jayandstacey Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Catfish with a sesame seed and soy sauce crust Couscous Green beans with red onions in a dijon mustard vinagrette. I have little clue as to what I'm doing, but this all tasted OK. Wish the fish were a little fresher, but that's what I get shopping at the safeway at 9pm on a Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsdc Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 My Mom came home from the hospital last night so our delayed Thanksgiving meal took place today. Yeah! Needless to say we were all thankful to be able to be celebrating together. Mr. S cooked the turkey in the Big Green Egg, with hickory wood chips and a tasty rub. The house still has a lingering smell reminiscent of bacon. Mmmmn. Basic stuffing, both white and sweet baked potatoes, with sugar snap peas and spinach as sides. Fresh chestnuts, jellied cranberry sauce and previously frozen cranberry relish (from an NPR recipe) accompanied. No time for pie; we had to make do with what was in the freezer already, Lemon Sorbet and Blueberry and Cream frozen yogurt. We had the turkey defrosting last week but did not continue with making anything else so the rest was done "on the fly." Not bad for an unplanned thrown together meal! And I'm looking forward to leftovers for lunch next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Cranberry-walnut bread with fig spread Turkey-vegetable soup Ham Buttered green beans Mashed potatoes and gravy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xochitl10 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Nigella's chorizo and cannellini beans with kale. I used Salvadorian chorizo and skipped the poached chicken that normally sits on top of the beans altogether. Azami liked it as is, but I prefer it made with Argentinian chorizo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Sunny side up eggs on corn tortillas with melted cheddar, bacon crumbles, homemade tomatillo salsa; turkey [yech] on MrP's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 A weird dinner. Part one was potato and collard pancakes/patties, and about a half hour later, part two was pumpkin bread hot from the oven with pumpkin butter right off the stove. Part two included seconds and maybe thirds. A friend warned me that pumpkins can rot from the inside, and I listened (perhaps when I should not have) and roasted the biggest calabaza tonight. It was fine, and now I have both tasty pumpkin products and another five cups of pulp for the freezer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsadler Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Shrimp Toast I like this simple recipe, non-traditional though it may be. I found the tom yum paste at Lotte. I didn't deep-fry it, though-- just sauteed/pan-fried it and it came out fine. Teaism's Miso-Glazed Sweet Potatoes Also quick and good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I need more Indian food in my life. Tonight, saag paneer with a 2005 Barboursville Cabernet Franc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 oven-braised posole made with smoked turkey stock base TJ's tortillas comice pear Bell's Two- Hearted ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 All leftovers: Cranberry-walnut bread with fig spread Cavatappi alla vodka Turkey wings reheated in turkey broth Mashed potatoes Green beans The cavatappi was served as a small pasta course before the rest of the meal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Spaghetti bolognese Broccoli w lemon 2 spoonfuls of chilled rice pudding (see "review" of A Cook from Washington, D.C.) made w arborio rice and rich, local milk w leftover creme fraiche spooned in at the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I never thought roasted kombucha would be a wonderful addition to curry, but it gave the sauce a nice, rich flavor. Curry turkey with roasted kombucha puree, carrots and potatoes (channeling Bridget Jones) Rice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Acorn squash soup with sage Niman Ranch pork tenderloin roasted in a maple-dijon-rosemary-sage glaze Sautéed green bell peppers with garlic Made it up as I went along and it was really, really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Little potatoes, boiled and the sauteed in butter w/cumin and crunchy salt turkey meatballs in a tomato-based curry sauce steamed asparagus ice cold milk chocolate from Advent calendars for dessert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 mushroom*/barley soup** HD vanilla i.c. with Valrhona hot chocolate sauce and marcona almonds Bell's two hearted ale *crimini, dried black trumpet, oyster and porcini **Rachael Ray would call this a "stewp" or "stoup"--it was made with smoked turkey stock, and also had diced turkey, cannelini beans, leftover creamed pearl onions and roasted kabocha squash in it. Secret ingredients: dry