Beef soup with vegetables. I made (and froze) a big batch of the soup base prior, with beef barley soup in mind. This was the last of it, and as I had a lot of veggies around which needed to be used up, I tossed them in instead of barley.
Carrots were the last of our 2021 fall harvest. Baby garden peas from the freezer.
Thank you! It looks fab.
Tonight I made fish taco bowls - breaded cod, avocado, and tortilla crisps over cabbage and carrot slaw dressed with a mix of tangerine juice, olive oil, scallion, cilantro, cider vinegar, cumin, and coriander. Drizzled with a mix of crema, sour cream, mayo, Sriracha, and Scotch bonnet sauce, and sprinkled with Tajín.
Tri tip stew with carrot, onion, celery, garlic, and mushrooms served over orange cauli/corn grits. Caesar salad.
Cocktail was a tequila blood orange sunrise, actually it should be a sunset since the sun was setting.
Gorgeous photo!
BF made risotto with some Carnaroli rice I had, but it came out a little too al dente. I think I normally cook it longer than the recommended 16-18 minutes. It had good flavor, with garlic sausage, shrooms and red bell pepper., and his deliciously sweet zucchini on the side.
i love that!
wish I were there for that sunset and cocktail!
An exhausting day off that included a visit to HMart AND Costco! Ouch! My wallet was begging for mercy. My debit card was smoking!
From HMart, while not dinner I wanted to share. We picked up a few things to cook at home. First was Takoyaki, which are balls made of wheat batter and pieces of octopus. Drizzled with Kewpie mayo and a special Takoyaki sauce, they were very good. The mayo really made the dish. There were also steamed buns with red bean paste (my favorite) and…pizza! I didn’t think I was going to be a fan of that one and I was right (corn in pizza???). One bite was all I needed. But everything else, A+.
Dinner was takeout. I cook a lot of Indian food and while I think I’m pretty good, nothing beats my lifelong love Neelam Exotic Indian Food. After all these years, they are still on top of their game. I had Chicken Tikka Masala (of course), BF had Chicken Kashmiri (not pictured), and mom had Tandoori Chicken. On the side was my own homemade Bhel Puri and there was naan in the freezer from the Indian market.
To drink: Kirkland French vodka from Costco. $18.99 for a Grey Goose replica? F*ck yeah!
@gcaggiano, Enjoyed hearing about your shopping excursion…very funny thank you for sharing.
I didn’t even share how much booze I bought at Costco. If you thought my initial post was funny… 
That relleno looks good, not too much breading.
Dinner last night was a whole roasted pig. It took days to thaw and about two days to make. We spatchcocked it and then injected it with a Criollo Mojo all over. It was cooked in a Cuban style China Box. The pig is fastened between two metal grates and tied together with metal wires. It is cooked skin side down first, then flipped over for the last 3 hours of cooking to get the skin crispy and delicious. To make sure we could fit an apple in it’s mouth, we used a throwaway onion and then replaced it with a fresh apple for service. We built a tray large enough to serve it over a bed of basmati rice. What you can’t see in the pictures is all the sauces I made to go with it. We made traditional Ssamjang and Momofuku Ssam Sauce, ginger scallion sauce, fish sauce vinaigrette, mustard seed sauce, aji verde, chimichurri sauce, and also had plenty of BBQ sauce in lot so varieties that I bought- because it was exhausting making all the sauces, yo! We had buns, tortilla wraps in taco size, seaweed laver sheets, and lettuce for people to eat it that way, if they wished. The skin got really charred, but was super delicious. And by cooking it skin side down first, all the juices stayed in the pig and it was really moist. My husband is a wonderful human being and talented and made the box and the wooden tray for service himself. He invited a couple of guys over to help with the actual pig. And so, we were hungover for about 3 mights in a row as each night was such a convivial gathering of intrepid and curious minds. It was a group effort and I’m grateful for the good friends who helped make it happen. But I’m not sure if we will ever do it again!
Amazing WFD!
That Costco in Edison is a killer!!!
For those outside of NJ - not all Costcos are allowed to sell liquor (damn NJ liquor laws). The particular store that @gcaggiano went to is located in a very central location of the state, with easy access from many directions. It is a destination. There are probably 6 5-6 stores that are closer to me but I still will drive up there in order to restock the liquor cabinet. Well worth the gas (even at current prices) and tolls.
I’m sure it was a gargantuan effort. Especially for a Thursday night, by which time I’m already tired of cooking for the week.
I was given a sample of squid ink pasta made by one of my favorite restaurants, Semolina in Red Bank, NJ. In order to not overpower the pasta itself I made a simple sauce of shrimp, fennel, Meyer lemon, dry vermouth and butter. It came out very well. My only regret was that it was a cold and damp night as this would have been more lovely if eaten it on the deck. Alas, that will likely have to wait until at least May.
Tagging @gracieggg as I know Semolina is one of her faves as well.
@articshark, that’s Spectacular!
I don’t think that will be on my bucket list to make (not by myself anyway too labour intesnsive)
wow!
Omg yum!!! That looks amazing!!!
