What Did We Eat Today?

[biakbiak]

Slow roasted salmon with tomato confit and simple salad with green goddess dressing. 

[PRgal]

18 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Summer Spaghetti for supper tonight.

What's summer spaghetti?  

Lunch today:  Steamed greens and tempeh

Dinner:  chilli and almond flour crusted chicken tacos and grilled vegetables.

 

[annzeepark914]

11 minutes ago, PRgal said:

What's summer spaghetti?  

“A wonderful summertime pasta, easily assembled if you prepare the sauce ahead of time. The mix of the cold salad with the hot spaghetti creates a great taste. This sauce benefits from sitting for a few hours to allow the flavors to meld, so you can even make it before you leave for work in the morning. Leftovers are fought over in my house, and are enjoyed either at room temperature as a salad, or warmed.  This sauce can be used as a dressing for pasta salad, as a topping for grilled fish or chicken, or even as a bruschetta topping.”  Serves 4   Source:  Deborah Mele
SUMMER SPAGHETTI—(adapted)
1 lb ripe tomatoes, seeded
1 medium onion
6 green olives (w/o pimientos), sliced
2 medium garlic cloves –or less
1/3 cup Italian parsley
2 Tbsps fresh basil
2 tsps rinsed & drained capers
1/2 tsp dried red pepper flakes
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
1/2 cup light olive oil
Salt & Pepper
1/2 tsp oregano or marjoram
1 lb spaghetti
Parmesan or Pecorino Cheese (if desired)
Chop tomatoes coarsely. Chop onion & olives. Mince the garlic. Combine tomatoes, onion, olives, garlic, parsley, basil, capers,  pepper flakes & oregano. Drizzle vinegar over tomato mixture, then pour over oil. Mix well; refrigerate at least 5-6 hours.  Cook the spaghetti until al dente. Drain & mix immediately with the chilled sauce. Serve at once, offering cheese if desired.

My note:  I use Roma tomatoes &/or Campari tomatoes, & make this “sauce” year-round.  I use small garlic cloves; otherwise it can get quite garlicky.  I also sprinkle ½ tsp sugar over the mixture before stirring, just to make sure the tomatoes will have that good tomato taste (unless I can get really *good* tomatoes).

[MargeGunderson]

Birthday cake! And maybe some pasta.

[annzeepark914]

4 minutes ago, MargeGunderson said:

Birthday cake! And maybe some pasta.

Is it your birthday? Cake & pasta sounds very tasty!!

[MargeGunderson]

50 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

Is it your birthday? Cake & pasta sounds very tasty!!

It is! I’m contemplating 2 pieces of cake, no pasta. (It requires the least effort, which is very appealing)

[annzeepark914]

Happy Birthday, 

58 minutes ago, MargeGunderson said:

It is! I’m contemplating 2 pieces of cake, no pasta. (It requires the least effort, which is very appealing)

Happy Birthday, MargeGunderson 🎂

[MargeGunderson]

Thank you, @annzeepark914! I decided on pasta bolognese, salad and a glass of sparkling rose (the first two courtesy of a nearby restaurant that has pick up). There may still be two pieces of cake.

[annzeepark914]

Dinner tonight: Korean Ground Beef & Vermicelli...with lots of Napa "cabbage" tossed in.

[biakbiak]

Happy Birthday @MargeGunderson! Cake is a perfectly legitimate dinner. Maybe have three pieces for an app, a main course, and dessert.

Tonight will be chicken pot pie and banana pudding for dessert.

[chessiegal]

Grilled marinated salmon*, twice baked potatoes (Omaha Steaks), and steamed asparagus. I'm trying to empty the freezer since we are supposed to get a new refrigerator on Friday (we ordered it over 6 weeks ago). Trying to make freezer space so everything will fit in the garage fridge freezer.

*managed to get it cooked just before thunderstorms rolled in.

[callie lee 29]

@MargeGunderson, my fellow (early) Virgo!! Have the two pieces of cake!! And the pasta.

[Gramto6]

Happy Birthday @MARGEGUNDERSON whatever you want is the perfect thing! Many cheers for the day!

[blueray]

For dinner I'm have pesto pasta with cheese melted on it. 

[Mindthinkr]

Happy Belated @MargeGunderson We hope you had your belly full of whatever you desired. 
Tonight I made Spedies and a beet salad. 

[chessiegal]

Beef tacos and grilled corn on the cob.

