What's for dinner?

thesecretagent

Freshly cut asparagus, boiled new potatoes with a little chopped mint and grilled lamb chops. Served with a mixed herb Hollandaise sauce. Fairly healthy for me...

Except for the Hollandaise, that is...

And the butter on the potatoes...

And the fatty lamb chops... 8-)

And the fact that I'm eating a Snickers bar whilst writing this...

Pendragon

leftover spicy tuna tempura sushi with soy sauce/wasabi mix and some fresh ginger. delish.

Tracy

Accidentally ran into Wolfgang Puck on the way up to his new restaurant in LA (graduation dinner/gift from the parents, who never paid a dime in tuition for my undergrad/graduate education, so I feel less bad for eating overpriced if decent Chinese fusion). He's quite short, around my height (5'5" or so), but seemed friendly.

Pendragon

oh cool! on both the dinner and meeting Puck. enjoy the dinner!

probably a sandwich or chili for me tonight

Lexi

Chili chicken, roasted veg and rice with sweetcorn.

Yum, yum..... (and I'm trying to ignore the cadbury's caramel bunnies calling from the choccy tin.... )

Pendragon

last night was New York strip steak on the grill with a butter/parsley/garlic/lemon zest spread I made for the top of them. I'm still full from those...

tonight, will be something much less...filling than that. I'm on my own tonight, so there will probably be grilled cheese with ham.

thesecretagent

That steak topping sounds great Pen!

Tonight is roasted shoulder of spring lamb (really lean and tender), onion and ale gravy, the first of the garden peas, carrots and roasted potatoes in mint butter.

Pendragon

thesecretagent wrote:

That steak topping sounds great Pen!

it was turned out rather well if I do say so myself :007) I'll send the recipe if you want it!

mom and I roasted red beets and steamed some baby kale from the garden in a soy ginger marinade. the beets were tossed in olive oil and coarse grained sea salt. SO yummy.

tonight, there's hot dogs and sauerkraut :x

thesecretagent

Pendragon wrote:

thesecretagent wrote:

That steak topping sounds great Pen!

it was turned out rather well if I do say so myself :007) I'll send the recipe if you want it!

mom and I roasted red beets and steamed some baby kale from the garden in a soy ginger marinade. the beets were tossed in olive oil and coarse grained sea salt. SO yummy.

tonight, there's hot dogs and sauerkraut :x

I'd love that recipe!

And tonight is hotdogs for me, well sort of. English sausages, bread and mustard.

Pendragon

this makes enough to top four steaks:

1/2 stick unsalted butter (melted)
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest (grated)
1 tablespoon minced parsley (fresh is preferred)
1 garlic clove minced or pressed (about one teaspoon is good)
1/2 teaspoon salt/ground pepper (or to taste)

mix it together with a fork, and then spoon it on the steaks just before serving

enjoy!!

last night ended up being a "we're too tired to cook" night, so hot dogs are TONIGHT

thesecretagent

Today is 27c (80f) and clear blue. Bloody, bloody hot for England! Just had a dip in the sea (freezing) so it's officially summertime in the secretagent household. So it's BBQ once more. Got some nice rump steaks that I'm trying out Pen's topping on, and some sausages and burgers as well. The beer's on ice and there's quite a bit of it.

* The swim at the time reminded me of the Moonraker novel. I swam out pretty quickly and expertly and dove down deep, then thought it would be nice to break through the surface of the water and plant a big kiss on the wife's lips... Scared the absolute sh*t out of her and nearly drowned her when said kiss became a headbutt.

Napoleon Plural

Got to day, it's great to have the website London Eating, can't tell you the number of places that looked promising that I've backed out of having seen the rating and reviews.

I can vouch for secretagent's claim that it is very hot in England today, though not for his attempted watery snog of Mrs Secret Agent.

Mr_Ice

OK, no headbutts to the wife.
No eye gouges, no throat strikes, no fishhooking and no small joint manipulation.
No shamming on the ground either.

