T-Bone Ceaser's Salad

And here's what we did with the leftover T-Bone we picked up the other day. We use a recipe from an old Gourmet (circa 1977) magazine which was past down from Mom to Daughter and now to Grand Daughter for an amazing Ceaser's Salad. Just a Cracked Wheat Sour Dough for a scrumcious meal.

Just a Sandwich?!?

After class last night, we decided on a sandwich, but not just a simple sandwich, a Jerry built Club. I had rotisseried a whole chicken the night before and sliced off some of the breast meat, seared a few slices of bacon, some fresh tomatoes, lettuce and layered it on a fresh toasted sour dough bread (just 2 slices). Simple and delicious!

T-Bones

Was at my meat cutter's shop and he had some really great looking T-Bones on sale. Who could resist? Picked up a few, enough for us at dinner and an extra for one of my favorites, a Steak Ceaser Salad (but that's another post). Doesn't it figure it started raining as I was on my way home to start grilling. Not to be out done, I put a dining canopy over the grill area of the deck and fired the B-B-Chef up. And it was pouring (should've taken pictures of my tenting!), but got them done to a delightful medium rare. Served with roasted fingerling's and grilled asparagus.

Comfort Food at it's Best

What can possibly be the the best comfort food? A delicious Meatloaf, of course!! I found this recipe by Tyler Florence a few years ago, and it is without a doubt the best meatloaf out there. It uses a red pepper relish, but I had a basket full of assorted sweet peppers so I used them instead. Served, of course with sweet peas and mashers. It just doesn't get any better than this!!

Sure are glad we had some company to share this one with. She stole the recipe.

Garlic-Herbed Grilled Chicken

Wanted some Bar-B-Qued Chicken, but not the red sauced kind today. So, we came up with a Pesto Style Dressing for tonight. Roasted a few heads of garlic, added some fresh thyme, lemon juice, lots of parsley (am sure going to miss the garden), and a good olive oil. Grilled a few heads of Romain, then tossed the chicken parts on the hot fire, basting after every turn and placed on top of the lettuce, dressing the salad and chicken with the remaining dressing. A side of Couscous finished this one off.

Asian Glazed Salmon

Fish for dinner tonight!! Thought I'd use one of the most popular Salmon. A mixture of soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger, hoisin sauce, ginger, pepper flakes and lime juice simmered into a wonderful Asian style glaze. Grilled the fish over a hot grill, basting along the way. Placed the hot fillet over a mound of Baby Spinach with the remainder of the sauce and served it with sticky rice.

Ravens vs Browns

For the Ravens/Browns game we opt for your not-so-typical tailgate munchies. Balsamic Marinated Double Dipped Fried Chicken (whew, say that 3 times real fast). This was a new twist for and old favorite I found and add a new dimension to your basic fried chicken. We saw somewhere on TV Fried Brussels Sprouts, so as long as we had the oil hot and Sprouts in the fridge we decided to try them out as well. Worked out marvelously, just put the sprouts in very hot oil until crispy, drained them well tossed in some grape tomatoes and a balsamic vinaigrette, even the Sprout haters ate them! A luscious Macaroni salad finished off a well played game.

Paprikash

One of Dave's favs...Paprikash. Chicken thighs seasoned with lots of sweet paprika then seared, mixed with lots of chopped onions and tomatoes and more paprika. Simmered for about a half hour, spilled over tagliatelle. What a delicious and hearty dinner, served with hare coverts.

The Familys Favorites

It's supposed to rain for the next week, so we opted to grill a steak last night. I went down to my butcher for a nice bone-in Sirloin. Gave it a rubbing of assorted peppers, brown sugar, and assorted spices, tossed it onto a hot fire and there you have it...a delightfully crusted steak served with oven browned potatoes and a salad of asparagus, brussel sprouts and mushrooms marinated in a lemon/cumin dressing spilled over arugula, hearts of palm and garden fresh tomatoes.

Football Sunday

Some basic snacks snacks for a Sunday afternoon game. Chips with salsa, onion dip, cheese (con caso) and some store bought hummus. Hit of the day was grilled chicken salad on sour dough.

Frittata

Just something quick and easy this morning, a mushroom, onion and white cheddar frittata, with a few fresh fruits and some broccoli rabe.