A dinner-sized/type of meal but eaten between lunch and dinner…I guess I could call it “linner”. I had “drunken meatloaf” at the Serrano Vista Café at the Palms Hotel here in Las Vegas (my sister gets comp meals there hence me going there fairly often…)
Here’s the menu description: “Meatloaf made with applewood bacon, caramelized onion, mashed potatoes, rainbow carrots, roasted squash, red wine gravy.”
I was leery of ordering this, but risked it because I’ve only had beef once or twice since I arrived here in Sin City a month ago (how time flies!)
I was VERY happily surprised at how good it was! The bacon was wrapped around the thick slice of meatloaf and the mashed potatoes were light and airy. I tend not to like alcohol in cooking, but I never even noticed it. I’ll likely be back at this restaurant and wouldn’t hesitate to order this again.
And since I only eat 2 meals a day (breakfast and dinner), I won’t be eating another meal today.
BF made me a giant salad for dinner, with some sauteed squash, and he had leftovers from the freezer - the SE chicken chile verde I made earlier this week, with added squash.
Quick stew with kielbasa, kidney and great northern beans, red and yellow peppers, potatoes, onion, garlic, scallions, jalapeño, sambal oelek and vegetable broth
My dad forever remembered the pork chop he ate at Mustard’s. Me? I couldn’t tell you what I ate at the same meal it was good, though. (Either steak or lamb chops, because we would have shared and those were his other two cravings.)
Yay! My PIC finally turned a corner & slept through the night! He even had the energy to drive around town shopping for tonight’s dinner & tomorrow’s movie night for my ladies
Having slacked mightily on our ONE resolution for 2024, tonight will finally be a new recipe from…. you guessed it, the NYT! I was in the mood for ‘my’ crispy spicy chicken tenders, but remembered their recent recipe for chili crisp chicken, so I picked up thin sliced chicken breasts instead. Salad on the side (as ever), possibly more smashed potatoes bc they were sofa king good yesterday, plus they’re great vehicles for the never-ending green sauce
ChristinaM
(Hungry in Asheville, NC (still plenty to offer tourists post Hurricane))
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We spent the week in St. Augustine and ate pretty well but didn’t cook much. Breakfasts were mostly assembled (yogurt with granola, HB egg sandwiches, roadside diners), and we cooked one campfire meal: cheddar wieners in brioche buns, tomato salad, grilled asparagus, and (doctored) bagged kale and pepita salad with poppy seed dressing.
Tonight, after arriving back home, I needed to use up some of the provisions we didn’t end up using on our trip – ground beef and chicken, produce, and some eggs. I made a vaguely Asian meatloaf (soy sauce, scallion, onion, egg, ginger, garlic, homemade breadcrumbs, etc.) topped with a blend of teriyaki glaze, ketchup, and Sriracha. Served with takeout rice from the freezer, cucumber salad, and flashed broccoli. Hit the spot and felt good to cook finally. I discovered the cat slept on the table while we were gone after I took this photo
Well, this one’s a dud. The recipe has you combine the egg wash with the marinade, rendering it far more liquid than viscous, which made it harder for the panko to stay on (pictured is the one cutlet that came out perfectly). Apart from the fall-off-the meat crispiness , it was also rather one-note: very salty, with just a hint of heat.
We soldiered through 1.5 cutlets each with the help of a squeeze of lemon and green sauce… bc green sauce solves everything. No need to make this one again, and I now regret wasting a gift link on it. Lesson learned.
Glad I didn’t make potatoes bc this was also really filling for some reason - didn’t even finish the salad.
Friday’s usual became Saturday’s dinner, because we had a catered breakfast from our PR company on Friday morning. And after that and lunch, I wasn’t hungry for dinner on Friday night!
Marinated some steak tips in a recipe I made up back in the 1980s when I started out on my own: red wine, teriyaki sauce, honey, spicy brown mustard, Worcestershire sauce, dried minced onion, garlic powder, dried thyme, oregano and parsley, and freshly ground pepper (I used Aleppo this time).
Grilled on the grill pan; finished in the oven.
Sides were a baked tater with TPSTOB&SC and a salad: red leaf lettuce, shaved carrots, sliced cukes and radishes, Nature Sweet Glory baby tomatoes, chopped red bell peppers, Wegmans’ Scottish cheddar cheese (REALLY GOOD!), and slivers of red onion, all tossed with Ken’s Peppercorn Ranch dressing.
I had “drunken meatloaf” at the Serrano Vista Café at the Palms Hotel here in Las Vegas (my sister gets comp meals there hence me going there fairly often…)
it was good, though. (Either steak or lamb chops, because we would have shared and those were his other two cravings.)
, it was also rather one-note: very salty, with just a hint of heat.
