Shirl, your cannales look great. I have a half dozen in the freezer. They re-heat beautifully. I thaw and tuck a chunk of dark chocolate down into the center and serve with clotted cream. They do look authentic!

Neely, i love green tea, matcha. Maybe different brands like anything are all over the map. I use it often. Made green tea ice cream sandwiches with a dark chocolate cookie.

Yum, yum, cold Sunday leek, potato, chicken pot pie.

Chicken pot pie looks great Sleevendog. I really should make some matcha ice cream although knowing DH won't be eating any puts me off a bit because I will eat it all.

We had chicken with fresh tomato sauce, salad with fennel and orzo on the side. Fennel pepper and salt standing guard over the dinner.

Or, perhaps a light lunch?

Pan fried Dover sole in rice flour, with a watercress salad (EVOO and lemon juice).

I made a lettuce wrap that used lettuce, cucumber, chicken, Parmesan, and French dressing. I wrapped it in the parchment paper, so yummy.

Intended to make nachos but didn't have CHEESE?! lol. Ham sandwich then. And I'm off to my exhibit! wish me luck. :)

All delicious healthy looking food being shown here...yum.

We are making it a thing to have fish on Friday sooo made a fish pie. Have enough for left overs... good.

Neely, fish pie? That's interesting, I"ve never had that.

Sleevendog, the pot pie looks delicious.

Here we're still being "healthy". I did get a respite though, as one of our elderly neighbors came over for supper last night. He had a stroke about a month ago, a minor one. His wife is in a nursing home and his 53 year old son just passed away with cancer. He's an old buddy of Dad's and was stationed in Germany in the Army, so he's fondly remembered various dinners there with his wife.

Anyway, I grabbed a rump roast from the freezer and made sauerbraten. Yes, the real kind that marinates for three days, then the marinade is thickened with gingersnaps. Potato dumplings that Peppi brought me, some homemade rye bread, green beans as a vegetable and an oatmeal/applesauce cake from Diabetic Living.

The night before that we had breakfast for supper, Elery had a Kim Chee omelet with black beans and tomatoes. I had my usual, an egg over easy and a low calorie/high fiber English muffin.

Today we had appointments in Grand Rapids so we stopped at one of our favorites, Sanitary Fish. It's an old Sanitary Cleaners building, so they painted out "cleaners" and painted on "fish", LOL. There is no seating, it's strictly take out and they fry the fish while you wait. Elery had fries with his, but I just had some coleslaw. It was good anyway, Lake Perch is always good!

Last weekend The Princess and a friend spent the night with us, and baked a cake, the chocolate one on the back of the Hershey's cocoa can. The friend was stinging from a boy who chose a "bad girl" over her, so The Princess decorated just for her:

And, of course, genetics prevailed and that one piece came right out of the middle, Ashley would be proud. (grin)

And that's what's for supper here. Tomorrow Elery will take the pork butt he's been bringing and put it in the smoker for 8 or 10 hours, after that, it's back to healthy!

Annie

Everything looks yummy there Annie. I would probably like that Kim Chee omelette with black beans... though it is a little unusual.

Fish pie must be an Old English thing. To me it has to have white sauce and some sort of smoked (yellow) fish. It can be topped with pastry as I have done but sometimes potatoes. You first poach the fish in milk and use the milk to make a thick white sauce into which everything gets folded.

I can't seem to copy and paste but there is a link at

www.delicious.com.au/oldfashionedfishpie

.... however I didn't add hard boiled eggs.

Annie, sauerbraten is one of my absolute favorite meals -- but the message on that cake is even better!!! Love it!!!

Your pastry looks to-die-for Neely. So flaky. I've never heard of fish pie, but I'll bet it was good.

What a sense of humour, and good off-the-cuff thinking the Princess has!!! LOVE the cake!

Hubby often laments about Mom's beef stew. We've never had stew since she passed, and honestly I've never made one.

Today was the day, and I was trying to remember what Mom put in hers. Of course, a recipe wasn't used, and she always said that one isn't the same as the next.

But it turned out awesome, thanks Mom!

Annie, the princess is one loyal friend-love her thinking!

Is the Hershey's cake recipe a good one?

Jasdip: That stew looks scrumptious!

I tried to make flapjacks (the granola bar kind). They crumbled when I sliced them so I call it "flapjack granola." It's good though.

Lizbeth, the Hershey's chocolate cake is my absolute favorite. It's dark, has a little espresso powder, no weird ingredients, nice and moist. Even Elery liked it and he's not a "cake" person...

Granola pancakes? Hmmm. I usually just eat granola as a snack, a handful dry, never thought to try to make granola bars. Now I'm thinking pancakes, though!

