When I asked the family what they wanted for dinner, one said something on the grill and the other said calzones. As a compromise we settled on grilled stromboli. We have done pizza on the grill a bunch of times but had never done stromboli or calzones. It seemed to go over pretty well. For …
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Texas-style chili with linguine
I had a late meeting tonight so my beautiful wife made her famous linguine with chili. This is a great way to have a healthy dinner without a lot of trouble. The chili was: ground bison garlic, sliced olive oil salt 1 big can diced tomatoes 1 can kidney beans 3 Tbsp fresh oregano chili …
Lamb, squash and rice
Three days ago I wrote the words, lamb, squash, and rice on the menu for tonight. Today, I have no idea what was in my head three days ago so making the best of what I think I was thinking. It is kind of like playing “Chopped” with yourself from three days ago. What came …
Vermicelli, chicken and salad
There was a little stand outside of Boulder Mountaineer when I was in grad school that had this awesome vermicelli, chicken, and salad deal for $5 in the late 90’s or early 00’s. What you got was a huge serving of vermicelli, about 1 1/2 chicken thighs, a salad, and the most amazing dressing. I …
Toltott Kaposzta: Stuffed Cabbage
My wife wanted her mother’s cooking tonight so we made stuffed cabbage. It wasn’t a perfect replication but when a northern European mutt tries to make Eastern European food, we do our best. The tastes were much more Spanish and Portuguese then Hungarian. Here’s what we did: 1 head cabbage (but more especially in the …
Burger Friday
Tonight we really wanted an all the fixin’s burger night with tater tots. It was a 1/4 lb patty, with whatever anybody wanted. These are simple burgers. Take 1/4 lb ball and put it on the grill and smash it down. Cook until half way cook through and nicely browned. Once flipped add the cheese …
Redo: Shakshuka
With our plan to redo some of the previous recipes, one of my favorites was the shakshuka. The only real change was that we had time to cook it longer which really added to the flavor and we added a can of tomato puree just because I wanted leftovers for lunch. We left out some …
Make Ahead: Beef Stroganoff
Our make ahead meal this week was some good ol’ comfort food for when we can’t cook but want some rib-stickin’ goodness. This week, bottom round roast was on sale to our grocery store recipe was some beef Stroganoff. Here’s what we did bought: 2ish lb bottom round roast, cut across grain then again to …
Black-eyed pea salad with haddock
Tonight the star of the dish is the salad. This is something we have been working on for at least 2 years. Many years ago in a restaurant in our neighborhood we had an appetizer that changed our cooking life. We love octopus especially grilled and they served a black-eyed pea salad with grilled octopus. …
Sticky, honey ribs with rice and broccoli
We are now at a point where we sat down on Sunday afternoon while making make aheads and had a discussion, based on everything that we have made, what do we really want to eat again. The first intentional repeat are the sticky, honey ribs. These are awesome easy and everyone should be making them. …
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