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#1 ·
Unfortunately, I was lazy and made my fiance make dinner, so hamburger helper it was! 

Actually, it wasn't that bad.  It filled me up either way :\
 
#8 · (Edited)
Last night i got home really late, after 9.  We were starving.  I put water on to boil.  Heated butter and oil in a frying pan, whizzed a couple of shallots and a couple of garlic cloves in the chopper attachment of the immersion blender.  Dumped that in, along with a couple of pinches flaked hot red pepper, and sauteed over low heat.  Meanwhile when water was boiling I tossed the spaghetti in the water with handful of salt.  added a couple of handfuls of shelled deveined shrimp from the freezer to the frying pan and let them sautee as they defrosted (my usual technique is more careful than this).  Threw in a couple of glugs from the bottle of dry white vermouth, let it get syrupy, added frozen peas and shut the gas while they defrosted and the pasta finished cooking.  Drained the pasta, dumped the shrimp stuff into the pasta and mixed - we were at the table in 15 minutes.

NOT BAD! 
 
#7,702 ·
Last night i got home really late, after 9. We were starving. I put water on to boil. Heated butter and oil in a frying pan, whizzed a couple of shallots and a couple of garlic cloves in the chopper attachment of the immersion blender. Dumped that in, along with a couple of pinches flaked hot red pepper, and sauteed over low heat. Meanwhile when water was boiling I tossed the spaghetti in the water with handful of salt. added a couple of handfuls of shelled deveined shrimp from the freezer to the frying pan and let them sautee as they defrosted (my usual technique is more careful than this). Threw in a couple of glugs from the bottle of dry white vermouth, let it get syrupy, added frozen peas and shut the gas while they defrosted and the pasta finished cooking. Drained the pasta, dumped the shrimp stuff into the pasta and mixed - we were at the table in 15 minutes.

NOT BAD!
Inspiring, thanks. j
 
#10 ·
just got in from restaurant Riccardo's in the Dollard des Ormeaux, the food was great. Small family owned restaurant.

we all shared too many apps but the shrimp limoncello & risotto was terrific.

Petals.

I'm going back to get the recipe
 
#11 ·
Petals:  The risotto with prawns and lemon liquor sounds lovely. This is very common in Napoli, and the Amalfi Coast, citrus grove country. Sometimes I prepare a shellfish risotto.

I too had gone out for dinner, as I was having some work done at the family Condo in Italia. The fish we had eaten was lovely, swordfish with capers, olives, tomato, white wine and basil.  

Nice post.

M.C.
 
#12 ·
Last night entertained a friend. The menu was, app-ceviche of scallops shrimp and amberjack. The mains were 10-12 cnt. head on Gulf shrimp and amberjack fillets and shredded brussel sprouts as a side plus a salad

Tonight seared yellow fin tuna, guacamole and streamed broccoli seasoned with dashi and a wasabi cream sauce
 
#19 ·
haha Kane sounds good!

Here it is:  First, I'd like to state that I've been trying to utilize ingredients that I've had in my fridge or pantry without buying new stuff and spending more money.  I didn't look up a recipe for this, and pretty much "shot from the hip" as some Texans would say ;)  It was my first time cooking with Turmeric too...

First I sauteed sliced green, red and yellow bell peppers (1 each), shallots (2), garlic, Serrano peppers (2) in butter.  After the veg softens up, add sliced baby portabellos and cook until soft.  Then I seasoned boneless chicken thigh meat with kosher salt, ground black pepper and a light dusting of Turmeric on both sides.  Put butter in saute pan and make sure it's HOT!  I put the chicken in, and sear on both sides until chicken is cooked through.  Then, I cut the Ciabatta in half and toasted it with butter on a skillet until crisp. 

Plating:  Place Ciabatta on plate, drizzle with olive oil and lightly cracked pepper.  Then, slice the chicken and add on top of bread.  Then add veggie mixture and Havarti cheese and melt in microwave fore 30 seconds (or oven, or whatever equipment you want lol).  Then garnish with parsley and WHALAH!

