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ann_t
13 years ago

We had wontons for dinner last night. Homemade pork wontons two ways. Wonton soup and spicy chili wontons.

Tonight's dinner was Lemon Seared Scallops on Wonton Crisps.

Comments (100)

  • caliloo
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Ann - awesome looking cheesesteaks, but is that really cheese whiz???? Talk about going the authentic route! LOL! I love mine "wit whiz" but I have a hard time wrapping my brain around the idea of you having a jar of "flourescent processed cheese food" in your kitchen. And no offense intended at all :D

    FOAS - great job! I would happily eat either one, and I'm glad your wife enjoyed them... but the real test is.... did the offspring like them? We ended up with pizza last night too, but I got it from the little hottie at the pizzaria next to the farmers market. He makes the trip worthwhile all by himself, but they were running a "spooky special" last night - all medium pies up to 3 toppings were only $5 each. I probably should have taken a picture of him for the thread. LOLOLOL!

    Lou - The chicken looks good, but were you out of plates? I can't imagine eating off a cafeteria tray.

    Alexa

  • rob333 (zone 7b)
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Here is the scallops and fritter picture. Just because I finally remembered the "memory" card (maybe I should call it the forget it card, since I never remember it :)

    This weekend, I caved and finally made huevos rancheros from scratch. It was pretty good. I kept seeing it places, not the least of which was Ann T's son's girlfriend's blog, and so I got inspired. I used Emeril Lagasse's recipe. He may be a different "cut of meat", but he sure knows how to use spices, and I trust him there. It didn't turn me down. I'd never seen it layered with the tortilla on the bottom, then beans, then eggs, then sauce, (not in California nor in Tennessee), until Danalicious, but Emeril's was like that too. As you can see from the layers, it's awesome that way. Most put the cheese on the eggs, but I put it on the beans. Yum!!!

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  • riverrat1
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    OK guys! I have no pictures to share but I need to tell you all that everyone's food looks damn good! Jimster...I'm a comin to your house to eat! Ann, I'm gonna make those Philly Cheese thingys very soon! Yikes! They look good!

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  • jimster
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    "Jimster...I'm a comin to your house to eat! "

    It's awfully nice of you to say that. If you had shown up for dinner tonight it would have been frozen pizza. I got hungry early and couldn't wait for myself to cook me my dinner. The pizza wasn't very good but it filled me up. I wish it had been FOAS'a pizza.

    I've been admiring Ann's sandwiches and Rob's scallops and thinking about Huevos Rancheros. I may make a series of egg dishes including Huevos Rancheros Rob's style and a few of the many variations on Eggs Benedict.

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  • dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Annie, Good biscuits make the dinner, and you make better than good biscuits. Everyone makes meat loaf; your meat loaf sets the benchmark. I would like to have a slice and, while I am eating I will play the song,”Heaven Can Wait”, my favorite song by Meat Loaf.

    FOAS, your Philly Cheesesteak sammy (sorry) is very authentic. I think all Philly sandwiches should be served in tin foil wrappings. Taste better that way. You pizzas look great. I am proposing a rule here, all pizzas presented here must stipulate if the dough is stretched or rolled and how many days in the refrigerator. 

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    --------------------------

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  • hawk307
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Dcarch:
    Your's looks better !!! I took a bite out of the one on the left.

    Alexa:
    Sorry I thought I put in an answer to your comment, about the Dishes. Must have not hit Submit

    Damn!!! I missed hitting a lot of things lately.

    Did you have to make it obvious, that I ran out of dishes.

    Actually , someone said they liked the Blue background, so I used it again.
    And the food looks less on the big tray, so I'm cutting down on the amount of Calories.
    I'll try to be more careful, how I take my Photo's.

    But actually , Like Clark Gable said,
    " Frankly, my dear I don't give a Damn "
    Lou

  • annie1992
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    dcarch, I love beets but I'm parting ways with you on the Meatloaf song. I like "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad".

    Last night was wild rice and vegetable soup with some of the wild rice Teresa_mn sent me. Mother was at the house so I could help her download wedding pictures to get them printed, she has dial up and it's interminable.

    I took a picture, I'll try to get it posted tonight.

