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

[seela]

Merry Christmas! We’re about to start our Christmas dinner.

We opted for a fishy & cheesy feast again this year.

Dill cured zander, beet&gin cured salmon, salmon with red peppercorns, beet carpaccio, radicchio and pear salad, couple of types of cheese, rye bread, persimmon to go with the cheese.

Dessert will be spiced chocolate cake with coffee icing and lingonberry white chocolate cake with rye sponge.

I may have gone slightly overboard with the dessert this year…

 

[seela]

Heering pickled for Christmas and most of the grocery shopping done.
Oldest Miss Althea is making köttbullar this year, we got the head cheese done last weekend and the Christmas Schnaps was done earlier this month, so everything that can be prepared is prepared.

Ooh herring, yum. I skipped herring this year. Which is for the best, considering how much food I made for two people already.

 

[seela]

Yesterday’s lunch was salmon with pink peppercorns and radicchio and pear salad and a slice of bread with beet cured salmon on top. Ie. leftovers from the previous nights’ dinner.

Dinner was steak with roasted beets and Brussels sprouts. I turned the leftover dressing of the beet carpaccio into a marinade for the beets and the sprouts and it was really tasty.

Today I’ll be making some crispy tofu with Brussels sprout and almond salad with tangerine dressing for lunch.

Friends will come over for some boardgaming fun times, so I’ll also get to try a new christmassy beverage I read about. It’s tea based, so sounds interesting.

 

[LatinaCarmen1980]

Yesterday’s lunch was salmon with pink peppercorns and radicchio and pear salad and a slice of bread with beet cured salmon on top. Ie. leftovers from the previous nights’ dinner.

Dinner was steak with roasted beets and Brussels sprouts. I turned the leftover dressing of the beet carpaccio into a marinade for the beets and the sprouts and it was really tasty.

Today I’ll be making some crispy tofu with Brussels sprout and almond salad with tangerine dressing for lunch.

Friends will come over for some boardgaming fun times, so I’ll also get to try a new christmassy beverage I read about. It’s tea based, so sounds interesting.

All of that sounds delicious!

 

[LatinaCarmen1980]

The last 24 hours have been full of family and friends enjoying our traditional Mexican food. Between my daughter, my mother-in-law, and myself we made:

Tamales (green and red sauce - pork and beef)
Enchiladas
Tacos
Menudo
Pozole
Horchata, Jamaica, and Tamarindo drinks
Mexican hot chocolate
Birria
.... and a ton of corn and flour tortillas!

 

[seela]

The last 24 hours have been full of family and friends enjoying our traditional Mexican food. Between my daughter, my mother-in-law, and myself we made:

Tamales (green and red sauce - pork and beef)
Enchiladas
Tacos
Menudo
Pozole
Horchata, Jamaica, and Tamarindo drinks
Mexican hot chocolate
Birria
.... and a ton of corn and flour tortillas!

Ooh I’d love to try all that! Drool!

 

[seela]

Lemony chicken meat balls with feta and spinach. Baking rye bread for new years as well.

 

[IrisAlthea]

Lemony chicken meat balls with feta and spinach. Baking rye bread for new years as well.

That sounds great!

We’ve had some of my mothers goto-dishes for guests, 80’s style.
My mother doesn’t really cook much if she can avoid it, so easy work after hosting a lot over Christmas and youngest Miss Althea likes anything 80’s.
Yesterday was chicken thighs in a sauce made of grapefruit juice, soy and cream and today was pork tenderloin with curry sauce, banana and peanuts.

 

[Boat1]

Merry Christmas to Y'all... but they say envy is one of the seven deadly sins...
...Y'all should know that, with the level of "food envy" you've inspired in me, I'm expecting a lightning bolt to strike me any moment now....

Again, Merry Christmas and ENJOY your great food, friends and family to the FULLEST!
Tons of love to you all!

 

[tyguy2104]

A simple New York style slice of pepperoni pizza and an ice cold Bavarian Pilsner! A match made in heaven

 

[seela]

Yesterday was chicken thighs in a sauce made of grapefruit juice, soy and cream and today was pork tenderloin with curry sauce, banana and peanuts.

This reminded me of flygande Jakob. There’s a dish I haven’t had in decades!

I ended up not baking the rye bread yesterday, because I was out of malt. I’ll have to make it today. Also on the agenda: gravlax.

 

[IrisAlthea]

This reminded me of flygande Jakob. There’s a dish I haven’t had in decades!

I ended up not baking the rye bread yesterday, because I was out of malt. I’ll have to make it today. Also on the agenda: gravlax.

It’s possibly a spin off of Flygande Jakob -a somewhat regular visitor at our house.
I think this one is from the food magazine Allt om Mat too and it’s made the same way, meat already cooked and put in a casserole, cream whipped and seasoned with curry and salt and spread over the meat, banana slices and nuts on top.
I think the recipe originally used salted almonds, but I shopped the pantry.

