Some great looking meals.

Jasdip, those roasted brussels sprouts look delicious.

Might be a while before I buy brussels sprouts again though. They were $6.99 a pound here this week. Asparagus was $15.99 lb, cauliflower was on sale for $5.99 each instead of a pound and I paid $6.10 for celery. It was on sale for $1.99 pound on Saturday. One of our other grocery stores at it on at $3.99 a pound. Vegetable prices are crazy.

Neely, My husband loves his breakfast. I know that he would love your steak and eggs.

I have some homemade baguette that would go perfect with your tapenade.

Roast chicken with peas and rutabaga.

Spaghetti with Pork, Garlic and Basil meatballs.

Meatball Sandwich topped with fresh mozzarella and fried onions and peppers.

Ann, the price of produce in Canada is insane! Even green peppers are a terrible price. Our cauliflower and broccoli is always sold per unit, but the broccoli are usually two very thick stalks with a teeny head for $5.

I scored cauliflower this weekend at the market for $4 each. I bought 2. The brussels sprouts were in a quart container for $3, so we treated ourselves. I've seen brussels sprouts for $6.99/lb in our stores.

Being a So Cal native of well over 60 years, I've never thought about not having fresh produce year round. Our availabilities and prices remain pretty constant throughout the year.

Now our gasoline prices?... that's another subject! I think we always rank among the highest prices in the nation...life is full of trade-offs

I had some leftover roast pork and decided to make a quick chili. For fun, a few days earlier I had made some bread bowls -- just to see if I could do it. So, of course, I served the chili in the bowls. No beans in the chili this time. Instead I included corn and hominy. And a can of salt free Rotel.

Chicken enchiladas and chiles rellenos...

Wow Cookncarpenter. Love your meal!

I'm with Jasdip. Would love your dinner. Chiles Rellenos are my husband's favourite.

Baked crusty rolls on Tuesday to use at dinner.

Roasted another chicken and made Portuguese chicken sandwiches

topped with a Peri Peri mayo.

Did something that I normally wouldn't do. I froze the extra tourtiere filling. I had leftover gravy from the roast chicken dinner so I decided to make a

Tourtiere Turnover using commercial puff pastry. Was a big hit.

You guys (gals) are kill'n me! You are as good photographers as you are cooks!! :)

Yummy meals everyone.. Cookncarpenter your Mexican meal looked amazing.

We had bought battered barramundi, home made fries, baby aubergines with shaved Parmesan

Oh, that looks good neely. And i want to dip some bread in Ann_t's first post broth everytime i see this thread...

I just got home at 1 am after finishing my work week on a rooftop on 57th st NYC...it started snowing with a major storm approaching. Home safe and had DH do the shopping list earlier. Planned the weekend meals driving home.

Tomorrow a beef stew...i can roast in the morning, then transfer to gas stovetop in dutch oven....(prepared for power outage). Bouillaibaisse Sunday with shrimp, scallops, and a salmon fillet we have in the freezer...

Last weekend was comfort shell steak, collard and beet greens, sweet potato, yellow beet, and red potato fries...with a yogurt horseradish dipping sauce...

Beef stew last night. So good. I did garnish at the table but with hot plates and hot stew i was anxious to get it on the table.

A similar dish i had at a friends French restaurant last week...i did good or even better...

Today eggs for dinner mid after-noon. Lots of veg and ham with a potato crust.

Onions, collard greens, peas...mixed cheeses, topped with yellow cherry tomatoes from the freezer ...summer garden harvest.

finished in the oven

Ann T, as always, your bread looks delicious. Better than the batch I just made, whole wheat, but I got a unexpected call to pick up the finished beef yesterday, so the dough that was to be baked in the morning wasn't baked until evening. I didn't like the flavor, and Elery finally said it tasted like beer. Yes, that's just what it tasted like.

sleevendog, it must be beef stew time, because we had that yesterday too. Yours looks delicious. Your steak, though, now that looks really good and your eggs were apparently posting simultaneously with my dinner. So I guess we had dinner together, LOL.

