Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper -- what are you cooking? - Page 10

cookingwithfat · #**136** 02-12-2007, 05:26 PM

Making a fire to roast complaining wait staff on. Not making anything special for complaining wait staff.

Seriously, smoking racks of lamb for v-day... and thinking about portioning and roasting stuffed leg of waitron.

Ishbel · #**137** 02-13-2007, 05:23 AM

This evening's dinner will be medallions of lamb with redcurrant sauce, cooked en papilotte and served with tenderstem broccoli and la ratte salad potatoes and redwine/redcurrant gravy.

gonefishin · #**138** 02-13-2007, 09:10 PM

We (the wife and I) decided to have a romantic dinner after the kids had gone to sleep

After bath time...there really wasn't too much time for prep or cooking. I hadn't eaten all day (busy busy busy...darn snow!

) so it was time for a fast meal.

We had some yellowfin tuna (marinated in sesame oil, soy, ginger and garlic) then seared to a nice rare...served atop two leaves of butter lettuce. Beside this were three seared large sea scallops.

Even though things were a bit unorganized...everything turned out pretty good. I've been real happy with the quality of seafood I've been getting...it's really made all the difference!

g'day all

dan

Mezzaluna · #**139** 02-13-2007, 09:38 PM

I marinated a whole chicken in lemon, orange and lime juices plus garlic, cardamom, pepper, salt, onion and parsley. I roasted it in my convection/microwave oven and served it with sauteed zucchini with parmesan cheese.

Leftovers will be made into curried chicken salad in whole wheat pita for several days' lunches.

Maine Cook · #**140** 02-14-2007, 07:49 AM

Since we're getting 2 feet of snow by evening-
The hubby and I are doing "Thanksgiving Re-Visited". A 24lb butterball turkey is going to roast in the oven and be basted with a sage/butter/wine sauce. We're having New England style bread stuffing, mashed roasted garlic spuds, baby pearled onions in a creamy white sauce with a touch of nutmeg, and roasted acorn squash with a maple/butter glaze. On the side? A lovely Garden salad!
At least the kitchen will be toasty!
M.C.

Ishbel · #**141** 02-14-2007, 09:26 AM

Boeuf Bourguignonne and heart-shaped souffles made in some heart shaped le creuset ramekins which only see the light of day on Valentine's Day.

indianwells · #**142** 02-14-2007, 09:47 AM

Homemade burgers with potato wedges.Oh,and a bottle of Bollinger drunk from the cheapest glasses we can find.Now THAT'S class!!

oldschool1982 · #**143** 02-14-2007, 10:47 AM

Tonight, being Valentines and all, I found a nice PSMO Tenderloin at the local Ukrops for 8.37lb and then 12.00 off. So we're having hand cut Filet Mignon au poivre, orzo "rissotto" with shiitaki's and proscuitto (the one I failed to make the other night), greenbeans almondine criossants and Raspberry/chocolate Bombe for dessert.

Jayme · #**144** 02-16-2007, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maine Cook

Since we're getting 2 feet of snow by evening-
The hubby and I are doing "Thanksgiving Re-Visited". A 24lb butterball turkey is going to roast in the oven and be basted with a sage/butter/wine sauce. We're having New England style bread stuffing, mashed roasted garlic spuds, baby pearled onions in a creamy white sauce with a touch of nutmeg, and roasted acorn squash with a maple/butter glaze. On the side? A lovely Garden salad!
At least the kitchen will be toasty!
M.C.

Maine- that sounds good! Sometimes nice to do a "holiday" meal when it's not that holiday.

