What's for Dinner, Thurs., Feb. 1, 2024

[NJCher]

Sure glad I made almost all of the following last night, because I had tree trimmers here all day.

Creamy Roasted Cauliflower soup, the recipe of which is in Love Real Food. It has red onion, garlic, veggie broth, lemon juice. It is garnished with whole wheat bread cubes , almonds, and parsley.

Half a sandwich on crusty artisan bread with shrimp-egg salad, also made last night.

I made a big salad as soon as the tree trimmers left, so everything above will be a small portion. Red leaf lettuce, Persian cuke, red and green peppers, celery leaves from my garden, sliced plum tomato.

Ginger kombucha.

Dark Chinese tea.

[irisblue]

1. Misir Wat & Steamed Spiced Cabbage - Ethopian styled red lentil & a side of steamed cabbage

We finally finally had a sunny day & I felt energetic.
There has been a Twitter thread about some racist people fussing & complaining abour photos of Ethopian food, & I have the lentils & spices, so I made this dish

https://www.daringgourmet.com/misir-wat-ethiopian-spiced-red-lentils/

PREP TIME
10minutes mins
COOK TIME
55minutes mins
TOTAL TIME
1hour hr 5minutes mins


INGREDIENTS
4 tablespoons niter kibbeh , divided ** I used the Indian Ghee I had on hand

1 large yellow onion, very finely diced
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
1 Roma tomato, very finely chopped
3 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons bebere , divided
Homemade Berbere (strongly recommended)** I used the berbere spice I already had
1 cup red lentils, rinsed
2 1/2 cups Chicken Broth
vegetarians: use Vegetable Broth
1 teaspoon salt

INSTRUCTIONS
Melt 3 tablespoons of the niter kibbeh in a medium stock pot.
Add the onions and cook over medium-high heat for 8-10 minutes until golden brown.
Add the garlic, tomatoes, tomato paste and 1 tablespoon of the berbere and cook for 5-7 minutes. Reduce the heat if needed to prevent burning.

Add the lentils, broth and salt, bring it to a boil, reduce the heat to low and cover and simmer the lentils, stirring occasionally, for 40 minutes (adding more broth if needed) or until the lentils are soft.
Stir in the remaining tablespoon of niter kibbeh and berbere. Simmer for a couple more minutes. Add salt to taste.

decafe tea.

[chowmama]

4. I love miser wat

Although I confess I use Penzey's berbere. Do you ever make the yellow split pea dal that's often served at the same time?

I tried to make the injera bread once, but got the thickness of the batter wrong. Tasted great, but it didn't make a single-piece flatbread. Looked like ET threw up in the pan. We ate rice instead.

[Retrograde]

6. Thanks for the link!

I tried making misr wat before, and it came out kinda meh. This seems to be a better recipe, and I'll try it out sometime soon.

[Emile]

2. Chef salad

Tangerines before bedtime.

Good Evening 🌌

[MissMillie]

3. Chicken tacos

With the typical toppings. Avocado slices on the side.

We started with a cup of vegetable beef soup.

Leftover pie for dessert.

[chowmama]

5. French onion soup

According to Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I made the soup yesterday, when I had a day off. When I got home from work today, all I had to do was heat it, add the stale bread and cheese, and stick it under the broiler.

Even DH, who isn't much of a soup person, thought it was great. Julia Child does not disappoint. This one's going in the recipe collection.

[elleng]

8. GREAT!!!

[Retrograde]

7. Leftover mac and cheese

But I made a blood orange poppy seed cake for dessert.