Food and Recipes while under Coronavirus quarantine #8

[killarney rose]

ROLL TIDE!!!

 

[killarney rose]

And Happy New Year!

 

[PayrollNerd]

I bought salmon 2 days ago and also had the beginnings of a cold. I tried to smell it to see if it was ok. I didn’t smell much of anything but figured if it was rancid, I’d probably notice.

Between coughing and fools setting off fireworks until 1:30am, I only slept about 4 hours.

Anyway, I baked it, likely a little too long.
That’s ok tho, I’ll eat it anyway. No point in letting it sit in the fridge until dinner.

Fresh dill from the garden, like my daughter’s boyfriend did last week. Sprinkled it with salt, pepper, garlic powder. Added lemon slices, bits of butter.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

DH was going to make Parm/panko crusted chicken breasts on Tuesday, but neither of us had much of an appetite after we got our Covid shots. That's on the dinner menu today served on a bed of arugula and baby spinach. I'm also going to make split pea soup with half of the stock that I made on Monday. I'll use the other half for Great Northern bean soup this weekend.

Most of the snow had melted by Christmas, but we had snow for New Year's. It's also bitterly cold. We went to bed at 10:00 last night but were awakened by fireworks between 11:30 and midnight. Happy New Year!

 

[PayrollNerd]

I’m freezing some extra leftovers today. The kids took a lot of it home. We food prep so much that a holiday meal is normal batch cooking for us.

3 bags of turkey breast.
2 bags of chunks from the spiral sliced ham.
Diced up the extra celery.
Dish of rosemary roasted potatoes.

I still have flat Italian Green Beans from the garden. I may blanch those for later. I will definitely grow these again.

The watermelon radishes are huge! My friend loves them so I gave her about 5-6 last night at dinner. I haven’t tasted them yet. I have romaine & butter crunch lettuces ready.

The Early Wonder beets didn’t get big at all. The multicolor beets (pictured) are not big either. I devoted a 3’ x 6’ bed to beets. I’m disappointed because I love beets. I thought it was cold enough here for them to grow to a decent size. I left about 1/2 the bed planted so maybe another month and they’ll be bigger.

 

[IceIce9]

DH was going to make Parm/panko crusted chicken breasts on Tuesday, but neither of us had much of an appetite after we got our Covid shots. That's on the dinner menu today served on a bed of arugula and baby spinach. I'm also going to make split pea soup with half of the stock that I made on Monday. I'll use the other half for Great Northern bean soup this weekend.

Most of the snow had melted by Christmas, but we had snow for New Year's. It's also bitterly cold. We went to bed at 10:00 last night but were awakened by fireworks between 11:30 and midnight. Happy New Year!

I love split pea soup. Actually I just love soup. I could probably make a different soup recipe every day until spring and happily eat it.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today I'm going to make Great Northern bean soup with the rest of the chopped meat from the bone of our 12# spiral-sliced ham. There's still a lot of sliced ham left, so I wrapped it tightly with plastic wrap, then foil, and put it in a Ziploc bag in the freezer. We were getting "hammered" from eating ham daily since 12/27

 

[snooptroop88]

Today I'm going to make Great Northern bean soup with the rest of the chopped meat from the bone of our 12# spiral-sliced ham. There's still a lot of sliced ham left, so I wrapped it tightly with plastic wrap, then foil, and put it in a Ziploc bag in the freezer. We were getting "hammered" from eating ham daily since 12/27

You are so lucky you still have ham! We had a tiny little ham this year, it's long gone. It was so yummy.

Glad to hear it's still hammer time, for some of us LOL.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

We finished the split pea soup and continue to enjoy the Great Northern bean soup. I haven't made Pasta Fagioli for a while, so I'm making a pot today. Italian sausage, carrot, fennel, leek, garlic, kale, chicken stock, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, red kidney beans, Italian seasoning, ditalini pasta, and a Parmesan rind. A delicious, hearty soup that we'll enjoy for several days.

US National Figure Skating Championships start today. DH and I love watching figure skating together. For me, figure skating season is my happy time of the year. And, this year, there's also the Olympics!

