What did you cook or eat today: August 2025?

[kaneohegirlinaz]

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Got the gas grill at the hotel fired up again!
YUM!

DH asked me, "would you bother with using a hotel's grill again if they had it?"
YUP!
I'd rather cook us two a healthy-ish meal for the price of one fast-food burger drive-through for one person
DH: yeah but stubborn woman, it's how hot out and you're grilling? NO ONE else is!
Moi: yup 111* out, but `member, I grill when it's snowing and raining too!

 

[Puggles]

Shrimp scampi served over spaghetti with kimchi on top. With freshly grated Parmesan.

 

[medtran49]

Cheesy toasted hot dogs and Mac salad leftovers. For some reason, I cannot take a non blurry picture tonight.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

That looks fantastic!! Is the recipe posted?

Yes in it's original vegetarian form.

Recipe - Leek and Mushroom Gratin

We now do a 1:1 ratio leeks to mushrooms. And i use cashew cream instead of cream plus we've cut back the oil in the bread crumbs (200g breadcrumbs, 1 tbsp olive oil, 50g walnuts, 50g sunflower seeds) and have a thinner topping.
Plus obviously no cheese... we just ditched that completely.

I probably should write up the vegan version now we have it worked out.

 

[JAS_OH1]

We had BBQ pulled pork tenderloin done in the slow cooker with mustard and pickles on buttered and seared slider sized brioche buns. Damn delicious.

 

[badjak]

DH asked me, "would you bother with using a hotel's grill again if they had it?"
YUP!
I'd rather cook us two a healthy-ish meal for the price of one fast-food burger drive-through for one person
DH: yeah but stubborn woman, it's how hot out and you're grilling? NO ONE else is!
Moi: yup 111* out, but `member, I grill when it's snowing and raining too!

We grill at all temperatures...
Summer & winter, maybe a slight break in the rainy season
Mostly on charcoal though

 

[rascal]

Cheesy toasted hot dogs and Mac salad leftovers. For some reason, I cannot take a non blurry picture tonight.
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My kinda hot

Russ

 

[Windigo]

We ended the weekend with my mom with a vegetarian Middle eastern lunch

Grilled fennel with aioli, pineapple & mango salad

Hummus, baba ghanou, ailoi with gochujang, tandoori broccoli & pumpkin borek

Spinach & feta rolls, unpictured bread.

 

[Morning Glory]

Dinner tonight:

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Lobster bisque with a puff pastry top.

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Chicken tagine.

That is an unusual looking tagine. I see cous cous underneath, I think. But what is the creamy looking sauce on the right?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Braised tofu, leek and mushroom gratin and some veg.

The braised tofu is actually something called Yuba, which i have made at home previously.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Airport waiting area food.
Dismal

 

[Puggles]

Ugh, they're not hard, but it's so much work, but the payoff makes them absolutely worth it.

 

[msmofet]

Ugh, they're not hard, but it's so much work, but the payoff makes them absolutely worth it.
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What are they?

 

[JAS_OH1]

Ugh, they're not hard, but it's so much work, but the payoff makes them absolutely worth it.
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Spanakopita?

 

[badjak]

I made babi ketjap (babi kecap).
I was going to do a seperate dish with mainly green bell peppers.
But I decided to be lazy and just threw them in the pot.
So I suppose I made babi ketjap dan paprika hijau
Annyway, much more tasty than expected.
Wish I had taken note of the amounts. Ingredients: pork, onion, ginger, fresh chili, garlic, soy & treacle (as replacement for ketjap manis) and tamarind juice. And of course green bell peppers