Dinner thread...What's cooking...

[Moe Ghoul]

Had the TV on yesterday morning, stopped at the Food Network. I was inspired by Bobby Flay to make Blue Cornmeal/Blueberry pancakes with Orange Glaze butter and cinnamon/maple syrup and homemade pork/fennel sausage for dinner last night.

Fantastic!!

And you just happened to have all those ingredients laying around? :-o

And breakfast for dinner is a winner.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

And you just happened to have all those ingredients laying around? :-o

And breakfast for dinner is a winner.

Hell yeah...dinner for breakfast is also good..

 

[Geoff]

Wow you made your own sausage...what is fennel??

Fennel is in the celery family. It's also called Anise. It has a licorice flavor. The stalks and bulb have the same crunchy consistency as celery but without as much stringy fiber. I cook it fairly frequently. You can grill pieces of the bulb or chop it up for cooking in soups & stews. Bouillabaisse (a French fish stew) uses it.

The sausage probably has fennel seeds (with a licorice taste) and/or the greens from the top of the plant.

 

[Dr Skimeister]

And you just happened to have all those ingredients laying around? :-o

And breakfast for dinner is a winner.

Nope...had to buy blue cornmeal, ground pork, fresh sage, blueberries....already had the maple syrup, cinnamon sticks, fennel seeds, whole-grain mustard, butter, eggs, orange juice for reduction, onion, garlic, olive oil and milk

Wow you made your own sausage...what is fennel??

These were sausage pattys.

You prefer yours more cylindrical???

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Nope...had to buy blue cornmeal, ground pork, fresh sage, blueberries....already had the maple syrup, cinnamon sticks, fennel seeds, whole-grain mustard, butter, eggs, orange juice for reduction, onion, garlic, olive oil and milk



These were sausage pattys.

You prefer yours more cylindrical???

Fennel is great. I picked up Kale, mustard greens and leeks because they were on sale Monday. Now I gotta find a few recipes to use them in. I've been trying to find substitutions for veggies and expand my prep knowledge about them.

 

[Dr Skimeister]

Fennel is great. I picked up Kale, mustard greens and leeks because they were on sale Monday. Now I gotta find a few recipes to use them in. I've been trying to find substitutions for veggies and expand my prep knowledge about them.

I'm a fan of both www.epicurious.com and www.foodnetwork.com for recipe ideas.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Nope...had to buy blue cornmeal, ground pork, fresh sage, blueberries....already had the maple syrup, cinnamon sticks, fennel seeds, whole-grain mustard, butter, eggs, orange juice for reduction, onion, garlic, olive oil and milk



These were sausage pattys.

You prefer yours more cylindrical???

I like all kinds of sausage...links, pattys, Italian, fresh, turkey, duck..it all makes my mouth water...especially thick and meaty sausage...mmmmmmmmm

 

[Geoff]

Fennel is great. I picked up Kale, mustard greens and leeks because they were on sale Monday. Now I gotta find a few recipes to use them in. I've been trying to find substitutions for veggies and expand my prep knowledge about them.

I highly recommend Potato Leek Soup. I make mine with chicken stock, parma ham or bacon, a splash of sauvignon blanc, and whatever herbs I feel like using (thyme, dill, basil, oregano, marjoram). I puree half of it in the food processor so it's thickened but still has some texture. I skip the heavy cream.

I'm a New Bedford native. If you cut me with a knife, I bleed Kale Soup instead of blood. Kale Soup is a Portuguese/Azores Islands dish. It starts life as a pork shoulder (picnic shoulder) boiled in a lot of water for hours with some diced onion to make the soup base. You cube the pork, toss in linguica (pork sausage with paprika, garlic, and oregano), beans of your choice, potato, and finish with kale. The spanish chourico sausage is similar to linguica and add some extra garlic and paprika to the soup. The Portuguese/Azores version of chourico is linguica spiced up with red pepper and a lot of people use that in their Kale soup. My mom put corn in hers which is just plain wrong. I did a quick search on the internet and none of the recipes start with a pork shoulder to make the pork stock. If you just use water, it tastes like nothing. If you use canned chicken or beef broth, it's not the same as using the stock from cooking the pork.

I've never bought mustard greens in my life.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

I highly recommend Potato Leek Soup. I make mine with chicken stock, parma ham or bacon, a splash of sauvignon blanc, and whatever herbs I feel like using (thyme, dill, basil, oregano, marjoram). I puree half of it in the food processor so it's thickened but still has some texture. I skip the heavy cream.

I'm a New Bedford native. If you cut me with a knife, I bleed Kale Soup instead of blood. Kale Soup is a Portuguese/Azores Islands dish. It starts life as a pork shoulder (picnic shoulder) boiled in a lot of water for hours with some diced onion to make the soup base. You cube the pork, toss in linguica (pork sausage with paprika, garlic, and oregano), beans of your choice, potato, and finish with kale. The spanish chourico sausage is similar to linguica and add some extra garlic and paprika to the soup. The Portuguese/Azores version of chourico is linguica spiced up with red pepper and a lot of people use that in their Kale soup. My mom put corn in hers which is just plain wrong. I did a quick search on the internet and none of the recipes start with a pork shoulder to make the pork stock. If you just use water, it tastes like nothing. If you use canned chicken or beef broth, it's not the same as using the stock from cooking the pork.

I've never bought mustard greens in my life.

That's the direction I'm leaning towards, I saved 3 kale soup recipes that sounded good, I'm gonna try to keep meat to a minimum if I can, more for flavoring than for substance. Gonna make one this weekend.

 

[chase]

pop tarts

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Challah french toast, thick cut, almost tastes like custard when I'm done with it.

 

[drjeff]

Tonight was a grilled chicken breast with some fresh tomato and a slice of cheddar all wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla.

 

[Geoff]

Tonight was a grilled chicken breast with some fresh tomato and a slice of cheddar all wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla.

My dinner sucked. Other than some fruit, I hadn't eaten since breakfast. I was sitting at the Lookout at Killington at 8:00 having beers with a couple of friends. Out came a basket of french fries and a plate of fried calamari. I ended up ordering onion rings & calamari. So much for the diet.

 

[drjeff]

My dinner sucked. Other than some fruit, I hadn't eaten since breakfast. I was sitting at the Lookout at Killington at 8:00 having beers with a couple of friends. Out came a basket of french fries and a plate of fried calamari. I ended up ordering onion rings & calamari. So much for the diet.

I need to be good for a few days since I figure I have about a 0% chance of a healthy diet this weekend as Sunday I'll be heading to the NASCAR race at Loudon and the guys I go with don't exactly bring 100% healthy stuff to grill and consume!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Last night chicken nuggets happy meal from McDonalds and a quarter pounder with steeze. I only wanted 4 nuggets and the toy this month is steezy..

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Last night I got the Blue plate special at the local seafood restaurant..Clam Chowder and sauteed chicken in a sundried tomato mushroom creme sauce with roasted potatoes and vegetables..all for $10..

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Rainbow trout, big salad, some kinda rice.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Salad, Kids Cuisine breaded Ravioli, Strip Steak, Budweiser, Guinness..I'm starving after hiking..

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Rigatoni tossed with sauteed broc rabe, garlic, sweet ital sausage, white wine, truffle oil, romano, hot pepper flakes.

 

[WoodCore]

BBQ boneless chicken breasts, baked potato, caesar salad and a few ears of local corn.