So what's for dinner?

Wow - nobody's eaten in nearly 2 week?!

I'm cooking lamb shanks tonight, probably this way with sweet potatoes.

It's my birthday today, so in a bit we're heading to a new Chinese restaurant for xiao long bao/soup dumplings and other tasty treats!

Happy B-day RedRajah!!

Today, I'll have leftovers, Tex Mex.

So, besides the xiao long bao, we had smashed cucumbers with garlic, Shanghai pan fried noodles and spicy duck neck. Right now, we're having leftover almond-butter cake with chocolate ganache.

Last night, I made radicchio pie from "Bitter: A Taste of the World's Most Dangerous Flavor, with Recipes" by Jennifer McLagan

I had grand plans of using some leftover chicken to make stir fry, but then I counted the days that the chicken has been in the fridge. Plan B - Kraft Dinner with wieners.

I was planning on spaghetti, jar sauce and two frozen meatballs but then I discovered that the parmesan cheese is moldy. 16 mile drive to the grocery-- went yesterday so no way and Monterrey Jack on pasta--even with bottled sauce--is too barbarian even for me. Right now it looks like a choice between meatballs and mashed potatoes or Ragu over rice w/ meatballs. --s6

Mince stew. As in: minced beef; onions; celery; leek; carrot; potato; chopped sundried toms and green beans in stock mixed with a bit of good tomato puree. I didn't have any red wine to throw in but at least there were mixed herbs in the cupboard. Nice and quick - once it's brought to boil on the hob, stick it in the oven for 40 min and done.

With 4 kids and almost every evening booked up, I favour quick-and-simple-if-boring food the time for delicate or complex cooking will come ;-)

I'm thinking Black Bean and Cilantro-Lime Rice Tacos(or burritos) with chips and homemade salsa and guacamole.

Justobuddies said:

I'm thinking Black Bean and Cilantro-Lime Rice Tacos(or burritos) with chips and homemade salsa and guacamole.

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Oh hai. I think I know what I'm doing next time it's taco night.

The secret is chili powder and diced jalapenos in the beans while they cook. Also, an automatic rice cooker.

Coconut milk, green curry paste, sweet potatos, carrots, homegrown green onions, garlic, salt, and now I realize there's no limes in the house so I gotta go out.

Clearing out the freezer today-- found a nice steak that had been lurking in the frozen vegetable bin. Salad with pomegranate garnish. Working outside this p.m., clearing off flower beds, so I may add a handful of baked French fries if I am starving. A little cheap wine because this time change always keeps me up late. --s6

Looking at making this scallop dish tonight.

Lamb chops (broiled), onion rings and salad. Very tasty.

Hoagie with extra hot sauce.

Corned beef, cabbage, and carrots. Cooked in beer. Yeah!

Chicken picatta

Wife Soup with cornbread.

Went out for tapas to a newish place that's definitely getting my return business. We had 4 dishes: a flatbread with beets, avocado & olive oil, tuna ceviche with diced mango, cilantro, jalapeño & lime (very pretty presentation in a martini glass with long slices of crisp fried plantain as garnish), shrimp in yummy garlic sauce, and dates stuffed with goat cheese, wrapped in bacon, drizzled with orange-ginger sauce, on a stick. When we were ordering, we anticipated maybe adding another dish later, or possibly dessert. Turns out the dates WERE dessert, for us at least. And the sangria was potent. They have an attractive patio for nice weather. I plan to use it, when it finally stops snowing

Freezer roulette...

I must have thought it was worth keeping when I put it in there (c:


(turned out to be a very tasty and very spicy lentil curry)

An average veal Marsala and an overly burnt creme brulee for dessert. :-/

My mother-in-law treated us to dinner last night at one of her favorite restaurants. Great scenery, it's been around for 90 years -- but the food is just eh.

And tonight was moo yang, a lovely grilled pork dish with sticky rice at one of our local Thai places.

Homemade "cheese bombs" (take a cube of cheese, wrap in burger-type sheet cheese, put in flour, egg yolk, bread crumbs twice, fry) and beef with local cider.

It isn't the best thing for one's arteries, but come on, I've been eating chicken breasts, soup and vegetables for the last 8 days.