Thanks, Neely, my mother would love that fish pie idea.

jasdip, my stew is always different too, never a recipe. Always potatoes, carrots and onions, usually peas, but not tomatoes. Grandma put tomatoes in hers but the onions and tomatoes together always give me heartburn, so I chose onions! Love beef stew with biscuits, though.

PM, it's the first time I've ever made or eaten sauerbraten, but I liked it and so did Elery, so I'll definitely make that again.

Yeah, the Princess is a hoot, she's pretty sharp witted, and makes me smile.

Annie

I made a Chinese style dinner tonite, except for the egg rolls.

jasdip, your stew looks great! I grew up on beef stew with no tomatoes, but I haven't made it in ages.

For some reason, swiss steak popped into my head yesterday! I haven't had it in many years, but it sounded really good. I mentioned it to BF and he went shopping and made it for dinner tonight, along with a salad. It was excellent!

Annie, I find it hard to believe that Makayla is only one year older than my DGS, J.

Girls really do mature quicker, don't they! LOL Anyway, she obviously has your sense of humor and your kitchen talent. I love it!

No photos here, but last night's dinner was a hit! I hadn't made Hungarian Beef Goulash in a very long time. Last night we had 3 business associates over for dinner and they enjoyed every morsel. The recipe was from DanaIN/Marilyn from many years ago on this forum. It's a great recipe and relatively simple.

Beef Hungarian Goulash

2
tablespoons olive oil
2 cups sliced onions
3 garlic cloves; minced
1 tablespoon caraway seeds; toast & grind
1 1/2 tablespoons sweet paprika
1 teaspoon spicy or smoked paprika (I use smoked paprika)
2 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
3 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar ( added more near the end)
2 cups chicken broth
1 bay leaf
2 + pounds beef chuck or beef shoulder-2 inch cubes
about 1 teaspoon kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper to taste
5 ounces Spaetzle style noodles or extra wide egg noodles

In a large, heavy pot, heat olive oil and sauté the onion until caramelized.
Add the garlic and caraway and cook for 1 minute. Combine the paprika, marjoram
and thyme and add to garlic, stirring for another minute. Stir in tomato paste
until smooth then add vinegar, broth, bay leaf and beef cubes; sprinkle lightly
with some of the salt and a little pepper. Bring to a simmer, lower heat and
cover, cooking until meat is very tender stirring occasionally (about 2 1/2
hours). Remove lid and continue to simmer to reduce sauce as desired. Taste and
add salt and pepper as needed. Serve with cooked noodles.
*Recipe inspired by Wolfgang Puck’s goulash.

The cake is hilarious. Still laughing.

We are in storm prep right now. Expecting 2 feet starting tonight, yikes.

City is 'black'. Shut down. All work and schools canceled.

The stew, 'goulash', might be a good one tomorrow.

Made a tomato sauce/ soup last week that became a chowder, using garden tomatoes. Heirlooms and a bag of cherries, mostly SunGold. Sauce was a chunky puree with pasta. Then high speed blender with corn for seafood chowder. The rest a tom soup went to the freezer. Used a pint and added a half pint of rich bone broth for a tomato soup. (i don't really care for tom soup) but that might be a childhood dis-like from a can and too ketchupy.

DH made bread Sunday so grilled cheese with soup 'storm prep monday'.

ps, i always plate our meals in the kitchen across from the oven/stove where we have a bread baking clear zone. Those bowls and plates are so hot i need pot holders to take to the table. I always heat my plates. Why my pics alway look the same. : )

Big peeve of ours in restaurants not served hot food.

Stew, flapjacks, Swiss steak, Chinese and soup, all look delicious. Sleevendog I like that cool grey look you've got near the stove.

I see a lot of you have snow again, whereas we are in the middle of another heatwave and no rain for two months... so beet salad with quinoa.

Blizzard.

Marcella Hazan's PorciniMushroomRisotto. The best ye olde way by hand.

Sleevendog, I hear you about lukewarm meals or liquids. My mother used to say that I had an asbestos mouth and could tolerate the hot food and beverages. She didn't like cold coffee either, so I guess I learned at the foot of a master! ;-D Loved the soup and sandwich combo-- Oh how I wish I could eat like a normal person!

I'm actually pretty sensitive to some foods so we toss it up and don't have breads often or even cheese. No real issues for either of us but we do have veg and mixed sprouted grains 80%. Heads up 20 yrs ago to not fall into a pattern of any processed foods. We eat much what we want but in a rotation.

Does change as we get older so paying attention is so important.

We had Blackened Chicken Caesar Salad tonight, recipe and ingredients from Home Chef, raised a toast to Julius, and explained the Ides of March and Julius Caesar to the children.

(Their photo, not mine but it looked the same)

LONG day of shoveling and snowblowing here, but luckily I had Chicken Marbella marinating in the fridge! I finally tried it -- loved it -- so easy.

