Pictures of Dinner

Friday, April 30, 2010

Home!

I've been a complete slacker about posting since we have been home. For awhile we weren't eating anything too exciting, just getting caught up from the trip. We did get a fancy new grill, as you can see from all the grilled food.

NEW GRILL!
Best grill ever, it came with an operator.

Deviled eggs

Turkey Burgers

New York strip, grilled sweet onion, grilled potatoes

New York strip and salad

Leftovers! Steak and onions and celery topped with a spicy sauce.

Halibut topped with fried herbed butter, polenta, broccoli with chipotle lime hollandaise

A couple of years ago Tom made fried butter in a test run, but he hadn't had a chance to try it since. He made herbed butter, with parsley and dill, then wrapped it in a wonton wrapper and froze it. Then it was deep fried. Its on top of grilled halibut.

Tiny packets of amazing.

San Diego Bar

Somebody at our hotel recommended we go here for some great beer and food. He was right, we went there twice during our trip and I would recommend it to anybody. Here is night 2...

Monday, April 12, 2010

San Diego

Tom and I are in San Diego and had a great dinner here http://www.jsixrestaurant.com/ The pictures will get downloaded when we get home, but I was afraid I would forget what we had! We decided to go with the chef's tasting menu. All ingredients are organic and local.

We started with cheddar cauliflower soup. There is no cheese in the soup, the type of cauliflower is cheddar cauliflower. We think it was made with heavy cream and mixed stock. Topped with sourdough croutons and beautiful chives.

The main course was a seafood dish. Black cod, squid, and shrimp in a broth and topped with fennel salad. The broth had a hint of lemon and balsamic vinegar. We don't know how they got the black cod cooked without breaking it! And the seafood was served with incredibly good gnocci.

And wine!!!

For dessert we had options, Tom got the dark chocolate gelatto while I got the strawberry gelatto. They were served in huge glasses and it was so good, but I couldn't finish it!

We decided to do the wine pairings with the tasting menu, and each wine really compliment the dish. JSix was fantastic and we would definitely go back and recommend it.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Surgery

Tom had surgery and knew he would be unable to cook much for awhile. He prepared...

Cole Slaw
Blogger has made my pictures turn sideways and I can't get them to go back to normal. So, sorry about the head tilting. This is cole slaw with red and green cabbage, onion, olive oil, vinegar, and mustard.

Pork
Since Tom would want to eat and not want to cook, he made himself a boston butt. Dry rubbed and roasted in the oven for a lot of hours. Our grill is on the way, next time he will be able to slow cook this overnight on the grill.

Surgery - Part 2

Omelette
Tom used his pork butt to make breakfast for himself every morning. Red onion, pork, and Colby cheese.

Bacon and Eggs
When he wanted a change he made bacon and eggs with an english muffin.

Chicken and Pasta in cream sauce
Tom made a light alfredo sauce with balsamic, red onion, red pepper, and sundried tomatoes. It was smoky and sweet.

Old Standby
This is one of our favorite easy meals. Mac and cheese with artichoke garlic chicken sausage. And Caesar salad.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Chili Party!

Tom's aunt and uncle have a chili party every year. They live about 7 hours away, so this was my first chili party experience. We make the chili, you bring the beer. They expect 50-100 people.

The night starts by cooking all the chopped veggies. Celery, onion, lots of peppers, and garlic. This is done outside in a huge skillet. I think it was 5 batches of cooking for all the chili.