marsala, soy sauce and balsamic vinegar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xochitl10 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Snider's loose sausage, sauteed kale, and rigatoni tossed with Parmesan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Whole wheat penne and edamame in a radish leaf and arugula pesto. I'm out of pine nuts so I used pistachios. I'll do that again. The other half of the bottle of Barboursville Cabernet Franc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Whole wheat penne and edamame in a radish leaf and arugula pesto. I'm out of pine nuts so I used pistachios. I'll do that again. Pistachios are great in pesto. I came across a recipe years ago using them and wondered why I'd never thought of it before. It can take a while to shell enough nuts to use, though, especially if you eat them as you work . I prefer that to buying already shelled ones, since those are too easy to eat.Last night: Toasted cranberry-walnut bread with fig spread Turkey-cranberry relish salad over butter lettuce Turkey-vegetable soup with wild mushrooms It didn't seem like we had many leftovers from Thanksgiving, but they have stretched a good long way. Even after I cut a hunk from the bread to freeze, the part that was left seemed to last forever. We finished it last night, but it needed to be toasted because it had dried out too much to be eaten as is. I will grudgingly throw out stale bread when I've run out of uses for it, but I truly hate throwing out bread I've made myself. The fig spread was a great discovery with this. The salad was the last of the Thanksgiving turkey, chopped up, combined with some of the cranberry relish, and bound with a little light mayo. I added some raisins to the mix. Very nice. One container of the leftover soup I made with the carcass (onion, garlic, celery, carrot, potato, green beans) was reimagined with the addition of the remaining giblet gravy and a pack of sliced wild mushrooms that had been sauteed with garlic. (I buy the mushrooms as a convenience food sometimes to make a quick mushroom soup.) The mushrooms and gravy added complexity to the basic turkey stock flavor of the original soup and thickened it a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Seared pancetta-wrapped scallops over purple cauliflower purée, with spicy roasted haricots verts. Vouvray. Cauliflower needed more...something. It had garlic and mustard...maybe it just needed more salt. (I'm often super salt-sensitive so I undersalt when I cook and let people add their own; maybe tonight that was a mistake.) Scallops have a better sear than iPhone's camera will admit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraB Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Grapes coated with cream cheese and finely-chopped crystallized ginger, rolled in toasted pecans, chilled Baby romaine and arugula with honey vinaigrette and Gorgonzola Black bean chili with butternut squash and red chard Dried cranberry and apple crisp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Last night: Baby romaine, tomatoes, and cucumbers with buttermilk ranch Herb-roasted pork loin Roasted Yukon Golds, turnips, rutabaga, sunchokes, and broccoli Friday night: Deviled chicken drumsticks Steamed broccoli Macaroni [small shells] and cheese with Grafton cheddar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 BLT wedge salad with blue cheese dressing oven baked macaroni and cheese pear crisp 2006 Tittarelli bonarda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Cabernet-braised short ribs* Sautéed green beans with garlic Mashed potatoes with whole-grain mustard I'm cooking for my dear friend who has a four-month-old** --dinner will serve as an early birthday present (for Mom, not baby). She and her husband have been living mostly off soup and sandwiches, and since I'm visiting this weekend, I thought cooking was a fair trade. *Friend's husband, aka "Dad," could only find flanken-cut short ribs, which I've not used before in this dish, so this may be something of an adventure. They appear to be ok, though. We'll eat after baby goes to sleep, so we're killing time with, yes, Star Trek (baby can't see TV). I think it's clear why these people are my friends. **If anyone likes baby pictures, here's a pic of me with the wee one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Oatmeal bread Green salad Creamy carrot and sweet potato soup Baked manicotti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichole Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 The moment I read Mark Bittman's description of pasta cooked risotto-style in The Minimalist the other week, I knew it wouldn't be long before I had to try it. This weekend's cold, snowy weather provided the perfect opportunity to indulge in some serious comfort food. I may never eat pasta any other way, ever again. I used maltagliati as my pasta and kept the rest