Food and Recipes while under Coronavirus quarantine #8

[slowpoke]

My dinner tonight was a kind of Mediterranean salad bowl. I put spring mix greens, sliced sweet peppers, shredded chicken breast, and tabbouleh on top. Some lime juice, salt and pepper to finish. Oh, a little bit of cold brown rice from the refrigerator , only a spoonful.

For the others at home, I made a chicken broccoli casserole. I was good, and only took one tiny taste of it, which included a cheese and buttered breadcrumb topping. (That’s a little plate, 5” across)

 

[Knox]

I make fried rice often for friends and family. I customize ingredients to use what I have on hand but I always start with carrots, onions, and peas. I like to use fresh mini corn cobs and fresh sugar snap peas but I use frozen peas and frozen corn if I don’t have them.

And I add any other fresh vegetables that I have: peppers, green beans, tomatoes.

When the vegetables are cooked I stir in a couple of beaten eggs and snipped green onions.

I use a sweet/spicy ginger teriyaki sauce or a spicy teriyaki for people who like a spicier flavor.

A nice meal that can be made with odds and ends of vegetables and leftover rice.

Yum, I also add napa cabbage in my fried rice. You’re so right about adding whatever may be on hand. I recently made it with small cubes of Bulgogi flavored Spam. Wouldn’t normally buy it, but came across a recipe post on IG.

 

[iamshadow21]

I am making stock!

I dug through the freezer and found a lamb bone and two chicken frames/carcasses. They're in the slow cooker now with carrot, zucchini, broccoli stalk, rosemary, sage, and thyme and a lot of water for the next four hours.

 

[iamshadow21]

Well, I've cooked the stock but haven't strained it yet. I suspect that may be a job for tomorrow.

But I found a wedge of pumpkin that had gotten shoved to the back and forgotten and was starting to get a bit of mould, so I trimmed it up to rescue it, chopped up about half of it and steamed it, and made pumpkin bread.

This is the recipe I use, I always get great results. It always looks like the pictures (more or less, given I don't have a food stylist on staff). My cinnamon sugar on top always looks darker, because I always use raw sugar, not white, whatever I'm making. I prefer the flavour.

https://smittenkitchen.com/2016/10/pumpkin-bread/

 

[slowpoke]

I love Thai food and we have several excellent Thai restaurants in our area.

My son was in Thailand last year, and he sent pictures of food that looked amazing.

My daughter and son-in-law just returned from a trip to Bali and Jakarta and they didn’t care much for Indonesian food. They are vegetarian though so that might have something to do with it.

Indonesian food is something I’d like to try. There are some restaurants in my area, so I don’t know why I haven’t, yet.

I think the only introduction I’ve had to the cuisine is the instant stir fry noodles, mi goreng. And I love it!

I like to stir cook some cabbage to mix into the noodles, then fry an egg to eat with it, like in the package’s illustration.

 

[IceIce9]

It looks very appetizing, like something I'd enjoy. Thanks for sharing it, @slowpoke. You mentioned H Mart, and I know you've said you live in SoCal. I ran a search and found out there's a couple H Marts in the San Diego area where I live. I'll share why I really took notice of your mentioning H Mart. You might know about this book already.

View attachment 648709 I had this eBook on Hold for a long time before it became available through my CloudLibrary. Michelle is part processing her grief after losing her mother, and remembering her mother through foods. The author is the lead singer, and she & her DH are in the Indie group Japanese Breakfast. They've play at Coachella before. However, Michelle is Korean. I don't remember the story of how the band got named. Well, just wanted to share this. I might make it to an H Mart someday. I enjoyed reading the book, but didn't know many of the Korean foods.

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Crying in H Mart

The New York Times bestseller from the Grammy-nominated…

www.goodreads.com

I immediately added this to my hold list, and just started it yesterday. I’m listening to the audiobook while I’m traveling. Thanks for the recommendation!

The Korean food and recipes are fascinating although I must admit the “raw pregnant crab floating in a bowl upside down to display the eggs” definitely did not appeal to me.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I did some research on Thai curry puffs and found out that there is a frozen variety at Costco. We are going there today, so I will check them out. Beef stew was very good, and there is a lot left over for several more meals.

 

[Catmommy]

I did some research on Thai curry puffs and found out that there is a frozen variety at Costco. We are going there today, so I will check them out. Beef stew was very good, and there is a lot left over for several more meals.

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Since you were so taken by the ones from the Thai restaurant, please let us know how these stack up in comparison.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Since you were so taken by the ones from the Thai restaurant, please let us know how these stack up in comparison.

No curry puffs at Costco. Next time we order Thai takeout, I will get more than one order and put some in the freezer.

I rarely go to Costco and never went by myself even when I was driving. This trip reminded me why I don't particularly care for Costco: It is too big with just too much stuff! Involves a lot of walking to get from one department to another. Regardless of time or day, there are always long lines for checkout. Except for the curry puffs, we got everything on our list and were home in time for the Red Wings game.