Dinner, Wednesday 15th April.

[Wyshiepoo]

Tamarind Chicken with Balti Dal.

Been looking forward to making this as wanted to make use of two of my new ingredients.

Yellow lentils, not sure if they are chang dal, chana dal or moong dal, the name seems interchangeable. They seem to cook quicker than other lentils I've used and basically go to a 'mush'

Asafoetida, interesting and quite smelly.

 

[CWS4322]

Tamarind Chicken with Balti Dal.

Been looking forward to making this as wanted to make use of two of my new ingredients.

Yellow lentils, not sure if they are chang dal, chana dal or moong dal, the name seems interchangeable. They seem to cook quicker than other lentils I've used and basically go to a 'mush'

Asafoetida, interesting and quite smelly.

Looks lovely. A tip from a friend's MIL (who is Indian), keep the Asafoetida in a sealed jar once opened (what we get here is sold in a little shaker like salt). I don't use it often, but it is the Indian spices section in my spice cabinet (it is now a cabinet). I just popped the container in a 500 ml. canning jar (discovered I had an unopened on when I reorg'd my spices and herbs). There are two containers there--probably won't need to buy more for a decade...

 

[Andy M.]

Fish and a Caesar salad. Pan seared salmon for me and baked schrod for SO.

 

[Whiskadoodle]

I made a pork loin roast, 'taters and gravy, corn, asparagus and cranberry relish. Plenty of leftover everything and wouldn't you know today Dx went out of town for a few days,

 

[bethzaring]

Pot luck tonight, expecting about 22 folks. Lots of good foods friends have signed up to bring. I (successfully) baked 2 loaves of bread, French and herbed, and made a dozen hamburger buns. I think I have finally figured out how to get bread to rise at 7000 ft elevation.

 

[Maelinde]

Left over chicken stew served along with some crumpets we bought at the British Foods store. They work well together.

 

[CWS4322]

I'm "cooking on paper" tonight. Got a few ideas for recipes, so am playing with those so I can pick up the ingredients I'm missing and give them a whirl over the weekend. One is Turkish, another is South African...

 

[medtran49]

Pretzel bread bowls with cheddar/beer/bacon soup.

Bread bowls above.

The bread was a bit soft, wobbly, so didn't trust it to not collapse and make a mess so ended up using bowls anyway. They didn't collapse but better safe than sorry.

 

[GotGarlic]

Your bowls and soup look wonderful, medtran.

We're having burgers and steak fries. Easy dinner.

 

[medtran49]

Your bowls and soup look wonderful, medtran.
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Thank you! The soup was a Mickey Mouse recipe from EPCOT, Canada, Le Cellier, and it was REALLY good.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

I gave Himself a choice between a mushroom-cheese omelet and baon-fried potato breakfast-for-dinner, or chicken ala king. The winner dinner:

 

[taxlady]

Thank you! The soup was a Mickey Mouse recipe from EPCOT, Canada, Le Cellier, and it was REALLY good.

That looks and sounds really tasty. Any chance of seeing the recipe for that soup?

 

[taxlady]

I gave Himself a choice between a mushroom-cheese omelet and baon-fried potato breakfast-for-dinner, or chicken ala king. The winner dinner:

I'm guessing that's the breakfast. Whatever it is, it sure looks tasty.

 

[taxlady]

I made supper! Yes,it did use up all my spoons, but it was worth it. Salad with tuna and hard boiled eggs and a ranchoid salad dressing.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Yours looks good, taxy. However, what is "ranchoid dressing"?

I'm guessing that's the breakfast. Whatever it is, it sure looks tasty.

Yup, but I added spinach and tomato to my half of the omelet. Himself can take only so much of "healthy".

 

[taxlady]

Yours looks good, taxy. However, what is "ranchoid dressing"? ...

It's sort of ranch dressing. This time it was mayo, sour cream, garlic puree from a jar, onion powder, and anchovy paste. It's whatever I put together that is sort of like ranch dressing...

 

[CrazyCatLady]

Ohh my! After seeing all this, I'm embarrassed to say our dinner.

We just had a simple dinner, but one we do love. We had seasoned great northern beans, cornbread, and an odd bowl of cut up canteloupe, apples (honeycrisp), raspberries, and sliced and cut up peaches.

Sometimes we do without meat in our meals but wow...you never have to do without flavor and adapting.

 

[medtran49]

That looks and sounds really tasty. Any chance of seeing the recipe for that soup?

Sure, I'll type it out later today.

Your dinner looked good too. Shhhh, don't tell anybody, but I ordered Craig some super premium canned tuna as a surprise. Maybe I'll suck it up (normally can't stand canned tuna) and try this in a nicoise or something similar salad if he doesn't want to hog it all for himself, which would be fine too.

 

[taxlady]

Sure, I'll type it out later today.

Your dinner looked good too. Shhhh, don't tell anybody, but I ordered Craig some super premium canned tuna as a surprise. Maybe I'll suck it up (normally can't stand canned tuna) and try this in a nicoise or something similar salad if he doesn't want to hog it all for himself, which would be fine too.

Thank you and thank you. And, once that tuna arrives, we want a review.

 

[lyndalou]

lamb chops but not sure of what else..