Help give me culinary inspiration
Hi all,
I went a little crazy at the grocery store on Sunday and now have a bunch of ingredients, but no real plan. I thought I would come up with one by now, but no such luck. This is what I have:
1 lb pepper steak
1 zucchini
1 small eggplant
1 bunch of leeks
1 container cremini mushrooms
a few shallots
3 white sweet potatoes
garlic
2 crowns of broccoli
red cabbage
1 ear of corn
baby carrots
2 avocados
1 mango
1 lemon
I have an assortment of rice, pasta, oils, vinegars, beans, spices, and other pantry staples.
There might be a few other things, but that's basically it. The only thing I can come up with is a stir fry, but that seems ho-hum. I'm looking for ideas that use up some or all of the ingredients - I'm drawing a blank.
Thanks!!
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14 Comments:
sear the steak, put aside. deglaze pan with wine & saute up some shallots, mushrooms & garlic. If you use white wine then add some capers & dijon. If you use red add some rosemary or herbs. Make a little sauce to top the steak.
do a light "stirfry" with the veggies for your side veggie dish (maybe a bit of garlic, lemon & olive oil)
roast the sweet potatoes or make up some rice with your beans. rice & beans.
mrstkach at 6:54PM on 05/12/09
roasted eggplant, zucchini & leeks .....tossed with olive oil, shallots & garlic
broiled pepper steak with avocado, mango salsa?
pooch at 7:28PM on 05/12/09
I would throw it together in a pot pie. Pie is always a good idea.
pie_maven at 8:30PM on 05/12/09
what is pepper steak?
derosa at 8:47PM on 05/12/09
it's really just steak that is cut into strips (I guess because it is commonly used to make "pepper steak" it is called pepper steak, but I don't know).
NYCEater at 9:32PM on 05/12/09
Some kind of southwestern salad, the avacado and corn witht the steak woudl be great.
missjess at 10:48PM on 05/12/09
Sounds like good quiche guts to me!
MaresyDotes at 12:28AM on 05/13/09
Oil a small baker - grate the zucchini. - whip up a couple of eggs -add the zucchini to the eggs with some grated parmesan cheese
Voila - a frittata.
suegsf at 3:25AM on 05/13/09
Cook a cubed potato wiith some finely chopped shallot. Saute your mushrooms and add to the potato and shallot. Puree and add 1/2 and 1/2/ and reheat. . A wonderful cream soup for a first course. Don't forget salt and pepper. The broccoli will work in that recipe as well.
For a nice side dish, cooked carots simply seasoned with butter, salt and pepper.
suegsf at 3:39AM on 05/13/09
Definitely stir-fry. I like to add just a little soy sauce, chili sauce, and a LOT of plum sauce to mine! Not sure about the mango and avocado though...some kinda of salsa to snack on? That's the Texas girl talking - salsa and heat!
dharmon at 7:53AM on 05/13/09
you could make sweet potato leek soup.
pepper steak, egg plant, zucchini, mushrooms for a kebab.
mango, avocado, lemon, garlic, and roasted corn and you have salsa.
pepper steak, cabbage and you can do egg rolls of a sort if you get some wrappers (or make them I guess)
joeqboo at 8:44AM on 05/13/09
Make a busy stew. or steak with a veggie ragout to top it.
pjracz10 at 3:43PM on 05/13/09
Try to remember what you were thinking when you were shopping. I often see something and bring it home, later on find something to do with it. But no one should tell you what to do with it. Your own imagination needs the exercise.
mymymichl at 8:53PM on 05/13/09
I've been there before, stuck in a rut and only able to come up with combos that seem dull. My advice? Grill those veggies, roast up some garlic and marinate and pan fry the steak. then assemble all into a pizza.
Alternatively all those veggies, broc and corn included could make a delicious slaw of some sort.
BananaMonkey at 10:09PM on 05/13/09