What’s cooking at your house?

by Cass Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:03 pm

First topic message reminder :

While watching the playoffs, I’ve been busy in the kitchen.

Made a huge pot of pasta e fagioli and there’s plenty left for lunches. Of course I omit the onion and don’t add celery as I just don’t like it, but a good sprinkling of smoked Spanish paprika is delicious. Serve it with some grated Parmesan and crusty bread and salad.

Second is banana and pecan bread. Pecans are a huge business in Arizona and just before Christmas is harvest time. I have a super lovely older lady patron who gives me a massive bag of freshly picked nuts as a Christmas present. They’re expensive so I’m grateful. I’ll probably make a pecan pie or pecan bars with the rest.

What have you got on the go?

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by Cass Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:47 am

Arroz Con Pollo Risotto. New recipe. Very tasty

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by Cass Sat Apr 25, 2020 3:49 am

I had to use up some potatoes, sour cream, heavy cream and cheese that was about to get mean. I found a recipe on the New York Times Cooking app called Sweeney Potatoes. Oh my. Not for the weight conscious.

Served with steamed asparagus, marinated steak tips (a riff off of Trader Joe’s) and mushrooms cooked in butter, olive oil, Marsala wine and Penzys roasted garlic powder and bonne herbs. These mushrooms are hereby called Eddie’s Mushrooms.

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by nicko Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:34 am

They look mouth watering, in the mean time I'll have a Treacle Sandwich !

by Cass Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:53 pm

nicko wrote:They look mouth watering, in the mean time I'll have a Treacle Sandwich !

Cheers. They were pretty fab and I didn’t waste food so win win all around. Nobody likes mean cheese Laughing

Treacle sandwich? How was it?

by Original Quill Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:48 pm

And you just had those ingredients laying around? Rolling Eyes

OMG, looks amazingly delicious.

by nicko Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:18 pm

Treacle Sandwiches are great, butter the Bread,spread on thick layer of Treacle. Have a cup of Tea with it, watch out for Treacle oozing out on to your Hands ! When it does, my Cat licks it off !

by eddie Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:47 pm

nicko wrote:Treacle Sandwiches are great, butter the Bread,spread on thick layer of Treacle. Have a cup of Tea with it, watch out for Treacle oozing out on to your Hands ! When it does, my Cat licks it off !

Hells bells. Treacle sandwich sounds gross! Too sweet for my tastes.

by Cass Sat Apr 25, 2020 11:45 pm

nicko wrote:Treacle Sandwiches are great, butter the Bread,spread on thick layer of Treacle. Have a cup of Tea with it, watch out for Treacle oozing out on to your Hands ! When it does, my Cat licks it off !

I think I had treacle sponge once. Anyway I hope you enjoyed it.

by Star24 Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:59 pm

Those potatoes look scrummy Cass.

by Cass Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:16 pm

Original Quill wrote:And you just had those ingredients laying around?

OMG, looks amazingly delicious.

Yup! I had potatoes left from last weeks delivery where I made roast potatoes for Sunday roast (buy duck or goose fat. You’re welcome). Using up the rest tonight in my first attempt at home made gnocchi with spinach and diced slab bacon. Sour cream and cheese were left over from using up leftover chili pie and a smothered chicken dish that was new. I was like it’s ok but Mr. C loved it. And the cream I used for pancetta pasta, a kind of bastardized carbonara that I usually make a couple times a month. And I always get 2-3 things of mushrooms every week.

And thank you!

by Cass Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:17 pm

Star24 wrote:Those potatoes look scrummy Cass.

Thank you. They were. I’ll post recipe in a moment!

by Cass Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:27 pm

by Cass Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:39 pm

For Quill

It’s all about planning. Here’s this week’s menu:

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I’ll be at my library Mon-Wednesday doing a lot of weeding and cleaning so I want something I can come home to or is a damn quick item. Thursday and Friday I’m working from home so I have more time. As on Sunday. Saturday is always take away night. If I feel tired or just don’t want to cook, there’s always options in the freezer or cupboard.

With things the way they are right now and with grocery pickup being advanced, I made a list of my freezers recently, (will do one for pantries today) and what’s in them. So when I do the meal planning I know what I have and what I need to get (mostly fresh stuff like milk, eggs, fruit and veg). It comes from Mr. C’s military days when he would be away overseas and I had 2 small kids and didn’t want to drag them round the supermarket looking for inspiration.

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by Original Quill Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:37 pm

WOW! Organized! I've got some giant scallops in my freezer. Your list gives me an idea. Thx.

by Cass Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:20 am

Put of the gnocchi till tonight. Oh my! I’m so proud I could cry! Served in a cream/garlic/herbs/mushroom/bacon/spinach/pea sauce.

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by Original Quill Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:42 am

I lov it. But my cardiologist says lay off the bacon and sauce. But I lov any pasta with spinach.

by Cass Tue Apr 28, 2020 2:40 pm

Original Quill wrote:I lov it. But my cardiologist says lay off the bacon and sauce. But I lov any pasta with spinach.