But seriously folks, it was 100F here the other day, so Summer has arrived.
Have to cut the grass today, and grill strips steaks and corn on the cob and drink icy cold beer.
Work is having some sort of party at 3pm. I will be ducking out ASAP.
Beer tastes much better at my house. -{

Mr Martini

Mr_Ice wrote:

OK, no headbutts to the wife.
No eye gouges, no throat strikes, no fishhooking and no small joint manipulation.
No shamming on the ground either.

But seriously folks, it was 100F here the other day, so Summer has arrived.
Have to cut the grass today, and grill strips steaks and corn on the cob and drink icy cold beer.
Work is having some sort of party at 3pm. I will be ducking out ASAP.
Beer tastes much better at my house. -{

Still waiting for summer here in California. It's about 60F and will be raining until Tuesday. Great day for a Pizza. So that's what I did. Went and picked up a Pit Smoked BBQ Pork Pizza. Mmmmmmm.

Sir Miles

It's officially Summer in Manchester too - the rain is nice and warm )

I had a lovely pasta dish that was made for me...and some delicious homemade garlic bread - it was so much better than shop-bought -{

thesecretagent

Tried Pen's topping on steak last night - really delicious! Well done Pen - will be using this again.

ke02eww

thesecretagent wrote:

* The swim at the time ...........
it would be nice to break through the surface of the water and plant a big kiss on the wife's lips... Scared the absolute sh*t out of her and nearly drowned her when said kiss became a headbutt.

Classic TSA...!

)

Pendragon

thesecretagent wrote:

Got some nice rump steaks that I'm trying out Pen's topping on

glad to hear it was a hit

tonight, Brats on the grill with any sort of condiment you could possibly want available!

Miss Havelock

Small dish of scallops with fresh mushrooms.

And a wheel sized tarte flambée, freshly baked this afternoon right across the border, with a 1997 German Riesling.

I will have to repeat this- delicious doesn't come close.

-{

thesecretagent

Miss Havelock wrote:

Small dish of scallops with fresh mushrooms.

And a wheel sized tarte flambée, freshly baked this afternoon right across the border, with a 1997 German Riesling.

I will have to repeat this- delicious doesn't come close.

-{

My god - does anyone drink Reisling anymore! ) Well, apart from the Germans that is. At least '97 was a good summer.

Miss Havelock

thesecretagent wrote:

Miss Havelock wrote:

Small dish of scallops with fresh mushrooms.

And a wheel sized tarte flambée, freshly baked this afternoon right across the border, with a 1997 German Riesling.

I will have to repeat this- delicious doesn't come close.

-{

My god - does anyone drink Reisling anymore! ) Well, apart from the Germans that is. At least '97 was a good summer.

I'd say with tarte flambée a good Riesling is a must even.
Everything else I tried was too dry or scented and ruined the unique taste of the Alsatian delicacy for me.
I'd also definitely recommend a true Alsatian Riesling, not a German one.

A good article on the subject:

http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/7/11/pairing-tarte-flambee--alsace-riesling

EvaFan

I think I´m gonna go for some thai food tonight! Don´t feel like cooking...

Pendragon

Mahi tuna soft tacos with radishes, pickled onions, crunchy slaw and Jalepeno Aoli as well as fresh avocado salsa and a grapefruit margarita (with raw sugar on the glass instead of salt)

delicious

thesecretagent

Chinese takeaway tonight - probably ribs, chicken chowmein, egg fried rice and some crispy wontons. Then half of whatever the wife leaves...

Pendragon

picked some kale and a leek from the yard...wilted the kale, tossed that with some lime/ginger marinade sauce, then tossed in the chopped up leek and some cashews. was delicious

Loeffelholz

A bacon double cheeseburger, french fries...and two Hefeweizen draft beers...mmm B-)

Pendragon

brats and corn on the grill tonight, with a green salad from the garden

Pendragon

made pasta sauce from scratch with tomatoes we froze from last summer...added fresh basil and parsley, sauteed onions and garlic and then poured the tomato puree into the pot. perfection

Sir Miles

Salt & Pepper chips - you really can't beat them )

But do put a toilet roll in the fridge the night before

thesecretagent

Sliced new potatoes, onions, garlic, oregano, and chorizo sausage roasted in mild chilli oil - served with bread to dip in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Think I need another Mediteranean holiday...