What's For Dinner #116 - the Mardi Gras / St. Patrick's Day Edition - March 2025

Dunno. But in checking their store locator, all of the MBs seem to be listed, along with several smaller specialty stores. Just did a search in Wyckoff, NJ, where I lived as a kid…all over NJ and the Bronx as well. And in Rochester, NY.

So maybe it’s the conglomeration of small American farms selling under the Marcho name?

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Rice pilaf.

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On top of his GI flareup, my poor PIC’s has come down with a cold — perhaps no surprise 3 days after being on a plane with a bunch of people and lots of kids :roll_eyes:, so a fiery curry was in order: Thai red curry with black tiger shrimp, Chinese eggplant, and more silken tofu since I just rediscovered my love for it. The base was a can of Maesri, finely chopped ginger & garlic, 5 or 6 bird peppers, BTB chicken broth, and one can of coconut milk. Makrut lime leaves a friend from my local cooking group gifted me from her own tree, a healthy splash of fish sauce & a generous squeeze of lime, plus a handful of cilantro and scallions, all served over rice.

Hit the spot, and enough left over for tomorrow’s lunch or dinner.

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I love a French dip, and haven’t had one recently. Adding to WMP.

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Sounds intriguing, looks gorgeous! - tell us more! Also, all your rainbow veggies look enticingly delicious, I want them all.

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Sadly, not in Maine.

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Good job, Chef!

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That’ll send that cold away! I hope the flare up settles soon. No fun!

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Roasted halibut on potato rafts. Homemade tarter sauce. Baby garden peas (from frozen).

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Extremely simple – just soaked the chicken overnight in about 1 c of feta brine leftover from feta packed in water, along with some good grindings of black pepper. Sprayed with avo oil, sprinkled with a bit of Greek seasoning all over, and roasted till crispy (400° for about 30-35min then blasted at 450° for ~5-10 min at the end). (ETA: cautious about any additional salt.)

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I cannot remember where I first heard about it, but I found similar recipes on New York Times cooking and several cooking blogs. I’m guessing now that the whey from making yogurt could also be used, adding salt. :thinking:

Ah the brine. I was envisioning buttermilk brine type thing with pureed feta :joy:

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I saw that too! I think it’s more used when cooks don’t have enough brine.

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Had Sunshine all day today. Watched the chiplets play tag on the front deck while waiting their turn at the feeder.
For the first time in years I didn’t make corned beef for St. Patrick’s Day. I will miss Reubens and hash but I do have leftover colcannon to play with. Irish garlic sausage and Colcannon Mash. Red cabbage, carrot, broccoli, red onion, cherry tomato salad, peppercorn ranch dressing. A glass of Guinness. Everything was delish, watched Dish with Kish while I ate.

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I made Thai sausage meatballs inspired by Mr. Happy’s sausage making, but using the shortcut of ready curry paste. Couldn’t find my paniyaram /aebleskiver pan, so I baked them in a mini muffin tin.

Really delicious! I’ll make these again with ground turkey or chicken thighs.

Eaten with garlic snow pea leaves and quinoa-rice blend. Also made roasted cauliflower, but ate that while waiting on the rest :grin:

I used up the last of a tub of cottage cheese to make a chocolate cake, so a slice of that for dessert.

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Irish whiskey Manhattan (with a splash of Chartreuse), green candle, and faux pub atmosphere.

App was zucchini “Boxty”, which I’m sure isn’t a thing but I wanted to make use of a lone zucchini that was left in the fridge.

Annual bangers and mash with Guinness onion gravy. As always, Trader Joe’s garlic chicken sausages. Mashed potatoes have chives and white cheddar.

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Love everything about this! Good idea with the Chartreuse.

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There’s a cocktail that I make on Burns Night called the “Bobby Burns”, which uses Scotch, so I figured this wouldn’t be bad!

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In an effort to have some FUN on St. Patrick’s Day, I broke out the green food coloring. So tonight’s dinner was (ground turkey) Hamburger Steak with country fried steak gravy (tinted green), mashed potatoes (tinted green) and peas. Sunshine had a good laugh and asked if I were channeling my inner “Dr. Seuss”.

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Roasted Cauliflower Salad - cauliflower, mixed with curry powder, cumin and olive oil, gets roasted in the oven. Afterwards when still warm, mixed with pan-roasted chicken breast, baby spinach, pomegranate seeds, smoked almonds and a vinaigrette of olive oil, apple cider vinegar and maple syrup

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