What do your meals look like (show me pictures)....

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  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 2,110 Member
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    Stir fry rice, veg & chicken - added cabbage & zuchini, reserved 1/2, added 1 egg, oz each of swiss & fontina cheese, and a bit of sweet chili sauce. Served with chilled diced crispy apple. Tea

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    Dutch herring salad with a failed attempt at air fryer dutch bitterballen. I have done these successfully in the past using a tin of stew thickened with a roux and then stirring in bloomed gelatine. I didn't add enough gelatine this time so the chilled stew was not congealed enough to roll into balls before coating in flour, egg, oiled breadcrumbs and air fried.

    This time the hubby remembered to buy beets for the salad but forgot to add capers.

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    I knew a Dutch couple who moved to Chicago and when they craved bitterballen she made them from scratch which was a 3 day affair. Day 1: Make a very gelatinous beef broth using a lot of bones. Day 2: Make a thick veal stew and chill overnight. Day 3: Roll congealed stew into golf balls, coat in flour, then egg, then bread crumbs and deep fry.

  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 2,110 Member
    edited October 21

    Soup looks fab, love the dash of oil for a snap @pjg2015

    @acpgee bitterballen sounds amazing... enjoy the variety in your meals. Almost tempted to try an air fryer.

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    Readymeal picked up on way home, blackened chicken, broccoli, mashed red potatoes, and (salty) mushroom gravy. Warmed and stirred a bit for a stew like bowl.

    Served with a plum, decaf black tea.

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    Two types of mock Peking duck. One used a duck breast cooked to medium well, the other was a vegan version using tofu skins.

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    Cheat's Hainanese chicken rice. I peeled off the skin for chicken crackling air fried on top of some courgette drizzled with olive oil. Rice done in the rice cooker using chicken stock instead of water with the naked chicken thighs poached on top. There are typically three condiments served with chicken rice. We had the ginger/spring onion pesto leftover from the last time I made this. We used store bought chilli sauce and store bought sweet Indonesian soy. It's a dinner I could put together despite getting home late from work.

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  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 2,110 Member
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    Ravioli & tortelini with several leftover meats, fresh mozzarella - split, served with a cut veg tray and berries

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    Worked from home today so snuck in a little cooking. Carrot soup with Thai flavourings (red curry paste, coconut milk, lime, fish sauce, chilli sauce, coriander) followed by salade Nicoise using Alistair Little's recipe.

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  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 2,110 Member
    edited October 24

    Leftover remainders meat pasta casserole over bed sauteed cabbage & zuchini, and roasted spaghetti squash - gently stirred into a bowl. A few chilled apple slices with cashew butter. Tea.

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    Last weekend my batch cooking buddy came over and we made a huge quantity of chilli con carne following Thomasina Miers recipe. We defrosted a box tonight reluctantly because I am still a little tired of it. I made Peruvian aji verde and served it on corn tortillas to pep it up.

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  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 2,110 Member
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    Lunch salad of spinach & kale with diced yellow summer squash, cabbage, roast butternut, raisins, pecans & sunflower seeds, ceasar dressed tuna.

  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 2,110 Member
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    Tried a whole wheat home bake pizza, had to cut in half to fit pan.

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  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,494 Member

    acpgee ~ I notice that you use the air fryer quite a bit! Do you have more than one? Just curious.

    Carol in GA

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    @Peach1948

    I’ve only got the one air fryer. I often later potatoes under a roast. I also sometimes roast vegetables in advance and warm them up in the microwave while carving a roast. Basically I stopped using the oven after getting an air fryer, except at Christmas when I roast a whole goose or leg of lamb. Being smaller and better insulated it uses less energy and doesn’t heat up the kitchen.

    I recently switched to an inferior performing air fryer because of better looks. Still trying to figure out how best to make focaccia bread in it which comes out either too crusty or soggy in the middle. Roast potatoes take 20% more time on the highest temperature setting. But hey, look how great it looks compared to the old one.

