What are you eating for dinner tonight?

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How about some chicken...coated in corn starch...



Some peppers off the deck garden, and what's left of some green onions that were in the fridge that needed to be used up...



Into the pan, and after the chicken is browned a bit, the veggies go in...



Sauce - some ketchup, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, honey, a good sized clove of garlic crushed, and a good size piece of ginger grated...just eyeballed the quantities...



Mix up with some sesame seeds....



Into the pan...along with some noodles...



Very good, and quite quick to prepare - anyone can make this...



You can change up the veggies if you like to add more items, and if you want you don't even really need the chicken, so this could be vegetarian if you want. The sauce would be good for wings and other dishes as well.
 
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Gnocchi, brussels, and sausage - I was absolutely hammered when I made it. The chili sherry scared the hangover away.

 
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We were out of beef stock, so made some yesterday...7 pounds of bones, roasted for an hour:



Now cover them in tomato paste:



Add chopped onions, carrots, celery, and a couple of turnips:



Back in the oven for another hour, then it all comes out:



We split the bones and veggies into 2 pots. Add red wine, some peppercorns, bay leaves, and start the simmering process:



Simmer for 4 hours, then pour into various bowls to cool:



Today we removed the fat from all the bowls:



Into containers to freeze - just under 14 litres of stock...



Maeve did a taste test, and she approved:



The same farm that we got the beef bones from, we also got some nice fliets, so that was dinner last night. Tomato and onion pie, and mushrooms as sides:



 
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A nice Sunday afternoon hotpot -- with pork, mushrooms, beef/tendon balls, fish balls, glass noodles, and greens.

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Celebrating my brother's birthday: cooked a green curry with tritip & cauliflower, a red curry with tofu & Brussels sprouts, and fried rice with shrimp & pineapple.
 
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Chicken and dumplings!
 
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Chicken and dumplings!
Reminds me of a Hungarian dish called Chicken Paprikash (with Nokedli).
 
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Ok, I got loads to update here 😀
I always take pictures thinking to post them here... Then yeah, I forget so in advance, apologies for the lengthy post.

Let's start with this weekend and the start of my Birthday Month.
Friday Grimbergen with mustard chicken in the oven... And it has to be Grimbergen, I tried other beers (Leffe, Orval etc), it doesn't give the same taste.


Yesterday first bday dinner And today's roast in preparation

These next ones are from the past weeks... Mostly at home, chicken, veal roast, salmon, fish with salt croute, cauliflower with bechamel, chicons gratin, the last BBQs of the year, home-made dimsums (one of my specialities) and some restaurants.

We like to cook and eat... So, in no specific order 😀

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Proud of myself... all day at work in my new kitchen:
Greek Moussaka to go in the oven for today... and my Pasta Arabbiata sauce to be divided for deep freezer !
Photos: MWU
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A swim in the Mediterranean, meze, fish and chips then fruit plate with the first strawberries of the year…JANUARY???
Grown under cover but sensational flavour.

A good day. 2025 already better than last year!!