    RR, I've got to get back into healthy and low fat, far too much "grab something quick" and wedding food and planning over dinners out. I still have that 12 pounds I gained back, plus three more and I need to get rid of it. And yes, I know the holidays are coming up. Sigh.

    Annie

  • sunnyinwisc
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    For some reason I had a craving for a Philly cheese steak!
    I made one for myself last night using Foodonastumps preference of sauteed onions, ribeye thinly sliced and sauteed, S&P and cheesewhiz! Very good!
    I love everybodies dinners and pictures and I often am inspired to recreate them. Thanks!

  • jimster
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    "Chicken Fingers made from Chicken Breasts! That’s what I called genetic engineering. "

    Lou, didn't you see the chicken feet at the Reading Market? Chickens don't have fingers but they do have toes, which is close.

    "I can't imagine eating off a cafeteria tray."

    I'll bet Lou's house is so clean you could eat off the kitchen floor.

    Jim

  • dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    "Lou, didn't you see the chicken feet at the Reading Market? ---"

    A little background info:
    The owner of that store loathe "Why did the chicken cross the road?" jokes.

    "I'll bet Lou's house is so clean you could eat off the kitchen floor. "

    David Hasselhoff must have a very clean kitchen floor.

    dcarch

  • annie1992
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    OK, here's a picture of my soup. Nothing spectacular, just home canned chicken broth, wild rice and some vegetables that were hanging around in the fridge.

    It was very good, with a slice of homemade bread, although I should have added less of the corn, it made it a little bit sweeter than I wanted. Still, very nice indeed.

    {{gwi:2066640}}

    What's for supper tonight? I dunno, I haven't decided yet, I've been out raking leaves and cleaning the gutters because tomorrow the farrier comes and it's supposed to rain for several days anyway. Maybe leftover soup or a home grown sweet potato in the microwave...or both.

    Annie

  • hawk307
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Just peeped in for a minute.

    Dcarch - - Jim
    I don't know who is worser but

    I'm probabay the worsest.

    Anyways, I just made one of my small Pizza's with,
    1/2 Pepperoni and 1/2 Italian Sausage.

    These 10 inch Pizza's fit perfect in my Toaster Oven.

    LOU

  • Jasdip
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Don't expect me to take pictures regularly! I'm not a plater, we just enjoy our food.
    However, tonite we had beef stew and biscuits. I've made a few biscuit recipes and found one that I really like. Having butter in the freezer is easy, when using the grater to cut it into the flour. So in minutes the biscuits are in the oven.
    Usually I roll the dough with the rolling pin, but tonite I patted it out, and left them thicker. I think they look good! And tasted fantastic, might I add. lol

  • jimster
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Those are beautiful biscuits and the photography is great. I like the lighting and the interesting perspective. I can almost reach out and grab one. Please post pics often as possible. Don't worry too much about plating. Heck, I've seen food plated on a cafeteria tray that looked good to me.

    Jim

  • Jasdip
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Thanks Jim.
    I also took pics of my kitchen and my new early birthday present, Brigette my KA mixer; over at the Table.
    I'm more used to taking pics of my furkids, outdoor scenery and Brigette than food!!

    I completely agree about the cafeteria tray. Loved the colour with the chicken.

  • Teresa_MN
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Great looking biscuits jasdip

    I agree jimster and jasdip. Plating is great.... but sometimes good food and good friends are even better. Appearances can be deceiving in more ways than one.

  • hawk307
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Jasdip: Thanks.
    I agree with Jim, if they are like your Biscuit Photo, take pictures.
    Did you notice I took a bite out of the one on the left.
    I have a Question about vermicomposting. I'll send an email tommorroww.
    Lou

  • jimster
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    "...Brigette my KA mixer..."

    That's funny! You are like my daughter, who affectionately names all sorts of inanimate objects -- the refrigerator, the car, etc. Her recliner is named Henry."

    Jim

  • hawk307
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Jim:
    Her Car should be named Henry, especially if it is a Ford.

    how about Lasy Boy for the Recliner.LOL !!!
    LOU

    I'd have to call my mixer " Mean Machine "

  • Jasdip
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I dunno about naming a recliner Jim.

