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

[Lyricalli]

I hope we like it too! it will be a little like sharing a meal with you, so I will enjoy that .

If there weren't already plans for later this week, I'd make it, too.

 

[IrisAlthea]

Ground chicken meatballs spiced with sriracha sauce, yoghurt with garlic, feta, koriander and cumin and sliced cucumbers dressed with lemon, sugar and salt.

Yummy and quick.

 

[MeekMe]

It's almost kimchi!

So far, the taste is not bad, but it isn't quite right. I'm going to give it another day before I refrigerate it. I'll taste it again to make sure. f^_^; I added a 'healthy amount of pepper powder' so I dunno if Mister will eat so much. I am not a good judge of spice so if I ever say, "go ahead, it's not spicy." Don't trust me.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

It's almost kimchi!

So far, the taste is not bad, but it isn't quite right. I'm going to give it another day before I refrigerate it. I'll taste it again to make sure. f^_^; I added a 'healthy amount of pepper powder' so I dunno if Mister will eat so much. I am not a good judge of spice so if I ever say, "go ahead, it's not spicy." Don't trust me.

Looks tasty!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[seela]

It's almost kimchi!

So far, the taste is not bad, but it isn't quite right. I'm going to give it another day before I refrigerate it. I'll taste it again to make sure. f^_^; I added a 'healthy amount of pepper powder' so I dunno if Mister will eat so much. I am not a good judge of spice so if I ever say, "go ahead, it's not spicy." Don't trust me.

Looks good! And reminds me that I should make sauerkraut again, but the weather is not very kapustnica-y anymore, so maybe I won't bother.

We're eating cod and cauliflower balls today. Again. J really wanted to have this exact dish, so he bought the fish for it. I didn't dare ask if he made sure it was the good kind of cod with a MSC certificate. Based on the price it probably wasn't.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[MeekMe]

Looks good! And reminds me that I should make sauerkraut again, but the weather is not very kapustnica-y anymore, so maybe I won't bother.

This is also something I want to do. I don't want to do too much at once though. This has been a fun learning experience. Mister has already said that if it turns out well he wants to give some to family and such. So... I'm already getting myself into tricky territory.

 

[seela]

This is also something I want to do. I don't want to do too much at once though. This has been a fun learning experience. Mister has already said that if it turns out well he wants to give some to family and such. So... I'm already getting myself into tricky territory.

At least you have a part of this year's Christmas and birthday gifts all sorted out! Just make an enormous batch of kimchi.


I made butternut squash soup for lunch today. I added a small chunk of sweet potato too, because it was about to go bad in the fridge. Yummy and simple.

(Guess what color shirt I'm wearing today... )

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

At least you have a part of this year's Christmas and birthday gifts all sorted out! Just make an enormous batch of kimchi.


I made butternut squash soup for lunch today. I added a small chunk of sweet potato too, because it was about to go bad in the fridge. Yummy and simple.

(Guess what color shirt I'm wearing today... )

Purple, with a splash of butternut squash?
Looks good, seela! I love sweet potato soup on its own as well. I would put mace in that what did you use?

 

[seela]

Purple, with a splash of butternut squash?
Looks good, seela! I love sweet potato soup on its own as well. I would put mace in that what did you use?

Ding ding ding, we have a winner! Purple with a generous splash of butternut squash is indeed the correct answer.

I used kind of Mid Eastern flavors. Cumin, cinnamon, a touch of nutmeg etc. I should have sprinkled the top with sumac, I bet that would have been awesome.

Hmm. Maybe J will eat out with his friends this evening and I'll eat the rest of the soup for dinner. With sumac on top.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[seela]

I am so trying those flavourings next time! i have a couple left from the veg garden still, not butternut, but they don't have much storage left in them.

I had the second serving with sumac and a squeeze of lemon. Heavenly!

