What did you cook today October 2016?

[Morning Glory]

We will be having cheddar & jalapeño smoked sausage, fried corn and not sure what else yet.
It was supposed to be liver & onions but our high today will be around 92F or 33C. No way am I getting out the cast iron griddle. It heats up the entire house.

Last night. A slight variation on my indian curry dish. It has stood overnight before I photo'ed it and was stone cold so probably not looking that good to people. served over brown basmati rice with 2 poached eggs done as above, very runny!

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Perhaps I need to photo the meal when it is served, not a day later in the pan. Mind you in is a very useful pan. It acts as a frying pan, a casserole bowl, has a lid and can go into the oven as well.

I was short on time, so the chillies went in whole for a change. It has diced carrot and TVP mince it is for a change and red lentils instead of the potatoes I usually put in it.

So your photo is OK. Just heat up before taking the photo (that's what I do)! Who said you couldn't do food photos? I know you are good....

 

[Morning Glory]

The plan today was to spend the day on an secluded beach, get in some snorkeling and have a barbeque. The carefully selected beach was great, albeit involving a huge treck and much boulder scrambling. The beef kebabs, marinaded for many days, were too ripe even for us to eat. The shore was boulder ridden and totally unsafe for snorkeling. And we hadn't realised we were nearby to a naturist beach. Taylor Swift they were not - the sight of octagenarian willies invading our space was enough to put an end to the day's adventure.

Plan B: drive to nearest seafood store and buy a few handfuls of raw tiger prawns. Back to apartment, shell the prawns, olive oil and good chunk of (French, salted) butter in a pan. Three big cloves of garlic, thinly sliced, in to soften. Prawns in, couple of minutes then turned. Handfull of chopped fresh coriander (we were out of parsley), season and a generous squeeze of lemon juice. Rip up some French stick and get stuck in. Bottle of Yiaskouris 2010 Oak aged Shiraz (i've been hunting this all week). Job done. Sorry no photo's but eating it was the priority. Sometimes, the simplest meals are the best!

Sounds good. I used to go to naturists beaches in the South of France! Where are you? The meal sounds great.

 

[Morning Glory]

I'm not 100% sure tbh despite only purchasing it 4 years ago. It has a stainless steel base to it - a thick one for the cooking element to be in contact with, and steel hands. The lid is glass with a steel handle, and the inside does need seasoning, so probably is a coated cast iron of some kind. It is heavy, but not too heavy. Sadly we can't remember the make, but though it Danish. Though it could be Scandinavia rather than specifically Danish. We also can't get back to the shop we purchased it from, but it is a marvellous pan.

Periodically I have to season it (aka wait til my OH is at work and put oil in and burn.... leave to cool). Ideally the pan doesn't get washed - no need being veggie minus dairy, it just gets wiped clean with kitchen paper nothing more. It is virtually always in use.

Looks like anodised cast iron. I have something a bit similar.

 

[Morning Glory]

We will be having cheddar & jalapeño smoked sausage, fried corn and not sure what else yet.
It was supposed to be liver & onions but our high today will be around 92F or 33C. No way am I getting out the cast iron griddle. It heats up the entire house.

Could be entered for The CookingBites Recipe Challenge! BTW I love liver and onions and I'm quite surprised to hear that you cook it. I've always thought it was a UK thing...

 

[Cinisajoy]

Liver and onions is on many restaurant menus. Already planning on entering the fried corn. Though it is a simple recipe.

 

[Yorky]

 

[Yorky]

This evening's meal will require only flour, beer, salt and vinegar to supplement the main three ingredients.

 

[Yorky]

 

[Cinisajoy]

I didn't cook yesterday but hubby did. We had messy tacos.
Corn tortillas, (store bought not homemade), ground beef and ground pork cooked with Taco seasoning (McCormick not the cheap stuff), lettuce, tomato, onion, great value shredded Fiesta cheese and I had sour cream.

 

[Cinisajoy]

Tonight was chicken in roasted garlic parmesan sauce, 4 cheese mashed potatoes, green beans with bacon and a small lettuce, tomato, onion salad with Chipotle Ranch dressing.

 

[Cinisajoy]

Tonight was chicken in roasted garlic parmesan sauce, 4 cheese mashed potatoes, green beans with bacon and a small lettuce, tomato, onion salad with Chipotle Ranch dressing.

Note, jarred sauce, and instant mashed potatoes.

 

[Yorky]

Egg burger. I really need a different design for these. That was a double-decker sourdough roll with lettuce, beef burger and ketchup in the first layer and a slice of raw onion and a lightly fried egg in the second. As soon as I bit into it the layers slid everywhere!

At least it's stopped raining.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Last night....

A moong dahl with cauliflower, taken from The Dal Cookbook by Krishna Dutta. An excellent book and not a bad recipe either. Very simple to make and very tasty. The only change I made was the 2tbsp of tomato puree - I didn't have any so I added a can of crushed tomatoes instead - almost the same thing but...

So the Moong dal mixture with cauliflower added prior to the tomato mixture being added (its already red because of the spices added).

The tomato spice mixture...

Served with red rice

And a piece of the Spelt Flatbread made with orange juice.

 

[Cinisajoy]

Hubby made Cinnamon toast.

 

[Cinisajoy]

Tonight I am making liver & onions with a side of mashed potatoes and brown gravy and fried cabbage.