Party_Music, Chicken Marbella is my hands-down favourite chicken recipe. I just love it.

I rarely post here, but I do need to comment on some of these meals, they look so good.

I need that beef stew recipe please! Annie made one while we were there in October and it was wonderful. I have never made one, so it is time I do so.

Annie, what was your marinade for he saurebraten? And the potato dumplings look like they turned out great too.

Ellen, the goulash recipe sounds great. I may try it as an alternate to mine.

What have I been cooking this week? I made an herb crusted rump roast, all 5 pounds, so we have had 2 dinners with mashed potatoea and gravy, one breakfast for dinner, tonight is cod in a spicy tomato sauce with rice. And tomorrow is the corned beef with carrots and colcannon. I might add some extra cabbage to the crock pot too. Emma dog loves cabbage!

Momj., good to see you here!

Your salad is my daughter's favorite; yes, she's vegan, but not Shiite vegan. So while her diet is outside my jurisdiction, it still makes my heart sing to see some flexibility in her food choices.

AnnieB., Makayla deserves a hug for being a good friend; she also deserves a cake of her own.

Sol

Emma eats cabbage? Neither Sadie nor Molly will have anything to do with it unless I mix it into the mashed potatoes, those they love!

I marinated the sauerbraten for two days, using this recipe I found on line, Elery loved it. I used Trader Joe's triple ginger gingersnaps, I actually had a few that were going stale. That's unheard of, Mother eats them as fast as I can buy them, LOL.

Anyway, the recipe:

Traditional Sauerbraten

• 3 pounds beef rump roast
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 1 cup red wine vinegar, or to taste
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon white sugar

• 10 whole cloves, or more to taste
• 2 bay leaves, or more to taste
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 10 gingersnap cookies, crumbled

Directions

1. Place beef rump roast, onions, vinegar, water, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 tablespoon black pepper, sugar, cloves, and bay leaves in a large pot. Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 days, turning meat daily. Remove meat from marinade and pat dry with paper towels, reserving marinade.

2. Season flour to taste with salt and black pepper in a large bowl. Sprinkle flour mixture over beef.

3. Heat vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over medium heat; cook beef until brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Pour reserved marinade over beef, cover, and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until beef is tender, 3 1/2 to 4 hours. Remove beef to a platter and slice.

4. Strain solids from remaining liquid and continue cooking over medium heat. Add gingersnap cookies and simmer until gravy is thickened about 10 minutes. Serve gravy over sliced beef.

6. It's probably not as good as your Dad's, but it was pretty good. Not that I'd ever had sauerbraten before to compare, LOL.

8. Annie

Annie, you picked a winner for never having had sauerbraten. It is basically the same recipe I grew up on. Now I want some, so i may do a small one for Dad and me.

Such great cooking being shown and talked about. That sauerbraten recipe sounds amazing and the chicken Marbella looks yummy... I'm still yet to try it.

Chicken schnitzel for us with a red cabbage coleslaw.

Another night saw us eating "Mexican food" ...maybe these could be called beef fajitas which tasted OK there's guacamole on the bottom, fried onion and green peppers but I forgot cheese. Food was table served and we made our own.

Another meal was BarBQ sausage with salad.

That pretty much covers the last few dinners.

We have figs ripening so for a dessert one night we had fig with honey and icecream.

For dinner Thursday night (St. Pat's Eve) I had trout stuffed with cabbage and bacon:

Mmm, that bacon looks delicious!

Neely, what type of attachment or machine did you use to shred the carrots and cabbage into such neat, thin threads? I'm haunting the salad bars at certain Whole foods to buy premade, but FRESH, shredded veggies. Only certain stores do it and I like the texture added to a quick stir fry or salads.

Beautiful dinners! neely, I've been thinking about making a chicken schnitzel! (I've also been thinking it would be more fun to go to the Bosnian restaurant and get their lemon-creme chicken which is like better-than-schnitzel-on-steroids. lol!). And I'm jealous of your beautiful fresh figs!!! Do you grow them?! I've only seen fresh figs available in a store here ONCE. :p Yours looks incredible!!!

artemis, I can't imagine how your trout and stuffing would taste, but it sure looks good. Is that fresh caught trout or can you actually buy it locally?

Dinner here... BF did the cooking.

Okay, ugly photo of my nachos but I remembered to take the photo it half way through eating it.

Hi Compumom, I just used the grater attachment on my food processor for the carrots and the slicer attachment on the very thinnest for the cabbage. It's an old processor I've had for 30 odd years.

Party... Yes we have a fig tree, a Brown Turkey, and they are ripening as we speak... Yum. Your BF did a good job with your dinner...looks good.

Dinner last night was early as we sat waiting for the rain and it did finally come. Hooray.