Neely, I love beets, both tops and roots, and I love fish, so I'd go for that meal without hesitation, yum.

I forgot to take a picture of the beef stew yesterday, of course, but today I made a pot pie with the leftovers. I made the crust with home rendered lard, in response to the on-going thread regarding the difficulties working with it. I don't find it difficult to work with at all, and it's flakey and nice. Home canned beets on the side:

neely, we also had fish and chips the other night. I've always used Cod for my battered fish, have never had barramundi, honestly I don't think I've ever heard of it before, nor seen it at the market. My wife is of English decent, so this request comes up often in the rotation ...of course I use a beer batter, and serve with plenty of malt vinegar and oh yeah, more beer ;)

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Everyone is sure eating well!!!! Homemade fish is always good, and one can't go wrong with beef stew.

I had a CT scan today so I popped the turkey in the oven when I got home. Roasted some vegetables and had mashed potatoes.

Made a lemon cake before we left for the app't.

jasdip, I hope everything is OK. That cake looks amazing, I could see it being breakfast!

cookncarpenter, I've heard of barramundi, but have never had the opportunity to try it. If I ever see any, I'll be sure to buy it. My family isn't English, but my Great Grandfather was Irish. It wasn't unusual to have fish for breakfast, and I still love the stuff.

Annie

Annie...the plan was to make pot pie from the leftovers...it was so good. Fortunately i made a qrt for the new parents and set it aside for the freezer.

The rest in the heavy dutch oven i put outside in the snow to cool down quickly. (NY had record snow fall) That heavy lid! And memories of critters getting in it years past... crap if it happened again. Wanted a pot pie tonight.

Something got in it, pushed that heavy lid aside and ate most of it! s*hit.

So i made an egg dish. : )

With all pie making going in my house this week and plenty of pie crust (with store bought lard) I managed a Quiche Pie for the freezer.

Welcome Neely to the Cooking Forum. Nice meals you have made there.

Here are a few of my recent ones:

dcarch

Poor man's escargot (canned oysters), tofu steaks

SV shell steak mushroom sauce

SV salmon

Again some yummy meals being cooked. So nice to look here and get some ideas of what to have for dinner. It will be good to have beef stew again when weather changes.

Hi dcarch, thanks for the welcome... love your food.

Cookncarpenter... My husband is English and Atlantic Cod is one of our favourite fish.

Oh dear sleevendog.

So last night we had sweet and sour pork. I prefer homemade as I find the take out sauce sometimes a bit too sweet.

neely, I love sweet and sour chicken, you've reminded me to make some soon.

dcarch, believe it or not, I'd like the brussels sprouts best out of all that food, I love 'em!

sleevendog, that's horrible, I'd be furious. Then, like you, I'd make eggs. (grin) Sorry about the stew, though.

Shirl, that quiche looks really, really good, and I still have unused pie crust in the fridge, I ought to make one.

So, what's for dinner? Last night I ate at Golden Corral. Ahem. Bud had an appointment with his neurologist and so he got to pick the restaurant. So.......I ate lots of vegetables, LOL.

Tonight we had chuck roast with potatoes and roasted cauliflower, Elery made dinner while I was filling out stepmom's yearly paperwork for her apartment lease.

Before that we had chicken from the smoker, oven fries, roasted butternut squash and some grated and sautéed brussels sprouts. I had half of a garlic ciabatta roll, toasted) under my chicken, and some cole slaw on top!

Annie, looks yum, we also had roasted butternut.

It was a holiday the other day so we had a couple over and had roast lamb with slivers of garlic inserted... just up one end.

Roast lamb, duck fat roasted potatoes, the roasted butternut and creamed spinach. Also gravy made by DH whom I showed how I made it (roux method) years ago and now his is better than mine. ???

