What's for Dinner, Wed., April 8, 2015

[NJCher]

The RG is cooking and it's a surprise. He said it's something special. Whatever it is, it will be late, as I'm working until 8:30 p.m. tonight.


Cher

[fizzgig]

1. finally getting the pork roast cooked off

husband will get it going in a bit, but i'm not sure what sauce we're going to use for it yet. and i expect a full report on what the rg treats you to

[cbayer]

2. Envious. Wish I had an RG once in awhile.

Tonight we will have a simple pasta with tomato/basil pesto and some sausages that were made by a local woman.

Maybe a cucumber salad, but I'm not sure yet.

Enjoy!

[The empressof all]

3. Asparagus Risotto!

One of our favorite spring meals!

I also will serve some cups of left over lentil soup as a first course. It's full of yummy chard and carrots!

[cbayer]

4. Ah, risotto!

I love it, particularly with asparagus…. and truffles if you can get them (truffle oil?).

There is no acceptable parmesan cheese here. I have found some things that are similar, but not close enough for an acceptable risotto.

Enjoy.

[pinto]

5. Small cross rib beef steak, egg noodles with portobello mushroom sauce, broiled zucchini.

NJCher for the egg noodle mention yesterday. I love them and realized I hadn't made a noodle dish for a while (save for Asian rice noodles).

So I got some basic durum wheat egg noodles this morning and all the rest.

[Galileo126]

6. Pasta and shellfish

Not sure yet - either Linguini and clams w/ tomatoes and artichokes... OR ... a pescatore using clams, mussels, white fish and squid. A salad to boot.

I don't think I have the squid though, so maybe just the clams tonight.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. More strip steak roast.

The last of the green beans.

[Phentex]

8. Who had the brilliant idea to roast a chicken? It's only 85 outside...

but I had this small chicken to use up and I'm just cooking for two tonight. I made an apple cabbage slaw and will roast some asparagus. Also one single sweet potato. It feels weird to cook such a small meal.

I'm going to have to start planning meals that don't require the stove.

[japple]

9. Our first harvest of asparagus: most of it is the wild stuff that springs up around the perimeter

of the garden. It was planted by birds many years ago, and the stalks are large, meaty and absolutely awesome. I just broke it into 2" pieces, drizzled with EVOO, and roasted in the oven. So delicious it made us weak in the knees!

We had leftover tacos and other veggie leftovers from SUnday, but nothing compared to the asparagus!

[locks]

10. Aw, one of my favorite reads

Stalking the Wild Asparagus got me looking for wild asparagus many years ago.
What a treat when you find some.

[bif]

11. Asian noodle soup with shrimp