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These brownies ended up as our dinner last night. My regular recipe(20 ounces of chocolate) but with a shot of espresso added to the batter. Ann

Shaya Sending Happy Birthday Greetings your way. I've been baking and freezing bread for years. I found that wrapping the bread first in paper towels and then into freezer bags is the best way. Seems to prevent the bread from getting soggy when it is thawed. DoctorTim Perfect lasagna. Bueno Your carbonara looks delicious. Bruce Your dinners always make my mouth water. I found the recipe on line for the fragrant-and-hot jumbo shrimp. I want to try making it using our local prawns. It has been a very sad week for us. Our beloved sheltie "Stetson" has been failing for a while and last Friday was his last day with us. I haven't much felt like cooking until the last couple of days. Tuesday night I made tacos out of pork carnitas with homemade corn tortillas and fresh salsa. Last night was grilled Veal chops with baby yellow beets, mashed potatoes and green beans. I baked brownies this morning and had one for my dinner tonight.

Wendy Wish I was eating at your house. I'm craving duck. Looks delicious, if you can share- what is the eggplant wrapped in? Spinach? ← Thank you Laurel and Emily. Megan Nice to see you back. The prawns were grilled. I just rubbed them with a little fresh garlic, hot red pepper flakes and a little olive oil about an hour before grilling. And about 20 minutes before they went on the grill I squeezed the juice of a lemon over them as well. The eggplant was grilled and while still warm I wrapped each piece around a slice of fresh mozzarella cheese and a basil leaf. The zucchini coins were dipped in an egg batter and deep fried and served with a marinara sauce. I roasted the peppers earlier in the day and they were marinated in a little olive oil with garlic. There was also kalamata olives, salami, and pizza.

Prawncrackers Goats cheese, prosciutto and red onion tart looks yummy. I keep coming back to look at this. Klary Gorgeous piece of salmon. Home smoked. It must have been wonderful. Played in the kitchen today. Baked three batches of bread, 7 loaves and two small pizzas. And dinner was a shared antipasto platter. Ann

Wow, it is so easy to fall behind on the dinner thread. There are so many amazing dinners. I love all the Mexican/Tex-Mex dinners. Lucy this looks sooooo good. Here are a few of our recent meals. Moe's birthday dinner earlier this week started with a salad, with a main course of veal piccata made with veal tenderloin so the meat was cooked medium rare and served with a side of pasta with a vodka, tomato, basil and cream sauce. Dessert was individual Pavlovas with fresh strawberries soaked in Grand Marnier. Wednesday night we had grilled pork tenderloin with a warm potato salad. Thursday night we had grilled prawns over spaghetti Aglio E Olio. Last night's dinner- Chicken Chop Suey and tonight a grilled New York Strip roast served with mushrooms and parisienne potatoes.

Lucy, my mouth is watering for a bite of your Pesto Pizza. Beautiful. Bruce Wow, that Spinach looks so good. Shaya I love when you share photos of your kids cooking. Too cute. Look how focused he is. Last nights dinner was a typical roast chicken dinner. I had pre-salted a couple of chickens on Wednesday. The second one is going to end up in Hot Chicken Sandwiches with homemade fries either in tonight's dinner or tomorrows.

Wow , those looks so good. Could you please share the recipe. I baked 4 batches of bread today for a total of 9 loaves. Wanted to get some in the freezer before the weather gets too warm to want to bake. Here are the first 7 baked this morning. The last two were made with a sourdough biga and came out of the oven late this afternoon.

Judiu I found the recipe on this Blog. Zu's Kitchen. I made two small mini loaves, but next time I think I'll make muffins. My husband loved this cake. Today was a bake day. I was out of bread and I wanted to bake some for the freezer, get a little ahead before the weather gets to warm to want to bake. I made four different batches. First three batches from the morning. Fourth batch was made with a sourdough biga. Total of 9 loaves. Dinner tonight was grilled halibut.

Nishla You make the best soups. Love how you garnish. I grilled the rib roast. Took it off the grill when it was at 110°F. But I should have taken it off at about 105°F. Because it rose to 126°F while it rested. It was a great piece of meat though. Served grilled potato slices along with some steamed asparagus and Shittake mushrooms. Dessert was a Chocolate Cream Cheese Loaf cake.

Norm, great breakfast. I like leftover Chinese food too. Steak and eggs for Moe this morning.

So many wonderful meals, Marcia's steak, and kabobs, Restorer's Pork chop over spinach, Dividend's greens with tomatoes (Oh and I love the plate), Tracey's zucchini coins, and of course Bruce's dinners. So colourful, you just know that they taste as good as they look. Thursday night's dinner was grilled baby back ribs Greek style, with a Greek vegetable stew, zucchini, potatoes and green beans. And last night we had grilled Italian Sausage in buns topped with fried onions and peppers. And I made Moe a tomato and boccoccini cheese salad.