I made pavlova for dessert. Topped it with whipped vanilla cream, mango and passionfruit.

Neely, are your photos taken in natural light? They're lovely! Remind me of the ones taken by a former poster who lives in the Canary Islands.

Took two photos this week. Hadn't made bread in almost a year and a half and was afraid I'd forgotten how. Recipe is AnnT's ... modified to work with my hand mixer. Heel is from the first loaf.

Our Meyer lemon tree harvest is coming to an end. Have been sharing with friends and neighbors, cooking with some, and juicing quite a few for a freezer stash. Made Ina's Lemon Yogurt Cake yesterday. Moist and delicious!

Hi CindyMac Yes my photos are taken in natural light. We still have daylight until 9pm at the moment. In a few months I guess I will be putting dinner under a table lamp.

I remember CanaryBird and also liked her photos. Anyone who remembers the days when Ann T, Sol and CanaryBird used to post regularly on this thread, are lucky. Of course we are still lucky to have Ann T 's but really all the photos are good ...it's the food. Speaking of which your cake and bread look yummy.

Happy to see the WFD thread so active again.

Sleevendog, perfectly cooked steak. And that stew looks delicious.

Annie, you can see just how flaky your crust is. Wow!!

Cookncarpenter, now that is a beautiful plate of fish and chips, golden brown and crispy batter. Gives me a craving. I use halibut when I make fish and chips. Would you share your batter recipe please.

Neely, I would be happy with any one of your meals, especially the lamb.

A few meals since last post:

More bread, started with a biga.

Pork Tenderloin in a mushroom sauce with penne with rapini, garlic and hot red pepper flakes.

Pork with bean sprouts.

Apple Cranberry Muffins

Neely, were you around when CindyNY, Dishesdone, and Marilyn were posting? I still see all of them on FB.

Oh boy, I need to come back, just for this thread!

Hey Terri,what a nice surprise. I've wondered about you often. Missed you.

Terri, welcome back! I've missed you, I hope you stay around.

Annie

Good to see your food again! and the other good looking things posted to this thread. I occasionally pop by your blog for a recipe repeat.

I'm still around....I have missed the interaction with you all as well.

Hope to see more of you here Terri.

Last night's dinner. Very simple. Perfect for a work night dinner.

Chicken breasts roasted with Green onions.

Skin on boneless chicken breasts, seasoned with salt and pepper and seared to brown in a cast iron skillet. Whole green onions added to the pan. Chicken placed on top and finished in a hot oven. Pan deglazed with chicken broth and juice of a small lemon. Served with fried potatoes.

Hi ann, just saw your question about my batter. I've found it's more about technique than the batter itself. My batter is pretty basic generic, I don't always measure, but for about a cup of flour, maybe a beer less a couple sips ;) (soda water or seltzer can be substituted for beer) a tablespoon or so of baking powder, salt, pepper a little spice, anything you like (paprika, or garlic powder, or Old Bay works well) ...and a good squeeze of lemon.

Don't beat too much, a few lumps are ok, about the consistency of thick pancake batter. Chill the batter a while or even over night won't hurt. Stir again when ready to dip fish.

Now, here's the tips I've learned in Baja watching the locals prepare fish for tacos;

Fish should be cold, along with batter.

Dredge the fish in corn starch or flour before coating in the batter.

Oil temp is key - about 360*-380* (I use peanut oil), don't add too many pieces at once, or temp can drop = no bueno

Big tip:Fry twice!...Only partially fry the fish just until batter crisps, but not golden, remove and set on draining rack, continue this with all the fish.

Then add partially cooked fish pieces back again as you need them just before serving, until cooked through and golden.

The partially fried fish can be kept in the fridge a day or few, and re-fried again for a lunch or another dinner.

Also, this twice fry method also gives great results with the french fries! cheers :)

Thanks Cookncarpenter. Looks like we basically use the same batter.

