Category: SND Meals
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Thanksgiving Feast
Another Thanksgiving another feast in San Francisco. All of us SNDsters are transplants from the East coast or Midwest and we avoid traveling during Thanksgiving. Instead, we celebrate turkey day by hanging out and cooking at Jane and Mark’s place. It’s typically an eclectic pot luck with friends who also don’t have family in the…
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South Indian Dosas
In case you are new to dosas, they are South Indian crêpes and are considered a breakfast dish, but can be eaten at any meal. The batter is made from rice and dal, blended with water and fermented overnight. To make a dosa, the batter is ladled over a greased griddle and spread into a…
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Curry Cauliflower Soup with Honey
It’s a simple puree of roasted cauliflower and onions with a touch of curry powder and cayenne pepper. Our version of the soup is a golden brown color due to the slightly caramelized onions. We’d rather have the extra flavor from the browned onions than to try to keep it a creamy cauliflower color.
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Oysters and Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs
The frankfurters were stuffed with mustard, ketchup, cheese, onions and sauerkraut, then wrapped with bacon! I usually don’t like sauerkraut on my dogs, but I didn’t mind it this time. Who’s not going to like a bacon-wrapped hot dog on a toasted bun?!?
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Pork, Pasta and Strawberry Cream Cake
After a weekend filled with Korean BBQ, Hawaiian, Chinese and Burmese food, I was wondering what to make for Sunday night dinner. Thankfully, Jane texted me Sunday morning stating that dinner was at her place. Her brother, Garry, was planning on making a slow-roasted pork shoulder and his wife, Karen, was making a strawberry cream…
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More Spaghetti Bolognese
Jeff made the spaghetti bolognese and used this simple bolognese sauce recipe by Giada De Laurentiis. It’s an easy recipe that requires minimal prep time and ingredients. Compared to Michael Chiarello’s bolognese sauce that Hungry Bear made in August
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Singapore Rice Noodles
In Singapore, it is common to catch the intoxicating aroma of curry in the air. Almost every restaurant serves mai fun — rice vermicelli or rice sticks — stir-fried with curry powder, baby shrimp, scallions, celery and Chinese mushrooms, for this is one of Singapore’s most famous dishes.
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Thai Green Curry with Braised Chicken
This past Sunday, Hungry Bear and I had friends over for Sunday Nite Dinner. We wanted to make a simple, one-pot cooking dish. Hungry Bear suggested one of her favorite meals, Thai green curry with chicken. It’s been awhile since we made green curry, so it sounded good.
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Vietnamese Banh Cuon
Vietnamese banh cuon are soft rice-flour crepes typically filled with pork and mushrooms. The crepes are traditionally served for breakfast/brunch but we enjoy it any time we can. Hungry Bear and I made banh cuon this past Lunar New Year, and they were a big hit with our friends. If you skip the cha lua…
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Sunday Nite Dinner 