Dinner tonight - or last night.

grilled lamb chops

some scallops in a pan, some tomato sauce with basil and ground pepper, on some whole wheat linguine

zuppe de cozze. Mrs F and I had this prepared for us by the Chef at Northeast Md "MAin Place". It is outstanding. Its a mussles (about 4 dozen per large plate, in a wine and garlicky fennel sauce. Served over garlicky linguini. Cannoli and espresso for dessert.

Sounds good, djjd!

I had something rather similar a few nights ago, minus the tomato sauce. Lotsa garlic, too!

Last night: White cooked chicken (using the Chinese poaching & steeping method) & a few vegies on the side.

Oh drool, farmer! Ooh!

I braised some short ribs, then defatted after chilling the "dutch oven". Delicious - sauteed onions, carrots, chicken stock, sauvignon blanc, parsley, bay, thyme.. eventually peas, barley. I feel a need for some jalapeno, easily solved.

Well, that was today.
Now I'm soaking some black beans..

Just ate and I'm hungry again...for your mussels in wine and fennel.

Kylie's?

Yes!

I did a bit of tinkering with the recipe this time, though. I wanted it a bit more "cooked"!

After clicking on that link mmpasta, I decided on a chicken/artichoke/mushroom dish, light sauce (whipping cream or white wine), over a bed of,....of ling,...angel,.....hm, still deciding pasta type. Ceasar salad.

Never poached anything, besides a golf ball.

Last time I steamed a group of mussels, I unshelled, set aside, thickened steaming broth, added mussels back, and enjoyed as soup.

chicken soup.

(no canned broth for stuffing after all, i'm bored)

Last night was a rare improv success. I had made some spicy mashed sweet potatoes for t-giving (yum!) and I had leftover Thai red curry paste and coconut milk from that, as well as some remaining sweet potatoes. I dumped the coconut milk (maybe a cup and a half) in my big stock pot, then added 2-3 teaspoons of the paste and combined. Then I added some water because it didn't seem like enough and I thought the water would boil off with what I had planned (it did). I put in about 5 cloves of garlic, minced. Added some kosher salt later.

Put in a bunch of cubed sweet potatoes and regular potatoes and brought to a boil and then let simmer/ boil gently for about half an hour. It was really good! Savory and flavorful, with a nice sauce.

Hey that sounds good, soz! It's great when you "go creative" & it works out so well.

Me, I made (getting out the cookbook to get this right ) "Boeuf bourguignon" ... or beef casserole, if I'm not trying to impress! It was actually very good .. probably because the beef was marinated (in red wine with garlic cloves & fresh thyme) for nearly a day in the fridge before cooking. Then very slowly cooked in the oven with bacon, onions & mushrooms.

for dinner tonight

just put a beef stew into the slow cooker

sorted the little potatoes out of and and cut into quarters

some chopped

an chopped

a chopped

two chopped

browned

, and

4 cups and 4 cups

on low until about 6 pm, mmmmm

Pictures. Colored pictures.
Not undecided still.

forgot, add some pearl barley about 3 pm to thicken

I made some fabulous soup tonight, if I do say so myself. I started by roasting some cauliflower florets. While that was in the oven, I sweated some onion, carrot and celery in a little butter and olive oil. Added some garlic, curry and cumin. Once it all started smelling yummy, I added some peeled and cut up potatoes. Poured in some chicken and veggie broths and simmered until the potatoes were done. I blitzed all that with a stick blender until it was velvety. By then the cauliflower was done. I added that to the soup and ate it.