USVI-On-Line

yes it is. it is essentailly Liamsaunt's recipe with a few more spices (because I was low on cumin and didn't know it). I also reserved the liquid from the chick peas and I did end up using a little in the food processor to help smooth it out a bit. It was very good. Next time I would kick up the lemon more as well.

Thanks to Elizabeth (nothingtolose) last night it was red beans and rice.

Here's last night's dinner. Morrocan fish tagine and couscous with pine nuts, raisins, currants, and scallions:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2431754539/" title="tagine plated by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2399/243 ... 819e2a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="tagine plated"></a>

I'm liking taking pictures of certain dishes for this thread, because now when people ask for recipes, I can also pop the picture in.

For you Boston people, this is the interesting looking meatloaf that was in the Sunday Globe magazine a week ago. It looked cool and everyone liked it, though I thought it tasted a little mushy. Fun to look at though.





And here is a wild-caught halibut steak with a mango salsa...

That mango salsa looks delicious. What do you put in yours?

Great pics guys. I haven't been cooking much lately (too much work in the evenings) but when things slow down...I am gonna try to do ALL of these recipes

nothintolose

p.s. MaryBeth - the beans look perfect!!!

Mango salsa---- I use whatever fruity chutney I have on hand, put it in a measuring cup, add sliced garlic and then microwave it to get it hot and cook the garlic. Then I add chopped fresh mango, as well as everything else from the mango (juice,pulp)by squeezing it over the cup. Then I add chopped fresh cilantro, chopped red onion.... I think that's it.

It's always scrumptious over firm white fish.

Bump

This almost fell off the first page... I got anxious

someone has to cook while Becky's on vacation!

Braised short ribs over noodles


Warm green beans with feta and caesar dressing

MBW - Those green beans look Great! - How do you cook them before adding the feta and dressing? just warm them up? I LOVE feta cheese!

Thanks!

yup, just steamed them like I normally would but for a little less time. by the time I got around to serving dinner they were still warm. it was very good, never did them like that before. I used lots of fresh pepper too.

just FYI I use the fat free feta crumbles by Presidente and the dressing is Cardini's. Very tasty.

Since it was 46 and rainy, I had to open the kitchen again.

This is skewered Balsamic Glazed Italian Sausages and Cipollini Onions over a Roasted Pepper Salad with Garlic bread (from Rachael Ray)



Delish!! (but too many pots and pans

Mangia!

After Jazz Fest with the forum gang we've been dying for some chargrilled oysters. We grew up on the Chesapeake Bay, where if someone offers you cooked oysters you say "Wha's wrong with 'em ya hadda cook 'em?" Well, these were splendid.

Nothingtolose scared up a great recipe from Drago's. Sweet Christine and I had hit Drago's for a date night away from the depraved forumite Bourbon Street carousers on Kellyana's recommendation. We were rather the slightly depraved duo.

Here's the version of the recipe we used:
http://www.nomenu.com/Recipe/CharBroiledOysters.html

It worked wonderfully and was quite easy.









Yum!!!

Cheers, RickG

Ok now you are just teasing us!!!! Drago's has the best when it comes to charbroiled oysters!! I bet they were great! I can almost taste them now!

Okay - two things...

Rick...you ARE a mad man, shucking them with no shucking gloves on!

And WHERE is a close up of when they were done???

Oh and just so you know for next year's fest, you can use our pit to show us how good you REALLY can do them.

nothintolose

p.s. I KNEW you would tackle the task!!!

p.p.s. I MISS you guys!!!