I do love a nice pork roast, Yogi. I'm making a roast beef tonight.

We had steak and chips(fries) last night with mushrooms and onion rings. Very nice!

Spaghetti and meatballs tonight. I'm letting Mrs. Yogi have a run out in the kitchen for once :lol

Tonight I'm marinating boneless chicken breasts in OJ and soy sauce, and then I add a premade sesame and ginger marinade to it. Quite nice, if I do say so myself.

Gnocchi in a fancy sauce with black olive bread later for me!

Fancy sauce?

You're such a dandy, Yogi .

Thanks awfully PB

Any sauce my wife makes is fancy. Anything i make is intricate

Homemade Country Fried Steak w/ pan gravy, homemade mashed pots, and canned collards. (I don't like canned greens, but, didn't wanna spend 2 hrs making it fresh; but it wasn't too bad)



AWESOME!

You're a great cook Geoffy.

If my southern dinner looks good to a southern gal, then maybe I'm doing something right.

Looks really great, Geoff.

Went to Applebee's so the Col. can have his free vetrans day meal.

Spinach and artichoke raviolis last night...yummy. One of Mrs. Mark's favs!

Mince and dumplings with broccoli and carrots last night.

Chinese take out later

Pukka pie- steak

Student loan is all but gone!

Nothing wrong with Pukka pies........

I made a nice shrimp risotto. After I served it, I put a bottle of white truffle oil on the table. The bottle had an atomizer, so everyone had the option of spraying a bit on their dish or not.

At the risk of blowing my own horn, the dinner was lovely.

Somehow I never made it there before for dinner, but Il Giardinello (here) is awesome.

As I posted on FB: "Awesome dinner! The Calamari Fritti was VERY tender and light. And the Linguini Marechiara (w/ shrimp, calamari, scungilli, clams, mussels) was incredible (and huge!). Homemade Tiramisu (w/ marscapone) and even the Cappuccino was ridiculous. My new favorite Italian restaurant. No wonder Joe Pesci eats here!"

Totally recommended! Don't drive past Exit 82 without letting me know!

I made a huge pot of chilli. YUM-YUM!!!

Going to make a nice sausage casserole tonight!

Just had bacon,sausage,eggs,beans and chips!

Yum yum!

Taco night.

Given the crappy weather, I made a pot roast, egg noodles and carrots (cooked with the roast). It was the perfect comfort food.

Obviously, nobody has cooked in MONTHS.

We invited some friends over for a swim and a barbecue. The weather didn't turn out well, but the food did! I got a slab of ribs and made a Kansas City Dry Rub. I left it on the ribs for hours, then my husband slow-cooked them, adding some hickory chips to the smoker. I also baked cornbread. Since cornbread is sort of dry, I added a half a can of creamed corn to the recipe, which helped. I cooked up some green beans and my friend brought a lovely salad. We had a few bottles of wine with the meal, and it was just perfect.

There was some nice ground sirloin on sale at one of the local butcher shops today, so I thought I'd make a simple meat sauce - something I haven't done in at least a couple of months. One of the local greengrocers had some perfect plum tomatoes (at a very decent price, too), so this evening's dinner was all set.

It was quite difficult to tear myself away from the kitchen and post this, but I finally managed.

BTW, you're all invited, that is - if there's any left by the time you get here!

Tomorrow will probably be a nice and easy Mexican-inspired chicken with salsa verde (with rice and beans) that I made a few days ago and liked quite a lot. It's moderately spicy; when I get it just right I will most likely post the recipe.

But, "spicy" is really a relative term, isn't it?

Signor V.

Chicken Breasts in Sour Cream
6 chicken breasts, boneless skinless
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
1 can cream of mushroom soup
½ cup skim milk
½ cup sour cream
¼ cup sherry
1 can mushrooms, drained
paprika
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Place chicken in 9 x 13" baking dish that has been sprayed with non stick spray, making sure chicken doesn't overlap. Sprinkle with garlic powder. Mix soup, milk, sour cream, sherry and drained mushrooms. Spread over chicken, sprinkle with paprika. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes or until chicken is tender.

Serve with egg noodles or brown rice.

Cranberry Chicken
6 chicken breasts, boneless skinless
1 bottle Catalina salad dressing, small bottle
1 can whole berry cranberry sauce
1 package dry onion soup mix
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Spray 9x 13" baking dish with non stick spray. Place chicken in baking dish. Pour salad dressing over chicken, sprinkle with dry onion soup mix, top with cranberry sauce. Cover with foil.

Bake for one hour. Remove foil, baste chicken, return to oven and continue to bake for 30 minutes.

Fall has arrived with a vengeance. It's sunny, but it's only in the low 60s. Kissing the summer barbecue goodbye, we decided to make fresh ravioli for dinner.

My husband is setting up the pasta machine as we speak to make the sheets of pasta. I'll mix up some ricotta, shredded mozzarella, egg, grated cheese, salt and pepper. Then we'll lay out one sheet of pasta, place a spoonful or so of the cheese mixture every few inches (depending on how large you want your ravioli) and then place another sheet on top. You then cut the ravioli with your pasta wheel, pinch the edges together, and pierce the top.

I'm making a meat sauce as well, so we'll have meatballs and homemade ravioli for dinner. My grandmother used to have a big wooden board to work on, and she used to make ravioli sometimes on Sundays. When I slept over there on a Saturday night, I would help her. My job was to pinch them together, so I can't wait to have them.

Tonight i am preparing sausage, eggs, chips, beans, mushrooms and tomatoes!

Like a fry up breakfast in reverse

Sounds delicious, Yogi!

It was as well Babe, i am a dab hand in the kitchen. If i wasn't already spoken for i would make some lady a cracking little husband

Damn, all the good ones are spoke for!