I’ll try them again with a tomato sauce.

by Cass Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:44 am

So instead of Mac and cheese with the leftover Christmas ham, I had some leftover rice from last night’s curry and mushrooms from the gnocchi. So Japanese fried rice with all the leftovers and some frozen veg. I sautéed the mushrooms in butter, soy and mirin first. It made dinner tonight and lunch for Mr. C tomorrow and no waste!

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by Original Quill Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:14 am

OMG, that's what I did also. Only I used chicken instead of ham, peas and noodles.

by Cass Thu Apr 30, 2020 6:01 am

Original Quill wrote:OMG, that's what I did also. Only I used chicken instead of ham, peas and noodles.

Great minds.

The secret for this rice is to use kewpie mayonnaise. You mix it in the warmed up rice and then put it in the wok. Unami bomb.

by eddie Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:38 pm

I made a nice fish pie this evening.
I’m hungry now though so Ben has put in a pizza.
I cannot ever say no to a cheese pizza. Needs black olives though.

by Syl Fri May 01, 2020 12:00 am

Cass wrote:Put of the gnocchi till tonight. Oh my! I’m so proud I could cry! Served in a cream/garlic/herbs/mushroom/bacon/spinach/pea sauce.

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by Cass Fri May 01, 2020 3:32 am

eddie wrote:I made a nice fish pie this evening.
I’m hungry now though so Ben has put in a pizza.
I cannot ever say no to a cheese pizza. Needs black olives though.

Ohhh fish pie. We have haven’t had one for a while. Mind you we are having baked fish and couscous tonight.

Now I want pizza too. Damn you. I guess we will have that as our take away option on Saturday.

by Cass Fri May 01, 2020 3:33 am

Syl wrote:
Cass wrote:Put of the gnocchi till tonight. Oh my! I’m so proud I could cry! Served in a cream/garlic/herbs/mushroom/bacon/spinach/pea sauce.
I think my OH would run off with you if he had the chance.

Only if he is handy with tools and you come too lol!

by Cass Fri May 01, 2020 4:16 am

Here’s the fish, tilapia. You cut up cherry tomatoes and pour over 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, 2 minced garlic cloves, 1 tsp honey and s&p. Roast for 15 minutes at 200c/400f then did the fish in the middle. I brushed on olive oil, pepper and a seasoning mix and lemon zest on the fish. Baked for about 10-14 minutes depending on how thick your fillets are. The tomatoes were to die for.

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by Original Quill Fri May 01, 2020 5:12 am

Yum. I had cut chicken breasts, with fresh cut string beans and pasta shell, with a simple white cheese sauce. Simple, easy and quite good.

by Syl Fri May 01, 2020 1:39 pm

Cass wrote:
Syl wrote:
I think my OH would run off with you if he had the chance.

Only if he is handy with tools and you come too

I would happily come, sadly he is useless with most tools. Laughing

by Syl Fri May 01, 2020 1:42 pm

Cass wrote:Here’s the fish, tilapia. You cut up cherry tomatoes and pour over 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, 2 minced garlic cloves, 1 tsp honey and s&p. Roast for 15 minutes at 200c/400f then did the fish in the middle. I brushed on olive oil, pepper and a seasoning mix and lemon zest on the fish. Baked for about 10-14 minutes depending on how thick your fillets are. The tomatoes were to die for.

I bet if you sat in the garden eating that dish, a warm sun on your shoulders, close your eyes and you could be in you favourite holiday destination anywhere in the world.

I should be in GranCanaria right now....I might try something like this when the sun comes out again. sunny

by Cass Fri May 01, 2020 5:39 pm

Original Quill wrote:Yum. I had cut chicken breasts, with fresh cut string beans and pasta shell, with a simple white cheese sauce. Simple, easy and quite good.

Sounds yummy!I love love love fresh string beans. My favorite way is to sauté them with chopped bacon and lots of fresh ground black pepper.

Tonight is baked scallops with sautéed broccolini and buttered egg noodles and some roasted carrots.

by Cass Fri May 01, 2020 5:43 pm

Syl wrote:
Cass wrote:Here’s the fish, tilapia. You cut up cherry tomatoes and pour over 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, 2 minced garlic cloves, 1 tsp honey and s&p. Roast for 15 minutes at 200c/400f then did the fish in the middle. I brushed on olive oil, pepper and a seasoning mix and lemon zest on the fish. Baked for about 10-14 minutes depending on how thick your fillets are. The tomatoes were to die for.

I bet if you sat in the garden eating that dish, a warm sun on your shoulders, close your eyes and you could be in you favourite holiday destination anywhere in the world.

I should be in GranCanaria right now....I might try something like this when the sun comes out again.

It’s sunny and HOT here already Sad

I’m sorry about your trip. So many friends have had to cancel their trips. It sucks.

