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[Johnsfolly]

No cans were opened for tonight's dinner. Thawed a bunch of frozen crappie. Cut the fillets into bite sized pieces and dredged them in a flour/cornstarch mix with Chinese five spice and powdered ginger. I fried the fish in a little olive oil and then removed the fish. My daughter peeled and cleaned a 1/2 pound of gulf shrimp and I put the shrimp shells into 2 cups of vegetable stock and cooked until the stock picked up the shrimp flavor. I took the shrimp and hit them with five spice and powdered ginger and cooked them for only a 3-4 minutes at medium high heat. Put the shrimp on a plate. I poured the stock through a mesh to remove any shrimp shell and brought the total volume up to 2.5 cups and whisked in 2 TBSP of corn starch.  In the stock pot I added 1 TBSP of oil and chopped garlic and fresh ginger and onion. Cooked the onion until translucent, then added the stock/starch mixture and brought to a boil. Cooked a couple of minutes then I set it aside. Back in the main skillet I added onion slices, broccoli florets and peeled sliced stems, celery slices, snow peas, chopped garlic, chopped ginger, sliced oyster mushrooms (bought at an Asian market), and red/orange sweet peppers. The cooking was staggered so that no vegetables were under or overcooked. I added the shrimp back to the skillet and the white sauce. Cooked until the sauce thickened. I added the fish last to keep it relatively crispy when we served the dish. Served it over white rice.

[Johnsfolly]

On ‎9‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 2:38 PM, Chief Grey Bear said:

Might you share with us! 

Ive never had stuffed cabbage but have been interested for a while now

Chief and MoPanfisher

Still trying to get the recipe from my wife. She mentioned about giving me the recipe and then said she would have to kill me. If I survive, I will post what I can.

[MOPanfisher]

Johnsfolly, that is a delicious looking plate.  You had me at the crappie fillets, then just kept making it better.

[ness]

Out of town this last weekend and ate like a horse. So, last night it was ramen noodles. I did put an egg and some herbs in them. ?

Chief - here's a recipe for cabbage rolls I've made before. Pretty darn good and easy too. A lot of the reviews say double, triple or even quadruple the tomato sauce. Honestly can't remember what I did, but you may keep that in mind.

[Gavin]

Looks good as always...been working to much and eating out a lot lately, but finally did a bit of cooking. Wanted something light after walking around at the RV show all day yesterday and opted for a chicken ceasar with home made dressing...The dressing is what makes the salad...nothing like you find at most restaurants or the supermarket.

1/2 can anchovies in oil, drained

1-2 cloves of garlic

2 large egg yolks

Juice of 2 lemons + extra to taste

3/4T Dijon mustard

1/2 cup oil

3T  grated parm reggiano

Kosher Salt

Fresh Ground Black Pepper.

Chop the anchovies & garlic then mix it all up.

Add more oil & lemon juice until you get your desired consistency. Add some good croutons and some more shavings of parm reggiano

[ness]

21 minutes ago, Gavin said:

Looks good as always...been working to much and eating out a lot lately, but finally did a bit of cooking. Wanted something light after walking around at the RV show all day yesterday and opted for a chicken ceasar with home made dressing...The dressing is what makes the salad...nothing like you find at most restaurants or the supermarket.

1/2 can anchovies in oil, drained

1-2 cloves of garlic

2 large egg yolks

Juice of 2 lemons + extra to taste

3/4T Dijon mustard

1/2 cup oil

3T  grated parm reggiano

Kosher Salt

Fresh Ground Black Pepper.

Chop the anchovies & garlic then mix it all up.

Add more oil & lemon juice until you get your desired consistency. Add some good croutons and some more shavings of parm reggiano

Authentic!

[snagged in outlet 3]

That looks awesome, Gavin.  There used to be an Italian restaurant on Natural Bridge Road near the airport that did a table side Caesar.  That was the best dressing I've ever had.  I'll never forget.  My wife says, "they put in anchovies in their Caesar dressing?"  I can't remember the name of the place though.

[Chief Grey Bear]

3 hours ago, ness said:

Out of town this last weekend and ate like a horse. So, last night it was ramen noodles. I did put an egg and some herbs in them. ?

Chief - here's a recipe for cabbage rolls I've made before. Pretty darn good and easy too. A lot of the reviews say double, triple or even quadruple the tomato sauce. Honestly can't remember what I did, but you may keep that in mind.

Thanks!!

[rps]

Trying something new this evening. I will bake some eggs in salsa and serve them with bacon and cheese biscuits. Think of it as bacon egg and cheese biscuits rancheros.

[rps]

21 hours ago, MOPanfisher said:

Now certainly looks good enough to eat.  Could grace any deer camp in the state.

You know, deer meat would work great in this recipe. I know lamb does.