Did Santa bring you anything for your kitchen? I absolutely love my shiny new red Kitchen Aid electric tea pot. I don't drink coffee anymore but enjoy tea (decaf or herbal) morning, afternoon, and evening. I have a cherry red Martha Stewart tea kettle, but it takes a while for the water to boil on the stove. The electric tea kettle is super quick and is just the right size to fill my little Le Creuset teapot.

 

[slowpoke]

Akemashite omedeto (Happy New Year!)
I am late posting about my New Year’s Day non-traditional table offerings. A real Japanese New Year table would have specific dishes, but we just put out things we like to eat.

Practically the same menu that I had last year, and I forgot to take photos until we already started digging in.

 

[iamshadow21]

We finished the split pea soup and continue to enjoy the Great Northern bean soup. I haven't made Pasta Fagioli for a while, so I'm making a pot today. Italian sausage, carrot, fennel, leek, garlic, kale, chicken stock, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, red kidney beans, Italian seasoning, ditalini pasta, and a Parmesan rind. A delicious, hearty soup that we'll enjoy for several days.

US National Figure Skating Championships start today. DH and I love watching figure skating together. For me, figure skating season is my happy time of the year. And, this year, there's also the Olympics!

Did Santa bring you anything for your kitchen? I absolutely love my shiny new red Kitchen Aid electric tea pot. I don't drink coffee anymore but enjoy tea (decaf or herbal) morning, afternoon, and evening. I have a cherry red Martha Stewart tea kettle, but it takes a while for the water to boil on the stove. The electric tea kettle is super quick and is just the right size to fill my little Le Creuset teapot.

I do really miss beans in soup. Beans and pulses are off the menu because of partner's FODMAP issues. We used to do a wonderful white bean and chorizo soup. And a mock pea and ham soup with chickpeas and lentils. There's not much point making a whole pot if I'm the only one who can eat it.

We love figure skating too! Fortunately, one of our public channels sometimes broadcasts the US, European and world events, so we don't have to wait for the Olympics to watch it. Love Olly Hogben and Belinda Noonan as commentators.

 

[Rikissa]

I do really miss beans in soup. Beans and pulses are off the menu because of partner's FODMAP issues. We used to do a wonderful white bean and chorizo soup. And a mock pea and ham soup with chickpeas and lentils. There's not much point making a whole pot if I'm the only one who can eat it.

For soups, could you not just add beans and pulses to your bowlwhen the soup is finished? You can cook a batch of beans, and then freeze them with a little liquid, in small potions, enough for a meal.

 

[iamshadow21]

For soups, could you not just add beans and pulses to your bowlwhen the soup is finished? You can cook a batch of beans, and then freeze them with a little liquid, in small potions, enough for a meal.

When you put beans in a soup and cook them in, they break down and thicken and create the texture of the soup. Adding at the end would still probably be nice, but it'd be a broth with beans floating in it, which wouldn't be the same. Don't mind me, I'm just missing something that isn't practical to make anymore. If my freezers weren't crammed to bursting, I'd freeze single serves and do it that way, but reducing what's in there is a monumental task that never gets done.

MOO

 

[iamshadow21]

We're in the middle of a heatwave and tomorrow and the next are going to be the hottest days here in about a year... so I'm making soup, because talking about it made me want some. It's 10:30pm and about 30C still indoors here, despite air conditioning and a fan.

I'm making the spicy peanut butter one, because that one I don't have to eat on my own.

Potatoes, sweet potato, carrots, parsnip, and some leftover roast veg from the other day. No celery this time because we don't have any.

 

[iamshadow21]

We're in the middle of a heatwave and tomorrow and the next are going to be the hottest days here in about a year... so I'm making soup, because talking about it made me want some. It's 10:30pm and about 30C still indoors here, despite air conditioning and a fan.

I'm making the spicy peanut butter one, because that one I don't have to eat on my own.

Potatoes, sweet potato, carrots, parsnip, and some leftover roast veg from the other day. No celery this time because we don't have any.

