Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper -- what are you cooking? - Page 50  

I'm going to make some beef rogan josh and basmati rice as my contribution to dinner at my friend's place. Penzey's rogan josh spice mix works really well for it.

My friend, his daughter and his girlfriend liked it a lot. (This is where I'm living now). He asked if it would be okay for me to cook and for him to handle the dishwashing. Yeah!!

I've been reading the book "Flatbreads and Flavors" and I have a lot of flatbreads I want to make too. Lots of things I want to make now that I have a place with room to cook in. I'm happy.

Loving this thread.  Getting tons of ideas.  Just made a simple grilled chimmichurri burger with muenster cheese and extra chimmichurri on top.  So good the cole slaw was ignored.
 

First tomato from the garden along with the first sweet corn. BLT and 2 ears of corn for supper tonight.

Mary,

Firstfruits from the garden are always special.

my cherry tomatoes are out and and the zucchini blossoms, and for some strange reason my tubular beets manifested themselves a wee bit too early and I ate them last week.

Is it just me but my tomato plants look like they are on steroids, they are already 15 feet high....and growing.

For supper tonight I made shrimp pad thai on an asian salad , it was wonderful and a mixed berry fruit salad with maple syrup drizzled on top.

While I was cooking today I made some shrimp mojito's with alot of lime zest and finely chopped mint, a mix of fleur de sel, rum mixed with sugar.

I will be trying   some figs cut in half soaked in ice wine for an hour then  sprinkled with a touch of sugar and cinnamon, on the grill with cedar plank triple cheese (or rather triple cheese on a cedar plank- the language is the other way for me- think French, write English-sorry) and grilled baguette. make a reduction with the left over ice wine and then drizzle. I saw this with my dad, so its grilling with dad this weekend. .....there was a thread on prawns.........I like mine whole, brushed with olive oil and coarse salt and put on the grill. yes its a bit messy but that is the joy of it.

Petals, you have a way with words, in English and probably even more in French. Jai Hind, France and Canada.

Fresh figs are one of my favorite things. Beets? Baguette jazzed up? Man, I wish I could have a taste of what you're making.

Salad, cornish game hen and sweet corn on the smoker. Hot today and no way was I cooking indoors!

Tonight I made beans & green chili & tortillas for dinner... which means that tommorrow night will either be enchiladas or juevos rancheros... breakfast or lunch (or both!!) will definetly be juevos rancheros - we have lots of eggs;)

I have seen similar thread in other forums. Almost everyone posts pictures.

Why so few post pictures of their meals here?

dcarch

Yes, it would be nice to see more pics but to be honest with you many here when they finish plating and its about to go out the kitchen , the last thing they think about is "where is my camera ?".....especially at rush hour.

But I will try in the future (more at home-no time at work) to take pics........so far the ones here are just great.

I'll admit I too enjoy looking at pictures of food.  Usually I don't bother taking photos of what I prepare unless it is for a recipe web page or a response to some Chef Talk topic or such.

Tonight's dinner was omelets.  I had planned on grilling some pork chops, making some macaroni and cheese, a basic lettuce salad on the side.  But my wife changed her plans so instead of an hour or so I had about 15 minutes.  So I whipped up the omelets, fairly simple mushroom and cheddar topped with a bit of sour cream, black olives and a mild salsa.  Well, mine had onions, garlic and Pickapeppa sauce, a little more zing than hers.

I thought mine was good, she thought hers was one of the best she's ever had.  Guess I should have taken a picture!

mjb.

Blanched asparagus,  and pressure-steamed potatoes made into potato salad.  I don't like meat when it's this hot, so just the veggies.  I'm happy! 

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I have seen similar thread in other forums. Almost everyone posts pictures.

 

Why so few post pictures of their meals here?

 

dcarch

RPMcMurphy's been slacking.

Well, this turned out to be good.

I put some butter, fresh lemon peel, garlic, green peppercorns and black peppercorns into a small saucepan. It was mostly butter, to put on corn on the cob. I cooked it on low heat. I added some Penzey's "pasta sprinkle" and ground ancho chile after the garlic started to soften, and then I let it sit off the heat as the corn cooked. When the corn was done, I put this butter and seasoning mixture on. it Yum.

My inspiration for this was the roasted corn on the cob I had in India, with lime juice, salt, and ground red chiles.

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Originally Posted by dcarch 

I have seen similar thread in other forums. Almost everyone posts pictures.

 

Why so few post pictures of their meals here?

