And he wears shorts!

We had ravioli, meatballs and sausage. Yum.

Frozen lasagna w/ frozen meatballs

Scardigno's brand in the plain white box isn't too bad, actually -- it's out of Belleville, NJ.

I don't eat store-bought meatballs. I rarely will even eat them out.

The meatballs weren't great -- they're from Prima Familia -- you're right, it's hard to find a good meatball. Bar by me actually MAKES THEM and they're great! Frozen? Meh.

Had to work at a trade show today, the italian place next to the office was under construction so we went to the other side of next door and had chinese... not your typical, its "upscale" with a live jazz band every night... I had this spicy crispy chicken, stirfried but first rolled in "water chestnut flour" definitely unique, definitely tasty, hopefully tomorrow I will get my italian food :-)

Stuffed Pepper Soup

I had food.

Manhattan Clam Chowder and some fruit.

...AND he eats frozen Lasagna and Meatballs out of the box!!!!!

WHAT KIND OF DON DO WE HAVE HERE??

Don't knock it till you try it.

LOL, I had a party tray of frozen lasagna from Stouffer's. I had spent enough money at shoprite so after thanksgiving I was entitled to a free turkey, ham or tray of lasagna that would feed 12. I gave it to a former co-worker today since she has a family of 4, and I couldn't eat that more than 3x over the course of a week or 2, so better she enjoy it since she is unemployed... and british lol.

Knock the frozen "meatballs" all you want -- 99.99% of them SUCK! But there are some pretty decent gourmet frozen entrees out there by local/regional companies.

The same company I mentioned last time, Scardigno's, I can't find online. It's a North Jersey thing I guess. But I had their FROZEN Broccoli & Cavatelli tonight (like, a thick soup in a quart container) and it tasted better than most restaurants.

Let me tell you this in comparison. The local BJ's started selling packaged "Carnegie Deli" pastrami (or corned beef, I don't remember). All I remember was it looked disgusting, like 99% FAT -- might as well slice up lard on your sandwich! Of course I didn't buy it. And of course I didn't also assume it'd be good because of the name. It was a disgrace to New York Delis! I've had infinitely better in a local deli, even than the REAL Carnegie I visited a few weeks ago (you've seen the pictures )

Don't judge food by its name or how it's delivered. Sure, homemade is great -- but even then it depends on the cook, doesn't it?

Stressed out at work... I needed some "comfort" food when I got home. The diet be damned - I made my own home fried potatoes (for the first time ever). They came out REALLY good!

I took two large potatoes and cut them into cubes about 3/4" thick. A half a large onion, chopped and a half a red pepper and a half a green pepper chopped into small pieces. Sauteed all in a covered pan with butter for about 20 minutes, then removed the lid to brown the mix for about 15 minutes.

Mmmmmmm....

Sound delicious, SC. I am absolutely ill today. Pigged out on hot dogs, cheeseburgers, fried zucchini and mozzarella sticks last night. I feel like I ate a can of Crisco.

Now, THAT'S pigging out!!

How was the concert???

Well, the contact high at The Garden was inescapable. Just kept getting hungry, I guess! Oh, and I forgot the beer and wine and brownies.

Concert was great. I wrote about it over in Random Post Whoring.

Not feeling so hot today, not in the mood for pasta or to cook, so I ordered in from Tony Soprano's fave sushi joint... plus a side of gyoza, and fried oysters (really really good).

JR, I hope you are feeling better today.

Stop it now! Not when it comes to Italian food!




I wouldn't know, you'd have to ask miss spaghetti-o's about that!

We're having lamb chops tonight. YUM. Of course, that means I'll be out there grilling in the freezing cold. Well, at least it's not snowing.

I had food again

Was gonna go to the great buffet nearby for some Mongolian grill action but the line was out the door (it's that good), so decided to finally try Five Guys Famous Burgers & Fries -- goodbye, fast food joints! Very, very good.

How would you know?

Because I've gone out with you, and know that you have good taste when it comes to good restuarants and good food.

The only thing that Cardi likes frozen is ice(and that goes on top of his head) J/K

Southwestern BBQ Back Ribs
Tender grilled baby back ribs basted with our own homemade BBQ sauce with 14 spices and chilies, served with roasted herb red potatoes.

Feeling much better thanks Mig!! I made homemade beef stew tonight (well, this afternoon, had to let it simmer for a few hours), came out pretty good for the first time! I am not sure what to make tomorrow night... I skip meat on fridays during lent so I usually like to eat it on a thursday, but since I had it tonight, it might just have to be pasta and/or seafood since friday has always been homemade pizza night :-)