What's for Dinner #125 - the Fresh Start Edition - January 2026

A friend hosted a book party at our favorite downtown watering hole, albeit at an earlier hour we are generally not accustomed to drink. Twist our arms, why don’tcha?

Came home ravished and ordered a buncha wings, naked & well done.

Homemade bleu cheese dip, an abundance of celery stalks & a hot buff’lo sauce with melted butter was readily available to go with our order.

I foresee an early bedtime at @casa lingua :melting_face:

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Roast chicken and potato-onion gratin. Salad greens in vinaigrette.

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Thank you :folded_hands:

I got the Sichuan inspiration after seeing your recent mouth watering dinner :slightly_smiling_face: We haven’t had Sichuan food in a while. It hit the spot, and there were plenty of leftovers.

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Pasta and some other stuff that has been cluttering up the fridge. I feel free.

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Focaccia Genovese. I really liked the Pugliese style last week . Was better the next day . Had for lunches during the week .
Tonight . Half tomatoes and potatoes with rosemary. Served with a salad and ground chuck patty . Cheers .

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Following @small_h’s inspiration earlier this week, I made stuffed calamari. Big squids!

Stuffed with minced shrimp, chopped prosciutto, feta, spinach, shredded kaseri, and ramen noodles.

Into the steamer

And served with a light and spicy tomato sauce with lots of garlic.

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How’d you like it?

Celeriac is always a bit of a ?? for me. I always make the same things: soup, gratin or remoulade salad. I found this fancy looking recipe that was actually super easy. Would make a “classy” starter for a dinner. Fine ribbons of celery root quickly blanched in a broth made from the skins and butter. Topped with toasted hazelnuts. Looked pretty and was pretty delicious.

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What an interesting & delicious sounding way to use celeriac! I also only ever just use it as a flavoring agent for chicken noodle soup, or in Waldorf salad.

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Thank you for those 2 new ideas for me :face_savoring_food:

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That’s what this forum does best: inspire with new ideas :slight_smile:

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Celeriac works also nicely in mashed potatoes (1:1) to give more flavor, as a “steak” (breaded) or as “gnocchi/nocken (grated and mixed with egg, flour, spices)

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Ohhhh like the sound of the gnocchi !

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this celeriac and lentil salad looks good, I have not made it yet.

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Great ideas here, love the look of the Greek Confit recipe. Just when I thought I had too much Celeriac, I now need more :sweat_smile:

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Dee-lish!

Good visit to Mattina https://www.mattinasf.com and trying out a number of their dishes. Overall good flavors with perhaps the piadina the weakest dish as the dough felt more like a pizza dough and less like piadina.

Prosciutto & “Gnocco Fritto”, fuyu persimmon

Crespelle, cabbage “agrodolce”, truffle fonduta & ricotta

Spiedini - pork sausage/za’atar, beef/maple soy, mushroom/saba

Piadina, potato filled, “cacio e pepe”

Mafaline, spinach pasta, “bolognese deluxe” & parmesan

Caramelle, parsnip filled, smoked beef, mushroom & spinach

Italian sausage stuffed quail charcoal grilled & brick oven roasted with salsa verde & potato and brussels sprouts, chili & maple

Tiramisu

Pear & Cranberry Fruit Crisp with gelato

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