 

[Primalex]

http://b44t.imgup.net/IMG_201603d7a3.jpg

 

[seela]

Chicken burgers, but now I want pizza.

 

[IrisAlthea]

Salade d'onglet - Bourdain's recipe. I was mostly on kitchen boy duty.
Liked it a lot and will use it again but it was a bit too salty.
Will use less salt in the vinaigrette to balance, but we were also thinking about the soy sauce. We use Kikkoman but perhaps it might work better with some other brand perhaps? I was thinking perhaps japanese soy sauce?
Anybody have thoughts on that?

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Salade d'onglet - Bourdain's recipe. I was mostly on kitchen boy duty.
Liked it a lot and will use it again but it was a bit too salty.
Will use less salt in the vinaigrette to balance, but we were also thinking about the soy sauce. We use Kikkoman but perhaps it might work better with some other brand perhaps? I was thinking perhaps japanese soy sauce?
Anybody have thoughts on that?

I have a brand I like...Pearlman's maybe? I can't check my fridge right now. I'll correct that later if I got it massively wrong. It's probably like the Pabst Blue Ribbon (famously cheap beer) of soy sauce or something, and I have no idea but I like it better than Kikkoman's. It has more of a flavour profile than plain old salty.
What about just using a light soy sauce, or less of it?

 

[IrisAlthea]

I have a brand I like...Pearlman's maybe? I can't check my fridge right now. I'll correct that later if I got it massively wrong. It's probably like the Pabst Blue Ribbon (famously cheap beer) of soy sauce or something, and I have no idea but I like it better than Kikkoman's. It has more of a flavour profile than plain old salty.
What about just using a light soy sauce, or less of it?

Never seen that here, but I'll have a look around for it. Especially since I don't mind a Pabst Blue Ribbon once in a while.

And yes, will experiment with less soy too.

 

[Primalex]

Salad Nicoise

http://n08t.imgup.net/IMG_2016034b08.jpg

(I don't like olives though, so I add capers.)

 

[MeekMe]

^That looks great! (^｡^)

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Primalex]

Salade d'onglet - Bourdain's recipe. I was mostly on kitchen boy duty.
Liked it a lot and will use it again but it was a bit too salty.

Yes, it is too salty. I mean, you marinate the steak in soy sauce, then you salt the steak, you have soy sauce in the dressing and then you are supposed to salt the salad.

Will use less salt in the vinaigrette to balance, but we were also thinking about the soy sauce. We use Kikkoman but perhaps it might work better with some other brand perhaps? I was thinking perhaps japanese soy sauce?
Anybody have thoughts on that?

If you have bottles like these:

http://blog.kikkoman.co.jp/global/201112_foreign%20dispensers.jpg

then your soy sauce is already Japanese soy sauce - Koikuchi soy sauce, to be more exact. Getting a different Japanese one might get you an even saltier one.

Cut down the soy sauce in the dressing and don't add any extra salt for the steak or salad.

 

[cascadiabound]

Yes, it is too salty. I mean, you marinate the steak in soy sauce, then you salt the steak, you have soy sauce in the dressing and then you are supposed to salt the salad.







If you have bottles like these:

http://blog.kikkoman.co.jp/global/201112_foreign%20dispensers.jpg

then your soy sauce is already Japanese soy sauce - Koikuchi soy sauce, to be more exact. Getting a different Japanese one might get you an even saltier one.

Cut down the soy sauce in the dressing and don't add any extra salt for the steak or salad.

Sometimes you surprise me Primalex...
Had no idea you were a bit of a foodie.

cb
and I'm chiding myself for being surprised too. Lol)

 

[Primalex]

Upcoming dishes next week:

Nachos!

Salmon on oven vegetables

Lasagna

Burritos

And then I will try a German dish, Labskaus, made from corned beef with pickled herring with German fried potatoes, fried eggs and gherkins.

I actually had planned to do something Japanese, but my new Japanese cookbook wasn't delivered in time.