I always double fry fries. But have not done that with my battered halibut. Will try that next time too.

Oh, I do love Halibut, but seems a shame to batter and fry it... ;)

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013187-pan-seared-marinated-halibut-fillets

It is what the best fish and chip shops in Canada use for fish and chips. Grew up eating Halibut fish and chips and this was back in Ontario. Some F & C places will offer cod or haddock at a lower cost. But many only offer Halibut.

Living on the west coast now, halibut is very easy to come by and I cook it often.

But when it comes to Fish and Chips only halibut will do.

Well, that explains it, you're on the West coast of Canada? Northern Halibut down here in So Cal is $30 per lb.

We do have local Mexican Halibut for around $12, although for F&C, Cod is still my choice.

Neely, I love your photos, they're so crisp.

Ann your pork and bean sprouts are calling my name. They look scrumptious.

Dinner tonite was braised roast beef, carrots and potatoes. I also made WalnutCreek's creamed onions with Gorgonzola cheese. So rich and sinful.

I made a coconut cream pie, that thread had me slobbering for one. It's my first attempt, and we deem it a success. Thanks Ann, and Shirl!

Yum, Jasdip, that looks really, really, really good.

cookncarpenter, like AnnT I always double fry my French fries, I never thought to double fry fish, thanks for the tip! I'm from Michigan, here fish and chips are mostly made with cod, but I love Halibut, I think it's my favorite fish. When I went to Toronto to visit Chase/Sharon, that's what we got. Mmmmm. Along with peameal bacon sandwiches for breakfast! Double Mmmmmm.

Ann T, thanks to that muffin picture, I had to bake some muffins. I had bananas on the counter, left from Madi and Maci's visit about a week ago, so I used King Arthur Flour's recipe for Pina Colada muffins. Miraculously, Bud left me some dried pineapple, he eats a bag full every time he comes here and I have to restock, LOL.

These were moist and not too sweet, very good. I'd definitely make them again, although the recipe made 18 and I had to put some in the freezer. Now to use up those cranberries in the refrigerator....

I had some oral surgery on Friday, working on an implant after losing a bridge, and so it's soft food for the next 5 days or so. So I baked biscuits, and I used AnnT's recipe with all butter.

We just had all that beef processed, so of course I made chicken, LOL, chicken stew to go over top of the biscuits, which made them a little softer. Cut into tiny pieces, I was able to eat them, although slowly.

Friday, while I had surgery, Elery and the dogs had burgers.

Tonight I had butternut squash soup, and forgot to take pictures!

Annie

Great meals, Annie! Great looking biscuits and chicken! LOL. I love biscuits too, with all butter, I must make some soon.

All food looks good.

Annie chicken stew with biscuits sounds ideal.

I will start baking bread one day and when I do it will be because of your bread photos Ann T

Jasdip I too am looking forward to trying to make that Coconut cream pie. Yours looks yummy.

CindyMac I do remember the name dishesdone.

DH cooked our dinner the other night. He likes to cook and I like to eat his cooking. He's not so careful with putting his food on the plate as I am sometimes, but it all tastes good.

So he cooked Chicken Tikka Marsala with rice and broccoli.

Then another night we had just a small meal of potato salad with Jamie Oliver's smoked salmon.

Jasdip, your coconut cream pie looks sooooo goood. Now I have a craving.

Cookncarpenter, even here on the west coat, halibut is in the $22 to $25. a pound.

Once it is back in season, sometime in March, it should drop slightly. But it is usually in the $16 to $22.00 a pound.

Ling Cod is the cod that seems to be most popular around here.

Annie, that is one beautiful biscuit. Look at the layers.

Neely, I would be happy with your curry. And your salad plate is like a work of art. Beautifully presented.

Another quick and easy work night dinner.

Sweet and Spicy Chicken with Peppers over jasmine rice.

