making a broth of bone soup!!

lamb shoulder and neck bones, still simmering on the stove top for the past hour...

Change of plans.
Pasta with spicy tomato sauce, fresh mushrooms and italian sausage.

my farmers market gobi-aloo inspired goulash

• toast about 1tbsp cumin seed in a saucepan
  
• add olive oil and about 6 cloves of chopped garlic until lightly brown,
  
• add 2 cipollini onions roughly chopped with 1 serranno chili,
  
• add fresh basil, parsley and tarragon
  
• top with 3 cups of chopped heirloom roma tomatoes,
  
• add 1/4 cup of '05 Domaine des Espiers Gigondas or whatever's open, 1 cup water, bring to boil,
  
• add 1 separated cauliflower, 1 chopped zucchini, 1 chopped summer squash.
  
• Let cook at a low boil and mix occasionally to break up tomatoes.
  
• Cook for about 30min, stir once more. Tomatoes should be almost like a paste rather than a sauce, coating everything.
  
• Let it sit for another 1/2 hour so the flavors can have sex together, eat lukwarm with flatbread. ooh!
  

We had skirt-steak 'pinwheels' (skirt steak rolled with provlone and proscuitto) and Jersey corn on the grill.

Last night was a meat and cheese plate, along with a nice Kim Crawford sauv blanc. We picked up a great variety of different cheese's at Wine Library on Sunday, and enjoyed it with some fresh mozzarella, prosciutto, Boar's Head turkey, and Water Crackers. Great snacks out on "The Bistro" as we like to call the sidewalk in front of our house. All our neighbors actually have bistro tables out front now, and it's almost like eating on the street in NYC...or the French Riviera.....well, maybe not, but it's still fun to have dinner out front with all of the neighbors....lunch today - Slimfast! LOL!

-mJ

Porterhouse and veggies on the grill

Blue Cheese Bison Burgers
BBQ Beans

Beautiful night, so hung out in the backyard with some nice wine and various italian cold apps. which ended up being dinner. No complaints.

prosciutto di palma, fresh mozzarella, dried sweet sausage, vine tomatoes with basil, olive oil sea salt and homemade bruchetta toasts.

Oaxaca cheese Quesadilla
Chicken thighs with mole poblano
Refried beans
White rice
Jamaican Rum cake

Baby backs, red pepper and corn sausages, and bockwurst on the grill, with a nice salad with fresh tomatoes from the garden.....

It's Thursday, so we're off to Delorenzo's Tomato Pies on Hudson Street in Trenton. It's our Thursday night "date" to get us geared up for the weekend. And it's BYOB so that is a bonus. For me, it'sll be sausage and sweet peppers, and the wife's half will be just sweet peppers. Now to decide what to drink with that...hmmmmmm...

-mJ

One of my new casual favs...

A ground chuck flame-grilled burger, baked beans and a nice quaffing cab...recently 'Big Truck Red' by Joel Gott and friends...at $14.95/btl., perfect.

sushi

Grilled Rib Eye cap off, mushrooms, and asparagus.

Gazpacho, crusty bread and a glass of rose.

Summer is still here!

PH

Soft shell Maryland crab
Duck terrine
Filet Mignon with escargots
Banana-Hazelnut souffle

Sour cream chicken enchiladas and Mexican rice

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Originally posted by Bella Donna:
Sour cream chicken enchiladas and Mexican rice

Bella
Just out of curiosity. What do you mean by mexican rice?

Chicken breasts in a bleu cheese sauce over broccoli rabe and bok choy on the side.

Planning to have duck breast with a fig wine reduction. I'm thinking I'll open a burgundy.

Last night was a creole shrimp boil for the Colts game. Loads of shrimp,corn,summer sausage, potatoes and lots of spice. My tummy doesn't feel so good today!

Baked chicken, rice, green beans and a salad.

Sauteed chicken thighs, prosciutto, garlic, chiles, lime zest and juice, capers, arugula and white wine. Tossed with linguini. Served with an '06 St. Clement Bale Lane Sauv Blanc.

Tonight is usually a pizza night, but I had pizza for lunch, so I am making this new recipe I saw on Better.tvfor an easy noodle recipe. That's perfect, because I too exhausted to make anything else...

We've got a wedding tonight and I put down the filet. Hopefully it doesn't come out well done and dry!

-mJ