    "Whatcha doing?"
    "nothing, just sprawled out on Henry."

    Many, many interesting conversations come to mind!

  • jude31
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I don't do pictures and I don't know how interesting our dinner will sound but it sure was good. Poofed Hungry Man's stew (Annie, for some reason I think you'd like that), pinto beans, baked sweet potato and coleslaw, need I say cornbread!
    Tomorrow we'll start with a clean slate.

  • annie1992
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    jude, it sounds delicious to me. I was at the farm today, the farrier came. Dave put four little pigs in a box stall in the barn and they got out, so we chased them around a bit, probably ran off 100 pounds of feed, LOL. I cut all the brussels sprouts and brought them home and I'm tired, cold, still a bit damp. Supper was an egg sandwich, wish I had some stew!

    Maybe tomorrow night...

    Annie

  • jimster
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Tonight it was Eggs Florentine. It tasted good but man, was it ever labor intensive! So many operations and dirtied pots! I cheated by using a hollandaise sauce mix but made a potato pancake instead of using an English muffing for the base. So no net gain in ease there. I used Swiss chard instead of spinach. That was very good. I saw Swiss chard (bietola) on menus in Northern Italy much more frequently than spinach. The garnish is prosciutto.

    Jim

  • Jasdip
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I picked up a couple of minute steaks last nite that were marked down. Had never made them before. I sauteed a pile of onions, quickly fried the steak, and rice, as per hubby's request.
    The onions and steak were well-seasoned with my homemade seasoning....kind of a southwestern flavour. It was delicious.

    I mentioned recently receiving Brigette in an earlier post. I initiated her by making my Lemon Bundt cake. It freezes extremely well and we had a couple slices for dessert.

  • lorijean44
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Nice cake!

    I've been working crazy hours the last couple of weeks, including the weekend, so not much cooking but did manage Julia Child's French Onion Soup on Sunday. omg - That's good stuff!

    Lori

  • hawk307
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Had to rescue the WFD Post it was headed for that Big Black Hole in outer space.

    Jim:
    The Eggs Florentine look great.
    So that's what I've been making all this time.
    Didn't know the name. lol!!!

    Jasdip:
    Nice cooking and Baking. Do you deliver ???
    I keep trying . No takers yet.

    Haven't had Onion Soup in ages. looks goooood !

    Early tonight I had some Rigatoni, with a piece of Sausage
    and Braciolli.

    I was so good I had to have another helping, with Sausage and Meatballs. Don't usually do that !!!

    LOU

  • ann_t
    Original Author
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Nice looking biscuits Jasdip. And I love lemon pound cake. Looks like you put "Brigette" to good use.

    Lori, I now have a craving for onion soup. Looks delicious.

    Jim, I wouldn't have minded your eggs Florentine for dinner.

    I was busy on my days off this week, so didn't do a lot of cooking. One night we shared an Antipasto plate.

    Tonight I made Bang Bang Prawns.

  • annie1992
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Oh yum, I want Jim's eggs florentine, Lori's soup, Ann's shrimp, a piece of jasdip's cake. Ann, you can keep the olives, LOL.

    Not dinner, but breakfast, I made some gingerbread pancakes, one of my favorites since Deb ssent me the waffle maker that's NOT shaped like farm animals, LOL. I topped them with Nancy's maple apple jam and had a cup of fresh coffee. There's some snow still on the ground here, and I'm sitting in front of my small electric heater with Cooper, sharing brunch.....

    {{gwi:2066656}}

    I'm thinking of turning on the oven, making some wild rice bread and maybe the scalloped sweet potatoes that Gina posted in the new reipces thread...

    Annie

  • caliloo
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I'm with Annie on this....I want Jim's eggs florentine, Lori's soup, Ann's shrimp, a piece of jasdip's cake too! And waffles for dessert. YUMMO!!!!

    Tonight we are having a couple of friends over (6 adults, 6 kids) for cocktails and letting the kids stay for a sleepover. So here is the menu.....

    BBQ shrimp wrapped in bacon
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    I will get pics if I remember.... it may easily end up mayhem here! LOLOLOL!

