What did you have for dinner? -Part dois

[jamesrage]

Making this for dinner tonight. Added porcini mushrooms and pancetta, but otherwise am keeping to the recipe. It's in the long simmer phase as I write this. We'll see how it turns out.

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Marcella Hazan's Bolognese Sauce Recipe - NYT Cooking

If you like that then you might like this.My family makes this all the time except with more bacon. We substitute the Pecorino Romano with Parmesan, use canned petite diced tomatoes instead of canned plum tomatoes and we use fettuccine instead of spaghetti or bucatini.
Dinner Tonight: Pasta with Onion, Bacon, and Tomato (Pasta All'Amatriciana) | Serious Eats

• One 28-ounce can plum tomatoes
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt, plus a tablespoon for the pasta
• ¾ pound yellow onions, sliced ⅓-inch thick (about 4 cups)
• 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
• 6 ounces bacon, chopped
• ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 pound spaghetti or bucatini
• 1 cup grated Pecorino Romano

[h=4]Directions[/h]

• 1.
  Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add a tablespoon of salt.
  
  
• 2.
  Drain the tomatoes in a colander, saving all the juice. Roughly chop the tomatoes into ½-inch squares. Set aside.
  
  
• 3.
  Pour ½ cup water into a heavy-bottomed 12-inch stainless steel skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sliced onions. Cook, stirring often, until onions have softened, and water has nearly evaporated.
  
  
• 4.
  Add olive oil, garlic, and ¼ teaspoon of salt to the skillet. Stir occasionally, and cook until onions and garlic are sizzling, about 2 minutes.
  
  
• 5.
  Move onions and garlic to the side of the skillet to clear a space for the bacon. Add the bacon and cook until they start to render their fat, and then stir with the onions. Add the red pepper flakes, stir well, and let everything cook until bacon is crisp and onions are golden, about 5 minutes.
  
  
• 6.
  Add the chopped tomatoes and the reserved juice, along with a cup of water. Season with ¼ teaspoon salt, and stir well. Turn heat to high and bring to a boil, and then turn to medium-low. Simmer sauce, adjusting the heat to make sure it doesn’t boil, until it thickens, about 20 minutes.
  
  
• 7.
  With about ten minutes left, add pasta to the boiling water. Cook according to the directions on the box. When it is al dente, remove pasta with a pair of tongs and transfer it to the skillet with the sauce. Toss over medium heat until pasta is coated in the sauce. Add 1/4 cup of the water from the pasta pot if sauce is too dry.
  
  
• 8.
  Turn off the heat, and add grated cheese. Divide pasta between the plates and serve.
  

 

[idea_steed]

Ribs and chicken

 

[radcen]

Homemade beef stroganoff.

 

[Helix]

salad w/ French
chicken flavored fettuccine (no chicken, though. did vegetarian meals today.)
artisan bread

prep time was about twelve minutes; result was great. GF liked it.

 

[Real Korimyr #9]

Last night I fixed spanakopita with tsatsiki sauce while my girlfriend made fried tilapia sandwiches.

 

[Soho gator]

Chicken Thighs marinated in Lemon Juice, Garlic, Olive Oil, and Oregano for an hour.
Red potatoes wedges coated in Ranch Dressing and balsamic roasted
Spinach Salad on the side.

Pinot Noir -Flowers

 

[SmokeAndMirrors]

Not dinner exactly, but food.

The bestie is a guru in the kitchen, whereas I am merely capable of keeping myself from starving, so I basically haven't cooked since we moved in together over a year ago. She enjoys cooking, and she'd never eat anything I made anyway, so that's a thing that she always does. I'm not allowed to touch anything except the coffee if she's here.

Now and again, she goes away for a few days at a time, and because I am now de-acclimated from feeding myself, my cooking has gone from bad but nutritionally adequate, to just straight-up garbage. In her subtle Minnesota-Catholic crossbreed sort of way, I have noticed her slowly trying to improve the quality of what I feed myself when she's not there by engineering the kitchen.

She started making stuff before she left and leaving it for me. Hide the cookies and fill the fruit bowl. I swear, she has taken on the role of my mother when it comes to food.

And now, she got a blender, and has carefully placed a million kinds of frozen fruit, yogurt, and milk where I will stumble upon them in my morning haze.

It has worked.

I made a smoothie. I nearly broke the thing at first because I didn't use anywhere near enough liquid, but she doesn't have to know that. My smoothie is very weird, and I doubt she would like it (I'm the sort who puts soy sauce on my tacos...), but I do. And it has fruit in it.

 

[Helix]

it's Super Bowl night, pretty much the only time that i watch sports. on the menu is Donatos pizza, possibly some tortilla chips w/ dip, and a Red Stripe beer. i'm off to the gym soon to burn off some of it in advance and listen to my book. good times.

 

[sangha]

Made a beef stew which we'll eat in an hour. Taste testing suggests it came out well.

 

[radcen]

French dips.