PS, this dish tastes a lot better with about 3 glasses of Merlot ;)
 
#7,365 ·
Pan seared Pork tenderloin with a blueberry demi, roasted fingerlings and baby carrots. A bottle of Alpine Beer co. Duet to wash it all down.
I did something similar. I did pan-seared thick pork chops with a blackberry jalapeno preserve. I was at a holiday fair this past weekend and one of the vendors was selling her spicy preserves. I like the blackberry jalapeno preserve she had. On a cracker, it tasted like it had more of a kick than hot or spicy. A one-pint jar was $7 . . . so why not.
 
#23 ·
mrM ... everything is better with wine braddah !!

but I will try this one ... let us know how it goes over in your place too ..
Will do! Although, I wont run it this weekend because were having a huge crawfish boil for St. Patricks day and I'll do a few other seafood specials to go along with it. The Turmeric Chicken will probably be served in a couple of weeks :)
 
#25 · (Edited)
@ Luv, what kind of frisky dressing do you make?
I got the recipe while eating in Lima Peru at Pardo's on the ocean where I ate steak and fries plus a wonderful salad.

When I tried to ask the waiter what the dressing was I was eating [they'd brought 3 different ones] for dipping steak/fries/salad in.

Not understanding me, he brought a chef out who spoke a little English. Between the two of us, we kind of understood each other.

The ingredients were mostly what I wanted to know [because of the flavor of my favorite one they brought out] was incredible and I'd never tasted anything like it. Ingredients are very odd sounding but this is what the frisky dressing contains and I just make it slowly until I get that taste just right. Note, the chef called it something that of course I couldn't understand, but it sounded like he said something like "frisky". Hence the name.

Mayonnaise, mustard, very hot Peruvian chilies, basil, salt pepper, oil, garlic. Like I say it takes a effort to get it right.
 
#26 ·
Thai Dirty Rice

At work we did a class on game birds so I wound up taking home the gizzards, hearts, and livers from pheasant, quail, squab, poussin, guinea hens, etc

I minced and then sauteed them. Threw in collard greens and sauteed a bit more. Then deglazed with a mix of Thai red curry paste, chunky peanut butter. and coconut milk. Covered the pan and turned the heat off. Let it sit for a few minutes, then stirred in cooked brown rice, black beans, mint, and cilantro.

Definitely a cupboard and refrigerator extravaganza!
 
#27 ·
Thai Dirty Rice

At work we did a class on game birds so I wound up taking home the gizzards, hearts, and livers from pheasant, quail, squab, poussin, guinea hens, etc

I minced and then sauteed them. Threw in collard greens and sauteed a bit more. Then deglazed with a mix of Thai red curry paste, chunky peanut butter. and coconut milk. Covered the pan and turned the heat off. Let it sit for a few minutes, then stirred in cooked brown rice, black beans, mint, and cilantro.

Definitely a cupboard and refrigerator extravaganza!
Cupboard and refrigerator extravaganza is right! Collards, curry paste, peanut butter (wtf?!), coconut milk, rice, beans, mint and cilantro! That's alot of stuff! sounds extremely interesting, though I don't have an idea of what it would taste like lol.
 
#29 ·
Dinner tonight for my husband was grilled Ono (or what I have seen here as Wahoo), a dipping sauce of Wasabi and Shoyu (soy sauce), a side of steamed white rice, ginger Carrots and a salad of Tomato, Cucumber, Sweet Red Peppers and Radishes. Me, I'm highly allergic, I had a Tuna Salad sandwich with a side of low fat "Pop" chips. We washed everything down with a HUGE glass of Iced Tea.

 
#30 ·
Wahoo is a fantastic fish caught off Bermuda and the Big Island where you come from. I believe it to be related to Tuna.

   . Me for dinner Pancakes , sausage with 2 sunnyside eggs. Every once in a while I like this.  easy dinner
 
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