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Offline Rodrat

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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #90 on: October 16, 2014, 05:05:32 pm »
Been in a cooking slump lately. Gotta get back in it. Need some original ideas guys.

Not original, but a solid favourite for this time of year:

Pumpkin soup accompanied by Gruyere crab cakes or muffin-tin cornbread.

The sweet and salty works well with Gruyere and crab, the same way cheese on a slice of pie works I guess. No chilli is needed, but I can't stop you if you're hellbent. If you rather cornbread, use cornmeal and I recommend for a muffin tray of 12, do 4 of each: plain, diced jalapeno and cheddar, and diced fried bacon (bacon bits will work too). Served with chipotle butter and pumpkin soup, maybe onion rings simply high temp oil good batter and salt to season.

If you don't intend to have the mildly warm chilli in the cornbead or crabcakes, then have it in the pumpkin soup by way of garlic and chilli sauce fried in the bottom of the pan with pumpkin after you soften up then drain some butternut pumpkin cubes. Dont forget cream once you've brought the soup temp down.

I do love some crabcakes. Will be looking for some crab next time I'm at the store. I did make some pumpkin ginger beef stew the other day that was pretty fantastic.

Had a new York strip and some ratatouille last night. Its hard to beat a long simmered ratatouille.
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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #91 on: October 16, 2014, 05:56:17 pm »
Made some potato rendang the other night. Gonna have some butternut ginger soup tonight.

Also love the gravy thing you posted.

I love to cook! I try to do it every day, and if I don't then my fiance does. I have to say though I have never had butternut ginger soup. Is it good? Are there many good recipes for it? As far as what I had for dinner last night.... loaded potato  soup  its delicious!
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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #92 on: October 17, 2014, 12:11:21 am »
It tasted amazing. I'll look up the recipe and share it in a bit. I changed it a little to suit my tastes.

Found it!
http://bookpage.com/the-book-case/14885-recipe-week-pumpkin-ginger-soup#.VEBtW7stDIU

It calls for pumpkin and vegetable stock but I had neither so I used butternut squash and chicken stock. Come out great. I also added some nutmeg and cinnamon to taste as I found it rather bland without it.
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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #93 on: October 17, 2014, 04:27:46 am »
 I didn't assist in cooking tonight since we were having a more basic dish. Basic, but still delicious.. Ended up having some perfectly cooked and well seasoned pork chops, with a side of stuffing. We had a busy day, so sometimes.. you don't go all out. No complaints here though, I'm still stuffed.
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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #94 on: October 19, 2014, 11:39:31 pm »
Up at my parents tonight so helped make stuffed burgers and sauteed mushrooms and onions. Also made pumpkin spice cupcakes with pumpkin icing and Oreo dirt cake! Yum
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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #95 on: October 19, 2014, 11:42:36 pm »
Honey glazed pork roast, spuds and veg! And a pint of milk to wash it down.

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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #96 on: October 19, 2014, 11:46:12 pm »
how did I not see this tread before?.

beef stir-fry with mushrooms and hot peppers,  white rice and string beans.
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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #97 on: October 19, 2014, 11:53:33 pm »
I had cod and a bottle of screech

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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #98 on: October 20, 2014, 12:11:08 am »
Last night I made a badass plate of nachos. I made pad thai for lunch. I'm marinating beef for bulgogi tomorrow.


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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #99 on: October 20, 2014, 12:14:43 am »
how did I not see this tread before?.

beef stir-fry with mushrooms and hot peppers,  white rice and string beans.

I really enjoy stir fry, I usually do chicken and add Asian noodles to it as well.
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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #100 on: October 20, 2014, 02:15:46 am »
Baked chicken and fried potatoes.. nothing too fancy tonight but it was sufficient.
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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #101 on: October 20, 2014, 07:15:47 am »
I have been stir frying everything in my house. I made lemon chicken noodle soup tonight. But as a twist I stirfried the noodles and chicken and added it to a stock of celery carrots and parsnips. Was actually pretty damn good.
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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #102 on: October 20, 2014, 08:16:50 am »
I have been stir frying everything in my house. I made lemon chicken noodle soup tonight. But as a twist I stirfried the noodles and chicken and added it to a stock of celery carrots and parsnips. Was actually pretty damn good.

 Hell yea! I like your style man.. I've almost gotten to the point that if I'm fixing a stir fry, I love having some type of noodle component thrown in there.. I think too much Asian cuisine has rubbed off on me.. I've never done lemon chicken personally, but me and my fiance have done orange (which is quite common, I know).. Btw, one of my favorite components to put with chicken is Dijon mustard.. you can do a Parmesan Dijon chicken bake, casserole, or fry it even.. taste good about anyway you fix it.. can't get enough of it.
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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #103 on: October 20, 2014, 09:56:51 am »
I just make some good breakfast food with latest fashion. I has turned out to be great, exceeding expectations.

Seven chicken eggs,
Two large handfuls of kale ripped from the bunch like a heart ripped from a chest, then compresed under fist and chopped quickly into short ribbons,
five large sundried tomato halves chopped roughly, into 4ths or 5ths and pressed under the blade of my knife to excess oil out,
one half of a big red one of these cut into 1 cubic centimetre blocks
and a cup and a half of diced romano cheese
1/3 cup of hotsauce
1 and 1/2 tablespoons of black peppercorns crushed into dust
and about half a tablespoon of some kind of dried herbs i found a baggie of in my dank cupboard


Mix the shit and distribute evenly in a lubed muffin tray. It doesn't look like there is anywhere near enough egg for it to work, but there is. Cook at 350f/175c until they're no longer wet inside.
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Re: What Did You Have For Dinner?
« Reply #104 on: October 20, 2014, 01:09:51 pm »
I have been wanting to make some duck for supper here in the next week... any good recipes?
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