What I Had For Dinner Tonight

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Mothy’s Open Dinner Thread

March 18, 2008 · 4 Comments

As she suggested, here’s a thread where you all can list what YOU had for dinner on March 18, 2008. I’ll post my dinner later (as it’s not even noon yet, here…). I’ll update the tags regularly, so it will get indexed properly with the other posts.

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Grilled Chicken and Veggies with Porcini Risotto

March 15, 2008 · 3 Comments

We have been having nice spring weather, and with the change to Daylight Savings Time, and G&T’s company, what better excuse to fire up the backyard bbq? So, prepared on the grill (over mesquite hardwood charcoal, natch): asparagus and portabella mushrooms in olive oil, which I prepped, and chicken breasts and chicken and apple sausage, all of which T grilled. I then tossed the asparagus with some balsamic vinegar.

In the kitchen, I made risotto with porcini mushrooms, onions, butter, olive oil, red wine (‘06 Rodney Strong Sonoma pinot noir) and fresh thyme from the garden that G picked, with Parmesan on top. We had the rest of the pinot as well as an ‘05 Big House Red, from Santa Cruz with dinner.

For dessert, we had some mango mochi and Ben & Jerry’s Cinnamon Buns ice cream. Oh, and as an appetizer, G&T brought a baked brie and crackers, which we served with a fresh sliced peach.

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Lamb Burgers

March 14, 2008 · 3 Comments

My friend, F, who I have known since we were in high school together, came over for the evening, and together we made lamb burgers with mint, onion and garlic in them, served on whole grain buns with tzatziki sauce we made ourselves (with sour cream instead of yogurt) since TJ’s was out… they had havarti on theirs burgers, I abstained. J made mashed red potatoes (skins on, of course. and lots of butter and garlic), I baked an acorn squash with five spice powder, and grilled portabella mushrooms in olive oil to go with. We had blue tortilla chips with salsa for nibbly bits to start, a nice red wine(‘04 Domaine des Tours Rhône) with dinner, and an apple streusel for dessert.

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