What did you eat or cook today (December 2024)?

[badjak]

Yesterday evening's dinner: broccoli, anchovy, garlic and lemon pasta with a touch of peperoncino. Done and dusted in 30 minutes. Made me think once again how simple and delicious Italian pasta dishes are. The hardest thing was getting the pasta cooked perfectly "al dente"
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I find "al dente" almost impossible with bought pasta, but extremely easy with home made.
The bought stuff goes from too hard to teeth sticking soft in seconds
Maybe I'm not buying the right stuff

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I find "al dente" almost impossible with bought pasta, but extremely easy with home made.
The bought stuff goes from too hard to teeth sticking soft in seconds
Maybe I'm not buying the right stuff

It does seem to involve a hell of a lot of hovering and eating 'almost there' pasta to get it out anywhere near where you want it

 

[Lullabelle]

only apple pie, and only the one with the crumble topping!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Too warm to even consider cooking...

Salad

Did make a new dressing though I know TR won't like it because it's got saffron in it!

 

[Barriehie]

Cooked it and am eating it! Soup with noodles seems to be my current lean and this one is pork and cabbage with a bit of Chipotle, garlic, and red onion.

 

[MypinchofItaly]

I have been gifted with this Pavlova at work today! Yummy!!!

 

[badjak]

I had sausages with mustard sauce
Fried onion & garlic
And sourdough bread

 

[badjak]

I have been gifted with this Pavlova at work today! Yummy!!!

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Looks lovely, but my teeth are hurting already

 

[medtran49]

I vaguely remember Blue Plate mayonnaise. I spent a good bit of time in Louisiana (my dad was born there), but over in NW Florida it wasn't a thing.

It's available here now, as well as Duke's, but Craig prefers Kraft. At least I finally got him off Miracle Whip.

 

[JAS_OH1]

I’m trying to use up a two-day old baguette…almost there!

If you've got any tomatoes, make some bruschetta!

 

[JAS_OH1]

It's available here now, as well as Duke's, but Craig prefers Kraft. At least I finally got him off Miracle Whip.

How could you marry someone who will eat Miracle Whip?

 

[medtran49]

Purchased spinach tortellini with cheese filling and the garlic-onion-marsala sauce from

Recipe - Spinach garlic pasta with Marsala, sweet onion, garlic sauce

 

[Puggles]

Ravioli in arrabbiata sauce, fried shrimp cocktail and cheesebread. Yummers

 

[TastyReuben]

More festive food:

Those little crackers were exceptional. They bake in a low oven for quite a long time, and the crackers soak up all the fat.

 

[pocofan]

Tonight I made my kitchen sink pork chops. Potato stacks and fried green beans.