simple with shallots, creminis and chicken. I used chicken stock and a torrontes (left over from a party) as my liquid, and added a pinch of manchego and a sprinkling of parsley to serve. The inspiration can be found here. This is such a great one-pot meal, and was a perfect end to this chilly winter weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Mushroom grilled cheese sandwiches - duxelles and farmhouse cheddar on homemade white bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Mushroom grilled cheese sandwiches - duxelles and farmhouse cheddar on homemade white bread. It was just one of those days, wasn't it? I had a cheddar-bacon grilled cheese and a bowl of chunky tomato-bacon soup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 chicken pot pie--I got a stewing hen at eco-friendly yesterday, along with a package of necks and another of feet for making stock. and by golly, after a couple of hours there was still enough flavor in that old hen to save the meat, and I used it and some of the stock, which had gelled nicely, to make a velouté, and added carrots, celery, frozen pearl onions and peas. made a cream cheese pastry dough to cover the individual casseroles and egg washed them so they came out of the oven all shiny brown and crusty. cluck old hen. bartlett pears TJ's dark chocolate covered sea salt caramels 2007 Valminor Albariño Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Sesame chicken Sauteed bok choy (with a sauce fashioned from soy sauce, sugar, chopped jalapeno, grated ginger, and corn starch) Udon noodles with the pan sauce from the bok choy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Oatmeal Bread with Peanut Butter Green Salad with Ranch dressing Posole with Hatch Chiles, Pork Loin and Salt Pork Boiled White Rice I threw some cilantro into the posole near the end of the cooking time and served it all over plain white rice. Very good, and the heat from the chiles was at just the right level. (It was Rancho Gordo red posole.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Almost 1 1/2 weeks after purchasing from Next Step (Dupont), I used their yams and mustard greens. They were amazingly fresh...still. For the greens, I simply braised them with a bit of chicken stock and crushed garlic, and seasoned with salt. They remind me very much of broccoli rabe, which is to say, I loved them. The yams were roasted and mashed with a bit of butter and crushed pineapple with juice. I served the vegetables with Asian marinated, stir-fry pork. The dinner had a sweet/spicy/salty thing going on. I have been gorging myself on turkey vegetable soup* since Thanksgiving. With the turkey carcass and 2 legs ($4 at Bestway), leftover Tday veggies, tomatoes, limas and Next Step tat soi, I made about 12 quarts of soup. Thank goodness for Chinese take-out soup containers! *I made the stock first with the turkey parts, carrots, celery, onions, ginger, rostemary, thyme, and sage (I bought too many herbs for Tday so, what the heck). I strained the stock and refrigerated for a day. The next day, I skimmed most of the fat, and took what meat I could off the bones. I then made the soup with meat, veggies and all sorts of beans, and even threw in leftover gravy. Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 The yams were roasted and mashed with a bit of butter and crushed pineapple with juice. Ooh, I like this idea. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 *I made the stock first with the turkey parts, carrots, celery, onions, ginger, rostemary, thyme, and sage (I bought too many herbs for Tday so, what the heck). I strained the stock and refrigerated for a day. The next day, I skimmed most of the fat, and took what meat I could off the bones. I then made the soup with veggies and all sorts of beans, and even threw in leftover gravy. Why not?I put leftover creamed onions and roasted kabocha squash puree in mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 last night: red beans and rice (made with eco-friendly bacon and Jamie Stachowski's smoked andouille) Bell's amber ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Umbrian lentil* soup, which started with a mirpoix in the food processor. Then, I added the lentils, tomato paste, diced tomatoes with juice, cumin, paprika, corriander, bay leaves and chicken stock. Served garnished with Greek yogurt. *beautiful, tiny dried lentils that I bought on a visit to DiBruno Bros. in Philadelphia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Black bean and pumpkin soup garnished with little pieces of queso blanco. Shortbread. It's a cookie time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Green Salad Baguette, Sottocenere with Truffles and Duck á l’Orange Pâté Tomato Blue Cheese Soup Roasted Tilapia with Bacon Green Rice Caribbean Crab Pilaf with Coconut Milk Baguette, pâté, and buttermilk blue cheese for the soup all came from Cheesetique. The pilaf