WFD: ~ Chinese Takeout-Style Sesame Noodles from The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Chinese egg noodles [we may have to use spaghetti]; sesame oil; soy sauce; rice vinegar; Chinese sesame paste; peanut butter; ginger; sambal oelek [or chili-garlic paste]; cucumber matchsticks; peanuts and cilantro for garnish. http://cooking.nytimes.com/…/9558-takeout-style-sesame-nood…
~ Braised Shanghai baby bok choy for the greenery. Another tasty recipe from Canadian Living The Ultimate Cookbook, Pg. 109.
A little bit of cooking going on. Heading down to Sarasota this weekend to meet some friends. The thought of Sabra hummus was not tolerable so
Pressured cooked from dried. Took all of 30 min while I contemplated dinner which is cubed sous vide chicken breast for maybe a chicken salad?. Not sure what to do with this but maybe after a beer or a pour it will come to me. Easy would be a basic chk salad but there has to be more? Right? Well maybe not
A salad of red leaf Boston lettuce, shaved carrots, sliced radishes, chopped tomatoes, chopped chicken, dried cranberries, and croutons. A honey-lime vinaigrette drizzled on top.
Wine. And probably an early bedtime. Because the circus starts all over again tomorrow morning.
Decided to go with the david lebovitz carrot salad i love as a starting point, half recipe. I swap in cilantro for the parsley and always end up with leftover dressing. I also added in some chickpeas and sunflower seeds so it was more of a meal salad. Side of pumpernickle pretzels dipped in brown deli mustard. https://food52.com/recipes/30387-david-lebovitz-s-carrot-salad
I’ve been away a while, busy year, but I’ve been enjoying all the wonderful meals posted here. I thought I’d rejoin the party now that things are settling down.
Last night’s dinner was rotisserie chicken with a porcini mushroom rub over blue cheese and onion mashed cauliflower. I first heard of the Ronco oven on a “what’s for dinner” thread and finally caved, love it!
WFD: ~ Grilled spicy pork sausages. Condiment TBD. No rolls.
~ Sauteed Zucchini and Tomatoes from Canadian Living page 109.
Summer squash, tomatoes, onions, garlic, RPF, oregano, salt, scallions, red wine vinegar.
~ COTC. I think this time we’ll make Elote but pan grill. No Cotija so we’ll use grated Romano. In the past I’ve made roasted corn with the same ingredients, wrapped in foil, and placed among the hot coals in the Weber. The grill was replaced and something was grilled on top at the same time. (can’t remember what). Smoky, wonderful, memorable.
It’s been a long week for me, first full week at a new job with full responsibilities. I wasn’t really in the mood to spend much time in the kitchen but it was nice to unwind and I was looking forward to my planned dinner so sucked it up and headed straight to the kitchen when I got home.
I’ve been experimenting recently with nori. Tonight was another round of baked nori wraps - ground turkey, bacon, onions, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic, all rolled up and baked in the toaster oven.
In the background are my new counter tops which I’m completely in love with if that’s even appropriate . In my absence there have been a lot of changes including buying my first house and the kitchen was the first room to be outfitted. I’m truly enjoying having so much more space to cook and room to store everything out of sight. It’s not yet complete but it’s getting there.
Project From Hell completed as far as it could be this week. So ends an insane week at work, so an afternoon Drink O’Clock was requested before noontime (by me) directly to the Libations Officer (to ensure he went out to refill the work fridges in a timely manner). He came through right on time.
A small gang of us hung around for a bit extending the Libation Sensation, but I eventually dragged my buttinski home after 11 hours at work.
Dinner was lemon tagliatelle tossed with a garlic scape-pistachio pesto sauce topped with toasted Panko bread crumbs. Wine was the lone side dish. Even after the libations at work. And three Lindt truffles for dessert to finish off the day. I ought to sleep well tonight.
And so it ends. With hopefully an easier upcoming short week before I have a few days off for a visit to the Cape.
. Not sure what to do with this but maybe after a beer or a pour it will come to me. Easy would be a basic chk salad but there has to be more? Right? Well maybe not
