What was the last meal you cooked?

o0kody0o

Chicken stir-fry with wholewheat noodles. I made my own basic stir-fry sauce for the first time and it was really nice 😋

sammidelvecchio

On Saturday night, my boyfriend and I made coneys! We put them on Hawaiian buns instead of regular, and used mozzarella cheese instead of cheddar. They were so good

InspectorRed

Hubby's requested Father's Day dinner: Corn on the cob, Shrimp, and Ribeye steaks, all cooked on the grill...and coconut cream pie for dessert! It was all delish! and we were so busy all weekend, neither of us feels the least bit guilty about any of it!

jrussoalesi

Slow Cooker Cabbage Soup; this week's lunch

acpgee

Pat Thai using David Thompson's recipe. I subbed chicken breast for prawns as hubby can't digest shellfish.

biggiwig4483

Just boiled potatoes and quark. I keep my meals very simple.

aokoye

Black bean and roasted sweet potato tacos with homemade tortillas from a recipe from Serious Eats. The tortillas would also be good for anything you'd want to use a pocketless pita for in terms of both taste and texture. I also didn't have any bread flour (forgot to pick some up) so I added a tbsp of vital wheat gluten. You could get around that by kneading it longer - either by hand or via a stand mixer with a dough hook.

I cooked the black beans in the instant pot yesterday then sauteed them this evening with onions and garlic and mashed them with a spatula somewhat haphazardly.

acpgee

https://www.chinasichuanfood.com/mapo-tofu-recipe/
https://thewoksoflife.com/dry-fried-string-beans-sichuan/

MsWeiWei

Salt marinated chicken breast and vegetables for lunch, oats omelette and butter head lettuce salad for dinner.

mjbnj0001

Another summer salad experiment.

Thai-inspired cucumber-lime salad. Pretty simple, decent flavor. Made an interesting pairing with a hearty turkey sandwich for lunch this rainy summer day.

Next time I'll probably add some yellow or red bell pepper for some color splash, and decrease the amount of onions (or make them really finely sliced). Also, I continue my love-hate relationship with the mandolin; I'd probably use some cheffy knife skills next time, or the cuisinart to render the cukes.

aokoye

More pita - shocking I know. This time, however, was by far the most successful. I suspect it was a mix of using just enough but not too much vital wheat gluten (I could likely get around this by using bread flour, but where's the fun in that), rolling the dough out thin enough, and having the oven on 500F with convection. I also made tomato kibbeh.

lx1x

acpgee

The Chinese equivalent of gnocchi.
https://whattocooktoday.com/stir-fried-nian-gao-rice-cakes.html
Copycat Ippudo cucumber salad. I switched the fish sauce for a quarter teaspoon of instant dashi powder as I suspect that is what Ippudo does.
https://pantryno7.com/ippudo-cucumber-salad/

mjbnj0001

Another summer salad: carrot-raisin-pineapple with a citrus vinaigrette dressing. Served with savory plain broiled chicken, quinoa and some leftover mixed veg. Made a good contrast to the chicken: refreshing, Hawaiian-like, and sweet, Used golden raisins rather than brown, and other than the top garnish, the chunk pineapple went into the cuisinart first to make fine pieces.

Pics:
1. Salad, prepared.
2. Dinner service.





(Yes, that's a little brown rice mixed into the mixed veg. had a couple tablespoons left over from last night's dinner, just saved it and the veg all together).

lx1x

Digiorno Pizza in a pellet grill

acpgee

Pantesca with Spanish bonito de lomo (salt cured tuna loin) instead of traditional mackerel.
http://www.italyfoodandwinetours.com/pantesca-sicilian-summer-salad/
Porcini risotto
https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/porcini-risotto
started when we last had risotto on Sunday night. I always make a double batch and reserve half at the undercooked stage to finish off a week later, restaurant style.
https://www.seriouseats.com/2017/05/how-to-make-ahead-risotto.html

acpgee

Pantesca as antipasti and porcini risotto as primi.

lx1x

Dinner...cooked in smoker/pellet grill..


