What did you have for dinner? -Part dois

[haymarket]

I had a few bowls of Corn Flakes w/strawberries

The Seinfeld diet.

 

[Kali]

I ate too much. Ham, Turkey, dressing, mac and cheese, rice w/gravy, raw veggies, homemade bread, deviled eggs, cake and pecan pie. I am sure I am forgetting stuff. Not to worry as I did walk some of it off and have lots of leftovers for tomm for lunch and maybe even dinner tomm night.

 

[SgtRock]

I made Seafood Gumbo with Chicken and Andouille Sausage yesterday . Had some for supper this evening. Hope everyone had a lovely Easter

 

[Whovian]

I made Seafood Gumbo with Chicken and Andouille Sausage yesterday . Had some for supper this evening. Hope everyone had a lovely Easter

recipe??????

 

[Whovian]

siu bao (pork buns)...

chicken/pork pot stickers (dumplings)...

spring rolls (veggie)...

All home made. Spring roll tip... coat the wrapper lightly in oil before baking.

 

[marduc]

Last night was salmon seasoned with chili powder (and S&P) pan sauteed in olive oil and topped with a lemon and cilantro vinaigrette of sorts (no vinegar). I served this over an apple walnut couscous. This was one of those "hmm what is for dinner? well lets see I have granny smith apples, and some cilantro that I need to use up so what can I do from here?" kind of dishes. The flavors -while distinct- all worked together very well, and seemed to contrast and compliment one another at the same time.

And no, there are no pics this time around

 

[ReverendHellh0und]

Going on a full Paleo diet from now until June (perhaps 90%)..... I make it my mission to not eat processed foods, or unnatural foods, anything in a box, etc. I am taking it a step further for the time being to see how it all works out...

 

[SgtRock]

Going on a full Paleo diet from now until June (perhaps 90%)..... I make it my mission to not eat processed foods, or unnatural foods, anything in a box, etc. I am taking it a step further for the time being to see how it all works out...

Good luck with your diet. Let me know how it works. I might be intrested in trying it.

 

[ReverendHellh0und]

Good luck with your diet. Let me know how it works. I might be intrested in trying it.

Oh it works great. I do it usually for 30 days at a time to cleanse my system.


No proccessed foods.
No sugar
No wheat flour
No legumes


to put it in a nutshell.....

 

[SgtRock]

As many of you know my wife is Korean. Well every so often we fry up a mess of tempura. Yesterday we went out to the lake and caught some shell crackers (red eared sunfish), crappie, and two white bass. today I bought some fresh prawns and it was on. East meets south of the border. Tempura fish tacos and prawns with deep fried cheese stuffed jalapenos, home made slaw and spanish rice. I would post a pic if there were any left. They were devoured lickity split. Fresh marquez corn tortillas with thin slices if fried tempura, topped with avocado, green onions, fresh squeezed lime, and pico de gallo I made last night. Next time I will remember to take a pic before we eat. I love this time of year. The fish are bitting good and there is nothing like fresh fish, family and ice cold beer.

 

[Andalublue]

Had a few good reviews of this main course soup from appreciative diners, so I thought y'all might like the recipe...

Andaluz Lentil Soup

1. A couple of slices of bacon, chopped.
2. 400g (12oz) uncooked chorizo (not the kind you get in slices)
3. 500g (1 lb) brown or Puy lentils
4. 2 carrots, roughly chopped
5. 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
6. 1 red pepper, roughly chopped
7. 2 tsp thyme
8. 1 large onion, finely chopped
9. 1 tsp pimentón (or ordinary paprika if you can't get it)
10. 1 tblsp tomato purée
11. 3 large tomatoes, skin and seeds removed, chopped
12. (1 tin of chopped tomatoes can replace the above two ingredients)
13. Water
14. Salt and pepper, pinch or sugar and a slug of balsamic vinegar
15. A handful of chopped fresh parsley, if you have it

1. Fry the bacon in a large pan with a little olive oil for 2 minutes, no more. Add the whole chorizo, lentils, carrots, garlic, pepper, and thyme and then add water until it's about 1cm above the lentils. Bring to the boil. Turn down the heat and simmer for 30 mins. Meanwhile fry the onion gently in olive oil until it starts to turn golden brown.
2. After the 30 minutes, remove the whole chorizo from the lentils and chop into thin(ish) slices and return to the pan. Add the tomatoes, pimentón and the fried onions and contiue to simmer for 10 minutes. You might need to add some more water, it depends on whether you want more of a soup or a stew consistency. Taste and add salt and pepper and possibly a pinch of sugar and a glug of balsamic vinegar.
3. Serve in a bowl, sprinkled with parsley and with some crusty bread. It's just like Mamá used to make!

