Time for my annual pilgrimage to Joseph’s Delicatessen in Spring Lake to pick up the ingredients for St Joseph’s Pasta.
This traditional Sicilian sauce is made with sardines, fennel, and raisins. I add extra sautéed onions. As far as I know, the sauce is always served over bucatini and sprinkled with toasted bread crumb (representing saw dust). I served it with a side of fresh fennel roasted with Meyer Lemon because you can never have too much fennel.
I love the fennel fronds on top!
This looks amazing, @MsBean! Fwiw, I just had a great fennel FROND and sausage pizza at Medusa last week… there may be a few pieces in my freezer for fennel frond emergencies. 
@heidicooksandbakes Thanks. The food is delicious but not at all photogenic. I thought a little color would help.
@CurlzNJ That pizza sounds yummy. And you are smart to have kept some for an F F emergency.
Last night Mrs. P made beer can chicken. Tonight, with the leftovers, she made chicken tostadas. Below are links to both posts from the main ‘what’s for dinner’ thread, along with pictures and more details.
how did you make the chicken? was it oven, grill? I’ve only made it on grill, would love to know if it works indoors too?
Looks amazing
Thanks Mr. Met! It was made in the oven. It was baked at 350 for 2 hours.
With our final beer can chicken leftovers Mrs. P made a deconstruced chicken taco. The pictures and details are in the link below on the main ‘what’s for dinner’ thread.
On the verge of joining a gym after a successful week-long free trial. I am not dieting, but still trying to make better decisions when I can. This was lunch the other day. A veggie burger from Aldi (delicious, and only 90 calories) on naan with a mixture of hummus and spinach. Filling, fresh, and healthy. Everything pictured is from Aldi now that I think of it.
How do you find aldi lidl so far? I like aldi but it’s a bit depressing there. I feel like lidl has bigger selection and more specialty stuff too and produce seems to be much better esp on organic end.
Chicken again tonight … floor style
I dropped the whole damn serving platter on the kitchen floor chicken, vegetables and potatoes
I’ll spare you the carnage photos… the only thing that survived was the skin, which I had removed before carving
I’ve been going to Aldi for a lot longer than Lidl. I would say quality-wise, Aldi is superior. They have some name brands at good prices in addition to brands you’ve never heard of. The meat and vegetables appear to be fresher. It does not have the inviting “pop” that Lidl has, but I do enjoy shopping there. I love Lidl’s bakery, though. You can smell the breads and pastries baking across the whole store.
One major problem I had with Lidl was the bottled water. It was bitter. Had two cases to get through and it was just tough to swallow. Packs of 24 for $2.59, as opposed to around $4 elsewhere. However, I discovered Aldi’s brand bottled water is $1.69. An unbeatable price and it tastes fresh. I stock up when I go.
I ran into a friend of mine at the Hazlet Lidl yesterday. I think he’s one of the managers. I just had to ask him about how their prices are so low. He paused and said, “We have a LOT of write-offs when stuff comes in.” I did not press him further but it did scare me on the meat. A lot of their stuff is the cast-offs from the major companies and sold under smaller labels. Hell, they had filet mignon for $4.99 a steak last week. Not per pound, per steak. Produce is produce. I can pick it up and smell/feel it, but I will be avoiding meats from there. Packaged/frozen goods are also fine. He swears by their frozen Chinese food.
Never had a problem with anything at Aldi except the ridiculous lines (and no self check-out). Literally a line winds around the store and they just have one register open. My blood pressure goes up when I’m done shopping.
OUCH. Have you not heard of the 5-second rule?!?
Does Aldi still have the filet wrapped in bacon? Many years ago we used to buy those for the weekend parties when I was young, dumb and full of energy 
DH is having 5 seconds for lunch tomorrow
I’ve been eating those veggie burgers a lot actually. They are really good and way cheaper than my beloved Dr. Pragers.
And second on the Lidl. I find myself doing my main shopping here. I have been treating it like a challenge each week as I have been coming up with meals while I shop.
A moment of silence for your fallen bird…
Interesting about the meat. I haven’t really bought much meat here (don’t tell my family but I am trying to cut way back on meat). I didn’t like the salmon but the organic chicken was the same or better than shoprite (price about the same).
