Supper

[maison rustique]

Not pretty, but it was tasty. And too filling. I'm stuffed!!

 

[small h]

Clean-out-the-fridge puttanesca.

 

[MitchW]

Bratwurst, roasted root vegetables, sauerkraut - Cafe Katja. 

Duck confit, duck fat roasted potatoes + potato salad, sautéed Brussels sprouts - home kitchen cooked.

[MitchW]

Coq Au Vin.  A rather involved dish, with multiple steps, multiple pots and pans.  Served over buttered Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles, which were some of @Sneakeater's favorites.  Simple salad to finish. Merry Edwards Pinot Noir (2018) to drink. 

[StephanieL]

Yotam Ottolenghi's One-Pan Black Chickpeas with Baharat and Orange, using the RG Ceci Neri. Meyer lemon souffle (with our own lemons) for dessert.

[MitchW]

Wild Alaskan salmon and seared yellowfin tuna over Akitakomachi rice.  House-made miso soup, using a blend of red and white miso, beech mushrooms, tofu and negi.

[Wilfrid]

A few months since I have called at Schaller & Weber but no surprise that the suelze is still delicious.

[StephanieL]

A spell of very hot weather is a-coming to the Bay Area, so I made a grain & bean salad using a recipe from an old RG newsletter. Negro de Suelo beans, quinoa, (frozen) corn, cherry tomatoes, red onion, avocado, and a lime juice-honey-oil-vinegar dressing.

[StephanieL]

Another salad for dinner: RG Pardina lentils, canned salmon, red pepper and carrot strips, and cherry tomatoes, served over butter lettuce.

[small h]

Soup season is winding down, so let's have one more for the road.

[backyardchef]

Shrimp look perfect @small h

[small h]

Trader Joe’s! If you can believe it. They’re pretty good!

[MitchW]

Stir-fried shrimp with broccoli, onions, carrots, and some farmer's market gai lan in there too (oh, ginger, garlic, scallions, oyster sauce, soy, stock, etc.).

[relbbaddoof]

4 hours ago, MitchW said:

shrimp

TJ's?

[relbbaddoof]

Not to play favorites, but both dishes above look excellent.

[MitchW]

18 hours ago, relbbaddoof said:

TJ's?

Wild gulf shrimp, not available at TJ’s.  I think the only wild shrimp they have are the Argentinian, and they have added sodium.

[small h]

The Argentinian red shrimp are gross. These are the "regular" shrimp. Costco has frozen wild gulf shrimp in the shell - those are good, too. But we haven't made a Costco run in a while.

[maison rustique]

May not look like much, but it is a piece of my dear sister's eggplant Parm that I froze for a night just like this. Best of all, I have another for tomorrow. Heated in the toaster oven which isn't always the best way for things, but it worked and my stomach is a happy stomach.

[StephanieL]

Easter dinner:

• Roasted boneless leg of lamb with a matzah meal-date-pecan stuffing.  The stuffing also had green garlic tops, and N roasted the bulbs separately
• Duck fat potatoes
• RG Yellow Eye beans
• Sauteed broccolini
• Meyer lemon posset with garden blueberries for dessert

[small h]

 

A simple, gentle meal for an edgy night. Hake with stir-fried pea shoots and spinach, somewhere between sauteed and steamed.

[small h]

 

[MitchW]

Last week, a friend received a gift of a fully cooked and smoked Wagyu beef brisket, from Southern Market in TX, via Snake River Farms.  It was damn good (I made the cole slaw in the background; there was also mac & cheese  and a cucumber salad).

Shoulder lamb chops (round bone), salted and rested in fridge for 24 hours.

Barba (Moroccan beet salad) along with a simple salad with home made ranch dressing.

Those lamb chops, pan sautéed with mushrooms, and a pan sauce of drippings, white wine, chicken stock, mustard, horseradish, butter.  Spanish-inspired braised new potatoes, with pimentón and saffron.

[Wilfrid]

Braised goat (pictured), then because I was still working through a vast serving of pernil (pictured) the next supper was pernil shredded into the leftover goat broth (forgot to picture).

 

[MitchW]

It's time!

For spargel:

Like some of the largest spargel I've seen.  Very nicely prepared, at Cafe Katja.

[small h]

Are the two prices appetizer vs main?