Here’s the recipe so easy. I have a bought spice blend that I sprinkled on the fish and I put lemon zest on the fish before it went in and sprinkled tarragon on when it came out.

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by Syl Sat May 02, 2020 1:15 am

Thanks so much Cass.
I have most of those ingredients in, can also improvise a bit in these lockdown times.

I will try that recipe soon, just for me, OH wont eat fish.....but I love it.x

by eddie Sat May 02, 2020 8:46 pm

I’m also thinking Syl, that your hubby may run off with Cass because she might be kind enough to let him win at scrabble every now and then.

You may be beautiful and exquisite but you’re horrid to Mr Syl.

Just sayin’. I’ve got his back fam.

by Cass Sat May 02, 2020 11:20 pm

eddie wrote:I’m also thinking Syl, that your hubby may run off with Cass because she might be kind enough to let him win at scrabble every now and then.

You may be beautiful and exquisite but you’re horrid to Mr Syl.

Just sayin’. I’ve got his back fam.

Oh hell no. I play to the death.

by Cass Sat May 02, 2020 11:22 pm

Last night’s scallops in a peppercorn and sour cream sauce with egg noodles, roasted carrots and sautéed garlic/lemon broccolini.

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by eddie Sat May 02, 2020 11:29 pm

Cass wrote:
eddie wrote:I’m also thinking Syl, that your hubby may run off with Cass because she might be kind enough to let him win at scrabble every now and then.

You may be beautiful and exquisite but you’re horrid to Mr Syl.

Just sayin’. I’ve got his back fam.

Oh hell no. I play to the death.

You’re both mean girls.

Ps I Love scallops! Razz

by Cass Sun May 03, 2020 12:28 am

eddie wrote:
Cass wrote:

Oh hell no. I play to the death.

You’re both mean girls.

Ps I Love scallops!

For games and quizzes? Damn straight I am.

You should make this. It was soooooo good.

by Syl Sun May 03, 2020 1:26 am

Cass wrote:
eddie wrote:I’m also thinking Syl, that your hubby may run off with Cass because she might be kind enough to let him win at scrabble every now and then.

You may be beautiful and exquisite but you’re horrid to Mr Syl.

Just sayin’. I’ve got his back fam.

Oh hell no. I play to the death.

by Star24 Thu May 07, 2020 5:24 pm

Easy tea tonight
Beans on toast with grated cheese

by nicko Thu May 07, 2020 6:59 pm

Love it, do you melt the Cheese ?

by Star24 Thu May 07, 2020 7:32 pm

nicko wrote:Love it, do you melt the Cheese ?

Yes Nicko, it is delicious

by Ben Reilly Thu May 07, 2020 8:48 pm

I'm in charge of the mash for our shepherd's pies around here, I often will grate up a little cheddar and put it on top, then toast it under the grill. It's one of those little things I take pride in Smile

Since the lockdown, eddie has taken over cooking dinners and has thoroughly demonstrated her superiority over my cooking. I can get us fed, but that's about it!

I do make a mean bacon & egg sandwich, though Cool

by Guest Thu May 07, 2020 9:56 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:I'm in charge of the mash for our shepherd's pies around here, I often will grate up a little cheddar and put it on top, then toast it under the grill. It's one of those little things I take pride in

Since the lockdown, eddie has taken over cooking dinners and has thoroughly demonstrated her superiority over my cooking. I can get us fed, but that's about it!

I do make a mean bacon & egg sandwich, though

Grill? With shepherds pie?

Philistine

Lol never ever attempt to cook again Ben Razz

by Ben Reilly Thu May 07, 2020 10:01 pm

Thorin wrote:
Ben Reilly wrote:I'm in charge of the mash for our shepherd's pies around here, I often will grate up a little cheddar and put it on top, then toast it under the grill. It's one of those little things I take pride in

Since the lockdown, eddie has taken over cooking dinners and has thoroughly demonstrated her superiority over my cooking. I can get us fed, but that's about it!

I do make a mean bacon & egg sandwich, though

Grill? With shepherds pie?

Philistine

Lol never ever attempt to cook again Ben

Hahahahaha, it's just the mash under the grill for about a minute, to brown the cheese a bit. Razz

by Guest Thu May 07, 2020 10:05 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:
Thorin wrote:

Grill? With shepherds pie?

Philistine

Lol never ever attempt to cook again Ben

Hahahahaha, it's just the mash under the grill for about a minute, to brown the cheese a bit.

lol, and no, no and no

The oven buddy

Have you ever had bacon from the oven?

Then you will know what I am talking about Smile

by Star24 Fri May 08, 2020 7:09 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:I'm in charge of the mash for our shepherd's pies around here, I often will grate up a little cheddar and put it on top, then toast it under the grill. It's one of those little things I take pride in

Since the lockdown, eddie has taken over cooking dinners and has thoroughly demonstrated her superiority over my cooking. I can get us fed, but that's about it!

I do make a mean bacon & egg sandwich, though

Do you use loads of butter and cream in your mash?