Category: Menus

Dinner Tonight: Pork Cutlets, Twice Baked Potatoes & Salad

Dinner tonight was mostly repeats, with a twist on the twice baked potatoes. Pork cutlets (without the Parmesan and with a bit of buttermilk with the eggs) Romaine and radicchio salad with salsa dressing Twice baked potatoes with salsa and buttermilk My youngest thought the salsa “ruined” the twice baked potatoes. I liked it. But…

September 8, 2010
Persian Chicken Marinated in Yogurt and Grilled

When my book club read Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel, a wonderful book by the way, the hostess made this Persian chicken. She baked it and served it with a delicious green salad and some bolani from the Afghan stall at our farmers’ market. It was a wonderful dinner and a wonderful book. I asked…

June 11, 2010
Menu for the Week: Black Bean Burgers, Pork Scallopini and More

My weekly menu plans these days rarely have an assigned day and I typically aim for planning 4 dinners. My daughter has dinner with her dad one night a week so I don’t plan that night as I just figure out something for myself based either on leftovers or some small thing. We’ll usually have…

May 19, 2010
Japanese Dinner Menu

I made another Japanese themed dinner last night. I’d swung by the local Ranch 99 for some produce. As we were cruising the aisles a bit, my daughter spotted some chicken in the freezer section. It was thinly sliced, seasoned, and threaded on wooden skewers already. So we picked up that, some fried tofu (arsu…

December 3, 2009
Thanksgiving 2009 Visual Recap

Pictures are linked to recipes where I have them posted. I loved the Pink Lady apples in this. You can see the pink skins! These were the surprise hit of the evening. Save

November 27, 2009