miwoodar

You can come to Colorado after that!

kensuf

dude, you have snow.

mollusk

Grilled chicken salad last night was very tasty. The salad contained mixed baby greens, radicchio, fennel bulb, and red onion. The dressing was the same as the marinade for the chicken: olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lots of fresh thyme, and homemade olivada.

Added in edit: And figs and pine nuts! The figs really added a lot to the salad.

GirlAnachronism

Salmon with tomato bulgur pilaf and stewed green beans, tomatoes, yellow squash, and zucchini.

caloso

Protein: check
Veggie: check
Starch: check
Beautiful presentation: check

Well played, GA.

mollusk

Tonight I made pork chops smothered in the cranberry sauce I described earlier (I made another batch). With that was brussels sprouts rendered into leaves sautéed in butter, garlic, and olive oil along with pistachio nuts. I also had some left over rapini that i sautéed in olive oil with red pepper flakes and anchovy paste. A decent quality California Pinot Noir complimented the food.

mollusk

I make good martinis, but to my mind martinis are gin drinks. Vodka has nothing to do with real martinis. The worst gin I ever use is Bombay. I have Sapphire in the freezer right now. Hendricks is great. Plymouth is also a treat.

My wife likes Cosmopolitans. I make them as well. You don't need really great citron vodka, but you do need really good cranberry juice. Spend your $'s there.

I also make wonderful margaritas. They are always 100% agave tequila. Don't go too good on the tequila because it will be a waste. Really great tequila should be taken straight and sipped. FYI Patron is not great tequila; it is margarita quality tequila. After that the second most important thing is fresh lime juice. I spent one weekend perfecting the recipe. It is a good thing that I took notes.

I also make a good "Caucasian" if you get the "Big Lebowsky" reference. That one takes zero skilz.

El Diablo Rojo

I'm still at work so we ordered out. Put our order in at 6 food is still not here...it's getting comped but doesn't change the fact that I won't be eating till 9pm or so....I hate going to bed on a full stomach.

hammy56

mint green tea, oreos.

mollusk

Earlier today I made some sautéed brussels sprouts and shallots with pine nuts finished in whipping creme and marjoram. I made them early because they are really great to reheat and they are labor intensive. My freakin' dog ate the the whole batch when I wasn't looking. F!

Wife is coming home soon to ribeye steak broiled in a panko/stilton/flat leaf parsley coating with a side of garlic mashed Yukon Gold potatoes with chives. No brussels sprouts, though.

mollusk

Started Christmas dinner prep. Made the dried apricot/prune/apple/onion/shallot/port/butter stuffing for the "bone in" pork loin roast. I made this last year and got many requests for an encore.

substructure

Secretary made Oreo Truffles. I am hitting rock bottom today.

waterrockets 

want

I could probably get a TUE for those. No?

arexjay

too much, arg

mollusk

That looks like Oreos covered with Crisco. I know it is a minority view in this (sub)forum, but count me out.

echappist

that makes two of us. I discovered some frozen cheesecakes from a party my dad threw a few weeks ago. Healthy eating is going to hell in a handbasket in my case...

bayareawheeler

date night with the wife!

1$ Sopporo's
All you can eat sushi!
fried bannana's for desert!

delicious!

caloso

My wife just made a few loaves of persimmon bread. She went light on the cranberries and walnuts because of the kids, but I'm going to ask her to make the next batch with just enough bread to hold the fruit and nuts together. Delicious.

Enthalpic

Would you prefer white "chocolate"? Either way count me out too.

mollusk

Lot's of stuff prepped and ready to go for Christmas dinner. Fortunately two of the three labor intensive dishes can have most of the work done well ahead of the meal. Brussels sprouts simmered in chicken broth with sautéed shallots, butter, pine nuts, whipping creme and marjoram is cooked and in the frig. This dish reheats magnificently! Pork loin roast stuffed with prune/apricot/apple stuffing and wrapped in bacon is also in the frig. I need to take this out about 2:30 to warm up for roasting.

The pearled barley risotto with mushrooms will have to wait until the last minute. My wife is making that. We will probably squabble over burners while I'm working on the sauce for the pork roast.

arexjay

^ oh my

caloso

Ugh. I'm still full from Xmas dinner.

GirlAnachronism

How do you out-eat a 20-hour week? Easy! Whipped cream taco (the shell is a pancake. Also, that is my niece).

botto 

whipped cream goodness.

Hapsmo911

What kind of sausage is that? They look alot like my favorite, nuremberg sausage's. I am not aloud in the local Wurst house/butcher anymore because of those.