Jayme · #**145** 02-16-2007, 01:35 PM

Was supposed to be duck- brought to me by a friend, but once thawed, duck didn't quite seem right- guessing that handling and processing were not as sanitary as I prefer- so duck went into garbage.
Was replaced with chicken breast, sliced and seared, topped with a pomagranite cherry glaze, basmati rice, and a dark green salad. Dessert- the heart shaped chocolate cake my daughter and I made the night before (with lots of sprinkles!!.... LOL)

Blueicus · #**146** 02-16-2007, 01:45 PM

Yesterday I felt like trying something "light" in consideration of a friend so the menu was:

Quinoa served pilaf style with lemon, raisins, and Middle Eastern spices (So I snuck a few tablespoons of butter into it)
roasted zucchini and carrot
sauteed king oyster mushrooms and asparagus
Pan roasted sablefish (that I had problems with mentioned elsewhere)

Creme Caramel.

mredikop · #**147** 02-16-2007, 04:23 PM

The other night I had a very simple idea for Turkey Burgers "Maui Style"

I used..

1.5 lbs of ground turkey
1 Egg raw
1/2 Cup of Panko Bread Crumbs
Pineapple Slices
White American Cheese (sliced)
Salt and Pepper
Teriyaki Sauce
Extra Virgin Olive Oil

I mixed the ground turkey, egg, bread crumbs, salt and pepper together and made patties.

I paper toweled the pineapple slices dry and then in a hot pan I drizzled about 1 tbsp of EVOO and seared the pineapple slices on both sides and set aside.

Next I drizzled about 2 tbsp of EVOO over the still hot pan and laid out the patties to cook, once they were done on the bottom I flipped them and put a pineapple slice on each patty and drizzled teriyaki over the top and filled the little hole in the pineapple with more teriyaki sauce. Once the patty was nearly cooked through I drizzled a little more teriyaki and then topped with a slice of cheese.

I served these on kaiser rolls and let the wife and kids finish them with whatever condiments and such they liked. Big hit!

Jayme · #**148** 02-17-2007, 12:54 PM

Last night, we had a private teaching party at school- menu was:
crab, mushroom and olive stuffed portabello mushrooms
mediterranean salad
itallian vegies sauteed w/ wine
roast fingerling potatoes
beef wellington stuffed w/ carmelized onion, mushrooms, & spinich
bread
dessert: poached pears w/ chocolate sauce & Grand Marinar flambe'
I did veggies and potatoes- long nite- worked (day job- 8 hours) then immediately followed by 6 hours working the party. Tired!
(plus ran home on lunch break from work to put together dinner for family- burritos- left beans cooking in crock pot, had to mash them up and prep everything else) Nothing like having to cook in two places. LOL

Old school- thought the real estate stress was behind you? How frustrating- enough to make you loose your appetite!

Suzanne · #**149** 02-17-2007, 01:38 PM

The last couple of weeks have entailed lots of travel by one or the other of us, and meetings, not much cooking.

In fact, since last the beginning of the month I've only made dinner 7 times. Otherwise it's been eating out or bringing stuff in, or eating the leftovers. But tonight, ahhhhhhh: my supermarket had oxtails yesterday, so I made a big batch in the slow cooker with Jamaican curry powder, adobo seasoning, sauteed chopped onion, sliced garlic, diced carrots, minced lemongrass and fresh ginger, and dried thyme, with beef stock and

condensed tomato soup

for liquid. Will serve it over white rice, maybe with some beans on the side, and a salad of all romaine lettuce. And a spicy red wine. Finger-lickin' good!

And I have at least 5 more meals to put away in the freezer to just heat and eat when time is short. I just loooooooooooove oxtails!

Mezzaluna · #**150** 02-17-2007, 01:55 PM

Suzanne that does sound yummy!! I love oxtails too, but they're difficult to find where I live and shop.

For Valentine's Day I made a simple dinner: Caesar salads, steaks, baked polenta and lemon-butter asparagus. Dessert was homemade chocolate truffles.

Yesterday I spotted some really fresh bok choy in the store, and sirloin was on sale, so I made a stir fry with that plus baby spinach, red peppers, broccoli and green onions. It was all seasoned with a Ponzu, ginger, sesame oil, garlic and black pepper. Leftovers made a nice lunch today.