I’ve been eating malt rye bread since Christmas Eve.
Brother’s fiancee always brings one loaf for Christmas dinner and then one loaf for us as a gift and I love it with ham or smoked sausages or cheeze - leftover heaven!

 

[seela]

It’s possibly a spin off of Flygande Jakob -a somewhat regular visitor at our house.
I think this one is from the food magazine Allt om Mat too and it’s made the same way, meat already cooked and put in a casserole, cream whipped and seasoned with curry and salt and spread over the meat, banana slices and nuts on top.
I think the recipe originally used salted almonds, but I shopped the pantry.

I had flygande jakob at some point in my childhood, but I haven’t revisited it in several decades. Maybe I should give it a go. Was chicken with canned peaches a circa 80s thing there, too? That’s another childhood dish I’ve wondered if I could revisit and make it work.

I’ve been eating malt rye bread since Christmas Eve.
Brother’s fiancee always brings one loaf for Christmas dinner and then one loaf for us as a gift and I love it with ham or smoked sausages or cheeze - leftover heaven!

Yes, it’s a great vessel for all sorts of leftovers. Although my favorite combo to load it with shall forever be vendace roe, sour cream, red onion and/or chives and a squeeze of lemon.

We were supposed to spend the NYE with friends, but both families had norovirus thread looming over their heads, so we decided not to risk it and stayed home.

So we have enough bread, roe and gravlax to feed at least 6 people… We shopped the pantry as well and found the ingredients for a couple of dips/spreads and a salad to go with the roe sandwiches.

Time to watch a movie and snack on the goodies!

 

[Boat1]

Taco Tuesday... beef, chicken and shrimp.

 

[seela]

Taco Tuesday... beef, chicken and shrimp. View attachment 2456348

Yum! I think it might be taco Wednesday for me today.

 

[Boat1]

Yum! I think it might be taco Wednesday for me today.

I've still not gotten over the Salmon Tacos you posted the picture of!
I think it's etched into my brain!

 

[twister947]

Happy New Year, people!

 

[Boat1]

Happy New Year, people!

Thanks and likewise, twister!

 

[IrisAlthea]

Happy New Year, people!

Happy New Year!

(And the best Hank Williams!)

We had lentils and miso glazed carrots on a bed of garlic, lemon and youghurt sauce for lunch. And mimosas of course.


And for dinner we had greek chicken stew with olives and feta, served with garlic bread.

 

[Boat1]

Happy New Year!

(And the best Hank Williams!)

We had lentils and miso glazed carrots on a bed of garlic, lemon and youghurt sauce for lunch. And mimosas of course.
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And for dinner we had greek chicken stew with olives and feta, served with garlic bread.
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Those are both beautiful!

 

[Dreamliner]

Making my way through Michel Roux, favourite recipe cookbook, one recipe at a time.

 

[seela]

Making my way through Michel Roux, favourite recipe cookbook, one recipe at a time.

This is an interesting project, please keep us posted on how it’s going!

After watching Julie&Julia, I sometimes thought about doing the same with a cookbook, but in the end, I never found a book where all or at least almost all recipes sounded good or interesting to me.

Is your book one that only has recipes that call your name or do you plan to make even the ones that you know won’t be to your liking?

 

[Boat1]

This is an interesting project, please keep us posted on how it’s going!

After watching Julie&Julia, I sometimes thought about doing the same with a cookbook, but in the end, I never found a book where all or at least almost all recipes sounded good or interesting to me.

Is your book one that only has recipes that call your name or do you plan to make even the ones that you know won’t be to your liking?

My Wife has an awesome soup recipe book that we want to start on... we just plan to pick a favorite and make one each time I'm home.
I'll try to get you a picture of the cover, next time I'm home.
It's a really nice book!

 

[Dreamliner]

This is an interesting project, please keep us posted on how it’s going!

After watching Julie&Julia, I sometimes thought about doing the same with a cookbook, but in the end, I never found a book where all or at least almost all recipes sounded good or interesting to me.

Is your book one that only has recipes that call your name or do you plan to make even the ones that you know won’t be to your liking?

My intention is to complete all the recipes from the book. Most look interesting, his recipes are straight forward. I thought it would be an interesting undertaking.

 

[Bottomlover]

This is an interesting project, please keep us posted on how it’s going!

After watching Julie&Julia, I sometimes thought about doing the same with a cookbook, but in the end, I never found a book where all or at least almost all recipes sounded good or interesting to me.

Is your book one that only has recipes that call your name or do you plan to make even the ones that you know won’t be to your liking?

The book that speaks to me is "Louisiana Kitchen" by the late Paul Prudhomme.