 

[Helix]

teriyaki rice and an egg roll with orange sauce and soy sauce.

 

[MAGAnificent]

Food.

 

[Helix]

Big Mac / small fries.

 

[azgreg]

I don't know what you would call it, but my wife made this dish with two kielbasa sausages, one head of cabbage, one half white onion, and one package of large egg white noodles. Cook it in a pot for a couple of hours with basic spices (salt, pepper, etc.) and it'e ready to go. I find it quite yummy.

 

[Medusa]

avocado with tuna salad and chicken potato soup

 

[Renae]

If I can get a pic I will.

Grilled:

Bacon wrapped Gulf Shrimp

Corn in husk down at bottom of grill

Chicken Breasts:

One with Olive oil and Uncle Chris Steak Seasoning

One with above but stuffed with Cheese and shrimp

Grilled Shrimp and Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos.

 

[Helix]

salad
chicken fettuccine
artisan bread

 

[radcen]

In the oven as we speak...

- Boneless beef country ribs
- Red Potatoes
- Onion

Sauce will be...

- BBQ sauce
- Worcestershire sauce
- Apple butter(!)
- Garlic
- Salt
- Pepper

Also...

- Broccoli
- Rolls

 

[marduc]

I had been mulling over this concept for a while, finally tried it out last weekend and it was fantastic. I have had several people ask me for the recipe, so I will share it here and then have it as a template to print out and give to those who requested this.





Thai Basil Pesto Shrimp:

Marinade for the shrimp (2 lbs of shrimp):
1/2 cup soy
1/4 cup rice vinegar
4 tsp. of brown sugar
2 tbs. olive oil
1 tbs sesame oil
6 cloves of garlic
grated ginger (to taste I was liberal with it)


For the Thai Pesto:
1 package of Thai basil (I am not sure how many ounces there were to the package, but a good cup or so when the leaves are plucked)
Mint (I used about 5 or 6 sprigs)
Sesame oil (a few tbs.)
Fish sauce (abt. 1.5 tbs or so)
Juice from 1 lime
Ginger (fresh large chunk minced - microplane or grater plate work best)
about 3 stalks of lemon grass cleaned and chopped (remove fibrous outer leaves)
Cashews (a nice handful)

While the shrimp is marinating throw everything for the pesto in the blender except the cashews and let it run.. add more oil or fish sauce as needed to get a decent consistency for blending (be careful with the fish sauce.. to much can make it very salty). When everything is blended throw in a handful of cashews, blend until they are crushed adding more if you want a thicker pesto (I did a couple of handfuls).

The shrimp is served over rice noodles (I used the 6mm thick style), so get some water going and cook the noodles until al dente (do not ovecook!) - low heat and regular checking will soften them - or follow directions on the package.

Get a wok out or other skillet and add oil, I used a mix of sesame and canola - a few tbs of canola, about 1 of sesame. Lift the shrimp out of the marinate (reserve the marinade) with a slotted spoon and add to the hot oil (careful it may splatter, try to drain most but not all of the marinade off). Add a sprinkle of garlic powder over the shrimp while cooking, remove the shrimp and set aside on a plate - if there is still shrimp to cook just add to the oil/liquid in the pan and repeat.

When the shrimp are done toss some baby bok choy into the wok that just had the shrimp, add a bit more of the marinade left over from the shrimp to glaze and season with coriander and white pepper. Remove the cooked bok choy from the skillet and set aside to keep warm (plating will be soon).

To finish the shrimp - add a handful of rice noodles to your hot wok, a tad of the reserved marinade - (2 tsp maybe) then stir fry in the shrimp.. allow to cook for a minute or so to get hot (this should not take long using high heat - also the noodles will soften more which is why you do not want to overcook them previously). Just before removing from the wok and plating stir in a generous amount of the thai pesto (1/4 cup or so per plate), plate your dish and then optionally finish with a sprinkl of toasted sesame seeds.

 

[Medusa]

for dinner ,nachos,cheese,sujuk and jalapeno

 

[Bootlace]

Haven't eaten yet but tonight I will put forth to my best friend who actually is my highschool sweetheart and beautiful bride, and the most perfect wife and mother of all time, a platter of grilled ahi with grilled pineapple salsa. A fine woman deserves a fine meal. And this is after 27 years of listening to her fart in bed. Life is good!

 

[Medusa]

Haven't eaten yet but tonight I will put forth to my best friend who actually is my highschool sweetheart and beautiful bride, and the most perfect wife and mother of all time, a platter of grilled ahi with grilled pineapple salsa. A fine woman deserves a fine meal. And this is after 27 years of listening to her fart in bed. Life is good!

that looks fantastic!

 

[Medusa]

What I am eating right now:mrgreen: ,Shrimp with ginger garlic hot pepper and soy sauce

 

[jamesrage]

Little Caesars stuffed crust pizza. Its okay for cheap pizza.

 

[winston53660]

Bacon cheese burger w fries