An unlikely source

I'm almost embarrassed to admit it, but I used an Ina Garten recipe the other night for dinner. And it was damn tasty too. The Portobello Lasagna reminded me of a really good peppery cream gravy. An excellent choice if you're having vegetarian guests for dinner.

Sunday Night's All Light

Sunday night's dinner came from two Cooking Light recipes. The protein was Barbecue Roasted Salmon, which was awesome. The starch and vegetable was Rice and black Bean Salad with Cumin Dressing, which was also very damn tasty.

Valentine's Dinner

Possibly one of the tastiest dinners I've made. I prepared Roti de Porc au Lait from Les Halles' cookbook. While it didn't look like the thing in the picture across from the recipe, it tasted fantastic. The only side we had was a baked potato a la Alton Brown. Dessert was chocolate-covered strawberries, made at home of course, that brought dinner to a close wonderfully.

Dinner with my mom-in-law

We had Thomas Keller's favorite roast chicken, his yellow bell pepper soup, steamed broccoli, and mashed potatoes.

Damn Good Soup

Dinner last night consisted of pork loin chops sauteed in a tablespoon of butter and olive oil for about 4 minutes on each side. It had been brined in a quart of water, 1/4 cup kosher salt, and a 1/4 cup dark brown sugar. I should have thrown in some whole black peppercorns for good measure. The best part of dinner was some yellow bell pepper soup from a Thomas Keller recipe. I served the pork with white rice and should have made a cranberry reduction sauce. Maybe next time.