After reading the ingredients in Ortega's Mild taco seasoning mix (maltodextrin, corn starch, salt, chili pepper, sugar. Contains less than 2% or less of spice, vegetable oil, onion powder, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), garlic powder, natural flavor), I decided to make my own. I already had all the ingredients. It was much better than the Ortega mix.

[biakbiak]

Take out from our favorite Burmese restaurant tea leaf salad (lord how I missed you), garlic noodles, shrimp with Myanmar tomato chutney, and coconut rice. 

[chessiegal]

Blue Apron quiche with goat cheese - swapped out asparagus for the corn (we ate that last night with our tacos). Side of Bibb lettuce salad.

One of the eggs was broken. When I contacted Blue Apron, they comped the meal. I've yet to pay $20 for an egg. 😆

[annzeepark914]

Chinese delivery: sweet & sour soup and Grandma's Bean Curd for Mr. P914. Chicken curry and spring rolls for me. 

[PRgal]

17 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Chinese delivery: sweet & sour soup and Grandma's Bean Curd for Mr. P914. Chicken curry and spring rolls for me. 

Grandma's Bean Curd...you mean MaPo Tofu (that's the only thing which comes to mind.  Ma = paternal grandmother; Po = maternal grandmother)?  

What I'm eating today:

Breakfast: thawed berries, yogurt, kefir and a sprinkle of no sugar added cold cereal

Lunch: Steamed greens and arctic char, a slice of homemade multigrain soda bread

Dinner:  Freezer leftovers (turkey and riced broccoli) and corn salad

[annzeepark914]

1 hour ago, PRgal said:

Grandma's Bean Curd...you mean MaPo Tofu (that's the only thing which comes to mind.  Ma = paternal grandmother; Po = maternal grandmother)?  

I have no idea... that's all it's called on the menu and I don't order it for myself. But MaPoTofu is something he orders at other restaurants.

[PRgal]

2 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

I have no idea... that's all it's called on the menu and I don't order it for myself. But MaPoTofu is something he orders at other restaurants.

Yep.  Except in this case, they don't mean "Ma" as in paternal grandmother, but a pocket marks.  And "po" can also mean a woman above a certain age (it's supposed to be respectful, but many boomer women HATE the term.  Unless they ARE grandmothers).  

[chessiegal]

Cheese and Triscuits with a glass of Prosecco.

Dinner plans were scuttled when a neighbor arrived to help modify kitchen cabinets so our new refrigerator will fit. Irony being the new fridge now has no ETA - best estimate is sometime in the next 6 MONTHS!

Edited August 29, 2020 by chessiegal

[biakbiak]

Sorry @chessiegal hopefully it will arrive in 2020!

For breakfast I made cape gooseberry scones with homemade clotted cream.

For dinner I realized we had some roast pork in the freezer and some ham so I made some rolls and  did Cubanos with potato salad and corn on the cob.

[annzeepark914]

Pappardelle with Mixed Mushrooms and a tossed salad. Didn't have enough mushrooms so I sauted & added slices from a leftover pork chop. Very good.

[chessiegal]

Shrimp piccata pasta - last night's planned dish that didn't get made because of kitchen cabinet modifications. I always forget how good this is.

[biakbiak]

Roasted some tomatillos and jalapeños and made a quick salsa verde and added the roasted pork and did tacos with bacon fat flour tortillas and all the fixings.

[MargeGunderson]

BLTs for lunch. Dinner will be shrimp and grits, with oven fried okra on the side (I was supposed to make this last night, but I was too lazy to do it). I’m also making Salted Cookie Crinkle Top Brownies, which are chocolate chip cookie dough on the bottom with a layer of Nutella brownie on top. 
 

ETA - brownies are just okay. They turned out a it dry and cakey. I may have over baked them a little. Good with coffee or ice cream.

Edited August 31, 2020 by MargeGunderson

[Quof]

13 minutes ago, MargeGunderson said:

I’m also making Salted Cookie Crinkle Top Brownies, which are chocolate chip cookie bard on the bottom with a layer of Nutella brownie on top. 

Um, recipe please?????

[MargeGunderson]

@Quof, it’s from the Half-Baked Harvest blog: Salted Cookie Crinkle Top Brownies. I haven’t made them before but they look promising and I have a jar of Nutella in my cupboard.

Has anyone else found themselves buying more cookbooks than usual? Since March I’ve bought 18. 