    Excuse the staye of my kitchen.

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  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,494 Member

    I have the original Ninja oven that air frys, bakes, toast, broils, etc. I love it but it is difficult to clean.

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    @Peach1948

    I had the Ninja before the Xiaomi I currently have. I just tossed the basket and tray in the dishwasher. The harsh dishwasher detergent does damage the non stick coating but once that happens line the tray with silicon mat cut to size. The kind sold on amazon made for preventing small items like shrimp and asparagus from falling between grates on the BBQ. Nothing sticks to the silicon.

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    i should have said silicon mesh.

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    I got home late from work. Hubby put on the rice cooker and defrosted some beef rendang in the freezer. He has become quite adept at making air fryer roast cherry tomatoes.

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    @Peach1948

    My mistake. I now see the Ninja oven is very different than the Ninja air fryer I had, the one I used with silicon mesh after damaging the nonstick surfaces in the dishwasher.

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    I'm getting a meat delivery on Thursday from the organic butcher so we are trying to make a little room in the freezer. Hainanese chicken rice gets rid of some chicken but more importantly a tub of chicken stock. Condiments of chicken crackling, ginger and spring onion pesto, store bought sambal, and sweet Indonesian soy. Sides are leftovers from a Sichuan lunch out, with an ex colleague.

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  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 2,110 Member

    Shredded roast chicken & pan vegs sandwich

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  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 2,110 Member
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    Homemade broth soup with canned vegs & diced roast chicken for dinner.

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  • mjbnj0001
    mjbnj0001 Posts: 1,390 Member

    We got back last evening from our Viking River Cruise (Amsterdam to Basel, with 2d extension to Lucerne and flight from Zurich). Excellent trip. As pertains to this thread/group, excellent food too, generally. I'm going to need a detox month or so from the rich diet I usually don't indulge in, LOL.

    @acpgee made some Dutch recommendations; I managed Bitterballen (served onboard Viking our first night, with a mustard sauce). And our final night's dinner in Lucerne included a Swiss classic, something called Fritschipastetli, which is a torte filled with beef chunks and veal sausage pieces in a dark brown cognac sauce with raisins, as pictured below. I otherwise didn't photograph a lot of meals. Viking provides full onboard meal service with nods to both local cuisine pertinent to where they are at the moment or next port of call, plus other items, including standards for Americans which seems to be a major demographic, at least on this cruise route. Plus some always-available snacks and coffee/tea/cocoa and a lounge/bar. We ate ashore too, mostly coffee and treats, on our walks around the towns.

    The third picture is a village on the middle, scenic portion of the Rhine transit through Germany. Frankly, much of the river has extensive commercial development, so that the ports of call are the scenic destinations, but this portion is just scenic in transit. The fields are vineyards, mostly harvested, and they go on for miles. Many are Pinot Noir. Some spotty fields are plastic-covered with grapes still on the vines (not in this pic), the growers hoping to get some ice wine harvest later in the year.

    The 4th picture is from a daytrip excursion we made from Lucerne to a suburb to get a cable car trip up into the Alps. Most of my trip photos are not on my phone, but a small digicam, and need to be sorted, but this (and all in this posting) are from my phone. We went to a summit above the snow line, and the all-around vista was gorgeous. The Alps are fully snow covered, not the dusting seen here.

    Viking and river cruising may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I came away impressed with their service, organization and performance, in this, my first experience with them. Will there be more? Maybe. It's a big world.

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  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 2,110 Member
    edited October 30

    Wow, glorious! Food looks delish!

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    Made a broth and used some for a tomato based soup with mixed beans, vegs and roast chicken. Served with dinner salad and cut mango & strawberries. Hot tea.

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,422 Member

    The trip looks lovely.

    Clearing out the freezer to make room for a delivery from the organic butcher.

    Sous vide lamb shank browned in the air fryer with potatoes and courgette. Cabbage sauteed on the stovetop. Gravy from the liquid in the sous vide bag.

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