous Eater Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Fresh porcini (Court House market) sauteed in butter with a very small amount of chopped shallot, fresh thyme, and a final squirt of lemon. Served over a dry-aged Roseda NY strip steak (Westover Butcher). On the side, young red russian kale (Court House market) with calabrian bomba, yellow onion, homemade stock, and toasted walnuts. Little bit of aged aceto balsamico. Tonight will be fresh Vietnamese sausage (fish sauce, fried shallots, lime, cilantro, not sure what else) from the fantastic Westover Butcher, pan roasted and sliced to be served with a little Mae Ploy sweet chili sauce over kale (with garlic and soy) and steamed brown jasmine rice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Chicken tortilla soup Salad wraps I hate the concept of "wraps" but I'm slowly coming around. I had three flour tortillas left from a batch I'd bought at Canales' in Eastern Market* and beautiful leftover salad from the platter the other night, so I filled the tortillas with the salad and added a little sour cream buttermilk dressing. They were very good. The asparagus was a little awkward to fit in and some pieces ended up breaking, so I probably should have cut that into smaller pieces. Otherwise, a good way to repurpose leftover salad. *I don't know if they make them themselves or buy them from somewhere else, but I like both their flour and corn tortillas. Their corn tortillas were cut into strips and fried for the soup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Last night - Pesto orechhiette with chicken sausage (also has green beans and peas) - one of my favorite pastas. The only downer was that the pasta (Harris Teeter brand, I think), even though I cooked it al dente, just completely fell apart from a textural standpoint. I won't buy it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Tonight: Romaine lettuce, radishes, cucumber, tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, bacon, avocado, croutons; sour cream-buttermilk dressing Broiled lamb chops Macaroni and cheese Roasted brussels sprouts with fig balsamic and olive oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Owl Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Savory sticky rice with shiitake mushrooms and sliced Chinese sausage - a traditional southern Chinese dish made by my mom, treasured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Caprese bruschetta Endive salad with gorgonzola, pine nuts, and honey Broiled boneless NY strip steak Leftover roasted brussels sprouts with fig balsamic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 last night: eco-friendly loin of young (suckling?) pig, lavender-brined, smoke grilled over charcoal with applewood chips z's q sauce grilled asparagus grilled ramps cannelini beans cooked with home-smoked turkey thigh fresh pineapple chunks 2012 Ch. Lancyre rosé 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Green risotto made with fridge contents including leek, onion, amaranth greens, chinese broccoli, and baby spinach. The amaranth turned the rice pink, so this dish is now known as Miami Rice. Roasted asparagus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 The amaranth turned the rice pink, so this dish is now known as Miami Rice. Last night: Toasted bread with brie Cavatappi chicken pasta salad with sweet peppers, celery, tomato, cilantro, and basil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishinnards Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Sunday, Chinese broccoli salad (ยำผักคะน้า, fried shallots, peanuts, kaffir lime leaves, roasted chili paste, coconut cream, tamarind, palm sugar, fish sauce) fish cakes (ทอดมันปลา, fish paste, kaffir lime leaves, red curry paste, basil, fish sauce, sugar) with cucumber "pickle" (อาจาด, cucumber, shallots, vinegar, sugar, garlic, cilantro roots, chillies, cilantro, peanuts), red curry with pork and soybeans (แกงเผ็ดหมู, pork and beans!), omelet (ไข่เจียว, eggs, basil, green chillies, shallots, fish sauce) with Siracha sauce, jasmine rice. Monday, Chicken salad (ลาบไก่ laap gai, chicken, shallots, mint, cilantro, galanga, kaffir lime leaves, garlic, stock, fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar, roasted dried chili powder, roasted rice powder), leftover red curry, eggs with Si Racha sauce, jasmine rice. Yesterday, mung bean dumplings in tomato fenugreek sauce (moonghodi tamatar methi), cauliflower and potatoes (ghobi aloo), cilantro chutney (hari chutney), chapatis. > 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 last night: homemade hummus with pita chips oven-roasted teriyaki salmon (organic Irish farmed from Blacksalt) stovetop-grilled bok choy rice with sesame seeds 2012 Brancott sauvignon blanc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Monday: Fish tacos with chipotle cabbage slaw {Guacamole} {Sour cream} Yesterday: Buttered toast Avocado toast Leftover chicken pasta salad Beef and pork chili {Sour Cream} I asked at the butcher counter at Whole Foods if they could grind some beef for chili. They didn't have any of that grind out in the case. He was happy to oblige, but, after at least 10 minutes, another butcher came to tell me that they couldn't find the attachment for that grind . I went back to the case to decide on what beef to get and saw they had boneless beef shanks. I figured shanks cook a long time, chili cooks a long time, so...it turns out beef shank meat works quite well in chili. Very tender by serving time. I had also bought a few pork sausages with habanero and green chile and put that meat in as well. I didn't use any dried chiles, but roasted several fresh hot ones and also chopped some fresh sweet bell peppers to go in with the onion and garlic, and then enhanced the mixture with Penzey's chili powder, plus extra cayenne and pepper flakes, and a bottle of Dos Equis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Soup- smoked pork rib tip broth, black-eyed peas, kale, scallions, garlic, a few Thai peppers, s&p- delicious! It's the last of its kind, since due to recent health developments, I'm giving up beans & grains ( hope the luck from the black-eyed peas lasts a long time)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 bacon, egg, and cheese salad (romaine lettuce, applewood-smoked bacon lardons, shaved Parmesan, oil and vinegar, poached egg) garden radishes with dill butter and really good bread Key lime pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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