Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper -- what are you cooking? - Page 45  

Made a dirty rice out of leftover pizza toppings (sausage, mushrooms, roasted peppers, caramilzed onions, a few olives). Pulsed that in the food processor to small bits to be the dirt,

Smothered (onion gravy) pork chops and greens.

Was quite tasty.

I found a recipe for "chicken saltimbocca" in the newspaper, and it sounded goo.

I split three chicken breast halves lengthwise, then pounded them. I chopped some fresh sage leaves and patted that on with salt and pepper. The directions said to press a paper-thin slice of prosciutto onto the chicken breast; this made the next steps difficult, so I might actually use a toothpick next time. I dipped them in a mixture of flour and romano cheese, dipped them in beaten egg, then again in the flour-cheese mixture. I browned them for two minutes in olive oil (to which I added some grapeseed oil) on each side, then put them on a baking sheet. They finished cooking in the oven and came out pretty good.

Oops, no leftovers--sorry :smoking:

We had a pretty standard Spaghetti Bolognese last night and then freshly baked Dark Chocolate & Avocado Cupcakes for dessert, yummy! :smiles:

Spoon size shredded wheat with milk and maple syrup.

With a winter storm starting(freezing rain/sleet right now) I am making a pot of potato soup with bacon.

Grapefruit sorbet with star anise. It worries me a bit that I've started thinking of this stuff as "my precioussss..."

Inspired by a post I made in another thread, I went to the butcher and procured a slab of Lamb Bacon. I sliced it about 1/2 inch think and pan seared it then into the oven with Celery Seed, Curry Powder, Black Pepper, Tomatoes, and Garlic Salt rubbed all over it. Holy hand grenades that was good!

Think I'm going to make a black mole today, depending on what chili's I can score at the mexi-market.

Scored some very nice briskets for 99 cents per lb. Ground most up for chili meat and stuck a hunk in the crock pot last nite. Used a cola based marinade. It smells so good in here this AM. Will drain and finish off in the oven with my homemade tomato based q sauce. Maybe some garlic bread for sandwiches later.

Chicken Soup from Left over store rotisserie chicken.

Yesterday we had left overs from 2 store cooked rotisserie chickens, so I stripped off the most of the skin tossed in a pot with fixins for chicken stock, simmer 1 hour. I had made chicken stock several days earlier plus some chicken meat. All the stock, meat and fresh veggies went into the pot.

Every once in awhile you make something that taste so good you think about having more hours later. Every one in the family took chicken soup to work.

Eggs braised in canned Thai green curry sauce, on toast. Fresh sauce would have been better, I'm sure, but this was good.

Kids got up late so had breaky/lunch of leftover chicken casserole on toast.

Dinner was corned silverside, jacket baby potatoes, buttered carrots and french beans, brussel sprouts with bacon, beetroot salad, chunky tomato/cucumber/spring onion/orange salad, dijonaisse to dress the meat. It must have been ok, son had 6 slices of the silverside (has hollow legs)!

Dessert was fruit salad: sliced nectarines macerated in brown sugar with grapes and bananas, topped with berry yoghurt and vanilla icecream.

Felt like cooking :)

Tomorrow may be a famine following a feast....

It wasn't haute cuisine, it wasn't cutting edge, it wasn't a low cal diet plate. It wasn't a cascade of culinary colors, the plating would not have blown your socks off. It wasn't worthy of a picture.

But it was very good, and hit the spot. Quick and simple, I fried a batch of frozen fries and did some grilled ham and cheddar sandwiches. Nice.

mjb.

What sort of ham? You can't go mentioning pork and not give up the details of its awesomeness.

Yesterday was Chinese pork fat Saturday here. I did braised curried pork, sherry braised pork ribs, and pork and Chinese cabbage soup.

I made some deep dish pizza, chicago style. There's only two of us to doggie got to have his share too...:peace:

That's a solid meal you've made there.

Today for lunch, I braved the icy sheet that is my front yard and fired up the grill. Grilled ox tail, bone in, and apricots. The wife made a watercress and peach salad.

