What Did You Eat Today?

[Bestwifeever]

All this talk about BBQ, I figured I'd post picture of the brisket I made last weekend. It was my first time smoking a brisket, and all I can say is: Brisket has made it to the #1 cut of beef in my books.

Please send that to my house! Yum!

 

[NW-Bound]

True slow and low-heat smoke BBQ is something I have not done, though I was tempted to buy a BBQ (not a gas grill) for some time now.

So much food to try, so little time and stomach...

 

[Gumby]

Farfalle with lamb ragout. All scratch made. A nice Sonoma Meritage to accompany it.

 

[Meadbh]

Breakfast: chai tea, grilled smokie with cheese (so decadent!)
No lunch, as my carpets were being shampooed and all the small furniture was stacked in the kitchen!
Dinner: Frozen pizza, grilled, glass of local cabernet franc (limited edition.....divine!)

 

[supernova72]

The forum will think less of me but I experimented with fast food on Sunday.

Jack-in-the-Box: (2) taco's 99 cents. (1) chicken sandwich 99 cents. $2.18 with tax.

Tasted OK going down. Felt like crap the rest of the day. Enough of that stuff...if I do that again I won't have to worry about outliving my retirement savings : )

 

[NW-Bound]

I overcooked the meat, and it did not come out as tender as I hoped.

Still, as my BIL and his wife stopped by, we invited them for an impromptu dinner, and they really liked it. Asked me for the recipe (which I found on the Web), and they have never used cumin in the marinade, so I gave them some.

I will wait a few weeks, then try again. The last time I had it, it was a pre-marinated package from Fresh&Easy, and it was better than what I made. Perhaps I did not marinate for long enough, besides the overcooking.

However, I just finished preparing and marinated some thin-sliced beef for Carne Asada this evening. Just thinking about this makes me salivate already. Or is it because I have not had any food?

 

[Meadbh]

Breakfast: coffee, blueberry Greek yogurt parfait
Lunch: apple
Dinner: grilled peppercorn steak, grilled mushrooms en papillotte, steamed butternut squash, steamed celery, glass of red wine

It's hard to go wrong with simple food.

 

[RAE]

Breakfast: 2 eggs, scrambled; bowl of blackberries
Lunch: Stir-fried venison and veggies, served over a little wild rice
Dinner: Grilled lamb chop; baked sweet potato with cinnamon and butter

 

[Meadbh]

Breakfast: coffee, blueberry scone, small banana.
Lunch: skipped lunch.
Dinner: steamed vegetables (broccoli, chopped red potato, chopped leek), halibut burger, grilled, topped with a slice of tomato and a spoonful of 1000 island dressing. Glass of Chenin Blanc. Blueberries on vanilla ice cream.

Yum!

 

[mickeyd]

It's SPD. Having Corn beef and cabbage, Irish soda bread and Guinness Stout, maybe even two.

 

[Dreamer]

I had green eggs and ham for breakfast at Boston Beanery. Later in the day, I had a piece of delicious carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, that my DD made for my birthday! Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

 

[Meadbh]

I had a Caesar salad. That's my token green food for St. Patrick's Day!

 

[FIREd]

I made a Guinness beef stew with mash potatoes for dinner. Yum.

 

[grasshopper]

White bean kale soup.

 

[Grigori]

Two glasses of blender green drink made of spinach, lettuce, oranges, bananas, flax seeds.

Handful of raw walnuts/almonds

 

[freebird5825]

I am concentrating on using leftover food from the freezer.

Lunch: Mr B and I split a fried haddock filet with a side of homegrown filet beans sauteed in olive oil with garlic.

Dinner: Leftover Armenian shish-ka-bob (all lamb) with flat bread and tzatziki.

A friend of ours (the widower whose kitchen I am helping clean up) sent me a picture of what he ate the other night...his version of a true Bachelor's Dinner.
He does things like this to make me crazy and invite him over for a home cooked dinner. It w*rks perfectly. At least his sense of humor is returning.

 

[Rambler]

Breakfast was 1/2 cup cottage cheese and a banana. Post-run snack was a fat and sugar free yogurt. Lunch is turkey and cheese on whole wheat with a side of homemade no-fat refried beans. Tonight is our weekly pizza outing with a group of 4 couples.

R

 

[timo2]

breakfast was a bowl of granola cereal and a glass of OJ. Lunch was a bag of plain popcorn. dinner probably a grilled hamburger. and beer.

 

[Lakedog]

A friend of ours (the widower whose kitchen I am helping clean up) sent me a picture of what he ate the other night...his version of a true Bachelor's Dinner.

I really like sardines and often eat them for lunch or as a snack (prefer them in olive oil or mustard). Along with some fresh veggies, sardines are a great lunch.

 

[yakers]

Nothing the whole day, its Good Friday, fasting is a tradition.

 

[bbbamI]

A glass of orange juice for breakfast.
A bowl of raisin bran for lunch.
BBQ'd chicken, pasta salad and Italian veggies for supper.

I tried something different this time. I cut the backbone out of the chicken (with scissors), turned it over and pressed firmly on the breast. The bone cracked and the chicken was almost flat.

Looked kind of sad...and so 'wrong'.

Placing it bone down, I grilled it on low on the gas grill for two hours. An hour and a half into cooking, I slathered it with Sweet Baby Ray's bbq sauce. Fifteen minutes later, I added more bbq sauce just to be sure there was enough. After another fifteen minutes went by, the temp of the meat was right and I turned the grill off and let it rest for a bit.

Heh...I have no pics...we tore into it. Grrrrrrrrr......

 

[Meadbh]

I made brunch today: a frittata with organic brown eggs, chopped smoked trout, chopped tomato and cilantro, freshly brewed coffee with organic 2% milk. (Can you tell I shopped at the organic store LOL?).

I have figured out how to avoid eggs sticking to my Gordon Ramsay stainless steel pans: wait till the oil is really hot before putting anything else in, and don't disturb the omelet or frittata until it spontaneously separates from the pan!

Nothing else so far. Probably a tossed salad for dinner.

 

[freebird5825]

Tonight's dinner was health food x 2...

Mine: 3 fried hot dogs with 2 slices American cheese over top, with deli brown mustard on the side for dipping, plus a small handful of french fries, with mayo for dipping. No bread with the hot dogs.

Mr B's: Store-bought fish fillets with a large helping of french fries, ketchup for dipping.

 

[Chuckanut]

Grilled chicken breast with curried mayonaise, and fresh vegetables steamed to perfection.

 

[tangomonster]

Breakfast: granola bar and iced coffee at Starbucks
Lunch: Swiss chard wraps with walnut "meat" and carrots, kimchi on the side
Dinner: grilled portabello mushroom, sweet potato baked "fries", cranberry salsa, blueberries
Dessert: homemade chai ice cream!