What are you having for dinner? (wanna share your recipe?)

[nursenurse]

Did a pasta e Fagiole soup for the second half of my stay, for the life of me cannot find the particular recipe on line, but lots out there. Used hot Italian sausages casings removed for the meat. Lotsa beans, a jarred marinara courtesy of one of my favourite unsung Canadian chefs, Stefano Faita, among other good things. Been eating that twice daily, last day of it today. Hearty, filling. I add a handful of bagged cole slaw mix to the bowl or pot when reheating so the cabbage doesn’t go stinky or mushy. A bit of extra nutrition.

 

[Teasel]

So I made this,

Yotam Ottolenghi's Ultimate Traybake Ragù

The plant-based ragù to end all others: this recipe delivers an incredible punch of umami flavour that will satisfy vegans and meat-eaters alike. It also happens to be extremely easy to throw together, and can be served with pasta or used as the base for a lasagne or shepherd's pie.

thehappyfoodie.co.uk

had it with some manfredine, was supposed to start making it about 6 so as to have it for dinner. Yeah I ate at midnight
Very nice, lentils were harder than I'd expect. 40 minutes to cook green lentils? Think maybe I didn't have the foil as tight as it says, though I didn't have any foil big enough.

Recipe leaves me feeling very well hugged

 

[Friday]

Maybe he did that because he was from the mid-West.

I have a Santa’s Naughty List long list of these!!!

Ketchup on eggs
Eggs fried in bacon grease
Corn is a meal
Etc.

#I my dad.

 

[nursenurse]

All of the above, @Friday ! @Teasel , love Ottolenghi, have most of his cookbooks. My daughter the veg and her daughter will be staying with me, the little one is showing a pony downtown and they are going to crash at my place during show week, so this sounds like a decent meal for us all. AND, I think it would be an awesome one for the north as well. Thanks!

 

[Friday]

40 minutes to cook green lentils?

French Green Lentils take for-freaking-ever. Always surprises me how long, even though I know they take ages.

love Ottolenghi, have most of his cookbooks

IKR???

the little one is showing a pony downtown

 

[Teasel]

@nursenurse Hope you all have a lovely week The ragu is delish, I'd defo par cook the lentils before adding to the recipe though!

I've quite a few of his books by now too, just got Flavour this week. Hoping to make a lot more of the recipes

 

[Teasel]

French Green Lentils take for-freaking-ever. Always surprises me how long, even though I know they take ages.

I don't know that they are French, they're not puy lentils, when I read the recipe, I thought they're not gonna cook in 40 minutes in a tray bake but I thought there's no way I know more about food than Ottolenghi so did as the recipe said. Oh well

 

[Nessa7]

Chinese takeout shared with a group

Definitely cashew chicken, veggie lo mein, and crab rangoon

 

[LuckiLee]

I made the soup I made a couple of weeks ago (ham and bean) but I used chicken and only one can of broth. Quick and simple.

 

[Friday]

ETH-perimentin Chicken Nuggets.

- 1/2 & 1/2 ground chicken & minced chicken thighs
- 1: 1: 1 Birchbenders vegan pancake batter, tempura batter, & Maseca fine Masa

I’m debating about adding a little potato starch (or cornstarch) to the meat mix to juicy it up? In Asia, it’s called “velveting” the meat, to add cornstarch & water, but I know Mickey D’s -and most us food suppliers of meat creature creations- use potato starch. So? I’m debating. I have mountains of cornstarch, but velvet is not the texture I’m looking for. It will probably mostly depend on if I feel like shredding and soaking a potato. Which I doubt I will be, if I can get away with not.

ETA… Decided to keep things “pure” to begin with, I can play around with starch and stuff another time.

So! Experiment 1, has begun.

Mix. Shape. Dip. Freeze. Deep fry in sunflower oil. Salt.

 

[Friday]

Chicken Burritos

Flour Tortillas
Rice
Pinto Beans
Grilled Chicken
Pico de Gallo
Avocado

Heat up the tortilla so it’s flexible and …Roll it all up.

Easy as.

((I usually add grilled veggies to these, but I’m not, today. Just because I don’t wanna.))

 

[OliveJewel]

Making fire cider from a recipe that @TornadicThoughts posted on here a couple years ago. I made it wrong (of course!) but we’ll see what happens!