I cooked chicken breast sous vide two ways, one Hainanese and one in the style of a Chaozhou / Teochow braise from a book, which ended up a lot like soy sauce chicken.
Sliced them up and put the bones and skin back in with the juices from the Hainanese one and made the accompanying broth.
Started dinner with a mug of that, then spicy chicken salad made with some of the Hainanese chicken and newly acquired Blue Plate mayo over toast, then snow pea salad with ginger-soy-sesame dressing. Then another mug of broth.
Chicken Tacos with Kale and Salsa Verde from Alex Stupak’s Tacos - bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs are rubbed with lard and salt. Roasted in the oven until cooked and with crispy skin. Meat and skin get chopped. Shredded kale gets cooked in salsa verde (made from tomatillos, garlic, onions, serranos, honey and cilantro) and mixed with the roasted chicken. Corn tortillas get filled with chicken-kale mixture, crema mexicana, queso fresco, minced onions and cilantro. Finished with a squeeze of lime juice
Peanut sauce is probably my new favourite food group I just bought a 4 lb container of peanut butter at Costco at the end of last week so I really should make a batch of peanut sauce to have handy.
I think the marble cake we get in Canada is closer to the one your Grandmother made. (I don’t bake so if any Canadians can bail me out it would be appreciated ) The cake I bought was purchased at a grocery store and even though they have a wide variety of cakes, all of which are tasty and very fresh, I think they take some liberties with their cakes. So their idea of marble cake may not necessarily be an accurate version of what marble cake is supposed to look like.
Yes… my girl loves her some Sushi. I think she could eat it everyday if I made it.
I’m glad she finished the plate, she is looking a lot healthier after gaining back some of the weight she lost last year.
As a matter of fact, we went to the doctor last week. That doctor said everything is looking good and “come back in 3 months”. I think this is a good sign, as we had been going to that doctor monthly.
Had dinner with the fam a few days ago at a new Turkish joint out in the burbs.
Food and service were outstanding, but I think we may have ordered too much, even though there were 4 of use
We started with some delicious hummus and carrot dip, served with excellent house made pita(not shown, as we were ravenous) Then came the plates of grilled stuffed eggplant and ground meat, donar plate, house special plate(ground meat wrapped in some other kind of meat) served with more pita topped with cheese and pistachios. All super delicious.
Dessert was an assortment of baklawa and the best tea I’ve ever had!
Will def return and probably order one less plate and maybe another appetizer.
ChristinaM
(Hungry in Asheville, NC (still plenty to offer tourists post Hurricane))
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Tonight I made feta-brined chicken thighs, sauteed broccolini with mushrooms, roasted beets and sweet potato wedges (not pictured), red cabbage slaw with caraway and dill seed, and zucchini carpaccio. Rainbow plate with plenty of green in honor of St. Patty’s. Stout cake with cream cheese frosting for dessert. (I had to save some dinner to have room! Gym tomorrow…)
My St. Patrick’s Day dinner: lamb steak, marinated for about an hour in olive oil, lemon juice, minced garlic, and s/p. Grilled for 3.5 minutes each side on a cast iron grill pan to a perfect medium-rare.
Baby potatoes, steamed for 15 minutes, then tossed in olive oil, dried rosemary, and s/p, and roasted for about 40 minutes at 375°, rolling them around in the oil mixture a few times. Smashed on the plate with butter and a light sprinkle of s/p.
Steamed asparagus with some butter and s/p.
And real mint jelly (not apple jelly with mint) to go with the lamb, because that’s the way I roll with lamb cooked like this.
These lamb steaks have been amazing! Marcho Farms, American-raised lamb, all natural. This steak was a smidge over a lb and cost me $13.58 ($12.59/lb). They’re based in Souderton, PA…north of Lansdale and King of Prussia.
I just bought a 4 lb container of peanut butter at Costco at the end of last week so I really should make a batch of peanut sauce to have handy.
) The cake I bought was purchased at a grocery store and even though they have a wide variety of cakes, all of which are tasty and very fresh, I think they take some liberties with their cakes. So their idea of marble cake may not necessarily be an accurate version of what marble cake is supposed to look like.
