Seafood Chorizo Stew

This was made with the idea of clean up and get out ingredients that needed to go.  Soup or Stew?  You choose.  I doubt I'll ever make it again, but thought I'd write it up, because I'm "covid" bored.  It was a lousy rainy day and soup seemed good.  What I used for it sounded weird even to myself.  A while back I ordered this poke kit.  It turned out, I don't love Albacore tuna for poke, I prefer Ahi.  As I have 2 bags of it left, I tried to figure out what to do with it.  I made some ceviche and it was okay... 

Egg-in-a-Hole Grilled Cheese Sandwich

There's a perfect video of this recipe and is what I watched to make it.  What I used:

Oreo Crust Ice Cream Cake

I had an unopened bag of Oreo cookies.  As it was son's birthday coming up, I decided to use them to make an ice cream cake.  I knew the Oreo crust was ridiculously easy to make.    

Oven Beef Pot Roast with Prunes

I remember this was one of my favorite recipes in the early 90's?  I had the recipe on a newspaper clipping but alas could not find it in my overflowing binder of random food delights to conquer.  I remembered it was with whole pitted prunes, so I made this one up...

Swedish Ham

I ordered a "Swedish Ham" ( raw, mildly salted and cured, boneless, skin-on ham) from my favorite local sausage purveyor.  They always advertise it for "occasion" meals.  They weren't delivering it for Easter week but said I could get it frozen the week after for delivery, so I did.  I had to try it as I've never even heard of it before I saw it on their site.  I got a half ham for $32 which was about 2.2 kg.  They provided cooking instructions in the bag:

Easter Impossible Pie: Dark Chocolate with a Coconut Twist

My neighbor friend sent me this recipe and a picture of how hers turned out suggesting I give it a try.  This seemed right in my son's wheelhouse, so I made it for Easter dessert this year.  Since I like her pie dish so much, I'll show hers, and I'm always so happy when friends send me their food pics.   

Zha Jiang Mian Chinese Spaghetti

I saw chef Ming Tsai make this on food t.v. (childhood favorites) and I knew I had to give it a go.  My only decision was to use ground pork or "Beyond Beef" meat substitute like he did.  In the end I had a pound of organic ground pork in my freezer so I used it.  Plus a pound of "Beyond Meat" costs almost $11 here!  I wasn't expecting to find fermented beans at my regular grocery store, but I did!  What I used:

Stewed Puy French Lentils & Tomatoes

I have a big huge bag of French lentils in the cupboard that could use some love.  I was watching Ina Garten on food t.v. make this and decided it looked good enough to try myself.  She used fennel on the show but I didn't have any today.   I decided to add some feta cheese and a fried egg to finish.  I also served with homemade crusty bread.  What I used:  

Calzone

I would have told you I never made a calzone before tonight, but then I searched my blog and saw I have!  I asked my son if he wanted this or homemade pizza tonight and he said this.  His wish was my command...

Golden Beet, Tomato, Caramelized Onion, Goat Cheese Tarte Tatin

I realize the title of this is a mouthful.  I took out puff pastry and was going to make a pot pie but changed my mind and beet Tarte Tatin became the new plan.  I only had 2 beets though...so I put some onion in as well.  What I came up with: