Autumn - what's for dinner? - Page 4

Sounds delicious KK., those potatoes sound good.

I did mussels.

 6 pounds of mussels cooked in white wine & bit of water

 Made the secret sauce

 Cooked up some pasta

 Folded it all together

 Dipped bread in sauce

Petals.

Speaking of chicken pot pie Miss KK, did you read that thread where chefedb was talking about the pressed chicken paste? AGH!! 

Yours looks very ONO-LICIOUS!

Tonight is a test run of the scratch made raviolis, meatballs and sausage (a side Cesar salad and Italian bread)

that I've made for a dinner party on Wednesday ... wish me luck!

I just put duck in a well seasoned brine.  I'll take it out before I go to work and let it dry in the ice box all day so it crisps up nicely.

this was DH's plate, a bit larger than mine

for me, no red sauce, tomatoes don't always agree with me

as well, note the smaller sized plate, as well only one meatball and half of a sweet sausage

I REALLY could have eaten more, but there's wine, bread and salad, OH and ice cream for dessert

Our guests will love this meal!

Last night I did 2 chuck roasts with roasted veggies.  Slow cooking and cool weather just go hand in hand.  This weekend or the next it will be sausage and 3 cheese manicotti 

@ KK: Your roasted chicken looks like a Julia Child dish !

@ Kgirl: Nice looking ravioli. I can see sage butter , or basil butter, even terragon if your not into tomato sauce, even a walnut or pistacchio pesto, or a mushroom garlic sauce. Did you top off your pasta with olive oil and parm ?

@ Mike: Something tells me that its going to be a tender duck.

DING DING DING!

Petals on my plate of pasta was EVOO (really nice and fruity), PARM, freshly ground black pepper and torn flat left parsley.  Did I mention those are two cheese raviolis?  Whole Milk Ricotta and Parmesan reggiano.  I like to do all different types of condimento rather than tomato.  Fresh herbs are hard to come by here in the middle of the desert.  I tried to grow a small herb pot garden this past spring, but the bugs took over.

And Miss KK, Mister K~girl LOVES his pasta served this way, tons of marinara!  I tried to serve the pasta as a separate course once, just tossed lightly with a small ladle of sauce and that did not go over well.  He's very set in his ways when it comes to what he calls Italian food, or what I call American-Italian.  Like my Moms says, he wouldn't make in Italy, he'd starve 

I'm with your plate K-girl. If you serve me a dish like your husband's, i can't eat it. I hate enormous plating. I rather go small portions and repeat.

The duck was delicious - tender, crispy and great flavor from the brine.  I roasted some small gold potatoes and Compari tomatoes to go with a salad of field greens and a simple dressing.

that's Mister K~girl for 'ya !

kgirl,

the amount of work and passion on your plates is evident and inspiring...in chefspeak, you rock girl!!!! i can almost smell and taste your food even through the rain and fog....i'm sure you're evening will be wonderful and warm, but your guests may never leave...why would they?

cin cin

joey

I agree, even her stuffed mushrooms look nice and what a nice pic.

@ Mike: That duck looks amazing , everything looks so perfect including the vegetables.

Salute sista' Joey!