Tomorrow's dinner.. pulled pork.. seasoned and ready to go on the smoker first thing in the morning..

acpgee

Ever since I watched David Chang make cube shaped croquettes in Mind of a Chef, I've copied the idea. Easier to cut a trayful of cubes than rolling stuff into little balls. So cute too. A cube shaped arancini made from last night's leftover risotto, cooked in the air fryer.

widgit808

acpgee wrote: »

Pantesca with Spanish bonito de lomo (salt cured tuna loin) instead of traditional mackerel.
http://www.italyfoodandwinetours.com/pantesca-sicilian-summer-salad/
Porcini risotto
https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/porcini-risotto
started when we last had risotto on Sunday night. I always make a double batch and reserve half at the undercooked stage to finish off a week later, restaurant style.
https://www.seriouseats.com/2017/05/how-to-make-ahead-risotto.html

@acpgee is bonito de lomo the same as mojama? Where do you buy yours?

acpgee

widgit808 wrote: »

acpgee wrote: »

Pantesca with Spanish bonito de lomo (salt cured tuna loin) instead of traditional mackerel.
http://www.italyfoodandwinetours.com/pantesca-sicilian-summer-salad/
Porcini risotto
https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/porcini-risotto
started when we last had risotto on Sunday night. I always make a double batch and reserve half at the undercooked stage to finish off a week later, restaurant style.
https://www.seriouseats.com/2017/05/how-to-make-ahead-risotto.html

@acpgee is bonito de lomo the same as mojama? Where do you buy yours?

Hi Widget,

Lomo de bonito is more lightly cured than mojama. Texture is more like gravlax or smoked salmon. It's quite similar to Dutch/German/Polish salt herring (not pickled herring). Mojama has a texture similar to parma ham and is hard enough to be grated. It is also a lot more expensive.

I'm afraid I don't know where to buy lomo de bonito as I have a girlfriend who spends part of the year Spain. She buys it in the supermarket in Spain, sticks several vacuum packs in her freezer here in London and brings some around as a hostess gift when she comes for dinner. It seems to keep well even when the vacuum pack has been opened. We tend to need about a month to use a pack up. It has been a bit of a mystery how to use it, as when I google for recipes I only get hits in Spanish.

Here are pictures of both products for comparison.

https://mardorado.com/producto/lomo-bonito-sin-piel-ni-espinas/
https://www.lacasadeljamon.com.es/es/conservas-gourmet/752-comprar-taco-de-mojama-de-atun-extra.html

trobinson7878

Pork steak and italian green beans

Jelaan

Huge veggie frittata for breakfast this morning. Yum!

acpgee

We snacked on buffalo wings during an afternoon walk in town so didn't need much by way of dinner. A couple of very simple tapas, habas con jamon and zanahorias alinadas with some brown bread.
http://www.aspoonfulofspain.com/broad-beans-and-ham-tapas-recipe/
https://arecipeforgluttony.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/in-portuguese-marinated-carrots/

katiesmom_99

Baked sweet potatoes stuffed with slow cooker pulled pork, roasted garlic parmesan zucchini chips, and a salad of spring greens, spinach, and cherry tomatoes.

aokoye

Vietnamese style chicken meatballs from Serious Eats. Changed it a bit by using 3 stalks of lemongrass instead of two and pureeing all of the aromatics (save for the mint in the vitamix with the help of a little water (which I then sauteed). I also browned them on the stove and then cooked them in the oven and didn't do the sprinkling with sugar thing.

I ate it with rice noodles, salad greens, and nuoc cham. Very tasty though I would add twice the amount of garlic next time.

BlowPopKisses

Beef stir fry w/green peppers and onions on a bed of rice w/teriyaki sauce and crushed red peppers.

ceiswyn

Savoury gooseberry risotto.

Recipe - err, well I started with a recipe for strawberry risotto, and then substituted literally everything except the butter and onion. Freekeh and quinoa provide a more interesting taste and texture, Skyr makes a pretty good low calorie, high protein substitute for mascarpone, and I had a nice dry elderflower fizz that did a reasonable job instead of white wine. I also added feta because it seemed like a good idea (it was).

acpgee

Vietnamese butter garlic noodles is an unlikely reading recipe but so good.

mjbnj0001

"Three Salad Evening" - no, not the old rock band, "Three Dog Night."

Continuing our summer grill-and-salads theme:
1. Tomato-veg-quinoa salad with fresh lemon-herb dressing.
2. Carolina Vinegar Slaw.
3. Carrot-Raisin-Pineapple salad with Greek Yogurt dressing.

Served with grilled chicken breast pieces. Everything fresh except for canned crushed pineapple.