What did I cook this weekend.....

[ChefRex]

To late to be cooking, but I am. I needed the break! Two invalid parents and a temporarily invalid wife after her hip surgery, my three dogs and a spare dog that belongs to my son in law, you can imagine the chores I have in addition to my fairly high pressure job! Lol

Making a baked ziti recipe tonight that I have not tried, but just reading it tells me it can't be anything but great! This is the sauce, sautéed onions, garlic, San Mariano tomatoes, basil, oregano, onion powder, etc.
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Good cigar, local craft beer, thunderstorm toying with us but no rain, what's not to love!

Best wishes to you, sounds like you need it!

 

[Staestc]

Thanks chef. It's not as bad as it sounds. I was just ragged out and am tonight too. But damn the Ziti was awesome last night and again tonight! Lol

 

[Subsailor]

Hi, been out for a bit. Just wanted to brag a little. I have been eating eggs, chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, raised here on my farm for the past year. I have a black belly sheep lamb fixing to join the freezer in two weeks. I have missed discussing meals and cooking with you all.

 

[kev211]

Guys night while SWMBO is out. Slow bbq'd ribs, bacon mashed potatoes, pretzel rolls and grilled onions

 

[kev211]

Don't know why the photo chose not to upload

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[bob1852]

Ate some raw tuna. Because I was too lazy to cook it.

It was frozen and thawed, and marked sushi grade. It actually tasted really good! Just a little bit of salt and pepper....

(If you don't hear from me in a few days, send help... )

 

[Temptd2]

Hi, been out for a bit. Just wanted to brag a little. I have been eating eggs, chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, raised here on my farm for the past year. I have a black belly sheep lamb fixing to join the freezer in two weeks. I have missed discussing meals and cooking with you all.

How nice to see your post! I think of you often and wonder how you're doing, you lucky dawg. I'm officially very very jealous!

 

[hunter_le five]

Ate some raw tuna. Because I was too lazy to cook it.



It was frozen and thawed, and marked sushi grade. It actually tasted really good! Just a little bit of salt and pepper....



(If you don't hear from me in a few days, send help... )

Save it for the What Didn't I Cook This Weekend thread.

 

[ericbw]

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My wife dis all the work: summer squash* stuffed with pork and cheese; homemade sauce; sautéed green beans.*

*from the garden.

 

[ChefRex]

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[Temptd2]

Lunch, first but not last attempt,

Wow, those are some gorgeous STUFFED spring rolls, Chef! Is there any meat in there or just vegetation?

 

[ChefRex]

Wow, those are some gorgeous STUFFED spring rolls, Chef! Is there any meat in there or just vegetation?

Shrimp, you can see some on the third from the right, they were tasty but as usual a little tweaking and they will be even better.

 

[Temptd2]

Shrimp, you can see some on the third from the right, they were tasty but as usual a little tweaking and they will be even better.

Never met a recipe I didn't think I could make better with a few tweaks! :rockin:

 

[bob1852]

Shrimp, you can see some on the third from the right, they were tasty but as usual a little tweaking and they will be even better.

Do you cut the shrimp in half (basically, right at the vein)? I've found that doing that makes a big difference with wrapping those spring rolls...

 

[ChefRex]

Do you cut the shrimp in half (basically, right at the vein)? I've found that doing that makes a big difference with wrapping those spring rolls...

Exactly, I thought of chunking them to distribute more evenly but went with the split.

 

[Remmy]

Fat.

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[brewbama]

Kabobs

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[ChefRex]

Properly done Kabobs

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FTfY

 

[applescrap]

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My wife dis all the work: summer squash* stuffed with pork and cheese; homemade sauce; sautéed green beans.*

*from the garden.

that is a true work of art

 

[brewbama]

FTfY

Thanks for the assist sir.

 

[applescrap]

Kabobs

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Awesome

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Summer fare.

 

[applescrap]

Alright 2nd attempt, seems like setting 6 is too thin for spaghetti.

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[Temptd2]

Alright 2nd attempt, seems like setting 6 is too thin for spaghetti.

Even the less-than-perfect experiments taste good though, right?

Nothing that I got pictures of, but grilled a big thick bone-in rib steak over oakwood and sprigs of rosemary night before last, served up with sweet corn on the cob. Last night, Costco rotisseried chicken breast over an "everything" green salad - green onions, Kalamata olives, marinated artichoke hearts, grape tomatoes, cucumber slices, red bell pepper, garbanzo beans, bacon bits, shredded 4-cheese Italian from the bottom of a bag I bought for pizza, homemade Greek vinaigrette dressing. Oh and some of those Costco cheese O thingies - made with just cheddar cheese and baked til crunchy. Nice instead of croutons!

 

[Staestc]

Never met a recipe I didn't think I could make better with a few tweaks! :rockin:

Seldom met a recipe I did not tweak the first time I made it! [emoji1]. Exceptions are candy and some pastry recipes!

 

[Staestc]

Kabobs

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Oh Hell Yes!! Awesome!

 

[Stillraining]

Well im not gifted at the perfect table presentation shot like some of you are. but here goes.

Crab last night... today's fresh caught crab again tonight.

Pick-nic style out on the back lawn maybe even.

 

[Temptd2]

Well im not gifted at the perfect table presentation shot like some of you are. but here goes.

Crab last night... today's fresh caught crab again tonight.

Pick-nic style out on the back lawn maybe even.

Oh YUM - I love me some Dungeness crab! It's our local crab here too. That all looks killer good to ME!

 

[LakesideBrewing]

Alright 2nd attempt, seems like setting 6 is too thin for spaghetti.

Very true. When I roll out spaghetti on my Kitchenaid I use setting 4 and even that doesn't seem right to me. I've been adding some durum wheat flour to my spaghetti dough to add some 'toothsomeness' to the pasta; that helps. But the reality is spaghetti is an extruded pasta and it will be hard to get the right texture from a Kitchenaid. It's a never ending delicious experiment!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

It's raining, so this piece of round for "London broil" was cooked on the grill pan indoor.