A true bbqer. I can remember fireing up the grill in horizontal snow in Cape Cod.;)

It all came out pretty good. And, as we all know, the love grows over night.

When you want something cooked with fire and smoke, there's no other way.

This is true. It's hard to beat good smoking.

So I did Dr. Pepper ribs. Very moist. Grilled corn too. Yum!

Capt. Plug

I miss my bbq - high summer here and we just moved so I sold it - there *is no substitute for flame and smoke. Boohoo :( Maybe one of those mini disposable charcoal bbq's may cure my ill....

Last night I poached some chicken thighs, made stock with veg at same time, same pot; drained, cooled and shredded the meat; strained and reduced stock; sauteed off onions, garlic, mushroom,tomato; deglazed pan with white wine and some of the stock; thickened with and cooked off flour; added very reduced stock. Chicken back in; added frozen french beans, dried oregano leaves and a touch of smoked paprika; cooked till thick. On to spiralli, toss, top with shredded cheddar (had no parmesan). Fresh vienna bread and butter. Yummers. Dessert was good old banana and yoghurt smoothie.

Probably pork and veg stir fry with a choice of noodles or rice tonight (son won't eat rice, old man won't eat noodles...aargh) - we shall see. Lots of ginger gonna be involved there. And I think, fruit in jelly with honey and banana flavoured yoghurt. Hmmm there are some mixed berries lurking in the freezer...somewhere...

P.S. Doc - you must have been full after that :) Hope the snow has stopped. Cuz I am jealous :D

Monday Night Dinner

I just recently picked up a copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking and I have been trying a recipe or two each week. Last night was:

Starter:
Potato and Leek Soup

Main:
Chicken with Cream Sauce
Broiled Asparagus
Wild Rice Pilaf (my own recipe :smiles:)

Dessert:

Angel Food Cake topped with mixed berries and whipped cream.

All in all, it was pretty tasty.

Jeff

Next 3 days

Hubby is working long hours for the next 3 days (Mardi Gras) so I get to indulge in the things he really doesn't like. Tonight was a fresh made chicken pot pie, rich, creamy decadent and warming in this cold weather we have been having down south. Tomorrow maybe a nice vegetable beef soup and big salad, again it warms the soul, haven't come up with something for Fat Tuesday yet but I will probably be smoking some pulled pork for him and all the guys.:peace:

Coca Cola and Dr. Pepper are classic braises for Southern pork illuminati. Short loin ribs, Dr. Pepper, Cumin, and a little Cayenne makes for an outstanding plate of porcine goodness. The heat and sweetness cuts the fat nicely.

Spare ribs and Oysters Rockefeller

Quite an unlikely combination. I'm working on my spare rib smoking, so I put some on my stickburner and smoked over oak lump charcoal and hickory. I wrapped in foil after three hours at 225, left in foil with brown sugar, honey, and Parkay for two hours, and finished with glaze for another 45 minutes. They were very good, but I'm not sure I don't like them better without foiling. I just sampled a couple and will freeze for later.

My wife came in after a long day, so I took some of the oysters out of my ice chest and fixed some Oysters Rockefeller for our light supper while we watched the winter olympics. Good stuff.

Valentine's Day we plan on checking on our kitchen renovation and probably having a soft shell crab po-boy at the marina. I don't think I'm going to buy any more oysters for a while, but they have sure been good this winter.

We are still digging out. We have snow mounds that have to be 7 to 8 feet tall. We got one car dug out finally, and now we're working on the other car. I would be most pleased to share some our snow with you DC.;)

As far as cooking, Boeuf Bourguignon.

This is a great idea! I enjoyed reading all the replies.I had a beautiful rib roast with roasted veggies and Yorkshire pudding and gravy. Dessert was pumpkin cheese cake with maple syrup pecan sauce. So Good!!!

Good idea. I haven't cooked for 2 days now, its my husbands' valentines gift to me. He'll do all the housework for a week. lol