What’s for Dinner #56: The No Place Like Home Edition - April 2020

holy EFF on that rib eye! spectacular!

Interesting - I’ll have to try the garlic method next time I make pizza. I’m guessing it’s so the garlic won’t burn at the high temp? Garlic is one of my three underrated toppings, along with olives and anchovies.

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Today is hot rice porridge with roasted pumpkin.

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I’m assuming so, though I’ve never encountered burnt garlic on a pizza.

Similar to a Calzone … calzone savoury tart filled with 4 cheeses and prosciutto …

Shape is different but very similar …

Have a nice evening …

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Divine once in awhile !!

  1. aubergine / eggplant
  2. calazone savoury tart
  3. chipirónes = baby squid clusters
  4. Calamari e octopus

Thank you for the “wow” compliment.

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In Naples a pizza marinara is just dough, tomato sauce, and garlic. The pizza is in the oven for about 90 seconds. The garlic doesn’t burn. In places where the baking time is longer, it may be necessary to take measures to protect the garlic.

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Did you MAKE all that? I almost posted that instead, than I thought nah; that’s crazy!

Sounds good :grin:

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I made grilled bratwurst and caraway onions, no-knead bread with rye and whole wheat, and a simple salad.

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Work - about half the day.
Headache - most of the day.
Nap - an hour.
Dinner - required to be easy.

Cheeseburger (ketchup on the bottom, lettuce on the top), Ruffles potato chips, and a quick salad of romaine, tomatoes, cukes, and radishes with a quick vinaigrette.

And a pic from last night at about 10:30. The boyz weren’t waiting for Momma to go upstairs to bed.

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What cute kitties! Hope you feel better. I’m retired, breast cancer survivor and have a rare blood disease. I haven’t left the house for 3 weeks. I’m sleeping like a fool. Fortunately I am married to a man who is healthy. He goes out once a week for provisions. We both cook. FYI Stonewall Kitchens has free shipping on orders of $50 or more. I’m fan of many of their products. Makes meal prep easy and tasty.

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Lasagna bolognese tonight. Made with some sautéed kale folded into the ricotta filling. Really comforting. May or may not have the salad I’d planned. Prepped last night to streamline the busy workday.

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Beautiful cats! Mine says hi! He’s currently eying up the shrimp I’m getting ready to prep.

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Mrs. P was busy mulching today and was too exhausted to cook so we supported one of our local restaurants with takeout. It was our first time trying Halcyon Brasserie in Montclair. We enjoyed some excellent bacon wrapped chorizo dates; fish, filet mignon, and al pastor tacos; awesome crunchy fried chicken with fries; braised short ribs with mushroom risotto.






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Those bacon wrapped dates! OMG!

Where does the Chorizo come in? We’re having that tonight with shrimp.

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Thanks Greg! It was delicious. I’m not sure where the chorizo comes in but it was in the description. Maybe there was crumbled chorizo underneath the bacon.
By the way I love your new plates! They are perfect for Instagram :slightly_smiling_face:

I’m sure the bacon wrapped shrimp will be delicious.

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speaking of chorizo… dinner was fast, after i found the pupusa place i was going to order from was closed. Chorizo and egg tacos, with the last beautiful fridge avocado (at least 10 days old!), scallions, cotija & sour cream… But - how does this happen - we are out of cilantro! I used a little leftover green salsa from a weekend lunch that had some in it, thank goodness.

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I’ve been mail ordering seafood from a Water2Table, a local wholesaler in SF. This is a zuke maguro don, marinated tuna over sushi rice. I used big eye tuna from Hawaii for this.

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If I had to rank my best meals, then this shrimp and chorizo in garlic oil (18 cloves tonight) would be in my top three. I normally serve this with white rice and crusty bread, but tonight we skipped the rice and loaded up on bread for dipping.

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