You are really going at it lately!
Meals look and sound great !
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So that is called a Chocolate Marble Cake in Canada?
My Grandmother made a Chocolate Marble Cake for my Birthday when I was little but it looked more like this
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Same. Marmorkuchen was big in Germany.
Ja, das ist es!
She also made Biscotti know as Mandelbrot to us
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Nice of you to say.
Had a hankering for a proper Pad Thai after having an entirely too sweet one at a catered work dinner (although I am always appreciative when food is provided!), so I turned to the recipe at Hot Thai Kitchen:
I now am the proud owner of palm sugar, sweet preserved radish, and dried shrimp and the house smells delightfully of fish sauce! This recipe is totally worth it!
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Beautiful! Where did you get the ingredients?
Thank you! The pressed tofu (a smoked version) came from Whole Foods, as did the bean sprouts. The palm sugar, preserved radish, and dried shrimp came from Amazon (they actually sold them as a set). I had the remaining ingredients in the house. I did swap the garlic chives called for with scallions. I tend to digest garlic chives poorly, so I didn’t spend a lot of time trying to track them down.
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Thanks! I think I got palm sugar at H Mart Cambridge in the past but was wondering in case I can’t find it in the future.
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Bought the lamb steak yesterday (don’t like corned beef and cabbage and MB had no boneless half legs of lamb…" not until closer to Easter" I was told) with the expectation of going Irish with it today.
Woke up this morning, and that was a nope.
A b/s chicken breast to the rescue. Made udon noodles with peanut sauce, with sautéed chicken, sliced carrots, sugar snap peas and onions. Gives me plenty of lunch leftovers.
Wine.
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Exciting weather today that included a tornado warning — just as I was about to leave for a grocery run. Had to postpone until the hailstorm was done, never did get a tornado.
My PIC is doing a low-key, GI-friendly diet at the mo’ to deal with a diverticulitis flare-up, so dinner was our HK buddy’s “recipe” for heavenly tofu over a bed of scallions, plus some blanched broc for me cuz I was craving MOAR veg, which I dipped into a sesame peanut butter sauce augmented with that fab Vietnamese kumquat hot sauce.
That tofu is so easy, fast, cheap & delicious — the way the scallions come out all silky and soft and vegetal, providing just a little bite to the dish (and hopefully won’t hurt my sweets!!). Poured the leftover sauce from the tofu over the leftover broccoli. Can’t believe it’s been years since I made this prep, but after tonight it’ll be added to the rotation again!
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We were headed to brewery with friends and didn’t want to rely on a food truck, so we assembled salads to go: arugula, shredded red cabbage, leftover bulgur pilaf, TJ’s cumin-spiced chickpeas, roasted butternut squash, roasted pepitas, feta, chopped basil/mint/cilantro, and pom molasses and tahini dressings. Tasty. I’m enjoying a glass of red and some ATK on the telly.
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" KYUSHU YAKITORI IZAKAYA, Steeles/Yonge, Thornhill " - Another satisfying and delectable Japanese nosh at our favorite neighbourhood casual Japanese joint. Tonight, the five of us feast on the following:
- Spicy marinated Bamboo Shoots
- Marinated Scallops skirts with Garlic stems
- Scallops and Salmon Carpaccio
- Braised Daikon
- Chicken Karaage
- Fried Chicken with Egg and Onion mayo topping
- Charbroiled skewers of Chicken skin, Chicken Thigh ( both Teriyaki
sauce and Salt & Pepper ), Beef, Pork, Abalone, Whelks, Sausages - Udon Carbonara
- Milk Pudding
Great food, Great service, Great company combined to create a Great evening!
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@THECHARLES - I am absolutely coveting that salmon and scallop carpaccio! It’s like somewhere a chef exists in the world that knows exactly what I would like to eat on a deeply personal level!
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Wow!
Costco prime ribeye tenderloin. Spinach and onion gratin with gruyere and parm. The second-half of a test bag of Ore-Ida Fast Food fries.
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St. Patrick’s Day weekend continued. No corned beef and cabbage this year in the traditional sense, but there was an open-faced Rueben on pumpernickel. Roasted the corned beef rather than in the slow-cooker: coated with Dijon mustard, garlic powder, and black pepper. Two and a half hours wrapped in foil at 350, and it was done and tender. Homemade Russian dressing (are we still calling it that?) was outstanding.
In the past, we always did Ruebens to make use of leftovers, but I’m glad I went this route this year. The corned beef was excellent (recipe via an Instagram video).
G & T’s to drink.
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Slept in this morning and then had a power outage so I was starving. French dip on a French baguette. Roast beef was from the deli, au jus was beef broth and onion gravy that I strained the onions from added to the beef. Ore-Ida ff fries with horseradish aioli, little gem, tomato, green onion, blue cheese, ranch dressing salad. Wine. Thunder & lightening.
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