What did you have for dinner? - Page 5

Carrot soup , Chicken with mushroom & white wine  sauce, mashed potatoes, asperagus,  endive salad (work) . Dessert : pineapple bavarian with a chocolate garnish ( made it but  didn't have)

Salad for supper, ice tea. ( I know- boring)

Petals.

wine.....a bottle...by myself...not such a good day ...hopeful that tomorrow is better...hic...

joey

Sorry to hear that, hope tomorrow is better.

My wife brought home a bag of salad yesterday, I did some butter and garlic poached shrimp to top it, meant to do some fresh croutons - can't believe we are out of bread!

mjb.

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Originally Posted by durangojo 

wine.....a bottle...by myself...not such a good day ...hopeful that tomorrow is better...hic...

joey

I hear you - same here! Not hungry, bad mood... so made something simple: had a couscous salad: couscous, cucumber, tomatoes, red onions, lime and olive oil, S&P. Easy quick and pretty good. No wine. :(

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Originally Posted by teamfat 

can't believe we are out of bread!

Same here! Out of bread. The cheese just doesn't taste the same with no bread and no wine. 

Back to your poached shrimps: did you poach the shrimp in butter with garlic? That sounds delicious - but how much butter do you need to use? Sounds like an incredible amount of butter - but then again it sounds very good. I have poached shrimp in olive oil (with garlic) - never in butter. 

It was about a pound of shrimp, two crushed cloves of garlic in maybe three tablespoons of butter with a good splash of dry vermouth.  Poaching does imply that they may have been totally immersed in butter, such was not the case.  As I was plating I remembered I still had a bunch of fennel fronds, that would have been a nice addition to the shrimp while cooking.

mjb.

Ah ok yes I pictured them submerged in butter. BTW found a big bottle of dry vermouth in the back of the alcohol shelf, I have to try it next time I need to deglaze a pan!

Store purchased cheese tortollini  with my own heavy meat sauce, Hawian rolls toasted with garlic butter. Small mixed green salad Vadalia dressing.. Tommorrow I wilol do Chinese.

i've been on an indian kick lately so tonight chicken korma, saffron rice, potato & pea samosas, and some sort of salad...lemon tarts

tomorrow although not quite 'american' it will be  country style pork ribs slow cooked with ginger, garlic and chilies......brown basmatti rice and red lentils, garlicky roasted cauliflower......we are having friends over, so whatever they bring....thinking about making a gingerbread cake....that's pretty american...i hope that whatever you do, whoever you are with,that you enjoy your time and remember those who died to protect us

joey

oh, bdl, i meant to ask...i'm guessing that you cooked the sauerkraut in the oven for a bit, then added the ribs, then cooked the whole thing some more, right? how long...5 hours? did you sear the ribs before adding them? what else did you add? thanks

I'm really looking forward to dinner tonight - can hardly wait!  Macaroni Grill, best Italian in town.   It is, isn't it.  I don't know it compares to Olive Garden.

Someone gave us a gift card for the place, figured we might as well use it.  Hmmm, maybe I should sneak in a baggie of basil leaves and a rosemary sprig to perk up whatever it is they serve us.

mjb.

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Originally Posted by teamfat 

I'm really looking forward to dinner tonight - can hardly wait!  Macaroni Grill, best Italian in town.   It is, isn't it.  I don't know it compares to Olive Garden.

 

Someone gave us a gift card for the place, figured we might as well use it.  Hmmm, maybe I should sneak in a baggie of basil leaves and a rosemary sprig to perk up whatever it is they serve us.

 

mjb.

Macaroni is a bit better than OG......

Picked fresh strawberries yesterday so it was a bizzare mix.  Grilled Chicken and candied Pecan salads with Strawberries and mint.  Home made Strawberry Ice Cream, Strawberry creamcheese pie and Mint tea.

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Originally Posted by chefhow 

Grilled Chicken and candied Pecan salads with Strawberries and mint. 

Well that certainly sounds adventurous! I'm curious: did it taste good? Would you do it again? 

Yesterday I made homemade mashed potatoes with lots of cold butter, with Brussel sprouts braised in chicken stock with bacon and onions.

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Originally Posted by ordo 

The fichus were sauté in butter, sugar and anise seeds. 

 

ordo, I have been chomping at the bit for the past month to ask this question ...

what is fichus?

Gyros.....I still have garlic breath this morning. LOL

Dave

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Originally Posted by kaneohegirlinaz 

 

 

ordo, I have been chomping at the bit for the past month to ask this question ...

what is fichus?

 I'm really sorry. I meant FIG. I guess i invented a fake Latin word!

Red wine risotto with fresh peas and pea shoots. Simple, delicious vegetarian meal. I love meat, but I'm trying to cut down a bit. 

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Originally Posted by durangojo 

i've been on an indian kick lately

If you've never made Khatte Chole, run don't walk to buy some chick peas! I *always* make 2 lbs dried beans and freeze 2 quarts. The texture does change a little bit but is still super amazing and so easy to just thaw and add as another dish to the Indian supper. I make mine a bit more acidic and spicy than the base recipe.  My family loves this dish!

Rained buckets here. Picked up some Mahi and U10/U20 scallops today. Seared the mahi in fingers then cubed them. Served over a vegetable salad from things in the fridge. Corn, yellow beets and their raw tops, red bell pepper and red radish and some cilantro. Squeezed some lime and tangerine over it and a shot of evoo then tossed with salt and pepper.

Great looking Mahi and scallops. Nicely plated.

I was testing to see which I like the best; Country Style ribs or St. Louis Style.

Still not too sure.

dcarch

Country Style Ribs on Watermelon Rind

St. Louis Style Ribs on Pineapple & Beets

cute little corn, man!  did you grow those?

That's some fancy plates for dinner at home!.....the last thing I want to do at home is get all fancy...

Couple of rib eyes on the bbq for dinner tonight with some sauteed zucchini, mushrooms & onoin, green salad & pasta salad.......

Rhubarb & strawberry crisp for dessert.

Thank you everyone. Food play is fun, and delicious.

Those are not small corn and long corn. LOL!

I took two ears of corn of same diameters, cut them in sections and pin them together with tooth picks. Corn porn.

dcarch

These pics just make you want to reach into the screen and take a bite !!!!

Petals.

Oh my... to qualify for this forum i must improve my presentations a lot.

@ chefbuba,

I grilled (gas) boneless New York strips and some veg for our first night back from Hawaii.

Hubby said he didn’t like, that they had no taste. 

I prepped in my usual manner of sea salt, fresh cracker black pepper and some garlic powder. 

As I’m thinking about it now, he said the same about the Rib Eyes that I made a while back the same way,

from the same source, same quality (choice Angus).

What am I doing wrong here?

Should look for a different purveyor? A different quality?

Maybe a new way of seasoning?

I don’t want to fuss with charcoal in the desert and start a wildfire…

Please, everyone chime in, I love a good steak and I don't want to give up ...