Okay, what's for dinner tonight?

Quick lemon/salt brine of a chicken breast while I sauteed the following:

(the Survivors after cleaning out the veggie bin: Note to self: never get carried away buying veggies when you're planning on going away for 5 days)
leek
onion
mushrooms
some unknown tiny red pepper
4 plum tomatoes from the garden
remains of a jar of sun-dried tomato pieces
capers
"so-so, but I'll cook with it" white wine
Pacific veggie broth.

After 10 minutes everything was nice and soft. Pulled that all out of the pan, added a bit more olive oil and added the blotted dry, then diced chicken pieces. Seasoned that with lots of black pepper and parsley. Stir-fried 3 minutes and then dumped in the sauteed veggies. Added a huge bunch of torn fresh spinach. Only took 1 minute to reduce. Grated parmesan on top.

Tried to watch "Moonrise Kingdom" on Demand, but kept getting Error 026. Brighthouse will be paying us to finish watching it tonight.

 
Card-carrying member of this club! Was just telling a friend how proud I was of cooking from

the freezer the past few weeks (on a mission to clear it out). Got it down to less than 1/3 full (yay) then went to the grocery store and what did they have on sale that I couldn't resist? Cornish game hens! You *know* how much room those babies take up in the freezer, right?! LOL

It's tough to resist a good sale at the store when there's room in the freezer (and even when there's *not* room in the freezer). smileys/wink.gif

 
Fresh Dungeness crab with lemon aioli, steamed artichokes, potatoes au gratin and salad.

Normally I steam red potatoes to go with the fresh crab and artichokes but I needed to use up some gruyere, heavy cream and red potatoes. Yummy dinner.

 
Dungeness for $2.99 a pound? Amazing! I heard it's crab season. I'm on the lookout now. Thanks Pat!

 
I can only do this when one of my relatives goes fishing. . .

and of course they have to do well! Home canned tuna in jar is really delicious, and even more so when a little olive oil is added to the fish.

 
If you can get live crab and cook it yourself, it's sooo much better than the

already cooked stuff (that who knows when it was cooked). But you probably already know that.

 
Sure. Did you have Karen over for dinner? hehe, you both had nlb's chicken cass REC Chicken-Brocco

Chicken-Broccoli-Cheese Casserole:

It was basically Paula Deen's, but with a few twists. I'm sure nlb's was better... I shouldn't have frozen it last month. I didn't realize it would get so mushy when thawed. Lesson learned! Very good when first made, however!!

!+ (more or less) cooked, shredded chicken
2 cups egg noodles
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup 1% milk
2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
1+ tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon all purpose flour
1 small onion, finely chopped
small head broccoli, cooked to al dente
2 Tbsp basil pesto
Salt and pepper to taste

Prepare pasta al dente, in salted water, according to directions. While boiling, prepare other ingredients.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9 x13 inch baking dish.

In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and saute until golden. Stirring frequently, add garlic and broccoli florets, and cook for two minutes more. Stir in the flour and cook until the flour is absorbed. Slowly add milk and 1 cup cheese. Reserve 1 cup of cheese for casserole topping.

Once the cheese is melted, add pesto, salt, and pepper to taste. Combine chicken, sour cream and noodles into cheese mixture. Stir until the noodles are coated with mixture.

Pour mixture into a prepared casserole dish. Top with remaining cheese and bake for 30 minutes, or until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling.

Remove from oven, let cool slightly before serving, and enjoy topped with more pesto if desired.

 
Traca, our local fishmongers will cook up the crab/lobster for us. we just pick it out of the tank

and they do the rest. I bet you have stores that would do this as well.

 
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