Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper -- what are you cooking?

[RPMcMurphy]

girlfriend made a chicken saltimbocca/marsala-ish dish.....

[CookingContessa]

bbq chicken pizza. i think tonite i will have seafood ravioli!

[chef33]

Tonight i'm making whatever my 3.5 year old & her 2 yr old brother will eat. Might be chicken nuggets & fries.

Last night was Basa fillets with kafir lime scented jasmine rice & broccoli.

Not overly adventurous, but i'm on a diet of sorts.

[allie]

I think tonight is going to be meatloaf, potato salad, and green beans here.

[OregonYeti]

This came out really good. A little bit of an experiment, and glad I tried it.

I simmered for about 90 minutes:
3 pounds beef ribs
1/2 cup rice vinegar
6 oz apricot jam
4 dried sanaam chiles
3 T Penzey's fajita seasoning
about 1.5-2 C water

I turned the ribs in the broth about 5 times as they were simmering, covered.

Then I oven-broiled the ribs. The apricot jam really turned up in the aroma, both the fruit part and the sweet carmelizing smell. The end result was really good! No, even better than really good, delicious!

[canadiangirl]

made a citrus marinaded butterflied chicken under a press on the grill. Used a nice paprike rub after marinading. Turned out delicious! Served w/ lightly fried potatoes &onions, and corn on the cob! The baby even loved the meat!!
Warm strawberry-rubarb pie w/ french vanilla ice cream for desssert!

[GrlcbrkmyGinsu]

Having chicken cacciatore tonight with Garlic-thyme bread.

[OregonYeti]

Next time I try the meat with apricot jam, I won't dilute the jam as much.

Maybe mix

apricot jam
tamari sauce
and a bit of onion juice

to baste the meat with. Let me know if you're glad I'm doing it and that you aren't. I'll be trying it soon.

[GrlcbrkmyGinsu]

Tonight's menu: Steak au poivre with wild mushroom risotto. (I hate making risotto but I love eating it :-[...)

[RPMcMurphy]

I'm stuck tonight...

promised girlfriend a fabulous dinner.....without figuring out what to make!


Doh!?

[crimsonmist308]

tonight was a simple meal of bean soup with pork belly
(pork belly is uncooked "bacon")

slice 2.5 lbs. of pork belly into approximately 1" cubes.
parboil cubes for 15 minutes, then drain.
the pork belly is then simmered in a large pot of
bean soup made from 2 pounds of pinto beans
for 2 hours until meltingly tender.

goes great with thick slices of buttered pugliese bread.

[RPMcMurphy]

good news is i got a pass on last night in favor of going out to eat (had to entertain some consultants for work)

I won't be home tonight, but tomorrow night or Saturday looks promising so it gives me some more time to research.

Is it cheating to borrow ideas from the new seasonal menus out there?

see, if i knew those techniques, I could say...."oh rhubarb, i can do this this this and this with it"

[Mezzaluna]

My 10-year-old gas grill is limping along (needs a new manifold and new, safer tanks)and one of its three burners isn't working. Hard to get a good char on things, but I marinated chicken breasts, red bell peppers, a large yellow onion (sliced) and a small eggplant in this: juice of two lemons, four garlic cloves (smashed), lots of Penzeys Italian Herb mix plus more rosemary and thyme, and some decent olive oil. The chicken was tender and juicy, and all but the onion were done. I had to nuke it for a minute. The grill repairs will happen this weekend.

[OregonYeti]

Mezzaluna, the burner that isn't working might just need a wire brush cleaning. And maybe not.

That sounds delicious :^)

[michmom]

Can't complain, the old one lasted nearly 18 years!! So tonight it's sirloin steaks on the grill - they are marinating in vodka, garlic, onions, and a bit of season salt right now. We'll have tossed salad, not quite sure which vegetable, bread sticks, and rhubarb-berry crisp with ice cream for dessert.