We continue our simple larder meals.
Fresh cheese with family recipe dressing
Unexpectedly delicious and well received chard stems gratin.
Commercial/packaged lobster ravioli, butter and Parmesan
Unexpectedly delicious and well received chard stems gratin.
Commercial/packaged lobster ravioli, butter and Parmesan
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Are you talking about @thwysg? Didn’t see her for a while.
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Loved the plating of the first two dishes!
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Yep.
DH went in and basically shut down his office today. He was home at lunch. I went in early and packed up some work and grabbed my laptop. Hit the tennis ball together for about an hour. Dinner was burgers (with jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, mustard, special sauce, and pickled onions). Baked rosemary fries for a side. I had sazerac, Dh had bourbon.
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Pizza Friday here.
Dietarily constrained folks had gf crust with raos for sauce and vegan cheese.
The rest had homemade crust (I made and froze the dough last week) with raos and indian cheese (Amul) because the mozzarella didn’t make it in last night’s grocery delivery.
Salad and roasted brussel sprouts to round it out.
Homemade crust was tasty, if a bit salty.
We’ve done leftovers for lunch the past two days, which has worked well.
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Simple fried chicken cutlets and mashed potatoes tonight. No pics. Devoured too quickly.
Off this weekend, so several adult beverages.
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Found a whole chicken at the market yesterday which I had not seen for a week or two, there were four left. First it was Spatchcocked.
Next step to rub it with some evoo, garlic, s&p, Worstcestershire, white wine. Added carrots, diced yellow onion, diced celery, and red potatoes that were halved.
Into a 400 degree oven for 1 hour…
Staying put, at the south Florida ranch relaxing and enjoying a real comfort meal.
Be careful/ be safe everyone!
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It looks like you are enjoying your new kitchen. That chicken is perfect.
Holy frijoles, Batman! Wish that was there when I lived in Wyckoff/Frankin Lakes!
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That I am…I think there is twice the counterspace as we have up in NYC. The only drawback I had a 22 cubic foot freezer in the basement. But then again it does not snow here!
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Sounds like it would have been a great trade off prior to current circumstances.
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Tonight was a rump steak for the missus and myself. Simply cooked ,quickly in a pan. My meat thermometer has packed up a thinks the ambient temp is 92°c. so had to feel them as a guide. It came out a little rarer than I wanted. Served with cabbage and a mushroom, red wine and Dijon mustard sauce. The rosemary chips are leftovers from a takeaway from the local burger/fried chicken food truck. A portion each was too much so I froze half to use at a later date. Never done this before so was unsure it would work. 15 mins at 180°c and they came out well. Probably couldn’t do this with chips from the chippy though.
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Sorry, but no pics. Last night was a fish fry up in our kitchen, which we actually seldom do. Usually have about one a year, outside. But everything is different at present, please pay no mind to the understatement. It was fried, sweet onion rings, that came out of the fryer first, followed by sliced russets, soaking in cold water. Finally the piece de resistance, beautiful filet of halibut, chunked, the likes, which I have rarely seen, despite living in Alaska, and having them right off the boats, as well as having wet locks full, and shipped to my doorstep or picked up at Alaska Air Lines air freight. Probably the best fresh filet I’ve seen, no doubt one of the very tastiest, and H, as usual, cooked it to perfection. Homemade tartar sauce, and plenty of fresh lemon. Felt pretty guilty no fresh greens on the plate…NOT. Making up for it tonight though…
As a tip for others, we get our largest cutting board out, cover it, and the range, part of the counters as well, with butcher paper, put the deep fryer on the paper covered board, and turn the big exhaust fan on high. No smell, no grease mess either. Pretty easy. Not that we want to get in a frying habit. Always start with new oil, will use once more, then discard.
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I had saffron and bay-scented chicken broth leftover from paella. So I cooked bronze-cut pasta in it with artichoke hearts, a can of chickpeas, sauteed garlic, and a little butter in the IP (5 min+ quick release for pasta calling for 10-12 stovetop). Then grated in Parm Regg and added baby spinach and heavy cream. Crispy prosciutto and toasted breadcrumbs to garnish. Kiddo asked for seconds before anyone else.
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Wow!
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Still don’t have the seasoning right, and probably not enough sauce, but the Chicken Parm itch was scratched. With some asparagus thrown into the mix.
Cantina Zaccagnini Montepulciano D’Abruzzo as the libation.
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You are our kitchen goddess…
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We had some outstanding takeout from Mezza in Westwood. They had an excellent deal of 20% off. It was well worth the hour and 15 minute round trip. We dined al fresco again on our newly expanded deck. It was a little cooler this time. We were very fortunate that someone cancelled last week and our contractor was able to expand our deck from 10x20 to 14x25 before the lockdown. We would have had to wait over a month before the upcoming lockdown. At least this gives Mrs. P time to organize and add plants and trees. What a difference a few extra feet mean.
We enjoyed sautéed branzino with tomatoes, spinach, capers, olives, fingerling potatoes, sherry wine and lemon; excellent house made pappardelle with a ton of braised short rib ragu, zucchini, carrots, eggplant, and oyster mushrooms; grilled octopus salad with baby arugula, fennel, caramelized onions, roasted red peppers, and mint labne; Moroccan cigars filled with braised short ribs wrapped in crispy phyllo dough and herb infused tahini; and baba ghanoush. It all went great with an awesome Le Plan Cotes Du Rhone.
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