What's for Dinner?

ibglowin said:

Way too healthy for a Saturday night! LOL

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Allows for more beer consumption, LOL.

If it helps, I had a pepper jack cheese filled sausage for lunch and a BLT with way too much bacon for breakfast. Won't be weighing in tomorrow morning.

Grilled green beans with onion, seasoned with S&P and marjoram. Grilled corn-off-the-cob sauteed with garlic, tomatoes, and basil. (I kinda cooked the tomato too long, and it was almost tomato sauce. ) Leftover roasted beet salad (macerated shallots, vinegar, EVOO). And lamb rib/shoulder chop (dry-brined, served with coriander).

We seem to be in a RibEye rut on Saturday nights, I guess the protein choices could be worse. We shopped a local farmer's market for some tomatoes and garlic and ended up chatting with a Hippy Stylized girl with a Cocao business in Sedona. After answering a few questions about where we were in our "Cocao Journey" pronounced Ka-Kow by the girl (I've always thought it was simply Co-Co) we bought a bag of Cocao Nibs on her suggestion that equal parts Cocao, Peppercorns and Coffee beans make an outstanding steak dryrub. Sounded outstanding. Well somethings sound better than they taste. It didn't really bring anything positive or negative to the steak other than a really dark crust. I'm thinking a frozen yogurt with Cocoa Nibs might be in my future. The Ciabatta actually stole the show, roasted elephant garlic in butter spooned over slices and broiled.

Casserole made with zucchini slices layered with a ground beef/browned rice/red enchilada sauce mixture. It's really good and I'm not even a fan of zucchini

We enjoyed grilled baby eggplants with herbes de Provence; potatoes roasted on the grill then quartered and crisped in lamb fat in a cast-iron pan; gazpacho from Mrs. S_G with CSA tomatoes, peppers, etc.; Mexican carrot and red cabbage slaw from Mr. S_G; and finally, lamb ribs yet again with basil, garlic, and EVOO. All washed down with our LAST bottle of CC Showcase Amarone (~5.5 years old). Honestly, it felt like it was past its prime. All is good!

sour_grapes said:

We enjoyed grilled baby eggplants with herbes de Provence; potatoes roasted on the grill then quartered and crisped in lamb fat in a cast-iron pan; gazpacho from Mrs. S_G with CSA tomatoes, peppers, etc.; Mexican carrot and red cabbage slaw from Mr. S_G; and finally, lamb ribs yet again with basil, garlic, and EVOO. All washed down with our LAST bottle of CC Showcase Amarone (~5.5 years old). Honestly, it felt like it was past its prime. All is good!View attachment 65119View attachment 65120

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Gazpacho!!! I love it! I've made several batches with ingredients from the garden this year. More to come, I'm sure!

Oversharing on pix again tonight!

We had a small reason to celebrate in the Grapes household this evening, so this is what we dished up. I had a NY Strip steak in the freezer that was 1.4" thick. Decided that could stand up to one of the WTSO shipments of Brunello that I have been meaning to try, so opened that up to decant. After dry-brining the steak, I commenced grilling. We enjoyed grilled yellow squash (w/ fresh oregano from my neighbor's yard and EVOO); sauteed/braised collard greens; leftover roasted potato wedges from the other night (roasted in lamb fat with garlic and basil), reheated on the grill; leftover carrot/cabbage slaw described earlier; the grilled steak, complemented with a compound butter of basil, sauteed garlic, and lemon. The Brunello was a fine pairing; it more than held its own, but was not overpoweringly tannic.

I overdid the steak just a tetch. Not in a Varis way: it was rosy, but not bordering on the red I was looking for. Quel dommage. I don't have much practice on steaks that thick!

I foresee some Jalapeño Poppers in the near future........

Whatever you were celebrating, Paul; congratulations - on both that and an excellent meal to commemorate it.

Seared sablefish with mango/cilantro/jalapeno salsa; sauteed garlic in EVOO and lemon with a little bit of spinach garnish ; rice with the leftover spinach EVOO; green beans with onions; leftover carrot/cabbage slaw from the other night.

Limit 2 due to the impending Hurricane!

You scoffed up 2, right????

I am more of a Costco Prime guy.......

bstnh1 said:

You scoffed up 2, right????

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ibglowin said:

I am more of a Costco Prime guy.......

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I've done the SRF briskets a couple of times. Personally, I don't think it's worth the extra $$ compared to a good prime brisket, which is usually less than half the price, like the one in your pic above...........

Smoked some baby backs

Grilled Japanese eggplants; carrot/cabbage/preserved lemon slaw; leftover corn-off-the-cob with tomatoes; focaccia cooked on the grill; roasted mushroom caps with sesame oil, EVOO, and soy (AKA "umami bombs"!); thick pork chops with compound butter.

Burger night. Basic seasoning of (approx) 1tsp fish sauce and 1Tbs of mayo per pound of ground beef. Burgers generously seasoned with S&P on both sides just before going on the grill.

Boatboy24 said:

Burger night. Basic seasoning of (approx) 1tsp fish sauce and 1Tbs of mayo per pound of ground beef. Burgers generously seasoned with S&P on both sides just before going on the grill.

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I really need to grill some burgers...!!! That one looks really good.!!

I've been hitting the easy button the last few nights. Turkey fajitas last night, pulled pork fried rice tonight. Between running kids to work and working around my wife's study schedule, I've given up on the big dinner.

Actually have more time to do more important activities, like drinking!