Haute Cuisine

[Giba7]

hahaha..that must have been some halo! she should have eaten a whole parsley plant aswel.
I am just going to try the recipe again and use my brain instead as just following the recipe to the letter.

@CosmicLea -yours looks great!
I hope it tastes good for you too!

[caroli]

Love the cake! and love the cupcakes! they are making me hungry...

[CosmicLea]

they are making me hungry...

Yes, this topic always makes me hungry too!

[StormeyG]

Yesterday I got a lot of presents after the show and one was a cup cake set, so you will be more hungry soon I'll be cooking up more cupcakes and cookies

[StormeyG]

Vegetarian Yakitori

[ErinUSA]

I'm a vegetarian...and the Yakitori looks YUM!!

[StormeyG]

we have the best vegetarian butcher ever...butcher..het butchers Lupine and Soya

have you been a vegetarian long? Me not so long..like 4 years or so. Feel so much better (not as a person, but healthwise) and the vegetarian butcher makes it easier on my friends, because their meatlike products realy taste like the real deal and have the same structure http://www.devegetarischeslager.nl/shop ... lager-lijn

[ErinUSA]

I was originally a vegetarian from 1998 - 2000.

Recently I've returned to vegetarianism since November 2012 and haven't looked back. Even when I did eat meat, I never ate that much and I never ate fish...EVER!! I don't miss meat at all. And I don't even really look for the "fake meat" products. Very few appeal to me anyway. My favorite food in the World is Thai food!! I could eat that stuff in my sleep, it's so GOOD!!

[Giba7]

that Yakitori does look yummy! is it Japanese?
and I love Thai food too!

Still drinking my green goddess drinks.
But it takes a lot of ingredients to keep stocked.
Probably funny when I only need to buy the cucumber.

[StormeyG]

Yakitori is indead Japanese. I love Japanese food

My blender broke, but I will get a new one and I will get back on the green goddess smoothies. They make me feel more healthy

[StormeyG]

No christmas dinner pictures here? What happened to our talented Miss Lisa and her lovely cooking?

[Giba7]

Nothing extravagant here for Christmas dinner: steak, smashed potatoes and salad.
But I'd bought fresh calamari and breaded and sauteed it. It actually was sooo delicious.


I also baked about 5 batches of Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies this season, and 4 loaves of banana bread.
And I made a great Artichoke dip (I think I posted a pic before).

[caroli]

Our Christmas here is quite traditional so on the 24th (dinner): boiled cod fish, with boiled potatoes and boiled vegetables in general. Chocolate mouse, Christmas pudding, Bolo-Rei, Sonhos, Coscorões (these last 3 are cakes made here and I don't think their names have translation) and fruit.

25th December (lunch) : Stuffed Turkey with french fries and raisins rice. The stuffing is a family recipe... I would post pictures but I don't have any (and the turkey was 9kg!) add all the sweets and cakes again.

...and that's why I'm still not hungry!

[StormeyG]

Wow Giba, you had a sweet christmas!!!

My family had stuffed turkey too, Caroli...I didn't ofcourse..I had puff pastry with some real oldfashioned dutch veggies..cannot even find a translation for them

Oh and we had this baby for dessert..icecream and lots of cherries and mandarins

[MissLisa_since1999]

Mmmmmm.... Simple & traditional things are the best!

I also baked about 5 batches of Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies this season, and 4 loaves of banana bread.
And I made a great Artichoke dip (I think I posted a pic before).

really great job Giba... I don't remember the artichoke dip... only the Best Banana Bread

and the turkey was 9kg!)

9! Almost a lamb! (but lambs are too cute)

I had puff pastry with some real oldfashioned dutch veggies..cannot even find a translation for them

Will post mine on Tuesday or Wednesday...

[Giba7]

thanks MissLisa -now for your fantastic pics!
Wow that Icecream dessert looks great! The sauce is frozen over!
different than anything here -looks like a mud pie with a mistletoe!

xxxxox

[StormeyG]

@Giba7 It's just melted chocolat and it sets right when you put it on the ice. It's a Jamie Oliver recipe...nice

[Giba7]

is he the naked guy?!

[CosmicLea]

Yes, he is!!!

Giba - the breaded calamari looks mouth-wateringly delicious!!

Stormey - the icecream pudding looks fantastic, bet it was yummy too!

[StormeyG]

Stormey - the icecream pudding looks fantastic, bet it was yummy too!

I should have eaten the whole thing! But it didn't fit in my stomach anymore

[MissLisa_since1999]

So, this is what I made on December 31st...

Smoked salmon & Avocado rolls...


Gouda & walnut cookies...


entrée: Greek style cheesecake...



This time I made something quite different for the dessert... At first, it was a real disaster... but I fixed it! so I tried a Vienna Cake...



And, finally, chocolate & salted butter caramel tart... cut into small pieces...


And my mum cooked sea food Gratin and a leg of lamb.

[Giba7]

@MissLisa
well of course the chocolate cake and butter caramel tart look great!
but that smoked salmon & avacado rolls mmmmmm!! I want the recipe please!

and what is on the cheesecake? zucchini?

[StormeyG]

I love that chocolate cake!!! All your food looks amazing MissLisa, as it always does!

[Giba7]

I love Mexican food, and here's how to make the meat for homemade tacos:

Take chicken or steak, slice into pieces and roll in a dry garlic salt, cumin and cayenne pepper mix.
Sautee' in a pan of a light layer of olive oil (cook thoroughly for chicken, steak can be pink)
Cut slices into smaller pieces for tacos. Add cheese, tomato, lettuce, guacamole and salsa.

my special salsa = plum tomatoes, cilantro, red onion (if desired), lemon juice, garlic salt, cumin and cayenne pepper.
I actually chop a bunch of tomatoes and throw into the blender. Then and add chunks of cilantro, onion, the dry seasonings and a squeeze of lemon.
I chop/pause/chop in the blender (drain any water that separates in the bowl)

The key to good salsa is having a good ratio for taste

[StormeyG]

Cilantro
I saw it right away, didn't even have to read the recipe!

But it look good Giba. The colors are so nice and fresh