Very simple dinner last night. No cooking involved. We had lunch out and didn't want a big dinner so I made up a Smoked Salmon platter for two.

The home-made sourdough rye was perfect with the smoked salmon.

Ann_t, those apple cranberry muffins look great and I love cranberries! What recipe did you use?

Party_music, here is the recipe. It is from the Robin Hood Flour website.

Apple Cranberry Muffins

Like most recipes, even using the first time I made minor adjustments.

Here is the link to the original recipe:http://www.robinhood.ca/.../Apple-Cranberry-Crumble-Muffins

and the recipe with my minor adjustments.

Basically using butter instead of oil. Adding a little salt and vanilla and subbing some sour cream

for some of the yogurt.

Source: Robin Hood Flour With some minor adjustments.

Topping

¼ cup brown sugar, packed
¼ cup almonds, chopped
3 tbsp Robin Hood® Oats
½ tsp cinnamon
pinch salt

1 tbsp Butter

Muffins
2¼ cups Robin Hood Original All Purpose Flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup sour cream
1/3 cup melted butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups peeled and diced apples
¾ cup cranberries, fresh or frozen

Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Grease or line 15 muffin cups with paper liners.
Topping: Combine all ingredients. Mix well in a small bowl. Set aside.
Muffins: Combine flour, brown sugar and baking soda, salt in large bowl.
Whisk egg, yogurt, sour cream , vanilla and melted butter in medium bowl. Add to flour mixture, stirring just

until moistened. Stir in apples and cranberries.
Fill prepared muffin cups with batter. Sprinkle with topping.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in centre of muffin comes out clean.

Thank you, Ann_t! I'm the same way about adjusting recipes on the fly... I'll be making a gluten-free version of this. lol!

Islay Corbel...

Delicious your pie crust recipe is...... (240g flour, 190g butter, Whizz in food processor, Add 60g creme fraiche/yogurt or cream. Roll out. Very melty in the mouth.)

Made this afternoon.....was a bit dry at first ...thought I had lost it but I spritz with a bit of water and voila.....let it set in frig about half hour....then cut ends off of disk...and it rolled out so nice.... and baked just to see.....so crisp, flaky, buttery, DH thought it was very good. I used my homemade creme fraiche. I definitely will try again soon.

Another CF learning. Shirl

All of this food looks sodicjous. Well, that is "delicious" typed on tiny phone screen with a cold finger.

Sunday we had home made Thai Noodle Salad with Beef (sirloin). The next day I had the remainder for lunch. So yummy.

I'm glad that I dropped by, lots of delicious meals and ideas to be had. Also how nice to see former CF'ers Ruthanna, Sol and Terri here again, too!

Welcome Neely! I adore the pavlova with passion fruit. Our Kiwi friends always prepare it that way and it's heavenly. That smoked salmon salad-- Such a pretty plating! Ann's food always tempts me and Annie's meals are filled with comfort and love.

Tonight has a new twist for me. A FB friend offered me a chance to have a week's worth *(3) of meals from Blue Apron. I couldn't find something to fit my food allergies, but DH is going to eat well this week! I'll take photos and post as I go.

That Thai salad...yummmm ...Annie's biscuits and chicken "stew".. Yummy, yum...

we've had pretty simple meals.

Tonight was a simple red beans and rice with Andoille. I also made a large pot of Loaded Baked Potato soup to share with my office staff and counselors. Oh and 30 min rolls.

Last night was a half homemade half freezer quick meal. I made a pan of au gratin potatoes and baked up some Panko crusted chicken breasts from Costco.

Monday, Kamren put together panini sandwiches.

Tomorrow is breakfast for dinner and he's pulled chicken breasts from the freezer for spicy crispy chicken on biscuits.

I keep thinking this thread will end but until it does ... two meals we had the last two nights.

Sliced Chicken fillet with garlic and preserved lemon, Greek salad and Cous Cous.

Lamb chops with mint sauce, vegetables and salad.