Making a note of this to try when DH is away. He loves salmon but has a mortal dread of mustard. I would not have thought of this combo but I am sure I will love it!
Well it’s so simple you could make it (en papillote) with the mustard in yours but not in his.
I’m the queen of picky eating - my own and other people’s 
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Made it! I plated it over a spinach-arugula mix. I added eggplant and beans and omitted the bell pepper (didn’t have any).
I found it necessary to drain off the veggie liquid several times and to broil the veggies to get them really toasty. I also jacked up the heat to 475° to get the chicken crispier.
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No frills tonight: chicken sausage and some horseradish cheddar kettle chips. Not pictured was some grilled zucchini.
Was just mom and I tonight. We ate while watching a documentary on Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition (I’ve always had an interest in it), which called for a nip of this special Scotch I picked up last year. Not bad for a “novelty” Scotch.
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Day 3 of roughly the same meal, slightly tweaked 
Bengali mustard fish (salmon) - I went whole hog this time with the proper recipe rather than the shortcut. Soaked mustard seeds and poppy seeds for the paste, with some coconut added. Panch phoron (bengali 5 spice) for tempering. (Yes, yes - I always have all the ingredients - I’m just lazy.)
Rest of meal was leftover from yesterday - cauliflower with peas and dal cooked with assorted vegetables. Plus rice.
Really good - more creamy than the shortcut because of the poppy seeds and coconut.
BUT. I’m sticking with the shortcut next time 
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That sounds great.
Thanks so much. I will definitely try it!
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Tarragona until Friday and a relaxing drive home to Barcelona. My parents and inlaws shall spend the weekend and then go home to Northern Empordà on the Capes. We had some extraordinary Basque ecological beef … Similar to how we prepare at home.
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I have always been tempted to say the same, and didn’t want to overstep. I understand the joy of cooking for family. However, this appears to be an adult son who is always bringing home a crowd. CCJ you are already opening your house to him. Why can’t he cook for his friends and for you, instead of the other way around?
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@ccj From here it seems like cooking and delicious food are your love language (very familiar to me) and my guess is, it’s all a labor of love. But do let him take care of you, too!
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Singapore noodles are trending. I made it tonight based loosely on Serious Eats’ recipe. Sides were spicy smacked cucumber salad and miso-roasted “Japanese style” butternut squash. Truth is, I made this with eggplant but incinerated it in the broiler, so started over with squash.
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Thanks for advise. We had always welcomed his friends but them coming every weekend is getting to be disturbing. They typically sail to Solomons Island and camp out on the beach or sleep in the boat for a night and return on a Sunday. I do not mind them sleeping over when they return and giving them breakfast the next morning because I do not want them to have an accident driving back to Va or DC but it is when they stay for 2 or 3 days, that I get very upset as I like to have my privacy. I do stay upstairs but they go to powder room, go in and out of various doors and I just have problem keeping track of which doors and which lights are on I also hate the fact that so many beer cans are around, and they never seem to finish drinking it to the last drop! . Yes, they enjoy the fact that there is an indoor heated pool but I do not like people brining drinks into my pool either. They also like paddling and having out on the pier but to often is sometimes disturbing
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I don’t want to overstep at all. Please tell me to butt out and I will. I have 2 sons 19 and 15. As they got older it became very important for us to establish boundaries of what we would do for them and what they needed to do for themselves. If we didn’t, they would take everything we were willing to give.
I don’t believe your son would be happy knowing your feelings that you have described. Kids don’t like feeling like they are taking advantage of their parents, and sometimes are just so wrapped up in their lives that they don’t realize it. Especially if you don’t say anything. I would have a chat with him. It sounds like perhaps some boundaries and expectations might be helpful.
That’s all. I promise I won’t say another word! Good luck with all of it.
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As Rob Thomas sings at the beginning of Santana’s “Smooth”, “Man, it’s a hot one…” It hit 96° in Boston today. 
So of course I decide on a sheet pan dinner that requires turning the oven to 400°. 
I turned UP the A/C to make it not so unbearable in the house.
I combined two recipes found online and came up with a respectable dinner: big-ass b/s chickie boobie cut in half lengthwise, put on a large rimmed baking sheet with a cut up yellow potato and green beans. Everything was sprayed with cooking spray, then the chicken and potatoes were sprinkled with a combo of minced fresh rosemary, thyme, parsley, garlic powder, paprika, dried orange peel, and s/p.
The chicken had a “sauce” of melted butter, honey, garlic powder, and s/p drizzled over it, and into the oven to cook for about 35 minutes, turning the chicken once and tossing the potatoes in the melted “sauce” in the pan.
Not bad, and there was wine, 'cause Thursday. And crazy last minute stuff to do at work. But mostly Thursday.
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We had to get a new oven recently (Gaggenau), and it’s so well insulated that it doesn’t heat up the kitchen when we use it.
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Definitely out of my price point, but a new stovetop/oven is on my wish list.
Here in Switzerland eveything is too expensive. But we can purchase these things in Germany. The German firms bring the products, install them, and take away the old stuff, at no extra cost. In Switzeland, in addition to the higher purchase price, all other services would cost extra.
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You are a saint! I realize that generosity runs in your veins, but the flip side of that is gratitude, which I’m sure your son’s guests feel but are so enveloped by your hospitality that they forget that they are not at home…with their beer cans, noise and coming and going. Our son is well out of the house with his own family, and I love having them at our home for food or stayovers. BUT I have recently had the “we are getting (GOT) old” conversation with him. I like a day or so notice for dinners or outdoor picnics, will cook but love someone else to “wait table”, especially when the back stairs to yard are involved. It’s a flattering surprise that our kids don’t notice that we have aged. One grand-kid asked, “Ama, are you old?” I answered, “Very!” Another asked, “Ama, are you rich?” I answered, “I have you and your sister and brother, plus your Daddy and your Mom. Yes, I am VERY rich.”
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