 

[marduc]

I went kayaking and camping over the weekend, night before last was fresh caught mullet smoked over the campfire and blue crabs -which were picked up from a roadside stand just up the road from the campsite- tossed into the coals of the fire, and corn on the cob roasted over the coals.. for camp food it was superb.

Tonight I went the quick and easy route and made curry burgers, just mix a heaping tbs. of curry powder in a lb of ground beef with a few tsp. soy sauce for moisture (this is important or else they will be too crumbly and hard to form into patties - I use low sodium to not over salt them), grill and eat with toppings and condiments of choice. In my case this was grilled onions, sliced thai peppers from the garden (starting to get my first batch ripened), sriracha, and muenster cheese melted on toasted ciabbatta rolls.

 

[Andalublue]

grilled onions, sliced thai peppers from the garden (starting to get my first batch ripened), sriracha, and muenster cheese melted on toasted ciabbatta rolls.

Wow! Thai peppers, Muenster cheese and ciabatta. That quite a multinational combination. Sounds good!

 

[marduc]

Wow! Thai peppers, Muenster cheese and ciabatta. That quite a multinational combination. Sounds good!

I did not even think of that when I was making it. Throw the curry and the soy sauce into the multinational mix-up list too. They were good

 

[AndrewC23]

Whole grain penne pasta with tomato sauce and garlic salt.

 

[MaggieD]

Last night's dinner yummy!!

A pasta "sauce" (not really) made with sauteed mushrooms, sauteed quartered artichoke hearts rolled in parmesan, halved grape tomatoes thrown in at the last minute and crumbled goat cheese...fettucini cooked in a chicken boullion for flavor. A chopped salad made with lettuce, cucumber, peeled/cored tomatoes, green peppers, scallions, zuccini...all very lightly dressed with a vinegar/oil dressing.

Tonight's is poached salmon with a dill/mayo/lemon sauce, asparagas and oven-browned baby potatoes par-boiled in chicken boullion for flavor. They taste just like you made them with a roast. Oh, and room-temp thick sliced tomatoes with basil/salt/pepper. Yum!

For foodies/cookies out there, have you tried the Reynold's Wrap Nonstick Foil? It is fabulous. Works just as adverted. How unAmerican!!

 

[jamesrage]

Last night I had some black beans and corn bread. The beans were pretty good.

Black Beans Recipe - Allrecipes.com
Ingredients

2 cups dry black beans, soaked overnight
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
5 cloves garlic, chopped
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1/2 cup white cooking wine
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil

Directions

1. In a medium stockpot over medium-high heat, cover beans with water and cook with onion, green pepper, garlic, bay leaves, salt, cumin and oregano. Boil until beans are tender, about 1 hour. Add water as necessary so that the beans don't dry out or scorch.
2. When beans are cooked, stir in wine, vinegar and oil.(I added the wine during the cooking.)

 

[Andalublue]

Last night I had some black beans and corn bread. The beans were pretty good.

Black Beans Recipe - Allrecipes.com
Ingredients

2 cups dry black beans, soaked overnight
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
5 cloves garlic, chopped
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1/2 cup white cooking wine
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil

Directions

1. In a medium stockpot over medium-high heat, cover beans with water and cook with onion, green pepper, garlic, bay leaves, salt, cumin and oregano. Boil until beans are tender, about 1 hour. Add water as necessary so that the beans don't dry out or scorch.
2. When beans are cooked, stir in wine, vinegar and oil.(I added the wine during the cooking.)

I've often wondered how you cook those, southern style. Now what I really need is a good recipe for corn bread. I've only had it a couple of times when I've been over there, but it's terrific. Also, what about what you guys call 'biscuit', which agin, we don't really cook over here. To us biscuits are cookies. I did like them for soaking up the gravy though. Any chance of the two recipes?

 

[jamesrage]

I've often wondered how you cook those, southern style.

That black bean recipe I think is more Cuban style not southern.

Now what I really need is a good recipe for corn bread. I've only had it a couple of times when I've been over there, but it's terrific.

For corn bread I have always use the recipe on the back of the bag of cornmeal,which is not a sweet corn bread recipe. Some people like it sweet and some don't.

2 cups of cornmeal
4 teaspoons of baking powder
1 1/2teaspoon of salt.
2 eggs(unbeaten)
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil or melted shortening 
1 1/2 cups of milk


Preheat oven to 425 degree Fahrenheit.  Combine dry ingredients. Add milk,egg and oil or melted shortening and mix well. Pour into a greased 8-inch pan and bake at 425 for 25-30 minutes. 

In my family we usually preheat a small cast iron skillet in the oven and throw half a stick of butter in it,let it melt and throw in the batter,this makes the crust of the corn bread more crunchy.

Also, what about what you guys call 'biscuit', which agin, we don't really cook over here. To us biscuits are cookies. I did like them for soaking up the gravy though.

