Thank you. He was a great friend. I know you are a mixologist. We tend now to order gin martinis with lemon twists instead of olives. And we also love bourbon - had a Manhattan at an Italian restaurant in southern CT with my husband’s sister and her husband. It was the most delicious cocktail I’ve ever had. Garnished with an orange slice but also had orange and bitters in it. I ordered a second one!
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Thank you! I thought that the delicata squash season was over, but I was fortunate to find some at Trader Joe’s last week so I bought 5. When I went to TJ’s yesterday they no longer had them. That sounds like a delicious dinner. I love lamb chops.
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Spice rubbed pork tenderloin with roasted carrots, fennel, onions, Fresno chile and garlic. Pan drippings augmented with vermouth and butter. Superfood salad from Freddy’s deli. No, I didn’t buy it, it was given to me. Kale and cherry tomatoes with a dozen other things and a pomegranate blueberry vinaigrette. Old Fashioned and wine. Lovely weather went poof.
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Indian feast at our friends’ house. Many wonderful dishes - dal, biryani, samosas, garlicky broc, cauli with pomegranate, and two birthday cakes for the guest of honor… who actually made one of them, a fabulous Basque cheesecake. Nice to see folks we hadn’t in a long time. A surprise “guest” happened to be a 2-months old kitten our hostess had found when it was just a couple of weeks old. I spent the better part of the evening in the back room playing with him <3
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Good food, drink, memories. Remember the best and forget the rest.
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Home again, first meal cooked is comfort food.
Chinese “clay pot” rice with chicken and black mushrooms, cooked in my baby PC without the weight.
Chicken thighs, rehydrated black mushrooms, onions, and scallions, cut up and marinated for a while. Soaked rice at the bottom, broth, topped with the marinated mixture. Steamed at lowest heat for about half an hour.
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I’ve done it in my Grill Dome. Also duck, and lamb ribsl
After not cooking in what seems like forever because of the loss of the freezer in the garage (and its contents AND most of the downstairs’ fridge-freezer’s contents) I did a quick shop at MB for some ground beef and a whole chicken. I’ll be able to feed the fridge-freezer with a couple of containers of meat sauce I made this afternoon to replace what I lost, and give me plenty of leftovers for work lunches and dinners early next week until I buy a replacement chest freezer.
Tonight: baked penne with meat sauce topped with grated mozzarella, a quick garlic sourdough bread, and a quick salad of romaine, cukes, radishes, red bell pepper, minced red onion, goat cheese, and Target’s honey-mustard dressing.
There was wine.
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I am so sorry for your loss!!! That’s one of my worst nightmares!
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Carnitas tacos with Aldi’s carnitas. Not bad at all. My PIC’s delish margaritas and some homemade guac for starters.
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What a bummer. We stash so much in our chest freezer and bottom freezer drawer. Time and money. So sorry.
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Spicy, pan-roasted chicken thighs, served with a sweet-and-sour glaze made from stock, cider-vinegar, honey and butter. Mashed potatoes. Green beans.
For dessert there will be vanilla pound cake with strawberries.
Spuds, beans and berries from our garden surplus.
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Looks awesome
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Wasn’t too thrilled with leftover rib roast, potatoes, rolls. Who cares after the first night. So this was mainly my dinner. Definitely using dark Karo instead of light from now on.
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We enjoyed an outstanding dinner with some friends at Belford Bistro in Belford, NJ, including an awesome pork chop with gnocchi, string beans, carrots, and blue cheese; tuna; casarecce pasta with chorizo in a kale pesto sauce; caesar salad; crab cake; chicken with mac n cheese; peanut butter mousse and flourless chocolate cake for dessert. It all went great with an excellent Shiraz, Syrah, and cabernet.
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Tonight’s dinner was fried Rice Paper Shrimp & Veggie spring roll. I used up some onions, carrots, celery and mushrooms that were getting old. It was my first time working with rice paper. I got a few tips from “Aaron & Claire” on youtube. Sunshine enjoyed hers with some soy sauce, whereas I preferred them plain. I’ll make some minor adjustments next time.
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Very nice
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We also did Peruvian roasted chicken. Mr Bean wanted sweet potatoes so he roasted some wedges with olive oil, pimenton picante, salt and pepper. I drizzled mine with Peruvian green sauce, one of my favorite condiments of all times.
@MunchkinRedux - Your chicken looks fabulous. Do you have a favorite recipe for Peruvian chicken? I usually use a jarred sauce made by either Inca’s Food or Peru Food. I’m sure mesquite grilling would help mine.
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Last night’s dinner was linguine with zucchini and mint. I added a little dried mint to the oil and garlic in the fry pan instead of garnishing the dish with fresh mint since I didn’t have any.
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That’s an unusual combination @ottawaoperadiva , great to hear of a new-to-me idea for zucchini.
Did you like it?
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