Last night’s dinner was roasted vegetables, again. Sunshine and I found some peppers and tomatoes on clearance at our local grocery store. Sunshine asked me if I could make that vinegar roasted vegetable dish (Glen and Friends Cooking) but with peppers this time. I said “Sure” and picked up an eggplant to go with our “clearance” vegetables. I served the veggies over basmati rice (cooked with curry powder). It was quite good and we both enjoyed our dinner.
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Spring vegetable and clam nage. It’s hard to tell, but there’s shaved asparagus and radishes under the clams, along with some Mexican oregano, mint, shallots and garlic. I often keep notes on what I make, and on this recipe I wrote “Good, but too fussy.” That must have been a few years and a few even fussier dishes ago, because this time it seemed like no big deal.
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I had a GIANT carnitas quesadilla for lunch, so a light dinner of popcorn (and wine!). There’s still half a quesadilla in the fridge if I get hungry later!
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Both meals sound good to me!
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Haircut Day.
And we know what that means.
It’s also Wegmans Scallop Day.
The guy behind the fish counter picked out 5 lovely LARGE coral or almost coral-colored sea scallops for me.
Pan-seared in butter and olive oil with s/p, served on Israeli couscous with a lemon-pistachio gremolata sprinkled on top, with steamed asparagus alongside.
More Bertrand Cote des Roses rosé in the glass.
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The straw 
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This would make a perfect cover for Food & Wine.
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I missed the straw - I was focused on the slinky. Haven’t seen one of those in years!
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Dinner last night was shrimp salad for two (with leftovers) Inspo from @BeefeaterRocks, went with what we had. Asparagus, scallion, cuke, pepperoncini, romaine, iceberg and HB eggs. Shrimp seasoned with dry jerk and Old Bay Seasoning. Too lazy to make Cajun blend. Punted on the 1000 Island dressing I usually make due to being out of chili sauce. Used Mayo, ketchup, half sharp paprika, and granulated roasted garlic. A bit of horseradish too. Added finely minced bread & butter pickles, and minced onion. Really good, and dinner suited the weather.
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Beautiful salad - I want to start eating like that. It’s been unseasonably cold here the past week or so. We’re still in pasta, stew and mashed potato weather.
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I hope your weather hurries and warms up soon. I can’t tell you how many cold/chilly May’s and June’s we’ve had, sometimes til mid July! But we’re enjoying it while we can. Thank you for the salad compliment too, also about the cat.
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Asparagus pizza with fresh basil and oregano. A garlicky bechamel for sauce and three cheeses: parm, fresh mozz, low-moisture mozz. Served up with spring lettuces in vinaigrette.
Everything green on the plate from the garden.
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I made NY strip steaks, tater tots, and Italian cucumber vinaigrette. A bit too much red wine but a fun night.
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I started my pre- birthday celebration on the right foot with an outstanding dinner at James on Main in Hackettstown, NJ. My actual 65th! birthday is on the 24th. We enjoyed black pepper and rosemary crusted lamb chops with basil gnocchi, English peas, and locally foraged morel mushrooms; crispy pork belly and chestnut mushrooms with gochujang BBQ sauce; tuna poke; strawberry salad; frito misto with fried calamari and rock shrimp with meyer lemon remoulade; duckleg confit; truffled fries. For dessert we had an awesome chocolate semifreddo with citrus creme anglaise and pecan toffee crunch. It all went great with an excellent cabernet and red blend.
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Just the tastiest looking plate I have seen recently 
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You are certainly off to a good start - Happy Birthday! And many more! 
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Happy Birthday! Looks like a great start to your celebration.
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