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[PayrollNerd]

I wanted tacos yesterday. However, I have the head cold from Hades and the flu is rampant here. I didn’t want to take any chances going anywhere. So, I tried making chicken tacos.

These little bags of plain cooked chicken breast are not bad at all. They were BOGO at Publix recently. I melted butter in the skillet and added the diced chicken. Then I sprinkled taco seasoning on it and let it warm on low.

I used Monterey Jack cheese because I thought it would add a nice flavor. I was too lazy to go pick lettuce from the garden.

They were ok but it could be because I can’t smell anything. I normally prefer beef tacos anyway. Today I’m going to doctor them up more. I’m going to add more taco seasoning to the chicken.

I just chased 2 fat squirrels outta my garden. So it’s time to pick the lettuces. I found pink flowers on my strawberry plants! I’ve never seen that, they’re normally white. But the patch is growing in nicely now. I’m going to have to cover it with old screening once the heat returns.

 

[iamshadow21]

Brownies!

I found an old social media post where I'd modified another brownie recipe years ago. I'd added a tablespoon of cinnamon, a teaspoon of cayenne and a teaspoon of smokey paprika to make Mexican hot chocolate brownies. And finding that, I knew I had to try making them with my current favourite recipe. I added all that and included 100 grams of chopped pecans. I haven't cut it yet, but it smells good and the batter tasted great!

 

[iamshadow21]

Brownies!

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I found an old social media post where I'd modified another brownie recipe years ago. I'd added a tablespoon of cinnamon, a teaspoon of cayenne and a teaspoon of smokey paprika to make Mexican hot chocolate brownies. And finding that, I knew I had to try making them with my current favourite recipe. I added all that and included 100 grams of chopped pecans. I haven't cut it yet, but it smells good and the batter tasted great!

Brownies are amazing, can highly recommend, will absolutely make this mod again.

 

[slowpoke]

Brownies are amazing, can highly recommend, will absolutely make this mod again.

I took a look back at your “Squidgy coffee bars” recipe—is this the brownies recipe you are using? I have a question about one of the ingredients in the recipe: fudge. I’ve not seen a recipe here (in the US) that has fudge in it. There may be—I don’t bake much nowadays. I don’t think I can find fudge readily without going to a specialty store, I think? Is it the same meaning as US fudge? Can you say more about this ingredient?

Thank you for sharing your recipes and your photos of your yummy foods. I enjoy seeing how people eat in other parts of the world; even in other parts of my own country, the US!

 

[iamshadow21]

I took a look back at your “Squidgy coffee bars” recipe—is this the brownies recipe you are using? I have a question about one of the ingredients in the recipe: fudge. I’ve not seen a recipe here (in the US) that has fudge in it. There may be—I don’t bake much nowadays. I don’t think I can find fudge readily without going to a specialty store, I think? Is it the same meaning as US fudge? Can you say more about this ingredient?

Thank you for sharing your recipes and your photos of your yummy foods. I enjoy seeing how people eat in other parts of the world; even in other parts of my own country, the US!

Nope! That's a cookie cake.

As for where to find fudge in the US, I don't know. I do know it's the kind of thing you can make yourself, if you're willing to work with molten sugar. But otherwise, your best bet might be buying it online. When I have the money and the inclination, I buy wonderful handmade fudge from another state and they ship it to me in the post. I imagine there's probably a similar business somewhere in the US willing to ship it to you. When I say fudge, I'm talking about the kind that's traditionally made with butter, sugar, vanilla and cream, though it can be tweaked to have just about any flavour. (A recipe just for an example, I have not made this - Traditional Vanilla Fudge )

My regular brownie recipe right now is this one.

https://theloopywhisk.com/2018/06/19/super-fudgy-raspberry-brownies/

If you leave off the raspberries, though, you have to cook it a little less. I've cooked the last few batches for around twenty five minutes, because I haven't used raspberries or another wet ingredient. And my oven is slow, so I'd check it from twenty minutes on if your oven is warmer than mine.