    Alexa

  • lpinkmountain
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I am dieting so it means portion control and with single me that means I make one or two dishes a week and the rest is leftovers, leftovers, leftovers. Last weekend I made enchiladas, and even with BF eating some and taking some home, if I'm lucky I will have the last portion today or tomorrow. I made a great stir fry with thai marinated tofu last night but I can't find my camera. Another great dinner was Avgolemeno soup with pita bread and spinach dip. My favorite salad this week has been romaine, red cabbage (my sub for radicchio), celery, grape and feta, with a raspberry vinagrette. Would be great with walunts added but there's that diet thing!!

    Everyone's food looks great. AnnT what are those fried golf ball looking things on the anitpasto plate?? That photo is really incredible! Welcome to WFD posting Jasdip, your baked goods are marvelous! And Lou's downhome italian always rings my bell.

    Annie I need to get some of that jam made. You know I'm STILL eating your chocolate cherry sauce on my waffles, 1.5 years later. It takes me so darn long to use stuff up, which is why my rate of cooking and trying new things is so slow!

    Wish me luck, I'm making roast pork loin, mashed potatoes and braised cabbage for a nostalgia dinner for BF tonight. I have done all these dishes separately before. Sorry no pics until I find my camera. My food ain't that glamourous looking anyway. How do you spell glamorous?

  • hawk307
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Hi Pinky :
    I'm going to make another Down Home, Italian Dish, in about 2 hours.
    Here is the Recipe.
    LOU
    ******************
    Aglio e Olio con Pepe Russo ( Oil & Garlic w Red Peppers )
    I simmered Italian Style Roasted sliced Red Bell Peppers and 5 Garlic cloves chopped, in 1/4 cup of Olive Oil.

    Loaded it with Chopped Parsley, Basil Flakes ( the top fell off, so I added a little more Basil ) pinch of Oregano, onion powder , Black pepper and a pinch of ground red pepper. A pinch of Old Bay.

    Meanwhile , I cooked 1/2 pound of spaghetti #9, drained it and put the pepper mess on this and mixed it.
    To make a Sauce:
    While the spaghetti was hot I beat an egg in 1/2 cup of warm water with 1 teaspoon of Chicken Soup Base,
    Or ½ cup of Chicken Stock .
    and dumped this on top and mixed it good,
    with some grated Parmesan Cheese and salt to taste. Added more Cheese when served.
    A 20 minute meal. It was delicious!!! You have to try it.
    LOU

  • Jasdip
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I was remiss in congratulating everyone on their fantastic photos and meals!

    Lori that soup looks to die for, and Lou I love your chicken fingers! I get hungry every time I see that pic.

    Ann_t, your antipasto plate looks scrumptious.....so fresh.
    I'm assuming those are cheese stuffed prunes, at least that's what they look like to me!

    No pics from me today. Hubby is out playing with his band today so Brigette and I made my chocolate-chip granola cookies. I also just took an apple crisp out of the oven. I'll make salmon patties (canned Sockeye on sale here for 99cents! Unheard of)
    I'll peel and chunk some potatoes and roast them. Probably carrots for a veg.

  • caliloo
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Just a couple of photos, sorry for the crappy composition, I was actually trying to reach between the kids to get a shot! LOLOLOL!

    BBQ Bacon Wrapped Shrimp - a keeper!

    Cranberry Wensleydale, Liptauer, Smoked Gouda, Pita Chips, Bruschetta

    Steamed Veg and Aioli

  • doucanoe
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I am stuffed! Seriously...just from looking at and reading about all these great meals!

    Ann, I've never heard of Bang Bang Prawns, but those look good! What is the sauce made of?

    Alexa, that shrimp looks really delicious, too!

    Tonight we had Swedish Meatballs (Ann's recipe) over wide egg noodles with stemed green beans and buttered beets. No pictures this time, but it sure was good!

    I have two loaves of Ohiomom's Oatmeal Whole Wheat Bread rising, too. Hope they turn out, I am terribly chellenged when it comes to yeast breads!

    Linda

  • dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Jim, wonderful dish and well photographed. You should give the dish a new name. It’s Not quite Eggs Benedict, and not yet Eggs Florentine.

    Jasdip, Lemon bundt cake is almost three dimensional. I can feel the perfect texture on my tongue.

