Tuesday Night Dinner 20-Jan-2026

Green salad with blue cheese dressing

Elk meatballs with homemade pasta and mushroom (store bought crimini) sauce (adapted from https://www.seriouseats.com/the-best-swedish-meatballs-recipe)

Butternut squash soup (from Dad’s garden, https://www.seriouseats.com/classic-butternut-squash-soup-recipe) with croutons from homemade sourdough

Butternut squash pie (from Dad’s garden, https://www.seriouseats.com/bravetart-butternut-pumpkin-pie-recipe) topped with whipped cream.

Tuesday Night Dinner 30-Dec-2025

Green salad with blue cheese dressing

Grilled Lamb-Stuffed Pita (Cook’s Illustrated 2017ANNUAL). Very good burger mix and sauce, but what were they thinking? I read this recipe and could not believe it, but tried because I thought they must have tested it. The bread got completely burnt after only like 2-3 minutes per side (as any reasonable person would expect) and of course they mean pita pocket bread instead of just any pita flatbread. It is really hard to cut a normal pita bread in half that way.

Rolo cookies (https://thefoodcharlatan.com/rolo-cookies-recipe/) with canteloupe ginger lime ice cream ( https://www.homesicktexan.com/cantaloupe-ice-cream/) 

Tuesday Night Dinner 16-Dec-2025

Various appetizers (brie and crackers, toasted almonds, cheese filled marinated peppers, olives, crudités)

Green salad with blue cheese dressing

Beets in butter

Roasted sweet potatoes

Tuscan style rosemary/garlic/lemon pork loin roast with vinegrette (From The Best of 2017, America’s Test Kitchen)

Red wine poached pears (https://www.seriouseats.com/red-wine-poached-pears-recipe-8764366) on puffpastry with crème pâtissière, blood orange supremes, and pomegranate arils

Tuesday Night Dinner 11-Nov-2025

Green salad with blue cheese dressing

Giant Pretzel

American cheese sauce (Modernist Cuisine)

Wild mushroom soup (bacon, carrots, onion, celery, garlic, lobster mushroom, hedgehogs, and chaterelles)

Blue cheese and walnut stuffed chicken breasts (America’s Test Kitchen Simple Weeknight Favorites)

Fluffy orange creamcicle jello with mandarin oranges and mini marshmallows.