For biscuits I use a very easy recipe.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,174,128178-244199,00.html
3 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, cold
1 to 1 1/2 cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 425°F.

In a medium mixing bowl, cut butter into flour using a pastry cutter or fork until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Pour in buttermilk gradually, stirring mixture with fork. Add milk until the dough is not sticking to the sides of the bowl and all flour is absorbed into the dough.

On a clean, dry, floured surface, roll dough until it is floured enough so that it doesn't stick to the surface. Press dough out until it is about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick.

Using a floured biscuit cutter or floured glass rim, cut biscuits. Continue to roll, pressing out and cutting dough until all dough is used.

Place onto an ungreased pan; biscuits should be barely touching.

Bake (oven rack should be in the middle position) for about 15 minutes or until tops are golden brown. Immediately brush with butter.

I like to freeze the butter,shred it and keep it frozen until I am ready to make the biscuits. When you make biscuits you do not actually want the butter thoroughly blended into the dough,this is so that when the biscuits start to bake the butter melts and helps form flaky layers.

If you can not get butter milk then add a table spoon of vinegar or lemon juice for per cup of milk and let sit for five minutes.

 

[tessaesque]

I need to start cooking more...We had chinese take out last night, and ate out the night before. Of course, I'm still awaiting my first paycheck with the new job, so my pantry is pretty bare. Since I'm the pantry-princess I'm the one who is supposed to keep it stocked...getting the boy to go grocery shopping would be a small miracle.

 

[Andalublue]

That black bean recipe I think is more Cuban style not southern.

Oh. Still sounds good.

The recipes are great. Thanks. A couple of questions. What is a cup in weight? My metric converter does cups to litres, but not to grammes or ounces.

Second, what exactly is cornmeal? Is it cornflour? Or is that something different? I can get cornflour (ground maize) but not sure I've ever come across cornmeal.

Lastly, I used to be able to get buttermilk in the UK, but not here. Do you know whether milk mixed with a little single cream would do?

 

[tessaesque]

Oh. Still sounds good.

The recipes are great. Thanks. A couple of questions. What is a cup in weight? My metric converter does cups to litres, but not to grammes or ounces.

Second, what exactly is cornmeal? Is it cornflour? Or is that something different? I can get cornflour (ground maize) but not sure I've ever come across cornmeal.

Lastly, I used to be able to get buttermilk in the UK, but not here. Do you know whether milk mixed with a little single cream would do?

A cup is 8 oz. Not sure on grams...Cornmeal is ground up dried corn, essentially. It may go by other names in other areas. It can be used for grits or polenta, etc...As for buttermilk, I think you can substitute regular milk an vinegar...or something and vinegar, but I'm not sure what. I found a website once w/tons of substitutions.

 

[Andalublue]

A cup is 8 oz. Not sure on grams...Cornmeal is ground up dried corn, essentially. It may go by other names in other areas. It can be used for grits or polenta, etc...As for buttermilk, I think you can substitute regular milk an vinegar...or something and vinegar, but I'm not sure what. I found a website once w/tons of substitutions.

Thanks. I'm still not 100% sure that cornmeal and the cornflour we get is the same. Cornflour is used a lot for thickening soups and for making finer textured baked goods. I use it mixed with ordinary flour to make shortbread, for example. Perhaps cornmeal is coarser.

I'll check out the interwebz for ideas on buttermilk substitute.

Thanks again.

 

[tessaesque]

Thanks. I'm still not 100% sure that cornmeal and the cornflour we get is the same. Cornflour is used a lot of thickening soups and for making finer textured baked goods. I use it mixed with ordinary flour to make shortbread, for example. Perhaps cornmeal is coarser.

I'll check out the interwebz for ideas on buttermilk substitute.

Thanks again.

Cornmeal is pretty coarse, you're right. I bet cornflour is what we refer to as cornstarch. In that case they aren't the same.

 

[marduc]

Thanks. I'm still not 100% sure that cornmeal and the cornflour we get is the same. Cornflour is used a lot for thickening soups and for making finer textured baked goods. I use it mixed with ordinary flour to make shortbread, for example. Perhaps cornmeal is coarser.

I'll check out the interwebz for ideas on buttermilk substitute.

Thanks again.

cornmeal will be corn ground coarser than flour, It is what I use if I were to make polenta (if they sell it dry where you are). As far as the cup to weight conversions, cups are actually a measure of volume, so liters is appropriate ( 1 cup ~= 1/4 liter), the 8 oz per cup conversion is for liquid measures, 1 oz is just over 28 grams, so 1 cup (liquid) = 8 oz = ~225 grams.

The buttermilk can be substituted with ~ 1 cup ( 1/4 L or 225 grams) of milk with 1 tbsp. (~15 ml) of vinegar or lemon juice.