What's For Dinner?

[Nickyboy]

Fazzoletti della Nonna (Grandmothers Kerchiefs): crepes filled with cooked ground ham, chicken, and bechamel sauce then baked until bubbly. It's quite easy for two people to eat a whole pan of them, believe it or not.

 

[Nickyboy]

Grilling season begins tonight (we are going to force summer to come, even if snow is expected on Tuesday) ! A thick-cut pork chop and chicken breasts. Using some pear wood for smoke. Sides are corn on the cob, coleslaw, and baked beans. I might have a Whalers beer with this, instead of wine.

 

[Nickyboy]

Looks like we are going to be snowed in until Thursday at the earliest. That means hearty meals that make great left-overs. Tonight: Classic meatloaf with mashed potatoes and green beans. Tomorrow I can make potato pancakes with left over spuds and cold meatloaf sandwiches for lunch! Woo hoo.

 

[Nickyboy]

My wife is 0% Irish, but insists on making corned beef with root veggies every St. Patrick's Day. Bleh. The only good part about making corned beef is the hash you can make for breakfast and sandwiches the next day.

I am making shrimp marinated with ouzo and tarragon and then grilled over wood. And....yeah, probably a few potatoes and a wedge of boiled cabbage on the side. Slainte!

 

[LeslieC]

What is wrong with what your wife is making? We are almost the same thing.. YUM!!

 

[Nickyboy]

What is wrong with what your wife is making? We are almost the same thing.. YUM!!

The turnips make everything else smell and taste like ripe armpits. The corned beef looks fantastic, though. Flat cut for the win!

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The turnips make everything else smell and taste like ripe armpits. The corned beef looks fantastic, though. Flat cut for the win!

How is it that you know what ripe armpits taste like?

 

[axolotl]

How is it that you know what ripe armpits taste like?

Why is it that you want to know?

 

[Nickyboy]

Look at RickB, pretending like he's never licked his armpits at the end of a steamy, Florida summer day! Pfffft!

 

[Nickyboy]

A 6-hour Bolognese sauce to be served over home made chittarra pasta. Green salad on the side.

 

[Nickyboy]

Chili con carne with rice and corn. This batch seems particularly spicy, although I didn't use more heat than any other time. But, there it is.

 

[Nickyboy]

Got a good deal on some snow crab legs. Going to bake them and then serve with garlic butter and a green salad.
I've only had snow crab legs once before, at a restaurant, and they were terrible. Never made them myself. This will be a first for me.

 

[Nickyboy]

Pizza Margherita on the wood fired grill. Hell yeah!

 

[Nickyboy]

Burgers on the grill with German potato salad and coleslaw on the side. Time to shred and soak some cabbage!

 

[Nickyboy]

Made a tasty sandwich last night for dinner: grilled, marinated chicken breasts with melted Muenster, red onion, and arugula or a grilled kaiser rolled with a mayo, chive, and mango chutney spread. Tasty!

 

[Nickyboy]

Going to grill some pork chops tonight. Marinade: garlic, preserved lemon peel, Urfa biber pepper, olive oil, and lemon juice. This promises to be tasty!

 

[axolotl]

Going to grill some pork chops tonight. Marinade: garlic, preserved lemon peel, Urfa biber pepper, olive oil, and lemon juice. This promises to be tasty!

It speaks to you.

 

[Nickyboy]

It speaks to you.

The proof of the pork chops is in the eating.

 

[Nickyboy]

Fresh pasta has been cut. Tomato and mushroom sauce simmering.

 

[Mattafett]

Ribs.

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