What's for Dinner - #81 - the Planting Month - May 2022

[honkman]

Stir fried beef (filet mignon) with gai lan and an oyster sauce, garlic, ginger, soy sauce and sesame oil based sauce

[Happybaker]

@mariacarmen

CHOCOLATE BUTTER.

Oh my. MY. Not that the rest of your dinner wasn’t fab but this sounded so wonderful I had to google it. Could you maybe do a pic of the ingredients list? Cuz I find recipes that use butter, cocoa, sugar, salt and vanilla. But then some things I find say it’s just butter and cocoa…

And clearly - CLEARLY - this is something I need. Especially on fresh baked bread…

Fingers crossed and many thanks!

[mariacarmen (maria ascarrunz)]

thank you!

the chocolate butter is a revelation. and i’m not really a big sweets person.

[mariacarmen (maria ascarrunz)]

i’ll have to look later on… i’ll get back to you.

[Mr_Happy]

Pimiento cheese sandwich

[wholetthedogsout]

Nice meal. Love the flowers. My peonies sprung up over night here in
Penna

[Quskoler]

Tonight we have spaghetti with creamy sauce and mushrooms

[linguafood (Natascha)]

Mushroom pasta may just be one of my favorite dishes to eat

But that looks like fettuccine or linguine to me, not spaghetti (?).

[Quskoler]

Yes, you are right, it is just a matter of habit - my little daughter eats only “spaghetti” - despite the fact that it can be tagliatelle, fusilli, farfalle and even gnocchi we call it all - spaghetti

[linguafood (Natascha)]

Gotcha. Why complicate things

[LindaWhit]

I’ve started the June thread here.

What's For Dinner #82 - June 2022 - the Scary Campfire Stories and Sticky S'Mores Month

School’s either done for some (in the South in the U.S.) or will be done sometime in the middle of June for the rest of the country. (I know summer holidays vary greatly in the U.K. and Europe.) So now what? It’s time for archery, musical theater, band (“This one time, at band camp…”), swimming, boating or kayaking lessons, ropes courses, tug-of-war, and making potholders and other crafts at day camps or a week or two at sleepaway camp! (I’m pretty much doubting the whole “making potholders” t…

[gcaggiano (Greg Caggiano)]

@Wtg2Retire

A steak marinated in a simple marinade of olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and cooked in the air fryer.

How did that come out? I keep hearing people say you can do a steak in the air fryer but I’ve always been hesitant.

[Wtg2Retire]

I have been trying to find the perfect temp and timing for cooking steak in the air fryer. The one cooked the other night was at 380 for 6 minutes. Still not rare enough for me, so next time will cook a total of 5 minutes. They are unbelievably juice and tender when cooked in air fryer and I highly recommend. This is how I prepared the one the other night. The marinade was an experiment and I truly liked it.

Waiting2Retire’s AF Steak
For large steak
1 T oil
3/4 tsp ground black pepper
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp soy sauce

Whisk together oil, pepper, salt, and soy sauce.
Add steak to Pyrex dish and pour in sauce until coated. Sprinkle with garlic salt. Marinate at least 30 minutes Then flip in the dish brush with marinade, sprinkle with garlic salt, and marinate another 30 minutes.

Preheat air fryer on Air Fry setting for 5 minutes @380. Add steak when “Add Food” comes on. Cook in middle slot of oven-type air fryer. After 3 minutes, flip and continue for another 2 minutes. When done add a pat of butter.

If you try it, hope you like it.

[wholetthedogsout]

Nice Linda. Always look forward to your monthly intros. Thank you.

[gcaggiano (Greg Caggiano)]

I hope to try it soon. Will post pics!

[ChristinaM (Hungry in Asheville, NC (still plenty to offer tourists post Hurricane))]

Yeah, definitely decent! We liked it.

[mariacarmen (maria ascarrunz)]

@Happybaker sorry it took me so long - here’s a pic of the ingredients.

all natural ingredients…