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fullygoldy) wrote2011-09-12 08:41 am
fullygoldy) wrote2011-09-12 08:41 am
Harvest Meals
We've been enjoying the summer abundance again!
Labor Day weekend, it was heirloom tomato pie, fresh corn salsa, and home-cured & smoked bacon (an experiment that seems natural when you've got half of a pig in your freezer).
This past Friday, I went home and cooked dinner for what felt like the first time in ages. DH has been doing most of the cooking, or we go out, or we eat leftovers. So, I did a light lemon-ginger sauteed chicken, and a whole-wheat conchigile in cream sauce with peas and walnuts. Saturday, I cooked again! Penne in fresh tomato-vodka sauce, tilapia filets that poached atop the sauce and a lemon cucumber, artichoke and cherry tomato salad with tarragon-dill vinaigrette. I've been using agave to sweeten my vinaigrettes instead of sugar, and I really like the result.
Yesterday, we went to the BFFs for "lunch" which set a personal record I think - 6 hours of eating, drinking, & socializing at lunch! Crawfish etoufee, shrimp & grits, sweet potato and corn salad, biscuits with 2 savory toppings and 2 sweet, traditional finger/relish stuff, bloody marys, vodka lemonade, beer, fruit-infused tequila, ice cream with yummy toppings, and chunky bacon on demand! The weather was perfect to laze a Sunday afternoon away, and the laughter rang through the neighborhood. An excellent party. Also, that was my only meal for the day, LOL. I was completely stuffed and had zero need for dinner.
We have half a pound of oyster mushrooms that need to be used this week, and I'm positive they're going into our new comfort food/shameful secret - fried oyster mushroom po'boys with homemade remoulade. SO so so DELICIOUS!!!
Labor Day weekend, it was heirloom tomato pie, fresh corn salsa, and home-cured & smoked bacon (an experiment that seems natural when you've got half of a pig in your freezer).
This past Friday, I went home and cooked dinner for what felt like the first time in ages. DH has been doing most of the cooking, or we go out, or we eat leftovers. So, I did a light lemon-ginger sauteed chicken, and a whole-wheat conchigile in cream sauce with peas and walnuts. Saturday, I cooked again! Penne in fresh tomato-vodka sauce, tilapia filets that poached atop the sauce and a lemon cucumber, artichoke and cherry tomato salad with tarragon-dill vinaigrette. I've been using agave to sweeten my vinaigrettes instead of sugar, and I really like the result.
Yesterday, we went to the BFFs for "lunch" which set a personal record I think - 6 hours of eating, drinking, & socializing at lunch! Crawfish etoufee, shrimp & grits, sweet potato and corn salad, biscuits with 2 savory toppings and 2 sweet, traditional finger/relish stuff, bloody marys, vodka lemonade, beer, fruit-infused tequila, ice cream with yummy toppings, and chunky bacon on demand! The weather was perfect to laze a Sunday afternoon away, and the laughter rang through the neighborhood. An excellent party. Also, that was my only meal for the day, LOL. I was completely stuffed and had zero need for dinner.
We have half a pound of oyster mushrooms that need to be used this week, and I'm positive they're going into our new comfort food/shameful secret - fried oyster mushroom po'boys with homemade remoulade. SO so so DELICIOUS!!!