I truly never get tired of it - checks a lot of boxes, comfort, texture, flavor and saiety.
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I adore maitake.
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It’s cold and windy here (outer Cape Cod) - there’s a storm off-shore that’s supposed to last until Thursday. No photos taken of our meal or prep. We had roasted acorn squash halves simply adorned with Irish butter, sea salt and black pepper. Breaded Parmesan-crusted boneless pork chops, applesauce and green beans.
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I harvested my backyard ramps today, so ramp pesto was on the menu. Paired with grilled flank steak, ricotta, pan roasted cherry tomatoes and oven roasted green beans with lemon. Sadly I think I need to move my ramps - they used to get plenty of shade once the trees leafed out, but my neighbor had to cut down a couple of trees last year and now the ramps are basically in full sun. Harvest was very limited this year as a result, so I will savor every bite of this pesto!
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Dinner last Thursday. It is the end of the academic year, and we took our lab folks out to dinner. Great little Caribbean (Guyana/Trinidad) restaurant called Calypso Mama, in Greensboro NC. Going here had been our lab tradition over the last few years, except the last couple of plague years.
Her restaurant is tiny, tucked away in a small strip mall, and also houses a few shelves of Caribbean convenience products. So interesting to me to see the Indian-rooted pickles and spice blends with a Caribbean flair. And some light hearted fun items too.
I had the veggie roti combo: roti with cabbage curry and curry potatoes. A tiny side of hot chutney with what seemed like Scotch bonnet peppers. The others had chicken, some had rice with beans. Definitely discerned the Indian roots, in line with Guyanese/Trini history. It was so good, and generously served. We had a great time.
The lady and her family are such lovely people. We have seen her children grow from babies in playpens on one side of the space, to school age who now help in the restaurant.
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We enjoyed some excellent takeout at Don Pepe II including Paella Valenciana, seafood stuffed lobster and avocado, and Spanish chips. It all went great with an excellent red blend aged in bourbon barrels.
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Grilled cheeseburger with tomato, onion, sharp cheddar on a French sandwich roll. Orzo salad, radish, pepper, celery, green onion, black olive, mayo, sour cream and a splash of vinegar dressing. I had hail this morning, rained while I was grilling.
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Last night I had a combination of leftovers – bulgogi from the freezer, green curry from lunch takeout. Somewhat bizarre on the same plate, but tasty.
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Today I made cauliflower cheese (missing mom, of course it wasn’t a patch on hers) and grazed on it. I was going to eat the last of the bengali mustard salmon and dal for dinner, but my empty nester friend called just as I was waking up from a mini jetlag nap to invite me over for dinner, so we ate Kheema pulao that she made, and had a nice evening.
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A repeat from days prior as we liked it so much: pasta with a white Bolognese and spring veg.
Spinach, peas and parsley from the garden.
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Kenji’s The Wok arrived yesterday (which is what spurred the wok purchase). Today I made Thai fried shallots - a lb. of shallots - to go with Thai Style Beef with Basil and Fish Sauce. I used rib eye because it’s what we had and it turned out perfect. so tender! loved the caramelization. Also made a Chinese gai lan recipe from Woks of Life to go with. Excellent. It was a LOT of prep, and I’m pretty slow at it, but totally worth it.
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Chicken Pot Pie with Savory Crumble - chicken thighs with carrots, mushrooms, celery, peas in a simple flour-based sauce with milk, chicken broth, tomato paste and soy sauce and everything covered with some savory crumbles made with flour, butter, parmesan and cream.
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Continuing on with my Meatless Monday theme, I made a Watermelon-Feta Salad with kalamata olives. As an accompaniment to my salad, I made a mixed vegetable handroll smeared with the killer muhammara recipe in Mozza at Home.
I put them in both in my bowl to take a picture. And then I realized if I kept it that way, I would have one less dish to wash. Win!
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Hi arcticshark, nice dinner post. What is a ‘mixed vegetable handrail’?
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It should have said hand roll. I fixed it. I think. Autocorrect seems to not like those two words together even though they go together. lol
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Got it! Thank you. I had been puzzling over that, and didn’t think of autocorrect. 
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Made fried chicken sandwiches for our little Derby watch party. The regular thighs on Hawaiian rolls with sriracha mayo (kewpie of course) and dill pickles. Actually had some leftover seasoned flour (with some cornmeal) mix from making shrimp po boys a while back so just used that to dredge along with buttermilk and after marinating in pickle juice of course.
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Porco à Alentejana is one of my favorites too, I made it over and over again after we got back from Portugal in 2016. Been too long, must make again.
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And now behind no dinners! Ding ding. Inspired by an earlier post on this site, I did Afghani dumplings. One major shortcut - instead of making ravioli, I made the filling which is effectively sautéed scallions, and then tossed that with Israeli couscous. Served the lamb mince and yogurt sauce on top. They ate it up. No leftovers.
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It is one of my all time favorites! When we go to one particular Portuguese restaurant I always think “this time I’m gonna order something else” and 9 times out of 10 don’t.
Do you put pepperoncino/pickled vegetables on yours? None of the recipes Mr Bean found called for it but the above mentioned restaurant does so he decided to add them.
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No, I’ve never seen that either, but I could see how that would be a good addition…
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