Penne with chicken and a few beans for the "eat your greens" idea of which I am fond.

neely, lucky you! Fresh homegrown figs... I can only imagine. :) Your fresh flowers and basil catch my eye too! I am more than ready for spring!

Here's a bit of my (store-bought) spring bouquet. :)

BF wanted to roast a pork in the romertopf, so we made this... roasted potatoes and veg (also had sweet potatoes), made some chunky applesauce, added leftover red cabbage... definitely not enough food on this plate. lol!

Leftovers last night w/ BBQ sauce, coleslaw, sweet potato, and also had BBQ beans and french fries on the side. We decided to skip the buns. :)

So many delicious looking meals and photos. Now I have a craving for Neely's Burger and Sleevendog's leek and potato chicken pie.

A few recent meals.

Starting with last night's dinner.

Halibut season opened last week and we have had it twice.

Promised Moe homemade fish and chips.

Homemade bread from dough made four days before

Pizza with mushrooms and homemade Italian sausage.

Crust from the same dough as the bread.

Love, love the cheese boards!

Gorgeous crust. Is that pinch and fold? I've not used that yet for pizza. Must try.

Thanks Sleevendog. We just added the little cheese servers to our collection.

Yes, it is with the pinch and fold method. Pretty much the only method I use now.

Same here except for foccacia and english muffins and my barnyard rye.

Pinch and fold is so versatile. Need to try new things with it. DH is the bread baker and loves it. How it handles.

Ann T, I love halibut, and that looks delicious, actually, those crispy potatoes with the breakfast are what's calling my name.

I never did get the hang of that "pinch and fold" thing, in spite of watching about a dozen YouTube videos. I'll have to try again, when I start baking bread again. Elery still wants to avoid those "carbs" and if I bake bread, he eats it, LOL.

So I've been eating healthy, going to the gym three times a week, an hour of Pilates three other days, and have lost not one single ounce. Nada, zilch, zero. I have made myself extremely crabby, though! I'm not stronger, I'm not thinner, my clothes don't fit any differently. Ugh. It had better be gardening season pretty darned soon!

Annie

All the new meals look yummy. Love those boards Ann T.

We had a quick green curry with chicken and spinach made by DH.

So many healthy and fresh meals being cooked lately!

Party_Music, I like your baked sweet potato. I must try it again. We like sweet potatoes but the last time I baked them they split and spilled out all over the cookie sheet. A caramelized mess. I've learned that they cook in a lot less time than regular white and golds.

Ann, it's great seeing you post again.

Dinner tonight was a new slow cooker recipe (Cowboy beef roast). Beef, sweet potatoes, carrots, onion and celery, garlic, beef broth, chili sauce, cumin, chili powder, jalapenos.

It also called for white potatoes in with it, but I typically don't cook potatoes in the slow cooker, I find they get mealy. Sweet potatoes are perfect, though.

I tend to cook basic food at home as we dine out a lot, so we get our ethnic/upscale dinners out (heck, after 50+ yrs in the kitchen, I'd eat out all the time if I could talk DH into it, LOL).

Last night it was just sear-roasted filets with roasted asparagus and tater tots on the side. I only have one oven so it took some juggling to get everything hot at the same time!

Today's the last cool day before a warm dry spell moves in. I'm making one last pot of choucroute garni. Easy to make, easy to reheat, as I have to go out and weed like crazy today. Oh my aching back......

Two quiches supplied to yesterday's pot luck Sunday brunch:

Vegetarian: spinach, onion, mushroom (oyster and cremini). Cheeses were Swiss and Smoked Edam. A bit of allspice for spice...

Omnivorian: mild/sweet Soppresata sausage, bell pepper. Cheeses were Fontina and Provolone. No additional spices since the sausage supplied what was needed.

11 attendees. I didn't take any of these home after. Gone!

Mine is pan seared salmon, my all time favorite. Simply seasoned with salt and pepper, these salmon fillets are pan seared with capers, and garnished with slices of lemon. How simple is that? Lol. But its how you prepared it matters most.

Your salmon Erlinda Mendez looks beautiful and tastes even better I'm sure.

Well, yesterday we had beef and black bean enchiladas, and tonight we had "boiled dinner", with cabbage/potatoes/ham. I forgot to take pictures both nights, LOL, I've been canning chicken stock and starting tomatoes and peppers for transplant into the garden in a couple of months.

Ah well, maybe tomorrow. I've got steak to marinate and I hope I can talk Elery into cooking it on the grill, we'll see. I've got to fertilize the asparagus and raspberries tomorrow and start digging up the rest of the portion of dirt I've designated for this year's asparagus crowns. I planted 100 last year, 100 more this year, then I've got to find something else to plant. Maybe plum trees and more blueberries...

Annie