What's for Dinner, Sun., Sept. 14, 2014

[NJCher]

Happy Sunday!

The RG is cooking today, so it will be a surprise.


Cher

[cbayer]

1. Can't wait to hear what he creates for you.

Our antipasti with cocktails will be figs (just picked) with prosciutto.

I am making gnocchi for the primo. The potatoes are cooking now and I will service it with a butter and sage sauce.

Then we will have a roast chicken and either a salad with raw fennel or I may braise the fennel. Haven't decided.

We should be totally stuffed by then and I am not planning a dessert other than possibly some coffee and biscotti.

[fizzgig]

2. you're killin' me!

that sounds awesome.

[cbayer]

4. It was awesome, fizz.

We ate in courses over the course of about 3 hours.

I ended up putting the fennel into the roast chicken pan and it was wonderful.

I am going to be so, so sad to leave italy. They aren't' better cooks, they just have better ingredients.

[fizzgig]

3. i am actually going to make the chili tonight

i got a wicked hankering for chinese, so we ordered in last night.

it will actually happen tonight because i'm going over to dad's so he can swap the heater fan on the car. he wants to take his motorcycle out this afternoon, so i'll get it started while he's out and just watch football. we'll record the broncos game and watch it while we eat dinner.

not sure if the husband is going to come and sister will be in the office working, so it could be a daddy-daughter night

[cbayer]

5. Aww, dinner with dad.

I love that. Have a wonderful evening.

[fizzgig]

12. thanks

we watched a couple quarters earlier and will watch the fourth with dinner. nice day so far.

[NJCher]

6. 'nuthin wrong with that!

daddy-daughter night

I'd give anything to have a dinner with my dad.

cbayer, gnocci, butter and sage sound divine!

I know our meal will be light tonight because the RG has routine blood tests tomorrow a.m. He always thinks he's going to fake the doctor out by refraining from wine with one meal, LOL.


Cher

[cbayer]

7. Lol! Changing your diet for one night will not change your bloodwork,

unless you are diabetic.

The gnocchi was wonderful. Light and fluffy little pillows. The sage was lightly fried, crispy and utterly perfect.

:drool:

[fizzgig]

13. i am quite the daddy's girl

our relationship changed a bit when i got married, so it's nice to have a night that's just the two of us.

[grasswire]

8. farmers market bounty

Today I got:

strawberries -- the variety is "seascape" and continues to be very sweet and yummy

bartlett pears

"pink pearl" variety apples with a rosy flesh! very tart and firm.

lacinta kale

loads of sungold tomatoes

kirby cucumbers

summer squash of various kinds

flat leaf parsley, radishes, celery

lamb sausage

white flesh peaches

fingerling potatoes (sign says "dug last night&quot

a french variety of cantaloup (can't wait to try that)

sugar snap peas

and the usual fresh basil

bicolor sweet corn.

several kinds of peppers

where to start?

I'm thinking fried green tomatoes from my garden, a corn pudding, and a cheese plate.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

9. breakfast.

I just picked up some eggs, it'll be faux sausage/egg mcmuffins.

Finally cut up the last pile of old dead raspberry canes I had lying around, so it'll be safer to let the dogs out in the yard again without worrying as much about them picking up thorns in paws. That'll make the dogs happy, but not so much the rabbits that have been hanging around of late. Only another month til I plant next year's garlic, and a month and a half til we make this season's raspberry jam, along with the pitiful amount of strawberry jam we'll get from this year's crop. Which reminds me that my next project needs to be seriously weeding the strawberry beds that are totally overgrown.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. Spaghetti.

It sounded good now that the weather has cooled off. Sliced tomato on the side.

[pinto]

11. Roasted potatoes, yellow bell peppers, onion, tomatoes, garlic, portabellos.

Olive oil. Salt, cracked black pepper, basil, oregano, thyme.

[NJCher]

14. What the RG made

Roast pork

Roast veal breast

Meatloaf

Tiny cubed potatoes with ham bits

Cannellinis with sage

For dessert we had sea salt caramel gelato.

And white wine, except for the RG, who refrained.

Can you imagine making all of the above in less than two hours? He did that!


Cher