    Lori, I don’t like French Onion Soup with too much cheese. Yours look just right.

    Lou, Rigatoni and a glass of wine! It makes life worth living. And thanks for the recipe for the spaghetti. Looks like a winner.

    Annie, gingerbread pancakes with jam for brunch with Cooper, lucky dog. In my next life I know what I want to be.

    lpinkmountain , roast pork loin, mashed potatoes and braised cabbage for a nostalgia dinner for BF. Are you testing the theory about the fastest way to the man’s heart?

    Ann_t, even when you are not really cooking, you are still coming up with amazing dishes. The Bang Bang Prowns is wow wow impressive.

    Alexa, you are right. The bacon wrapped shrimp is a keeper. But I don’t think you can keep it long. It will be gone in seconds.
    -----------------------------------

    No fancy recipes tonight. Just steak, chayote and rice.

    Dcarch






  • annie1992
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Beautiful colors, dcarch, and the steak is nicely rare. What makes the rice that magenta color, I'd attribute it to beets, if there was a beet anywhere on the plate!

    Annie

  • dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Annie, Ooops! you busted me! :-)

    I had beets for lunch, and didn't wash the pot before using it for the rice.

    I promise I wouldn't do it againt. :-)

    dcarch

  • annie1992
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Yeah, whatever.

    Really, what does make the rice that color? The Princess would love it, pink rice for Her Highness...

    Annie

  • dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    That's what I did. I made beets for lunch, there was a little juice left in the pot. The juice was delicious. So I stirred the rice in the pot and the rice came out like that.

    dcarch

  • annie1992
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    LOL, I thought you were just kidding! I love beets, though, so I'd like beets with rice, probably.

    Here I've spent the day cooking and baking. I made some herbed wild rice bread with some of the wild rice Teresa_mn sent me:

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    I roasted a duck, using Ann T's method of first boiling to get rid of some fat, then high heat roasted it, glazed with some of my home canned cranberry/grapefruit marmalade:

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    I baked several butternut squash to puree for the freezer, so I had some of that:

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    And finally, I made the scalloped sweet potatos that Gina posted on the new recipes thread:

    The sweet potatoes were very good, the caramelized onions and pieces of bacon were far preferable for me than the brown sugar/marshmallow topping the kids like. Yeah, I know, that's two orange vegetables and nothing green, but it was still good, plus there were herbs in the bread, LOL.

    The bread had parsley and thyme and the liquid was chicken broth. The recipe called for a teaspoon of chicken bouillion powder, which I never use for anything, so I just used home canned chicken broth. Cooper begged for seconds while it was still hot from the oven, with melted butter.

    Annie

  • Teresa_MN
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Annie - that wild rice bread looks amazing! I might have to try making some if you post the recipe!

    Teresa

  • annie1992
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Teresa, it's very good, savory and substantial, I think it would make an awesome grilled cheese sandwich. Here's the recipe I used. I never have wine, so I just used more chicken broth for that, and I never use bouillion or soup base because of the salt and I sure wasn't going to go buy some for a loaf of bread, so I used 1 1/4 cups of homecanned chicken broth. I made it in the bread machine on the dough cycle, added the wild rice when I got the "beep" for the add in, shaped the loaves on my half sheet pan and baked them on the pan.

    Wild Rice Bread

    4-1/2 to 4-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
    2 packages active dry yeast
    1 tablespoon snipped fresh parsley or 1 teaspoon dried parsley, crushed
    1 teaspoon snipped fresh thyme or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
    1 cup cooked wild rice
    1 cup water
    1/4 cup dry white wine or water
    3 tablespoons butter or margarine
    2 tablespoons sugar
    1 teaspoon instant chicken bouillon granules
    1/4 teaspoon salt

    Stir together 2 cups of the flour, the yeast, parsley, thyme, and wild rice in a large mixing bowl; set aside.

    Heat and stir water, wine or water, butter or margarine, sugar, bouillon, and salt in a medium saucepan just until warm (120 degrees F to 130 degrees F), butter almost melts, and bouillon dissolves. Add water mixture to flour mixture. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping sides of bowl. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes. Stir in as much of the remaining flour as you can.

    Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead in enough of the remaining flour to make a moderately soft dough that is smooth and elastic (6 to 8 minutes total). Shape dough into a ball. Place in a lightly greased bowl, turning once to grease surface. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double (45 minutes to 1 hour).

    Punch dough down. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide in half. Cover and let rise for 10 minutes.

    Shape each half of the dough into a 6-inch round loaf, tucking edges underneath. Place loaves 3 inches apart on a greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise in a warm place until nearly double (30 to 40 minutes).

    Using a sharp knife, cut an X in the top of each loaf. Bake in a 375 degrees F oven about 40 minutes or until bread sounds hollow when you tap the top with your fingers (if necessary, cover loosely with foil during the last 10 minutes of baking to prevent overbrowning). Remove bread from pans and cool completely on wire racks.

    Calories 76, Total Fat 1 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 3 mg, Sodium 55 mg, Carbohydrate 14 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 2 g.

    Definitely a keeper recipe, this would be really good with soup in the winter too.

    Annie

  • teresa_nc7
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Last night was an early dinner, since I had not had much lunch:

    Sticky Chicken roasted thighs - large thighs baked at 300 F. for 2 hours; the skin was yummy and so were the completely done thighs

    roasted butternut squash - done right alongside the thighs

    sauteed cabbage

    biscuits/dessert, biscuits with orange blossom honey

  • jimster
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    "You should give the dish a new name. It’s Not quite Eggs Benedict, and not yet Eggs Florentine."

    Adam and Eve on a mattress?

    Jim

  • lpinkmountain
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Well, the pork loin roast dinner was good but I need to work on it. BF got two pork loin roasts on sale (a 2 for the price of 1 deal) so I not only have 3/4 of the first roast left over, I have another one in the freezer. This roast was big, not like the little sausage shaped ones I'm used to. I did it high heat on 425 for 40 min. We tested it at 30 min and it was not done in the middle. I marinated it for half a day in wine, cider and veg. broth with some pickles onions and their juice thrown in. The roast was a tad on the dry side IMHO. I'm wondering since it was such a thick roast if I should have done it at a lower temp., or if I should have chopped it up and braised it somehow? Anyway, the sauce I made with it (roasted grapes, reduced marinade, which had sage in it, and some homeade apricot thyme liqueur and some Penzeys "Mural of Flavor" and Lemon Pepper seasoning) was good so it was OK for a first try. BF also got asparagus on sale so we had that instead of the cabbage, it was OK but overdone, I roasted it. Also mashed potatoes yukon gold with buttermilk and some s&p. Too much "p" for my taste but BF liked it. I am going to try dumplings with the leftovers.

    Wondering what I can do (besides stir fried rice which I have thought of) with a leftover pork roast. I'm thinking some kind of soup, maybe potato kale . . . ?

  • slowlane
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    The soup sounds good, lpink, and stir fry, too, but you can also do pork fried rice or pull the pork (or chop it up), heat it in bbq sauce and make sandwiches. When my kids were little, one of their favorite leftover meals was left over pork roast chopped up, heated in gravy and served over rice.

  • jimster
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Pinky,

    I have two suggestions for the leftover pork, carnitas and pozole.

    For carnitas, cut the pork in 3/4" cubes and fry in a good amount of oil until well browned all over. Carnitas can be served in several ways. Tacos are good. Fold two warm corn tortillas in half and fill with carnitas. Add whatever hot sauce or salsa you like. Carnitas can also be served on a plate with accompaniments such as rice and frijoles or they can be used in burritos. Carnitas are awfully good for such a simple thing.

    See if your grocery has canned hominy in the Goya foods section. If so look up (or ask for) a recipe for Pozole, a Mexican soup containing cubes of pork in broth with hominy and garnished with raw vegetables a bit like Vietnamese pho. Very good.

    Jim

  • lindac
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    sliced cold lean pork makes an awesome sandwich meat...much better than anything in a "package". Little lettuce, bit of mayo some mustard and a couple of pickle slices on some rye bread....umm yum!

  • lpinkmountain
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Lots of good suggestions for the pork, thanks! I have homminy 'cause I occasionally make posole sans meat, so shouldn't be too difficult to make it with meat.