Tuesday, Sept 17th - any interesting dishes today?

[pepperhead212]

I threw together another one of those Creole style dishes today, using a bunch of things from the garden, plus a few other things I had in the fridge, to use up. And I started by browning some bacon in an 8 qt pot, eventually removing it to a PT to drain, then removed most of the fat. Then I added a large chopped onion, cooked until golden, then added about 2 c of diced green bell peppers, 1 c of finely chopped carrots, and 6 cloves minced garlic, and the spices, plus 7 fresh bay leaves, and cooked on medium for about 5 minutes, or until I got all the okra cut up - a little more than 2 c - then while that was cooking, I cut up 2 Ichiban eggplants - a little more than 2 c again - and cooked that, stirring frequently, then added 5 c of tomatoes, puréed coarsely, and rinsed the blender out with at least 2 c water, and added the drained bacon. I brought it to a simmer, and added 1 c whole mung beans, and 3/4 c whole oats, and added salt to taste, and set to simmer on low for 40 min. Checked after 30, but definitely needed more, ending up to about 55 min, and could have used a little more, but I left it slightly al dente, so re-heating won't make it mushy. While that was cooking, I cut up, and cooked the lb of mushrooms I had for a while, and put them in for the last 10 min. This was the only thing that kept this from being one of those one dish meals, though it finished in the one dish. And I would have done this in the Instant Pot, and much quicker, but I have a batch of yogurt in there!
Creole dish started, with all the veggies, except for the tomatoes. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Finished Creole type dish, using some bacon, onion, garlic, bell peppers, carrots, okra, eggplant, mushrooms, tomatoes, mung beans, and whole oats. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Finished Creole dish, with a lot of okra. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

 

[msmofet]

Split pea and ham soup

 

[blissful]

tortilla pinwheels, whole wheat tortillas, hummus and avocado, pickles, red peppers, yellow zucchini. For lunch.
Dinner, a burger with all the fixin's, he had a meal sized salad w/tomato dressing.

 

[Andy M.]

I grilled myself a really delicious burger that I topped with pickle, tomato, onion and mayo. I also grilled a couple o of hotdogs for SO.
We shared some cole slaw.

 

[medtran49]

Best fried rice I've ever had

I have never liked fried rice, whether restaurant/takeout or homemade, but DH loves it. So, I was looking at recipes to see if I could find one I might like when I came across one that 4.9 out of 5 stars. Checked out the reviews, made notes on the little changes people made and came up with the...

www.discusscooking.com

 

[caseydog]

A good sandwich for lunch, and a couple of quesadillas for supper.

CD

 

[taxlady]

I came across a shakshuka recipe and it appealed and I had all the ingredients. I checked out some other shakshuka recipes and watched Chef John make it in a video. The only thing I changed based on other recipes was to use mint instead of dill. I had two eggs and used deseeded cocktail tomatoes for the sauce. This recipe had spinach. I didn't see that anywhere else, but it was delicious in the shakshuka. Once the shakshuka was finished cooking, I topped it with crumbled feta, chopped parsley, and chopped mint. I had some toasted wholewheat bread to accompany that.

 

[larry_stewart]

Vegan stuffing stuffed seitan, balsamic. maple brussel sprouts and a potato gratin made in cupcake tins.

 

[dragnlaw]

At the last minute I dug out a frozen shepherd's pie. Being last minute and not defrosted the ramekin took almost 2 hours to cook thru. but it was still delicious,

 

[cjmmytunes]

Vegetarian vegetable soup and a peanut butter sandwich. We had rain ALL DAY yesterday and I had a Dr appt, when I got back I just couldn't get warm.