Instant Pot: Curry Beef Brisket

I had beef brisket in the freezer which I thawed overnight.  I remembered I had made Chinese curry beef in my crock pot and I didn't love it.  I haven't made it since.  I decided to try again in the Instant Pot.  Would this be an easy, delicious weeknight dinner???

Death By Chocolate Pie

This was dessert for my son tonight.  I had intended to make it for Thanksgiving, but ran out of steam...  I had all the ingredients so wanted to do it before the cream went bad.  I made the crust and the filling the night before as there is a long period of time that it needs to set.

Thanksgiving Leftover Turkey Casserole

Ugh - this was the LAST of the turkey.  I was getting rid of it, and that was that!  This is my own creation.  I wanted mushrooms.  Mmmm, mushrooms sounded great to me!  More turkey, not so much, haha.

French Lentil Salad with Lemon Tahini Dressing

My son and I were out for Happy Hour at this Greek place.  We tried this lentil salad below.  When it arrived, it didn't look promising - not the most attractive dish, but its taste blew us away.  We gobbled it all up.  I had to try and recreate it at home.  This became Friday night dinner...

Thanksgiving Leftover Sliders

Well I was excited when I saw a local grocery store selling King's Hawaiian Rolls.  My co-worker would get them in Washington state for me on occasion but it was nice to see them available in Canada.  $3.99 for 12 at Save On Foods.

Thanksgiving Turkey Soup

I've already posted about this soup previously.  Because I am giving this to a few people, I thought I'd post how I made it this time.  I made the stock the day before and let it cool in the fridge so I could skim the fat off.  It was made with the neck, bones, bay leaves, parsley, rosemary, thyme, savory, onion, carrot, celery,  cayenne pepper and S&P.  I simmered it for 8 hours and strained it through cheesecloth.

Thanksgiving Challah Bread, Sausage, Sage & Dried Cherry Stuffing (...and the rest of dinner)

Every year I like to try new stuffing recipes and this time I was inspired by this one.  I made it my own though but did use the main ingredients.  I go to this bakery by my office which only makes Challah Bread on Fridays.  I ran over at early coffee break as it often sells out by lunch. This post is a bit of a mess, it's over two days and turkey day I was scrambling and not as organized as I would have liked...

Steamed Korean Eggplant (Gaji-namul)

A friend was talking about my "smashed cucumber" post and said she does this with eggplant and gave me her recipe (which I edited to my liking).  She said she thinks it's better with eggplant.  I was intrigued, so decided to give it a try, though it took me a long while to find the eggplant at the grocery store, but I finally did.  I had them in the crisper for a few days and they lost some quality in there, so it was good I used them up today!

Blueberry Buckle

Courtesy of Alton Brown, I made this for my son.  It's supposed to be one of Alton's best recipes.  I should have made this when blueberries were abundant here and fresh from the farms.  I found his measurements confusing and when googling it to convert to cups, I got different results, however, this was my best guess at it...

Roasted Rack of Lamb with Garlic & Herbs

Well this is special for dinner, isn't it?  Costco had a good deal on frenched lamb racks ($4 off) so that's what was on the plate this evening.