 

dcarch

I don't post photos because I don't know how.  Maybe that's a good thing, though, because I'd be posting pics all the time. 
 

Fairly simple dinner tonight - pork loin ribs grilled, corn on the cob as well:

Low res phone photo, sorry.

The ribs got a light dusting of my rub, cooked for about an hour with indirect heat.  The corn was soaked in salted water for a few hours then grilled over direct heat, turning often.  By the time the outer husks get dry and scorched he corn should be well steamed and have a nice roasted flavor to it.

mjb.

mjb.

I will post one:

I have been having a steady supply of wonderful tomatoes since Memorial Day. I harvested a couple of pounds of LGS (Lime Green Salad) today and had a nice cool salad of mozzarella cheese and tomatoes. Also Yukon Gold potatoes.

For those of you who have not grown LGS before, I highly recommend it. It is what is known as GWR (Green-When-Ripe) tomatoes. Beautiful petite plants, about 18 to 20" tall requiring no staking, produces early abundant harvests of luscious tangy-sweet 3 to 4 oz. round fruits which literally burst with intricate, sweet refreshing citrusy flavors. The flesh inside is a stunning chartreuse, juicy...the flavor lingers. Memorable.

I love it when I serve LGS to friends,” Are you sure they are ripe? They are still green! Oh WOW! They are delicious!”

dcarch

We can't deny it that people love to talk about food... no wonder this thread makes it to page 50. :-)

Okay my turn, just an ordinary dinner, my mom brought broccoli and i still find beef in the fridge so I'm thinking of preparing beef with broccoli for our next meal. :-)

Penne Pasta with a White Creamy Clam Sauce and Mushrooms

spanokopita filled with dandelion greens and mint from the back-yard and real Greek feta .....and that's lunch

Tonight... fried chicken, corn on the cob, mac and cheese salad, coleslaw and biscuits...  One of the guys at work mentioned fried chicken and that gave me a craving for it... I haven't made fried chicken in at least a year.  Needless to say I'm looking forward to dinner.

I'm not sure about tonight's dinner... my son wants (ugh) Hamburger Helper.  I've never liked the stuff and neither does my daughter.  My husband is very good at cooking if it comes out of a box or can or a frozen package and when she and I are at work on the weekends that's what he makes for the two of them for lunch.  She's at oma's for the week so we've been having dinners that he likes and she's not a fan of.  But hburg helper... I don't think so! 

I have leftover coleslaw and mac and cheese salad from last night so I'm thinking I might just do a simple grilled steak and make a tossed salad to go with the other cold sides I already have.  The boys can have hburg helper on Sunday when we're at work!

I think we are going to do hamburgers with heated potato crisps and a fruit plate of watermelon, rockmelon, orange sections and strawberries - have had enough of being creative this week.  Have had visitors from interstate and it wears you down, as much as it is enjoyable,  I'm knackered hehe.

Work days:

Breakfast: Plain omelette swimming in butter, Bacon, half an english muffin.

Lunch: Coffee, cigarettes

Dinner: ugh... another sandwich...

Day off:

Chicken stock, so I have an excuse to cut big piles of vegetables into little pieces, and practice not mangling chickens.

Request or random dish, preferably using the stock I just made.  It usually turns out to be something provencal.

Last day off: Shaved fennel and apple salad (copied from Charlie Trotter cookbook).  Blue-eye fillets stuffed with olive tapenade with sauted veg and fries (still cleaning up the oil),  Apple custard with crumbled walnut praline.

It's too hot to cook today. So I made sashimi.

dcarch

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It's too hot to cook today. So I made sashimi.

 

dcarch

 

Showoff!  LOL!  I made country style noodles, then pressure steamed shrimp and broccoli to go with them.  Not nearly so fancy,  but tasty anyway. 

Dcarch,

 Beautiful, thank you for sharing that, lovely presentation.

That sashimi platter looks really nice.  I, too, did some fish for dinner.  One of the local markets had some decent looking steelhead [ Looks a lot like salmon, tastes a lot like salmon but is an ocean going trout ]  on sale for 6 bucks a pound.  Got about a 1 pound chunk, lightly fried in butter and olive oil.  Made a garlic dill cream sauce for it.  The sauce was a bit too salty, brain fade on my part, but was quite flavorful.  Very enjoyable.

mjb.

PS:  I did slice off a sliver or two of the raw fish for taste testing with a little soy.  I could have eaten the whole thing that way, but my wife likes hers cooked.  She got the thin end, I got the thick part that was still a tad raw in the middle.  Yum.