What's for Dinner?

[Macabre]

Stew (with meat)

Vino D'Abruzzo di Montepulciano

[GoingNuts]

Last night I made Tandoori Chicken on the grill to make up for a lackluster Tandoori Chicken experience at an Indian restaurant Saturday night.  OMG, delicious.  I'll have to post the recipe here when I have more time.  I'll have to make this again when DS comes home, since Indian restaurants are way off limits for him.

[hedgehog]

Starting with chilled blueberry soup. Then grilled chicken, grilled corn, grilled zucchini, cherry tomatoes with burrata. For dessert, blueberry peach pie. And table decor is a bunch of fresh lavender. I went blueberry picking, then peach picking, then lavender picking, then bought corn, zucchini, and tomatoes at a stand. So, except the chicken, and a few minor ingredients, it's all local and very fresh.

[becca]

Oh, yum!  I can't wait to eat fresh veggies and fruit again! 

[GoingNuts]

Cold Borscht and pizza. Weird combo, but it hit the spot.

[becca]

Grilling chicken drumsticks, brined in a combo of salt, brown sugar, southwest salt free blend and True Lime with garlic and cilantro.  White rice in the Instant Pot.  I'm so bad about making veggies on my low fiber diet.  The boys can scrounge for salad or Ds will eat frozen berries.

[GoingNuts]

Oooh, that chicken sounds good Becca!

[Janelle205]

I have missed cooking in my kitchen with my things so, so much.

Dinner was easy tonight, because I am still in the rest and recover from way too much work for three months phase, but was delicious.  Pulled pork sandwiches, mac and cheese, strawberries and blueberries and s'mores parfaits.

[GoingNuts]

Janelle, that sounds like the perfect welcome home dinner to me.

SIL and nephew are coming over for dinner tonight - burgers and chicken on the grill, a big salad, summer fruit torte and ice cream.  Oh, and some guacamole.  Keeping it simple here too. 

[BensMom]

I made pork grillade the other day from Cook's Country. You have to be a member to get the recipe. I saw it on tv and am doing the 14-day free trial so I could get it. Basically it's pork chops dredged in flour and cajun seasoning, and browned. Then toasted flour added to some oil with celery, green pepper, onion and garlic. Then chicken broth and tomatoes added and the whole thing put in the oven for an hour. It was good and it was the first thing in a long time that actually tasted different than anything else I make, even though I had just used the same cajun seasoning a week earlier in a cream sauce. DH doesn't like plain old pork chops, but he liked this, so it was good.

[becca]

That sounds good, Bensmom, a bit like jambalaya flavors. 

[Janelle205]

Philly Cheesesteak Zucchini Boats

[becca]

Yum!  And low carb!

[Janelle205]

Roasted eggplant pizza rounds, mushroom risotto, fresh plums for the non-allergic.

DS should be happy.  He threw a temper tantrum at camp one night at 11:30 because I wouldn't make him risotto.

[GoingNuts]

Ropa Vieja and rice, pulled out of the freezer last minute.  Because I'm too darned tired to cook or clean up tonight.