Where I live 20 F is middle of the road for January. I wouldn’t call it really cold until it gets down to 10 or lower. But then, I winterized my apartment and have the clothing for that sort of climate.
I went with steak and sweet potato and a pomegranate for dessert.
Tonight is Gruyere and Reisling cheese fondue with Belgian bread and cherry tomatoes for dipping.
Fancy chocolates from Jacek for dessert.
Chili (leftover from the weekend) with cornbread. Made with ground turkey and turkey sausage as meats, and beans.
Last night I made hotdish, a Minnesotan treat. Very simple; ground meat, onions, corn, green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and rarer tots.
My gf had never heard of the dish. She enjoyed it.
I think outside of the Minnesota region that’s called a “casserole”, but regardless of what you call it that sort of thing is very Midwestern.
Tonight for me it was turkey wraps, a slab of homemade bread slathered in cashew butter, a handful of carrot sticks, and 1/4 of a dragonfruit.
I made pizza dough yesterday, let it cold rise over night. I’ll be making a pepperoni-feta pizza tonight. Simple sauce of crushed San Marzanos, salt, pepper, and oregano, uncooked as it will get cooked on the pie. First time testing out the new pizza steel.
Tonight was wine braised short ribs n a bed of hominy grits with au jus plus carrots, and a Chianti Classico. Jacek chocolates for dessert
I need to make fondue before the weather warms up. I have a fondue pot from the 70s (harvest gold!) that I drag out about once a year or so. I think it’s time to do it again.
Yesterday was tuna croquettes and waffle fries. Today was the last of the sausage pasta bake I made last Sunday and a salad, and I may make quiche for tomorrow, or maybe General Tso’s Chicken; I’ll see what I feel like doing. I’ll also make some of Anthony Bourdain’s Boeuf Bourguignon this weekend so we can have that either Sunday or Monday. It needs to sit for a day or two to achieve maximum deliciousness.
2 Pi : Shepherd’s pie, with mixed-berry pie for dessert.
An out-of-work fellow in the neighborhood is baking pies for extra dough and I got one. It was exactly as I would have made it - just slightly sweet.
You should! I’m a big fan of fondue of all types! My parents had an avacado green pot that we used with some regularity, I think they still have it. We have three, one ceramic for cheese, a stainless steel pot for oil/broth and one specifically for chocolate.
Soup made with sweet potatoes, coconut milk, bacon, onion, and garlic in a sort of version of loaded baked potato soup. Also stir-fried vegetables with ground pork.
Sounds great!
I grilled a nice sockeye salmon filet with a balsamic glaze. Served with macaroni that I added goat cheese to after draining the pasta, and a nondescript side salad.
I seriously want to come over for supper one night @kayaker ! Tonight was cheese smashburgers and a green salad of butter lettuce, Oka cheese, radishes, scallions, and avacado goddess dressing. Cinnamon buns with crem cheese icing and a bottle of Gerard Bertrand Cote de Rose Pinot Noir.
Leftovers and a brownie in a mug for late dessert.
Food truck sushi!!! Nothing like gas station sushi, this food truck (Just Roll’d Up ) does a great job of making excellent sushi.
We had a Steeelie Wheelie Roll (Steelhead trout, avocado, and furikake)
Ora King Salmon sashimi
A Mahi-Mahalo Poke bowl ( mahi-mahi, avocado, pineapple, kale crunch, scallion, inamona, yuzu tobiko, furikake, ponzu, rice with a dendrobium orchid.)
Tuna 2 Times Poke bowl ( spicy yellowfin tuna, pickled red onion, fermented seaweed salad, mango, roasted macadamias, wasabi tobiko, togarashi, ponzu, rice)
Potato soup with bacon bits, cheese, and scallions. Man I love potato soup.
Black bean and ground beef burritos. That’s it, wanted to keep it simple.
Curry , chicken , vindaloo style, naan breads , Black Box Chardonnay , glass or 3
Dandan noodles (thanks, @scabpicker!) and some toast with chevre and berry jam for dessert.
Feta and spinach quiche tonight with homemade bread and cucumber salad.
Antipasti and wood oven pizza tomorrow, with chocolate mousse and raspberry gelato for dessert.