I love this conversation about dinners! Here are the current recipes in our household, divided into four categories: Regular Rotation, Weekends, Company and Rarely. Also, so far this year I have added three recipes to my repertoire! Those are at the end. So without further ado...here is what we're eating:
Regular Rotation (this makes up our main diet - quick & easy for weekdays):
- Balsamic Chicken Salad (Basically chicken breasts beaten until flat and then seasoned generously with Balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper and then grilled, cut up and served on a bed of lettuce with other veggies and toasted pine nuts. This is one of our faves in the summer with avocado - yum!)
- Parmesan Chicken with Arugula (served with Ina's lemon vinaigrette)
- Rosemary Chicken (We do this with leg quarters using the same ingredients as Butterflied Chicken, below.)
- Sticky Chicken (Who knew a crock pot was so great? Especially good in the summer so you don't have to run the oven and heat up the house.)
- Roasted shrimp and orzo (Similar to this recipe here, but we add basil, feta and toasted pine nuts.)
- Shrimp salad (Like the chicken salad at the top, only we use shrimp and roast it as in the recipe above.)
- Shrimp tacos (Soft tacos with roasted shrimp. We like ours with salsa, avocado and lots of lime juice.)
- Shrimp Scampi
- Burgers (Again - Ina. So moist and juicy, but don't let them sit too long before cooking - the olive oil breaks the meat down and can make it difficult to grill.
- Crab Cakes (So easy, fast and relatively healthy. We leave out the pepper and scallion...I use some garlic instead. So good with sweet potato fries and a salad.)
- Chicken with Herbed Goat Cheese (Delicious in the summer when I can walk outside and pick fresh basil off a pot in front of my house.)
- Roasted chicken (Can you go wrong? Agreed - Ina's recipe is very good. I like to soak my chicken in salt water for a few hours before cooking; it keeps the meat tender and juicy!)
Weekends
- Butterflied chicken
- Mussels in White Wine
- French Bistro Steaks with Provencal Butter (sooooo goooooood)
- Chicken with Herbed Goat Cheese
- Red Wine Vinegar chicken (I can't find the actual recipe, but it's from Real Simple a few years ago and very similar to the one I've linked.)
Company
- Shrimp scampi
- Butterflied chicken
- Burgers
- Red Wine Vinegar chicken
- Chicken with Herbed Goat Cheese
Rarely
- Chicken Piccata
- Kate's Grouper (One of my favorite things to order at Bonefish Grill and they have the recipe on their website. So good and easy! Now I don't have a reason to go there. Other than the bread. And Bang Bang Shrimp. And not having to do dishes afterward.)
- Scallops Provencal
- Lamp Chops with Pistachio Tapenade (from Mr. Lass's birthday dinner)
New Recipes
- Easy Sole Meuniere (I used Tilapia, per Liz's suggestion.)
- Country French Omelet (We had this dinner one night when Mr. Lass got home late. It was perfect - filling and warm but not overly heavy.)
- Salmon and Raspberry Glaze (Thanks, Publix! This recipe got me eating salmon again. This is super fast, really impressive and soooo tasty. I served it once with wild rice and once with couscous.)
These recipes all use similar ingredients: Balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard, extra-virgin olive oil, salt & pepper, lemons and a variety of fresh herbs. I like it when dinner just comes together based on what I have in the fridge or pantry and what's on sale at the grocery store, but I'm starting to find that having an idea for the week is a much better way to go and I'm not stuck on a week night missing a few key ingredients.
I can't wait to try some of your recipes soon. I'm so hungry now!
Happy cooking,
Kara
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