is a recipe from Susan Spicer's Crescent City Cooking that I found online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Roast Chicken Latkes with homemade vanilla bean applesauce Broccoli Ciao Bella Sicilian Lemon gelato Balvenie 12y Doublewood Happy Hanukkah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Roast Chicken Latkes with homemade vanilla bean applesauce Broccoli Ciao Bella Sicilian Lemon gelato Balvenie 12y Doublewood Happy Hanukkah! Happy first light! Wow, I wish I'd known the Scots did Hanukkah years ago....I'll be sure to serve the Dalwhinnie and Glenfiddich with tomorrow's latkefest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 oven-braised Eco-Friendly beef cheeks (Thanks, Bruce!) seriously nommy mashed potatoes honey-glazed carrots haricots verts b&j's ice cream (J had vanilla with homemade valrhona chocolate sauce, I had gingersnap) 2005 Ch. Arnaud Medoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Happy first light! Wow, I wish I'd known the Scots did Hanukkah years ago....I'll be sure to serve the Dalwhinnie and Glenfiddich with tomorrow's latkefest! The Balvenie was my reward for sitting in front of the frying pan for an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 The Balvenie was my reward for sitting in front of the frying pan for an hour. Well earned, sir. What do I get for the three hours I have planned in front of the fryer tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Well earned, sir. What do I get for the three hours I have planned in front of the fryer tomorrow? http://www.ehow.com/how_4533400_remove-grease-stain-clothing.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 http://www.ehow.com/how_4533400_remove-grease-stain-clothing.html Oh please. I have an apron. (I just tried for way too long to find a SFW pic of said apron. To no avail. That worries me.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Roast Chicken Latkes with homemade vanilla bean applesauce Broccoli Ciao Bella Sicilian Lemon gelato Balvenie 12y Doublewood Happy Hanukkah! Roast ChickenLatkes with homemade cinnamon applesauce Snow peas Sufganyot (jelly donuts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsdc Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 http://www.ehow.com/...n-clothing.html But how do you get the smell out of one's house and clothing?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Well, for the truly observant, the Tenth of Tevet, about a week after Hanukkah, is a fasting day, so I suppose if you air the kitchen out on the day you can't use it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Toasted Baguette Leftover Bacon-Wrapped Tilapia Wilted Dandelion Greens with Balsamic Fried Eggs Leftover Crab Pilaf I had a portion plus some of the tilapia left, so I crumbled the fish from the partial serving into the pilaf and tore the excess bacon into bits and added it to the greens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Ribollita Asian apple pear Hat tipped to Zora since I had been thinking about this soup ever since she mentioned it in this thread. Things came together this past, miserable Saturday when the chilly, rainy, snowy and slush-ridden world called out for soup and there was just a little bit of Savoy cabbage in the fridge. At the farmers market in Silver Spring, Spiral Path had some gorgeous Tuscan kale, so I brought that home. Started out by making Marcella Hazan's plain old white bean soup and this time around I thought meh. So I added some baby chard to the hoard later on in the week and cooked up some extra white beans yesterday, leaving them to cool in their own broth as I put the soup together. I really like Lidia Bastianich's recipe which I prepared more or less to the pre-bread stage before refrigerating it. Late last night, I just pulled out a gratin dish and lined the bottom with small, crustless cubes of Pugliese bread (I prefer this to traditional slabs) and mixed them with the thick, batter-like soup. Drizzled slivers of red onion on top w olive oil and popped it into preheated oven until bubbly and onions somewhat caramelized and charred. So, even if this didn't follow the three-day, progressive evolution of the Tuscan dish, it was exactly what you and your toes need when winter sets in. More substantial menu: salumi, cheeses, red wine and afterwards, gingerbread and applesauce or warm crisp, galette or tart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Started out by making Marcella Hazan's plain old white bean soup and this time around I thought meh. I'm not conversant with Marcella's white bean soup recipe. but I really like Suzanne Goin's version, which adds toasted and crushed fennel seeds to the mirepoix when you begin to cook the beans. It's not a dominant flavor in the final dish, but it adds a welcome complexity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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