Monday/20-May-13: Made some Whole-Wheat Soda Bread (Magic, p66) in the ABM this morning to see us through lunch and tomorrow's breakfast. Used milk and yogurt instead of buttermilk. Nice texture this has.
Went to start dinner and discovered I was an hour late, having misread the timing this morning. Oops! So, dinner from the freezer, some pork with green pepper sauce. Served over mashed potatoes with some haricots verts (that I'd cooked on top of the boiling potatoes) on the side. There's enough sauce left to serve with pasta for another quick meal in the next days.
Yogurt on overnight.
Tuesday/21-May-13: I've had my eye on High-Temperature Roast Leg of Lamb (CC1, p209) for a long time, just never got around to doing it. Turns out the same recipe is in Essential (p526; cookbooker) as High-Temperature Roast Lamb. With the cookbooker challenge for Essential going on, I decided to give this a try. Yum. Served with asparagus roasted under the grill and Clothilde Dussolier's Perfect Roast Potatoes, which were especially good tonight, I think because I tossed the half-cooked and shaken potatoes with the bit of oil after they were in the baking pan, rather than in the shaking pan. For dessert, there was Chocolate Rum Mousse (Essential, p814; cookbooker).
Wednesday/22-May-13: Grocery shopping today. Bought some panga to use for a half recipe Moroccan Spiced Fish (SimpSups, p157). Made half of the Moroccan Spice Mix (SimpSups, p239) to make the rub. Really easy, really tasty. Accompanied by a pilaf sort of thing and a half recipe of Carrot Salad (Couscous, p75); looks like the first time I've tried this recipe, it's easy and tasty. Finished off the Chocolate Rum Mousses for after.
Thursday/23-May-13: Today's big accomplishment was filing our French tax return. Online. Then I rushed to get the chicken for tomorrow night's dinner on to marinate before we went quizzing. Only to find that it wanted to sit 15 minutes rubbed with salt and lemon, before it was topped with the marinade. So it spent the quiz time, salted and lemoned, in the fridge, and I added the marinade on our return.
Friday/24-May-13: An IHCC dinner tonight, potluck with Whole Chicken Baked with an Almond and Onion Sauce (MJ@Home, p99; cookbooker), Yellow Basmati Rice with Sesame Seeds (MJ@Home, p208; cookbooker) and Sweet-and-Sour Eggplant (MJ@Home, p153; cookbooker). For afters there was a new cheese, Timanoix, a cat-sitting gift from a Trappist monastery in Brittany. A softish cow cheese that has been washed or soaked in walnut liqueur for a brown rind and nutty taste. Oops, there went our resolve to limit ourselves to a quarter of the cheese at a time!
Yogurt on overnight.
Saturday/25-May-13: Off to a quiz tonight. Baked another Rhubarb Crumb Cake to take to Barbara's for dinner. Otherwise nothing much happened in the kitchen.
Sunday/26-May-13: Put some Authentic French Bread in the ABM in time for breakfast this a.m. I guess I should really learn another ABM bread by heart so I have more of a repetoire.
Dinner was leftover lamb leg, plus more of Clothilde Dusolier's Perfect Roasted Potatoes and some roasted asparagus and broccoli. For afters, more of the Timanoix and then a slice of cake.
Started a half-batch of a King Arthur Flour no-knead bread so we have bread for tomorrow's lunch.
Progress on goals
This week: #1 IHCC/COOKBOOKS: yes, #2 VEG/FISH: 1
This month: #3 PASTA: yes, #4 BREAD: no
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Monday, April 23, 2012
This week in the kitchen
Monday/23-Apr-12: Finished off our bread for breakfast and popped some Authentic French Bread into the bread machine on Rapid Bake for lunch. Finished off the chicken stock and froze it all up.
Dinner was Spring Leek Hash with Polenta and Goat Cheese (VT/mar12). No rolls of prepared polenta in the shops here; I made my own. Used some of the chicken stock simmering on the stove instead of vegetable broth.
