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

[gracie920101]

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tell me about that pesto

*pulls up a chair*

Yes, tell me about that pesto. I have lots of pecans on hand....

 

[seela]

tell me about that pesto

*pulls up a chair*

Yes, tell me about that pesto. I have lots of pecans on hand....

I'm afraid I don't think I have much to tell about the pesto.

I made it just like regular pesto, but I substituted some of the basil with carrot tops and pine nuts with walnuts. I didn't measure anything, I added things until it tasted good and had the desired consistency.

 

[cfuhrer]

Home made pizzas, a side salad.

Today I also tried making fudge pops with whey protein powder.

 

[MeekMe]

Healthy chicken salad. A favored summer dish.

 

[gracie920101]

Leftovers lunch:
Baked potato topped with BBQ rib meat.

Oh I'm so full!!!!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[gracie920101]

I just ate some cauliflower.

Omg, it was incredible. .

I was going to purree it but my sore mouth is feeling the tiniest bit better this evening so I made 'cauliflower rice ' instead, with some roasted garlic. No salt, nothing else, just the garlic and the cauliflower and it was so good. (I'm sure it was not horrid, but I last ate a week ago because if this sore mouth so it had a significant advantage).

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I cauliflower any way I can get it. My favorite is to use it as the main ingredient in a stir fry and leave off the rice.
I'm glad to hear you are finally eating something and yeah, salt is no big deal. Food tastes so much better without it.

 

[Primalex]

Family BBQ

Homemade Limoncello (orange juice for the kids)

Bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin, oak wood smoked
Cider-braised sausages with apples and onions with apple mustard sauce
Grilled whole carrots, glazed with orange, maple syrup and butter

Herb butter from homegrown herbs with smoked salt
Tomato and onion salad
Pasta salad

 

[cfuhrer]

Biscuits and gravy.

 

[RubiDia]

It means I'm always right. Oh well. https://www.skinnycow.com/products/frozen-treats/sandwiches/cool-as-can-be-mint/

 

[MeekMe]

Family BBQ

Homemade Limoncello (orange juice for the kids)

Bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin, oak wood smoked
Cider-braised sausages with apples and onions with apple mustard sauce
Grilled whole carrots, glazed with orange, maple syrup and butter

Herb butter from homegrown herbs with smoked salt
Tomato and onion salad
Pasta salad

This sounds amazing.

For dinner tonight I used leftover rice for fried rice. I didn't have enough rice for a full meal so I bulked it up with "riced" cauliflower. It was a 2:1 ratio of veggies to rice and tastes just right. A little mushy because of the cauliflower but still very good. I topped it with a few pieces of grilled chicken from Sunday.

 

[Miles Long]

Naf Naf

 

[seela]

My dad's 70th birthday was last weekend and I was in charge of cooking.

Karelian pasties
A rosemary garlic bread
Strawberry cake
Raspberry milk chocolate cake

I also made a deep, dark malt bread, a mocha coffee cake and spoon cookies, but I have no good pics of them. The breads and pasties were had with the salmon soup and summer vegetable soup that I made. I've never cooked soup in such quantities, it felt ridiculous!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[seela]

Those cakes are are BEAUTIFUL!

Thanks!

 

[MeekMe]

Wow! Those are so amazing! Such pretty cakes!
:runs away to copy them:
(๑>◡<๑)

 

[seela]

Wow! Those are so amazing! Such pretty cakes!
:runs away to copy them:
(๑>◡<๑)

I'd love to see how you decorate cakes. You're such an artistic person!



Yesterday I made and had rhubarb kissel for the first time in at least ten years. It's a childhood staple that I had completely forgotten about until now. Nice and tangy!

Kissel is a thickened fruit soup, kinda. You can make it with all kinds of fruits and berries, either just from the juice or you can keep the fruit pieces or berries in it. Rhubarb kissel with the disintegrated pieces in it doesn't necessarily look the most appetzing, but it tastes divine. I'm so glad I decided to make it.

 

[seela]

Today I'm gonna make a mushroom quiche with chanterelles, sheep polypore and porcini.

I gotta use up my mushroom stashes before the fresh mushrooms start popping up in the forests.


What are you guys making or having for the Fourth?

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[gracie920101]

J bought a spiralizer for my birthday.
We are having spiralized squashes, onion with a couple of carrots thrown in for color. I have a few pieces of London broil and a few pieces of pot roast left that may just get cooked altogether for a bit of protein.
Then I had to go to work.

 

[seela]

I made some rhubarb with strawberries to counteract the sour ( I often go with star anise or ginger and have it as a savoury relish with fish but i wanted something to have with yoghurt) I love sour but this is still a little tart for me Unsweetened.

I love rhubarb with strawberry, such a great flavor combination!

Recently I've run into pairing rhubarb with licorice all over the place. I'm really starting to get tempted to try the combo, even though it sounds weird. On the other hand staranise works with rhubarb and it has similar notes to licorice.

J bought a spiralizer for my birthday.
We are having spiralized squashes, onion with a couple of carrots thrown in for color. I have a few pieces of London broil and a few pieces of pot roast left that may just get cooked altogether for a bit of protein.
Then I had to go to work.

You can do really pretty things with a spiralizer. I hope you'll share with us what you make with it.


Here's the mushroom quiche I made. Once again I used teff flour in the crust, so that's why it looks so dark.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[HumasWanderingWeiner]

I made some rock star quality Korean beef recently. I'm going to miss the Asian market where I could get perfect cuts of beef. And dammit, I'm growing my own kaffir at the next house. Lemons and mandarins too.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Today I'm gonna make a mushroom quiche with chanterelles, sheep polypore and porcini.

I gotta use up my mushroom stashes before the fresh mushrooms start popping up in the forests.


What are you guys making or having for the Fourth?

Yum, seela.

A watermelon, bacon and mint salad.

(Sounds weird, but tastes refreshingly, deliciously weird...)

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]