Shaya, I always use Russet potatoes. But I have found that some potatoes seem to brown more than others. Must have something to do with the natural sugars. Also, I decided to make the fries at the last minute so they just had a short soak in cold water. Which also might have something to do with why they look a little different. Usually I soak them much longer. I did do the two stage fry though. Anyway they did taste good and Moe said that he enjoyed his "hot dog dinner" almost as much as he did his rack of lamb. Should serve him this more often. Ann

Maureen Hi, nice to see you posting here. Shaya All your dinners are special. Perfectly seared Tuna, and ooh those golden potato slices. Klary Like Shaya's, your dinners are always something I'd be happy eating. You take the best food photos. Kim You influenced dinner tonight. Just had to have grilled hot dogs. Served with homemade fries. This one is mine. Just tomatoes and onions. Moe had his topped with tomatoes and onions too but he also had mustard and a red pepper relish. Ann

OOOh I'm blushing. Irishgirl, only two. But they were farm fresh free range eggs, jumbo size. Wendy I keep coming back again and again to look at your biscuit and egg sandwich. Moe's breakfast this morning. Scrambled eggs with chives. Copied Wendy's Chive Garnish.

Jan your chicken pho looks sooooo good. David what a gorgeous roast chicken. Thesorus Your lobster dinner has my mouth watering for a lobster feast. Bruce Walleye is a favourite of Moes. Kim Sometimes a hot dog is the perfect dinner. I like all your sides. The beans and the potatoes. I grilled a small rack of lamb and made a fresh mint sauce. Served with roasted potatoes, asparagus and grilled tomatoes.

Percy, I know how much you love your breakfasts. Hope your back is better soon. I'm still drooling over Wendy's husbands Biscuits and Doddies. Perfect. Early breakfast here started with Blackberry Scones. Then a little later I made Moe a bacon, cheese and egg sandwich on homemade Potato Rosemary Rolls.

Bruce, the tapa recipe is very easy. Just saute lots of sliced garlic in 4 tablespoons or so of olive oil. Add some hot red pepper flakes. When the garlic starts to turn golden toss in the prawns/shrimp. After a minute or so when the prawns are almost cooked, add a little chicken broth, and then just before serving squeeze the juice of at least 1/2 a lemon over the prawns and toss in some chopped parsley. Serve with lots of good bread to sop up the sauce. Ann

Wow, I had to go looking for the breakfast thread. It was on the second page. Nice to see all the "sweet" and "savory" breakfasts. Alinka Now that is my idea of breakfast.

I've missed so many wonderful meals. I had to go back a few pages to get caught up. Hard to know where to begin. First of all I'm sorry I missed your birthday Marlene Belated birthday wishes to you. Marcia I love all of your meals. I'd be especially happy with your New Mexico Carne Adovada. God that looks good. And Shaya your butterflied roasted chicken looks amazing as does your baguette. Bruce as usual all your meals appeal to me. Thanks for linking to guppymo's beef soup recipe. Wendy everything looks delicious, but your husband's biscuits are a thing of beauty. Here are a few of the things we have had to eat in the last week or so. Prawn season opened last week. Short season so I plan to have these quite often. Spanish Tapa - Garlic Prawns Beef Tenderloin Kabobs Breakfast a few mornings this week have been Cheese Danish. Dinner last night was Chicken Pot Pie Tonight's dinner was grilled halibut with a tomato black olive relish. Had a craving earlier this week for something sweet. Toasted some walnuts and made maple walnut fudge.

I love homemade potato chips and they are really easy to make. But the secret is to fry them not bake them. Somethings just aren't suppose to be low cal. I always use russet potatoes but I would think that Yukon golds would make a good potato chip too. I slice them thin and soak in ice water. Dry well before frying in hot oil.

I'm sitting here drooling over David's Chicken Fricassee, Marlene's ribs, Doddie's roast pork, and Marcia'sBeef Kabobs. And I really do have to prepare Pork belly one day soon. My monitor died on Friday night and I got around to replacing it today so I'm just getting caught up. Saturday night's dinner was not exactly the healthiest but we really enjoyed it. Buttermilk fried chicken with buttermilk fried onion rings and buttermilk fried mushrooms. Needless to say I had some buttermilk I wanted to use up. Last night was another "diner" food type dinner. Salisbury steak simmered in a mushroom and green peppercorn gravy. We had lunch with our son in Victoria today. Thai food. So other than a toasted homemade bagel with tomatoes, I didn't really cook dinner.

Klary Happy Birthday. Sorry I'm late. Looks like you celebrated in style though. Bruce Thanks for posting the link to that recipe. I've saved it to try soon. Hope it tastes as good as it looks in your photo. MiFi Your duck breast looks amazing. I love pink peppercorns in sauces. Tuesday's dinner was a traditional roast chicken dinner. Wednesday we had pot roast and last night I used the leftover pot roast to make Hot Beef Sandwiches with homemade fries with canned peas. I always serve canned peas with hot chicken/turkey/pork/beef sandwiches. Diner Food. and dessert was Silly Toffee Squares.

The meals and the photos just keep getting better and better. Marlene You are the master of pork roasts as well as Prime Ribs. And those two pork belly photos Wow!. Is there anything better than pork cracklins? I'm definitely adding pork belly to my "have to cook soon list". SiseFromm Wonderful dinner. Bruce Your son certainly is eating well. Saturday night we had pizza. Used some sourdough for the crust. Topped with Italian sausage, mushrooms and black olives. Sunday's dinner was beef tenderloin with Parisienne Potatoes, and steamed broccoli. Baked Sourdough Bagels this morning. Late lunch so dinner ended up being some of the leftover cream of asparagus soup I made yesterday along with a bagel. Ann

I'm not sure what I want more Pancakes or Bruce's fried rice. Moe's breakfast this morning Poached eggs on a bed of sauted mushrooms and asparagus spears. Toasted homemade sourdough baguette. Ann