Tuesday/24-Apr-12: Dinner was Kidney Beans with a Cardamom-Yogurt Gravy (web, but from 660 Curries, a book I don't have ... yet ... but might need on the basis of this recipe), served over. Recipe was supposed to serve 4, but 3 would have been stretching it. Very easy and tasty.
Yogurt on overnight.
Wednesday/25-Apr-12: Made some Cream of Broccoli Soup (CC1, p124) this afternoon so Bill would have something to eat after he arrived late this evening. We had Spaghetti with Shrimp and Scallops (30MinPasta, p109), which was pretty good, not to mention fast. And a salad. After Bill had his soup, we sat around and finished the chaource and the goat cheese.
Thursday/26-Apr-12: Made an Apple Pudding (web) for dessert, but ended up having it for coffee when neighbors came to call. It was tasty, but not very attractive. Couldn't quite decide if it was a cake or a stange clafoutis sort of thing.
Dinner started with a artichoke/tapenade/goat cheese bit for each of us. Dinner was Skillet Gnocchi with Shrimp & Asparagus (web), which was tasty, but the gnocchi were a bit of an odd texture with the shrimp and the asparagus. We thought regular pasta might be better. Followed by a salad. Then some comté, which was the only cheese in the fridge.
Friday/27-Apr-12: Yogurt on overday. Off to a quiz tonight. Not much else happened in the kitchen.
Saturday/28-Apr-12: We spent the day in Limoges today and had dinner at Chez Cisseen this evening. Nobody was home to do anything in the kitchen.
Sunday/29-Apr-12: An easy dinner tonight. Bavettes, marinated and griddled as usual. Mushroom pasta. Steamed broccoli topped with olive oil, garlic, and pepper flakes. Then a big salad. Ending with waffles, ice cream, and mixed berries.
Progress on goals
This week: #1 COOKBOOKS: no, #2 BREAD: yes, #3 SOUP: yes, #4 MIDDAY: no, #5 VEG/FISH: 4
This month: #6 PASTA: yes
Dinner was Spring Leek Hash with Polenta and Goat Cheese (VT/mar12). No rolls of prepared polenta in the shops here; I made my own. Used some of the chicken stock simmering on the stove instead of vegetable broth.
Tuesday/24-Apr-12: Dinner was Kidney Beans with a Cardamom-Yogurt Gravy (web, but from 660 Curries, a book I don't have ... yet ... but might need on the basis of this recipe), served over. Recipe was supposed to serve 4, but 3 would have been stretching it. Very easy and tasty.
Yogurt on overnight.
Wednesday/25-Apr-12: Made some Cream of Broccoli Soup (CC1, p124) this afternoon so Bill would have something to eat after he arrived late this evening. We had Spaghetti with Shrimp and Scallops (30MinPasta, p109), which was pretty good, not to mention fast. And a salad. After Bill had his soup, we sat around and finished the chaource and the goat cheese.
Thursday/26-Apr-12: Made an Apple Pudding (web) for dessert, but ended up having it for coffee when neighbors came to call. It was tasty, but not very attractive. Couldn't quite decide if it was a cake or a stange clafoutis sort of thing.
Dinner started with a artichoke/tapenade/goat cheese bit for each of us. Dinner was Skillet Gnocchi with Shrimp & Asparagus (web), which was tasty, but the gnocchi were a bit of an odd texture with the shrimp and the asparagus. We thought regular pasta might be better. Followed by a salad. Then some comté, which was the only cheese in the fridge.
Friday/27-Apr-12: Yogurt on overday. Off to a quiz tonight. Not much else happened in the kitchen.
Saturday/28-Apr-12: We spent the day in Limoges today and had dinner at Chez Cisseen this evening. Nobody was home to do anything in the kitchen.
