I hate when I try a new recipe for something I’ve made just fine before and it backfires. Such was tonight - Epicurious done me wrong. I know exactly how to make a gravy, and I also know it has no place in chicken piccata. I’m not really a fan of gravies anyway, so why the hell did i proceed? Where was my brown-buttery, light, lemony, caper sauce? Converted into gloop! FEH.
Alongside to save the day were the TJs fresh peas/onion/pancetta I made yesterday, and the BF’s roasted garlic potatoes.
Last night we shared this huge bone in porterhouse from the FM. Sorry for the raw meat pic, no one had a camera on hand when it came off the grill. Grilled with salt, then added pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice after it was off the grill. Sides were sautéed spinach and wine.
Tonight was a random chicken salad to use up a bunch of frig stuff, romaine, cilantro, tomatoes (raw and roasted), carrots, cheddar cheese, and some mustard marinated chicken. Plus wine.
Looks good to me, but I’ll “Feh” with you.
Feh!
Working on a salmon salad,
with leftover “New” (in '89) Basics Pacific Northwest Grilled Salmon.
Ideas I want to remember and acknowledge
I’m meticulous but can’t/won’t follow recipes. I cook by instinct. Always read the recipes and decide if they make sense to me. Recipes are only for ideas, in the end I do it my way.
Let them know it didn’t work for you. Maybe others have had the same experience.
Am I really the only one wondering “where IS that???”…Oh, I see…Spiekeroog, Germany. 
Tonight - sea bass.
Basically this recipe, although we’ll be using fillets rather than a whole fish. With rice.
Asking the real questions! I like it! I’ve always wondered this too!
I made a sausage/mix mushroom/onion/tomato/pasta concoction yesterday between work calls. Surprisingly, very tasty for lack of planning and attention. Cooking while working is not something I do often but sometimes it is needed. Yesterday, I had a late call and wouldn’t be able to lead that, make dinner and keep the little one busy. Just glad I did it and didn’t do takeout!
Very sage observation. At some point, we need to look at a recipe and say, “That’s NOT what I want to eat!” and go our own way.
My annoyance is the recipe that instructs you to do one thing and a accompanying picture that cannot possibly be the result of those instructions. I.e., cooking a piece of meat IN a sauce then showing unsauced meat sitting ATOP the sauce in the photo. Dang stylists!
Never apologize for this!
The first recipe? Sounds very good
I cook the same way, usually. I just thought I’d try something different, but I should have known when they had me make a roux.
that looks delicious!
I feel you. Did the same last week, couldn’t bring myself to finish the leftovers till last night!
luckily i only made two little thighs, so all that was leftover was the gravy. i have no problem tossing it if the BF doesn’t eat it!
What’s the verdict? Do you have a link? Looks fun!
It looks really good 
