Eating Dinner With My Family

I am so happy and honored to be nominated for a second award.  Thank you so much Marie at Citron Limette for the nomination.  I am so happy to find the warm supportive community of food bloggers.  I have not only made the acquaintance of so many lovely people but I am also overwhelmed with recipes I want to try.  I clicked on the link to Our Earth Land who nominated Citron Limette to find out some more information on the award.  Again I am forced to try and select a few from so many bloggers I have come to like.  After much thought I nominate the following: Nillawan We Are Not Foodies The Saucy Gourmet Our Dinner Table How Do You Cook Thank you again Marie and everyone check out these wonderful bloggers!

I let my husband pick tonight's recipe and he did really good job of it!  I loved the lamb alone much less with a bit of the garlicky tahini.  It was a perfect medium/ medium rare. (the pieces weren't perfectly uniform in size) I let the lamb marinate for  about 2.5 hours.  I think the longer marinade time is necessary.  I didn't have dried mint so I dried some in the oven to go in the marinade. I always make a salad with dinner, but instead of our usual oil and balsamic reduction, I made a miso and tahini dressing that I fell in love with.  I still had a bit of miso to use up and I thought this would go well with dinner.  (it did;) Turkish Shish Kebabs With Garlicky Tahini 6    garlic cloves,crushed 3 T  extra-virgin olive oil,plus more for brushing 3 T  fresh lemon juice 1 t  kosher salt 1 t  freshly ground pepper 1 t  dried mint 1 t  dried oregano 1 1/2 lb trimmed boneless leg of lamb...

I actually didn't cook this, my husband did. I was feeling really sick. I offered him the blog post, to give his thoughts on the cooking process, but he has informed me that he doesn’t want to:). So I can only give you my impressions of the taste. I liked it a lot. Being a bit stuffy I think the flavors were a bit dulled and I still enjoyed it. My husband and father loved it and the boy tolerated it. (he isn't a huge fan of salmon... yet;) We served it with steamed rice and a simple salad. I picked this dish to use up the rest of the miso from the father's day dinner of cr ispy roast chicken with shallots and miso gravy . When buying the ingredients, I did cut the recipe in half. (I didn't have 10 diners) but other than that, we made no changes. It is super fast. I don't know what the longest time the marinade would be good on the fish. I know fish is more delicate and usually has a short marinade time. Wait a minute, we did marinate it about an hour, as we got dela...

I started this recipe a week ago and fortune smiles on me because we were making "pepperoni pizza" with the leftover pepperoni sauce from last night and I needed a recipe for the blog.  I messed up and used 80 proof vodka.  It tasted like lemon vodka to me.  We needed to add some club soda or sprite to make it drinkable.  I think it will make a very cool ingredient in drinks but I can't see us sipping it by itself.  You should note that the simple syrup seemed to settle and freeze where the alcohol did not.  So we had to let it warm up a bit before we could mix it and taste it. Limoncello 2 lb lemons,about 8 to 10 750    ml vodka,100 proof 2/3 c  water 2/3 c  sugar Carefully remove the zest from the lemons using a microplane or rasp grater, being careful not to remove any of the white pith. Reserve the lemons to make lemonade or squeeze and freeze the juice for later use. Put the lemon zest into a lidded glass container ...

Tonight we had some old dear friends over.  I hate to make them guinnea pigs, so I made roast chicken with pepperoni sauce for dinner.  Served with pasta with a garlic butter and baguette.  We had this dessert at the second of our progressive dinners and I figured that while my baking skills are subpar, I could pull this one off and knew in talented hands it was stellar.  This recipe came to me from the lovely and talented Gwynne who has her own website to help promote local businesses.  I love what she is doing to help create a supportive enviorment, and network for small business owners. Sadily, in my less skilled hands the dessert was not as good as hers, but still pretty great!  It does somewhat violate what I am trying to do (making everything from scratch), as I am buying croissant dough, but there are some things that I will learn how to do when I have a bit more pastry skill;). Sopapilla Cheesecake Pie 2  ...

I know we like burgers and seem to have found many good recipes for them and this one is no exception.  The thing I love about this one is that it seems pretty light, for a burger that is.  The site I got it from said it was like 600 calories. (as always click the recipe title for the link to the source when I know it)  That isn't bad for a burger.  They are plenty of ways to shave calories too. (lighter mayo, smaller burgers, no bun etc...)  I am not a huge fan of turkey, but the curry paste (I used red) makes the turkey really flavorful.  I think this is one we are going to have to repeat and soon;) Thai Curry Turkey Burgers 1    -1/4 lb. ground turkey (not ground turkey breast) 2    Tbs. red or green Thai curry paste Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Vegetable oil,for the grill 1    medium lime 2/3 c  mayonnaise 3/4 c  thinly sliced seedless cucumber 1/4 c  fresh cilant...

My darling boy is back from a week at my MIL. He loves crab legs, so I got some for him. To go with them I thought this would be a great side as it is a starch and a veggie. It wasn't exactly what I think of as a savory bread pudding. It was more of a savory custard with a bread toping; it was kind of like cobbler. All the oddity aside, it was a very delicious dish. It won't reheat to the same dish because the crispy topping will soften, but I still think it will be tasty tomorrow for breakfast;). It would also make a good vegetarian main dish. A little bit of work; cutting up the baguette is what I'm thinking of. I also chopped the spinach after cooking it. Baby Spinach And Garlic Bread Pudding 2 T  unsalted butter 15    ounces baby spinach,stems removed 2 T  water 1    small garlic clove,minced Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper 1/4 lb French baguette,crusts removed, bread cut into 1/4-inch 2    large eggs 3/4 c...