That is definitely one of the most interesting menus I’ve seen in a while. I wish I was closer to SF. Thanks for posting.
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After a lazy, early evening float down the crick in the boonies, neither of us felt like cooking much of anything, so an Aldi 4-cheese Chicago deep dish came to the rescue. We topped it with leftover pernil we were sent home with from the Labor Day party, which I’d crisped up in the pan. The pernil was the best part of that … pizza-ish thing. I basically just ate the pork with the scooped out cheese & tomato sauce. The crust was terrible 
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Yes… I was trying to lower Sunshine’s cholesterol with meat-less meals and more legumes, etc. She told me she began to dread dinner and eating became torture. So, I went back to “mostly” regular meals with a meat, starch and vegetable.
Sunshine continued she wanted to enjoy her life and her meals and if it shortened her life, so be it. I went back to cooking the meals (and desserts) she likes.
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A spatchcocked roast chicken is the best! I think this was the first one I made … I was so happy I texted the photo to all my friends. They have remained friends.
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A key element to enjoying a night out. I don’t want to be rushed.
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I’m going to say that that crust looks weird. Like it was put in a form with a side seam? LOL
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I’m not yuuge on deep dish in the first place, but this was like a (bad) pie crust. Nope.
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What a creative and unusual menu. It was fun to experience it vicariously.
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Cook once eat twice doesn’t always work as smoothly, but we had exactly the same dinner as last night and finished everything: Roast chicken, schmaltzy rice and potatoes, tomato salad. Mostly white meat left for tonight — and no skin, because we ate all of it yesterday while it was still crisp
Mom had a repeat of our lunch, which was a fasting feast (there are a couple of holy days that have ingredient restrictions, but the food is so delicious anyway!) — millet porridge (made from samo/moryo/bhagar aka barnyard millet) with peanuts, potato bhaji (with red chillies only), fried suran (elephant yam), and yogurt.
We had tapioca (sabudana) khichdi for breakfast and rajgira (amaranth) thepla (spiced flatbreads) in the evening, so she had a bit of those too.
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have they always been in that location? I feel like i went about 15 years ago but in a different area of the City… your meal looks great! maybe time to try them again, as the first time we weren’t that impressed.
ETA: nope, we went to Sons & Daughters! not great.
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It tasted only of besan to me when I tried it, and I just couldn’t, even with a heavier tomato sauce.
I keep thinking about trying quinoa pasta, but haven’t yet.
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Mom’s tomato salad:
Tomatoes — sliced or diced, thinly sliced red onions (I was lazy and left those out), salt & pepper, pinch of sugar, splash of vinegar to balance it all out, and a drizzle of oil. I use olive oil sometimes, peanut oil, or sesame oil when I’m skewing asian with other things or there’s no other strong flavors. Leave it to meld for a few minutes so everything mixes and balances out (also fixes tomato flavor deficit if that’s an issue). Finish with a little cilantro, or go rogue with mint.
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Thanks. Sounds easy, delicious, and infinitely variable!
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Yes - tweaking the type of onion, oil, vinegar, and herb all transform it. But the basic is also delicious.
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Thanks for posting about the baked polenta. All I had was stone-ground grits, not polenta, but I figured they’re more or less the same. I made two batches yesterday, one with Earth Balance sticks for my vegan daughter and SIL, and one with regular butter for me and my husband. Everyone loved it, and it was so easy. Both batches are all gone!
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Very hot in the Northeast this week. Simple dinner of burger and fries. Sliced local tomatoes.
Vanilla ice cream (Brigham’s) and chocolate chocolate chip cookies from WF,
No pictures, the phone was charging and I was hungry!
Stay cool everyone and don’t try the one chip challenge please-very sad!
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Soba with snow peas, leftover grilled steak, leftover roasted mushrooms and a very gingery dressing. Inspired by RecipeTin Eats.
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Hot & humid AF here today, but thankfully temps are supposed to go down starting tomorrow.
Grilled some delicious swordfish steaks purchased from our local fishmonger at his 50% off frozen fish sale Sunday. Brushed just with olive oil & seasoned with Badia orange pepper (which I picked up at Aldi on a whim & which I highly recommend!). Zuke planks were also grilled, these were brushed with olive oil and Penzey’s Turkish seasoning, then topped with crumbled Greek feta, sumac & fresh parsley.
We have a whole steak leftover as well as zukes for a nice lunch tomorrow 
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The whole dinner looks great!! Last time I had leftover swordfish I made swordfish salad with capers, chopped cornichons, lemon and mayo. VG.
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