I roasted some HUGE beets from my last CSA box, but not sure what I’m going to do with them.
I always like them with goat cheese and candied nuts, so I might try that if I can muster some motivation.
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Actrip on a Saturday to my local Hsnnaford resulted in both Near East Rice Pilaf box mixes and frozen peas, which I haven’t found for about 10 weeks. It’s the little things that can make me happy. 
A Vemont maple-pepper dry rub (from Trade Wind Farms), olive oil, lime juice, lots of additional cracked black pepper, and minced garlic was shaken together and poured over a fat boneless pork chop to marinate for several hours in the fridge.
The chop was taken out about 30 minutes before cooking, and grilled on a grill pan for about 3 minutes on each side over medium heat, finishing in the oven.
A big-ass sweet potato was peeled and steamed until tender, then mashed with butter, heavy cream, sour cream, s/p, and freshly grated nutmeg.
Brussels sprouts were halved, tossed wih olive oil, s/p, garlic powder and dried orange peel and roasted in the convection toaster oven for about 15 minutes at 425°. I poured in about 1/4 cup dry white wine, covered with foil, and finished roasting.
It was YUM. Yeah. There was wine. Like Duh.
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OMG that looks amazing! may have to replicate soon…
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this pork chop looks so luscious…
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i love that combo.
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Mr Bean went out sea bass fishing for the first time this season. The Sprout made his fish mask in honor of the trip. They caught their limit. I made ceviche as the fish could not have been fresher.
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Tomorrow would have been my dad’s birthday (and a month from now is the 3rd anniversary of his passing). This is a tough time of year for me but I’ll try to just lift a glass and toast all the good memories, and there are lots of them. Sometimes, it feels like just yesterday while others it feels a lifetime away. So here’s his favorite drink (and mine): a gin martini, straight up, with an olive.
Dinner was a slow-cooker pork loin in a cranberry dijon gravy with mashed potatoes. No pics. While it tastes very good, it photographs like hell.
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We had some outstanding takeout from one of our favorite restaurants, Bistro D’Azur in South Orange. This was actually the last restaurant we dined in before the lockdown 2 months ago. We enjoyed NY Strip steak au poivre with an herbaceous pink peppercorn demi glace, crispy Spanish chips, sautéed spinach, garlic confit, foraged mushrooms; excellent lobster crepe with huge chunks of lobster; mushroom and asparagus risotto; mahi mahi, and lemon meringue for dessert. It all went great with an awesome Chateauneuf Du Pape.
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Damn . Can I say that . I love beets .
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Lifting a glass to you and your dad. Cin-cin!
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Sister and I had a sort of odd mix of foods for dinner tonight: A small kurubota pork shoulder she spit-roasted in her oven, just salt as the seasoning, conservas de navajas from Spain (canned razor clams), fresh burrata with black summer truffle pieces (amazing), a sweet baguette, and butter. Super rich, and very good.
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@mariacarmen, here’s a link to the Ottolenghi recipe for charred cherry tomatoes that inspired my dish. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/23/tomato-recipes-salad-red-onion-chickpea-chinese-ginger-yoghurt-yotam-ottolenghi
I found the treatment to be agreeably riffable. As in: I didn’t have the spices and herbs called for and we were still happy. I subbed ground cumin instead of cumin seeds, Korean chili flakes instead of Urfa, and crumbled dried Greek oregano instead of thyme and fresh oregano. Also omitted lemon strips.
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Thank you!
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A classic! Love the bowl.
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I haven’t posted much recently. Have had some health issues beating me down. A hernia pressing on my intestines making eating no fun. But recently has been better. Surgery on the schedule just not soon enough in this pandemic
As it was a good day. dinner was grouper, sweet potato and corn
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Looks good, and be well!
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