What's cookin', good lookin'? Part II

[ultramarineblue]

I should bake some bread. I could have sandwiches for lunch next week which would definitely make life easier.

 

[Somethingdifferent74]

 

[seela]

J made us burgers and they were really good. Simple with cheddar, aioli and tomato. Store bought buns. But it’s been so long since I had a burger that this tasted extra good. Plus I didn’t have to cook.

Edit: that was an interesting autocorrect that I only caught now…

 

[BiBunny]

Meatloaf over a bed of rice, leftover field peas from the other day, boiled carrots, fried okra, and more tomato slices because I have a bunch of tomatoes I need to use before they go bad.

 

[seela]

Yesterday’s lunch was beet soup with cottage cheese. Dinner was pike patties with broccolini and zucchini.

Today’s lunch will be beet soup with pike patties.

 

[Wonderer67]

Fresh outta the garden. Sautéed peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, and yellow squash. I added in store-bought olives and onions.

Topped it off with fresh basil.

Over spinach ravioli.

Polish and Ukrainian beer.

Thank gif it’s fucking Friday. What a week.

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[twister947]

Meatloaf over a bed of rice, leftover field peas from the other day, boiled carrots, fried okra, and more tomato slices because I have a bunch of tomatoes I need to use before they go bad.

When Tomatoes start coming ripe, it's physically impossible to stay ahead of them. But I try.

 

[BiBunny]

BBQ chicken, cheddar broccoli pasta, baked beans, and fried green tomatoes (again). I am never gonna get all these veggies my mother brought fixed before they ruin!

 

[Wonderer67]

When Tomatoes start coming ripe, it's physically impossible to stay ahead of them. But I try.

I typically make sauce and can them. It’s an option.

 

[seela]

Dinner is tofu, rice and broccoli.

Lunch was an omelet with kale and ‘nduja.

 

[twister947]

We experimented today ...French toast made with frozen waffles.

 

[Wonderer67]

We experimented today ...French toast made with frozen waffles.

Looks really good, twist!

 

[Wonderer67]

Breadless sandwiches. We worked our asses off today and split a cord of wood.

I was just exhausted and I sliced some leftover chicken that we had, pick some lettuce from the garden, slice a few tomatoes from the garden, found a few different types of cheese, and defrosted some pesto.

https://x.com/punkin_farmer/status/1690892265609203712?s=46&t=hW2EtgPn70RP8RLCnqn9BA

 

[PersonalFavors]

Saturday I used 10 tomatoes and other fresh ingredients to make red gravy. Meatballs will be tomorrow. Today I smoked a brisket. Good rub but small I should have brined it. But it was still good.

 

[Wonderer67]

Beet Salad

Over a bed of beet greens and lettuce.
Gorgonzola cheese, sliced apples, sliced cherry tomatoes, onion and balsamic vinegar.

Everything but the onion, cheese and vinegar is as from the garden or farm.

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[seela]

Beet Salad

Over a bed of beet greens and lettuce.
Gorgonzola cheese, sliced apples, sliced cherry tomatoes, onion and balsamic vinegar.

Everything but the onion, cheese and vinegar is as from the garden or farm.

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This looks very tasty!

I got home from my trip to Slovenia etc. about 2 hours ago.

First order of business: getting a load of laundry going. Second order of business: mushroom picking!!!

So dinner will be pasta with porcini and yellow swamp brittlegills.

 

[seela]

Today’s yummy mushroom dinner was an open face sandwich with sweetbread mushroom and parsley topping and parasol mushroom cap cooked as a steak. Some lamb’s lettuce and zucchini on the side.

Some people say you shouldn’t eat the sweetbread mushroom because there are deadly lookalikes, but so far so good! Fingers crossed!

(No need to worry, I’m good at mushrooms.)

 

[Wonderer67]

I’m good at identifying mush….

 

[Wonderer67]

I don’t normally toot my own horn (well figuratively maybe) but I have never made eggplant parm that was this good!

Got two decent sized eggplant in our garden. Figured it would go to waste but was determined to use it. I had a perfect opportunity, as we had a bunch of tomatoes that were going to go bad. So I made a big pot of marinara.

Then, peeled, sliced and cured the eggplant. Floured, egg wash and breaded it. Then pan fried it. It’s a labor intensive dish to put together.

Made into little “parms “ covered by tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella. Magnifique! Soooooo good!

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[BiBunny]

I don’t normally toot my own horn (well figuratively maybe) but I have never made eggplant parm that was this good!

Got two decent sized eggplant in our garden. Figured it would go to waste but was determined to use it. I had a perfect opportunity, as we had a bunch of tomatoes that were going to go bad. So I made a big pot of marinara.

Then, peeled, sliced and cured the eggplant. Floured, egg wash and breaded it. Then pan fried it. It’s a labor intensive dish to put together.

Made into little “parms “ covered by tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella. Magnifique! Soooooo good!

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I love eggplant parm so much, but I'm terrible at making it. So great job!

 

[Wonderer67]

Thanks bunny. Eggplant parm is super labor intensive. You have to skin the eggplant, then slice it. Then you put salt on it for a few hours to pull out some of the bitterness.

Then you rinse, put it in flour, then, egg wash, then breading. Then I pan fry it.

When done, I put two on top of each other sauce in the middle sauce on top and mozzarella on top of that and bake it for about 20 minutes.

It’s a lot of fucking work, but this last batch was well worth it.

 

[Wonderer67]

We’re leaving for vacation on Saturday, so I’m using up all the food. I’m a total nut when it comes to throwing away food.

Drives me crazy to waste it.

Diced green pepper, leftover crookneck, squash, one carrot diced all sautéed and leftover marinara added in.

added in Gorgonzola cheese, because I did not want to go to waste.

Served over ravioli.

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[seela]

J is baking an apple pie, it’s currently in the oven. The kind of pie with a lid, which is totally not the norm here. I tried to suggest trying an easier version first, because he’s not exactly an experienced baker, but he wanted to make a pie that “looks like Grandma Duck has made it”.

Well, it doesn’t quite look like as neat and cute, but it smells really good though!

 

[IrisAlthea]

J is baking an apple pie, it’s currently in the oven. The kind of pie with a lid, which is totally not the norm here. I tried to suggest trying an easier version first, because he’s not exactly an experienced baker, but he wanted to make a pie that “looks like Grandma Duck has made it”.

Well, it doesn’t quite look like as neat and cute, but it smells really good though!

I like his method of choosing what to make.
No fear - the food can smell fear.

 

[Wonderer67]

J is baking an apple pie, it’s currently in the oven. The kind of pie with a lid, which is totally not the norm here. I tried to suggest trying an easier version first, because he’s not exactly an experienced baker, but he wanted to make a pie that “looks like Grandma Duck has made it”.

Well, it doesn’t quite look like as neat and cute, but it smells really good though!

I’ll be there in about 15 hrs! Sounds yummy.