Sunday/29-Apr-12: An easy dinner tonight. Bavettes, marinated and griddled as usual. Mushroom pasta. Steamed broccoli topped with olive oil, garlic, and pepper flakes. Then a big salad. Ending with waffles, ice cream, and mixed berries.
Progress on goals
This week: #1 COOKBOOKS: no, #2 BREAD: yes, #3 SOUP: yes, #4 MIDDAY: no, #5 VEG/FISH: 4
This month: #6 PASTA: yes
Monday, April 12, 2010
This week in the kitchen
Monday/12-Apr-10: For dinner, I made Cream of Broccoli Soup (CC1, p124) to use up broccoli stems and a bit of broccoli. Ate up the rest of the cayenne cornbread. Made German Crumb Cake from an EAT-L recipe. Tasty, although recipe was odd in saying it would fill two 14x9 pans, when the half recipe barely filled my 8" square.
Tuesday/13-Apr-10: Ed made pancakes from scratch this morning, with a recipe out of his head. And good they were! Still a man of surprises!
Tuesday/13-Apr-10: Ed made pancakes from scratch this morning, with a recipe out of his head. And good they were! Still a man of surprises!
Made some Buckwheat Bread (Big German, p38) with only a bit of the whole wheat flour asked. Used regular white flour instead. It was taller than usual, and good.
Midday lunch today with Chicken and Olives (MC) and Yellow Rice with Sofrito (now MC). Followed by a big salad and ended with another bit of German Crumb Cake.
Wednesday/14-Apr-10: Quiz supper tonight meant no cooking.
Thursday/15-Apr-10: Sandwiches and fruit at midday, plus the end of the German Crumb Cake.
Wednesday/14-Apr-10: Quiz supper tonight meant no cooking.
Thursday/15-Apr-10: Sandwiches and fruit at midday, plus the end of the German Crumb Cake.
Dinner started with some unsuccessful stuffed artichokes. I'd seen some chokes that had been cut vertically, then cleaned and stuffed, so I tried this. Baked them in the oven. I much prefer the hollowed out ones that have been steamed on the stovetop. The stuffing was good though. Used the rest of the Buckwheat Bread and the last bit of the dried ham.
For our main course, there was Cold Roast Chicken with Leeks Vinaigrette (Secrets, p246), with the other half of the Devil's Chicken. This was such a pretty dinner that we thought it needed a picture. This salad would be nice as part of a buffet dinner perhaps.
Started a pot of stock with the chicken bones.
Friday/16-Apr-10: For lunch we had the leftover pizza, somewhat warmed up.
For our evening dinner there were filets of flétan noir, some sort of flatfish, à la meunière, with a simple pan sauce. These were accompanied by some steamed haricots verts and trio rice, combining the end of one box and the start of another. Made extra rice to add to the bit I've already saved for some fried rice soon.
Saturday/17-Apr-10: Midday dinner today, with two Cooking Light recipes, both keepers. A bit of a light meal, but that's not too bad since tomorrow's a repas de chasse.The main was Baked Eggs en Cocotte with Onions, quite nice it was. For a side, there was Haricots Verts with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette, using the rest of the beans that I steamed last evening. This was quite nice and would be good on a buffet, since it can be made ahead.
Sunday/18-Apr-10: Attended a repas de chasse today. No further food necessary.
For our evening dinner there were filets of flétan noir, some sort of flatfish, à la meunière, with a simple pan sauce. These were accompanied by some steamed haricots verts and trio rice, combining the end of one box and the start of another. Made extra rice to add to the bit I've already saved for some fried rice soon.
Saturday/17-Apr-10: Midday dinner today, with two Cooking Light recipes, both keepers. A bit of a light meal, but that's not too bad since tomorrow's a repas de chasse.The main was Baked Eggs en Cocotte with Onions, quite nice it was. For a side, there was Haricots Verts with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette, using the rest of the beans that I steamed last evening. This was quite nice and would be good on a buffet, since it can be made ahead.
Sunday/18-Apr-10: Attended a repas de chasse today. No further food necessary.
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