[chessiegal]

We had the rest of the shrimp piccata pasta for lunch, and decided to have dessert for dinner. Warm caramel apple tartlets with chocolate chip ice cream.

[biakbiak]

Braised lamb shanks, fresh purple hull beans, garlic sautéed spinach, and polenta. 

Edited August 31, 2020 by biakbiak

[biakbiak]

Used some of my homemade kimchi to make a stew with pork belly and tofu and served with rice. 

[annzeepark914]

Ham steak, scalloped potatoes, and salad.

[chessiegal]

Cup of crab and corn chowder for lunch. Grilled salmon, steamed broccoli, and oven roasted potatoes for dinner.

[callie lee 29]

Manchego cheese and wine that came from a cat labelled bottle.

 

It's been a day.

[biakbiak]

For lunch there was steamed artichokes that were used as a delivery system for spicy homemade mayo and lemon butter sauce.

Dinner tonight will be an omakase from our closest sushi restaurant that finally reopened for takeout. I love not making decisions! 

[Bastet]

I haven't yet decided what dinner is going to be (I went grocery shopping this afternoon, so I have many options), but I'm currently having some Talenti salted caramel truffle gelato as an "appetizer".

[biakbiak]

For lunch I made Adjaruli Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Bread), that was yummy, gooey goodness and a simple arugula salad.

Dinner will be a quinoa salad with avocado and shrimp.

Edited September 4, 2020 by biakbiak

[Gramto6]

Roasted sriracha honey glazed pork loin with rice and broccoli for dinner.

[isalicat]

I was inspired by someone here posting about making lamb shanks to get a very nice and large lamb chop so last night I grilled it on top of some branches of rosemary from my garden and liberally seasoned with salt, fresh ground pepper and garlic powder. So yummy!

[Gramto6]

Tonight I made a fried rice with some of the leftover rice, broccoli, and sriracha loin. Still have a couple slices of the pork, may make a sandwich with some tomorrow.

[annzeepark914]

Spaghetti with shrimp/marinara. Apple crostata & vanilla ice cream for dessert.

[chessiegal]

We had beautiful weather yesterday - sunny, high in the low 80s, low humidity. Dinner was grilled chicken breasts marinated in olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, garlic, and rosemary, scalloped potatoes, steamed asparagus, and radicchio coleslaw served with a glass of chardonnay. We ate on the porch and ended up sitting out there enjoying the evening until bedtime.

[Bastet]

I have no idea what's for dinner, but I just had a BLT for lunch that hit the spot perfectly.  I always love them, looking forward to tomato season every year, but, man, this one really did it for me.  Especially after my usual two Bloody Marys for Sunday breakfast.  🙂  I got distracted by a phone call and toasted the bread a bit more than I normally do, but I think I'll do it like that from now on.

[MargeGunderson]

I made lobster rolls for lunch, since we haven’t been comfortable dining out. I bought pre-cooked meat, so it was easy. Dinner will be oven fried chicken, braised green beans, creamed corn (homemade with fresh corn) and maybe hush puppies (ETA - nope, too lazy). I was going to make a peach crumble pie, but my peaches aren’t quite ripe yet.

Edited September 6, 2020 by MargeGunderson

[annzeepark914]

We just had Katie Lee's Breakfast Bread for Sunday supper (we now have them on flour tortillas instead of naan). I'm still struggling trying to get the eggs just right (sunnyside eggs baked are trickier than cooked in a skillet). It was good. Geez, there have been some tasty meals mentioned here: BLT's, lobster rolls, fried chicken, marinated grilled chicken etc. It's inspiring!!

[MargeGunderson]

27 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

We just had Katie Lee's Breakfast Bread for Sunday supper (we now have them on flour tortillas instead of naan). I'm still struggling trying to get the eggs just right (sunnyside eggs baked are trickier than cooked in a skillet). It was good. Geez, there have been some tasty meals mentioned here: BLT's, lobster rolls, fried chicken, marinated grilled chicken etc. It's inspiring!!

I had to look up the recipe for the breakfast bread - that looks good! I love breakfast food, so it’s right up my alley.

[chessiegal]

Blue Apron dinner - beef and Shawarma spiced rice with carrots and lemon labneh sauce.

[biakbiak]

Hot day so cold seafood. Oysters, shrimp cocktail, calamari salad and steamed crab served cold.