What's For Dinner?

[Ojai Sam]

Tonight is soft shell crabs flown in from Maryland at The Grill On The Alley.

 

[Mattafett]

Smoking 2 chickens on a combo of hickory and apple. One for tonight, the other and leftovers for chicken salad. Lunch will be yummy this week.

Wife decided to do a smoked mac and cheese as well. Experiment!

The results were fantastic! We tried this new to us sauce as well. Highly recommend! http://allrecipes.com/recipe/244944/alabama-style-white-barbecue-sauce/

 

[Markonomicon]

Wife made butter chicken with basmati rice and garlic naan.

I'm stuffed!

 

[Nickyboy]

A good summer dish I learned from my cousin in Tuscany: orecchiette with an uncooked tomato, basil, and mozzarella sauce. Simple as sin to make, and tasty as sin to eat.

 

[Markonomicon]

I put a bottle of the sauce in my cart and then thought "wait, maybe Amazon Prime has this for me". Yup. But $12.99 a bottle. Back to the CajunGrocer! Now, to calculate shipping. $10.99. Sheesh!

Dang. CG's right down the road from me.

It's in a glass bottle. That may be why (?).

 

[Markonomicon]

But...while you're there, you can rack up on some other goodies (meats, seasonings, etc.).

 

[Nickyboy]

But...while you're there, you can rack up on some other goodies (meats, seasonings, etc.).

That's true. I was intrigued by the other selections. I might see some alligator bites in my future.

 

[Nickyboy]

didn't feel like cooking after a long day of work, so we ordered take away cheesesteaks from the local pizza place. Shitty, shitty cheesesteaks.

 

[axolotl]

didn't feel like cooking after a long day of work, so we ordered take away cheesesteaks from the local pizza place. Shitty, shitty cheesesteaks.

What do you expect? The guy who made them doesn't even talk right.

 

[Mattafett]

didn't feel like cooking after a long day of work, so we ordered take away cheesesteaks from the local pizza place. Shitty, shitty cheesesteaks.

Hint - Don't order food a restaurant doesn't specialize in. Pizza places make pizza. You don't order a burger from a Chinese place right???????

 

[Nickyboy]

Round 1 last night:

 

[Nickyboy]

Since it's Bastille Day today, we are having pan seared filet mignon with a bourbon and shallot reduction sauce, sauteed potatoes, Provencal tomato salad, shredded courgette (see what I did there?). Going to drink a pinot noir from Jadot with it. Dessert is mini fruit tarts and eclairs from a French pastry shop in town.

 

[Worm]

Big, fat pork chops on the grill with corn on the cob.

 

[Nickyboy]

Cheese, bread, fruit, dried sausage, and rose wine. Perfect summer dinner!

 

[Worm]

^That looks like the perfect picnic.

 

[Nickyboy]

Continuing the mezze theme, last night we made stuffed grape leaves with feta chunks, pita, hummus, celery, and olives on the side. Tasty!

 

[Markonomicon]

Continuing the mezze theme, last night we made stuffed grape leaves with feta chunks, pita, hummus, celery, and olives on the side. Tasty!
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Nomnomnom.

 

[Markonomicon]

Last night I did some chicken in a brown gravy in the black pot.

Trying to be a little healthier and had it over brown rice.

Also: Cornbread muffins and diced, glazed carrots.

 

[Nickyboy]

Grilled turkey breast tacos with home made pico de gallo sauce and an avocado "salad" (oil, red wine vinegar, shallots, cilantro).

 

[Nickyboy]

Pasta Arrabiata with our own Sicilian hot peppers and hot Italian sausage from a local producer. So good!