Our local CSA was selling poulet rouge chickens for only $5, so I got one. Last night I roasted it using Thomas Keller’s instructions. Mashed potatoes, roasted snap peas and green beans, fresh peaches, and garlic naan on the side.
Tonight will be hamburgers with the same vegs and fruit as yesterday.
Tacos with beef barbacoa, ancho chiles, and fresh salsa on corn tortillas.
My husband can be quite inventive in the kitchen, usually with wonderful results.
But last night he made something new: eggroll tacos. The trick was to split the eggrolls, to let the other ingredients seep in. They weren’t bad, but I asked him to try something else next time. Plus, putting an eggroll inside a taco shell was somewhat redundant. I generously gave them a B-minus.
My BIL has been playing around with a smoker for a few years. Turns out last xmas he replaced his beginner’s smoker with a really cool state of the art unit.
Last night he had us over (first time since quarantine) for brisket and ribs. It was awesome. He was even able to monitor how things were going from a phone app. Fourteen hours in the smoker.
Tonight was cold store rotisserie chicken with sous vide Mexican street corn (I had to use feta instead of cotilla cheese because I live in a gastronomic wasteland) and ceasar salad. It’s warm here so no stove tonight. G & Ts for me, Palomas for SWMBO.
Salad with mixed greens, gorgonzola, crispy roasted chickpeas, and balsamic vinaigrette; roasted Brussels sprouts; and leftover chicken saag. And Prosecco.
Cheese pierogis with BBQ sauce, tossed salad with a raspberry vinaigrette, and ice water; later, Oreos and cold milk.
We finally had closing on our old house, and to celebrate we’re having Pepe’s & Mito’s. Best tex-mex I’ve ever had. I still haven’t decided on what I’m ordering. I’ll probably just panic and say “fajitas” when the waiter shows up to ask.
Beans&Greens with sautéed ham added.
I cubed up some pork chops and dredged the pieces in egg and a well seasoned flour before frying it up crispy. The drippings made a good gravy over the rice I made to go along with it. I made enough for two meals so I don’t have to cook tonight.
Not healthy but yummy.
Looks like burgers on homemade brioche buns.
Sloppy joes (on a potato roll, with a slice of asiago, for me), mash, and corn.
Salmon burgers with fries, slaw and strawberries. Probably the last local strawberries too - it’s the end of the season here.
Tacos with braised beef and ancho chiles. I ate too much.
I got some nice tuna and swordfish from my sushi source. Made a nice ceviche.
Grilled cheese with bacon on pita bread, a pickle, french fries with ketchup, ice water and, later, a mint chocolate milkshake.
Had some mizuna and green garlic from the CSA so I made pesto. Fried up a fancy burger patty (marked down at the store because they were expiring), slapped it onto an onion roll with gouda and pesto. Served with french fries from my new air fryer.
Simple but yummy: jerk marinated pork chops on the grill. Nothing special but they’re really tasty, not too spicy but flavourful. With Wolfpup’s vegetable rice: Uncle Ben’s rice cooked in vegetable broth along with a generous dollop of dried porcini mushrooms. Another nice thing about those chops is that the leftovers are excellent the next day in ramen noodles, sprinkled with chopped green onion and a bit of soy sauce. No gourmet bragging rights today, just plain good eatin’. 
Feta and spinach pierogi with sage brown butter sauce, a Greek salad and slab of naan.
Lox & cream cheese omelet, romaine salad, dark chocolate, pinot gris. Not in that order.