What did you have for dinner? - Page 2

I’m with you chefed, I adore breakfast for supper, my husband not so much. 

My Mother use to make us kids silver dollar pancakes and pork link and we thought that was pretty special... 

We could have all of syrup we wanted! 

The Ono came out “dry and tasteless” so my husband told me. 

I didn’t cook it too far, it a little give to it.  Maybe I should prepare it en papillote next time? 

That’s how I prepare (I’m allergic) his trout fillets on a bed

of julienne veg and a splash of dry Vermouth and herbs/spices too. 

As you said, having lived in Hawaii, (I may have mentioned this before) I never had to cook my own “local style” dishes, something like Ono was too expensive in the markets, so my husband always ordered it out.  

Alot of the fish caught (commercially)in Hawaii goes to Japan!  So if you had a friend (which we did)

who owned a boat and took you out fishing, WAHOO!!!  (or Ahi or....)

Save the outside leaves of lettuce and cook the fish in that. Years ago thats what we did to retain the moisture in the fish. Lettuce is 90% water and helps keep moist. Paper bags were done also, but today you do not know what the bags are made off?

Tostada's.....Char broiled flap meat, re fried Peruvian beans, greens, shredded cheddar, fire roasted salsa & avocado

grilled country style pork ribs with a tart cherry ginger glaze

zucchini brushed with fig balsamic vinegar and olive oil and grilled

baked beauregard sweet potato with a chipotle honey butter

I'm always trying to dream up something different and tasty,

seeing as I need to prepare three meals a day everyday for a particular (I won't say picky) eater.

Tonight's main attraction was Broccoli Slaw, I found it on sale yesterday. 

Stir fry came to mind first, a little chicken, I had some dried Shitakes in the cupboard,

the usual stir fry sauce of garlic, ginger, soy, mirin, sesame oil, chicken broth and corn starch. 

Some Chow Mein noodles and LET'S EAT!!

edit: I just looked at the finished product again in the photo and I guess this is really just Chicken Broccoli ala K~girl ...

Heh, share that Ice Cream!! (no dessert here)

It's what's for dinner tonight!!

Kalua (premade from a container) style Pork, Cabbage, Sweet Onions (not Maui Onions though), steamed White Rice and Aloha shoyu (Soy Sauce) ALL OVER!!!

Cracked Lobster, veal medallions with artichoke Beurre blanc, Greek potatoes and grilled asparagus

I have my faithful Panasonic 4 Cup Rice Cooker from Kaneohe!

I use a method of measuring out the rice and water we practice in Hawaii

Just pour out as much rice as you think you need;

wash it (in the pot/insert) under cool water until the water is no longer milky in color;

put just a little water as so you can level out the rice. 

Place the tip of your index finger just to touch the top of the rice then add enough water to reach the first knuckle at the end of your finger;

place the insert back into the “machine”;

cover/cook da bugga'(just puch down the button it takes usually 15 minutes)/steam(the button pops back up and leave it for an additional 15 minutes)

and it comes out prefect sticky/not too sticky rice every time. 

The leftovers are going to become “Hawaiian Fried Rice” tomorrow, with Teri Chicken on the grill.  ONO!!

K~girl

starved - guys finished work at 3:30 pm and got home at 9:30 pm - so it was KD deluxe - enof said

Last night was comfort food: Habichuelas Rojos, Ropa Vieja, Yuca, Mojo and of course, Arroz.  I made boxed Pistachio pudding for dessert, which I don't think I've ever done...heh.

Had a bagel with some fixings .....

Interesting Post.

It is a special day for us so a light yet special dinner at home:  

Poisson á La Crème aux Champignons = Baked Plaice with Chanterelle Mushrooms and Cream

A lollo rosso serrated curly edged lettuce variety which is green with magenta curly edges

A bottle of Sauvignon Blanc

Baguette - oven warm

Best regards.

Margaux Cintrano.

Margcata.

Petals - thanks for that luscious looking food porn!  I need to make up some tea cured salmon soon.

mjb.

Lol.

I hollowed out the centers of the bagels and stuffed it with cream cheese and capers. Lots of dill as I enjoy it so much, could only eat half though.

Last night was a layered salad, my youngest helped me make.  Simple and fun:

2-3 heads Romaine, (smaller ones I do whole, larger get halved), coarse salt, Olive Oil, Black Pepper and a splash of Rice Wine Vinegar and onto a high grill.  Basically want to give some charring but still retain the crispness of the lettuce while heating it through.

Chicken breasts marinated in sour (bitter) orange marinade, grilled, sliced thin on the bias

Thin sliced cucumber

Fresh green onion/scallion, cut into small rings

Grated Carrot

Dressing: 4 cloves garlic, ground cumin, ground black pepper, salt, juice of 1 lemon, small bunch cilantro, small bunch of chives, 1 egg...into blender high speed, and slowly add about 1.25/1.5Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Another small sprinkle of green onion for more contrast

Garnish with crisp pan fried chopped Nettle seasoned with salt and pepper

It's great to see the family devour this stuff.  Trick is to have everything prepped, Grill off the chicken and while it is resting grill the lettuce.  Off the grill, chop immediately and then layer in the above order.  The nettles we collected and then into a pretty hot pan with a little bit of Olive Oil.  You just keep cooking them until they get kind of crispy, adding more oil if you see fit and seasoned with a little salt and pepper. When they cool, just snip them with scissors, keeping the leaves intact as much as possible. It's a great one-dish meal, granted not many carbs but still satisfying and pretty quick to prepare.

Tonight is easy food for the kids but I am inspired to make a meal for my wife and I:

Grilled Ribeye with Bearnaise

Pommes Paillason (but cooked in Tallow that I rendered last night)

Spring medley of wild cress, dandelion green (haven't fixed on how I plan on dressing it....maybe just a drizzle of Laudemio, a squeeze of lemon and some coarse sel gris from geurande )

Chocolate Mousse

I need to grab a wine for this, I might have something that will work downstairs (think I have a mid nineties Burgess Cab)...but I am by no means a Sommelier so am open to suggestions!

Very nice dinners, everyone.

I made Kabocha soup and poached salmon.

dcarch

Dcarch,

You inspire ! Beautiful looking kabocha soup, I enjoy the way you used the vegetable as the vessel. As far as the salmon goes and the way you arranged the dish, just A1.

Another thing that caught my eye was your utensils, are those coconut utensils ?

Petals.

Last night I tried something completely new to me.  Beef heart.  Figured out quickly how to clean it and then searched for different cooking methods. 

I ended up slicing it thin and searing it.  Served over a salad of arugula, golden beets, peppers, olives and threads of carrot and daikon and dressed with a vinaigrette

Looks very nice.  Beef heart can be pretty tough and chewy, how did the seared slices turn out?
 

mjb.

I had stewed duck last night. It tasts very delicious! Very easy to cook. The most important step is to frying the duck with all the needy sauce before put it into stewpot.

In preparation for going to Hawaii, last night we had

Zippy’s (same place as the Mac Salad) Chili, cheese on top and

Diamond Bakery Soda Crackers on the side

VERY ONO!! 

That will be my next project, to figure out the recipe for that…