<p>Making the Cook’s Illustrated Tuscan White Bean stew for tomorrow. Soaking the beans in lightly salted water tonight per the instructions. A first for me with this recipe. Excited. I think it might make a really good side dish with salmon . . .</p>
<p>The only thing I like to eat from Ikea is their chocolate cake. The rest seems kind of bland, I assume the Scandinavian aspect.</p>
<p>Just wanted to say that I tried the Crash Potatoes tonight and they were a huge success - thanks for the recipe!</p>
<p>The 2 Ikea stores I’ve been in (Pittsburgh and northern Virginia) have both had restaurants and also sold food to take home. I think they probably all do but not sure. Love the Swedish meatballs.
Dinner tonight-marinated flank steak, green beans with almonds, salad.</p>
<p>Joining the thread as I’m always looking for new ideas. We had crockpot steak tacos with fresh guacamole and cheese dip. Yummy and easy…</p>
<p>Roast chicken with stuffing…DH is cooking! I will do something about vegtables (otherwise there won’t be any).</p>
<p>Dinner at our friends. They grilled venison burgers and had fresh corn and salad. My DH was terrified we’d get some sort of wild game brain wasting disease. But the venison was delicious.</p>
<p>I’m trying to use up CSA veggies. Roasted beets, leeks, green onions and broccoli with friend summer squash over quinoa with a mustard miso vinaigrette.</p>
<p>Steak tips, grilled asparagus, grilled vidalia onion, and grilled red bell pepper for me. </p>
<p>Plus, I bought two steamed lobsters for a quicky meal tomorrow after the football game – lobster meat sauteed in lemon juice and butter. I was looking for seafood and the grocery had cooked whole lobsters on sale for $2.99 a pound. Kinda hard to pass that up. They will be a little overcooked for what I have in mind, but…</p>
<p>^wow – lobsters sound yummy. I always mean to buy them (I have a great recipe for broiled lobster tails with chili lime butter) but the $$$ holds me back.</p>
<p>I made pot roast tonight, and mushroom barley soup for vegetarian D. As soon as she’s back at school, cut up pot roast will join mushroom barley soup for a hearty soup for us meat eaters.</p>
<p>With andouille sausage. Those beans took a long time to get soft and thicken, but it was worth it! Great flavor. Tomorrow I’ll be tryng their hearty minestrone recipe for the first time, and baking up some homemade sourdough focaccia. The fall weather food is here.</p>
<p>I made a pot of barley soup, too! My grandpa’s version, with pickles. Asked Mr B if he wanted to have steak, nope, he chose the soup. I guess a bowl of soup in hand is worth two steaks still in the fridge. 
Tomorrow’s dinner menu has been set: grilled steak, saut</p>
<p>Had my friend’s DH over for dinner last night (she is away at a Girls Weekend Out.) Pasta with my homemade sauce and meatballs, salad & crusty bread. 3 different wines. I have a headache this morning. :(</p>
<p>It is chilly here. We are going to have a nice roasted chicken, baked sweet potatoes, and asparagus.</p>
<p>I have pork roast in the crockpot with some apples (Macouns), onions, apple cider, chicken broth, rosemary, thyme, a bay leaf, and salt and pepper. I will probably serve it with some garlic cheddar mashed potatoes. </p>
<p>Last night for dessert I made a very easy and very delicious pumpkin eclair dessert. Layer graham crackers at the bottom of a dish, covered with a container of Kozy Shack Pumpkin Pudding, another layer of graham crackers, then covered with some whipped/sweetened heavy cream. Let it sit for a couple of hours and the graham crackers soften up. It was very tasty. </p>
<p>If anyone is interested in buying the pudding I picked it up at my local Walmart. It is seasonal.</p>
<p>We had Sweet and Sour Chicken, fried rice, broccoli, and spring rolls. We found a great sweet and sour chicken recipe on pinterest. :)</p>
<p>Beef chili with black beans, from the freezer. Pretty good the second time around.</p>
<p>Beef kabobs on the grill including veggie chunks on the kabobs and homemade fresh hummus! Love the two together!!!</p>
<p>The hubs is gone for a week, and it’s going to be all veg, all the time!</p>
<p>[Thai</a> Red Curry with Kabocha Squash Recipe - CHOW](<a href=“http://www.chow.com/recipes/30268-thai-red-curry-with-kabocha-squash]Thai”>http://www.chow.com/recipes/30268-thai-red-curry-with-kabocha-squash)</p>
<p>Except for when I’m cooking dark meat chicken and pork belly!</p>
<p>Boneless skinless chicken thighs stuffed with sausage and braised in Chianti. Served with homemade egg noodles. YUM.
oh… and a salad!</p>
<p>Momof3stars, that pork roast sounds delicious. </p>
<p>Last night DH made a yummy stir fry. Tonight, we’re having whatever he’s cooking. I’m taking the weekend off.</p>