Tuesday Night Dinner 15-Jul-2025

Green salad with blue cheese dressing and peas and from the garden with hard boiled eggs.

Mexican street corn (Cook’s Illustrated, September 2009) but replaced the cheese with cotija.

Grilled Chicken Souvlaki (Cook’s Country August/September 2021.)

Pita Bread (https://www.seriouseats.com/perfect-pita-bread-recipe)

Strawberry custard cake from Sweet Life.

Homemade cherry and nectarine ice cream (kind of followed https://food52.com/recipes/5759-peach-and-cherry-ice-cream, but not recommended, it was good, but there are way better sounding recipes out there.)

Tuesday Night Dinner 1-Jul-2025

Green salad with blue cheese dressing and peas and nasturtium from the garden.

Onion Rings (https://www.seriouseats.com/foolproof-onion-rings-food-lab-recipe).

French Dip (https://www.seriouseats.com/french-dip-sandwich-recipe-8605324 using their suggestion for making the beef stock too, https://www.seriouseats.com/pressure-cooker-beef-stock).

Raspberry mousse pie (unknown source, but uses a whipped cream base with gelatin and raspberry puree (from the garden in this case)).

Tuesday Night Dinner 23-Jun-2025

Green salad with blue cheese dressing.

Smoked Lasanga (meat sauce from America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook with added mushrooms and MSG, white part used cottage cheese and cream from Hearty Beef Lasagna (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wbzguIvaLk) with lots of finely diced black olives. Stacking amounts from that recipe too (although I think we did an extra layer) and homemade noodles, with cup pepperoni on top. Smoked on the Traeger, did it pretty hot, like 350-375 for about an hour. Recommend longer and slower for more smoke flavor.)

Banana and raspberry (from the backyard) instead of cherry clafloutis (https://www.seriouseats.com/cherry-clafoutis-french-dessert-recipe).

Tuesday Night Dinner 10-Jun-2025

Green salad with blue cheese dressing.

New York Strip Steak on the Charcoal Grill.

Baked Russet Potatoes with Sour Cream Cheddar Cheese Sauce (Ben winged it based on internet suggestions and did not write anything down).

Fresh Corn on the Cob.

Mr. Pibb® and Cheerwine®.

Tuesday Night Dinner 20-May-2025

Green salad with blue cheese dressing.

Tangy and Creamy Macaroni Salad (https://www.seriouseats.com/tangy-creamy-macaroni-salad-recipe) with olives.

Seared “young sweet” brocolli with lemon and garlic.

Smoked Tenderloin (winged it, salt and pepper only).

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook) (with cherry flavored cranberries, chocolate chips, and hazelnuts instead of raisins) with Tilamook Caramel Cold Brew Ice Cream and Magic Shell.

Tuesday Night Dinner 13-May-2025

Green salad with blue cheese dressing.

Low-and-Slow Pulled Pork (no hot sauce, https://www.seriouseats.com/real-barbecued-pulled-pork)

Served with coleslaw (https://www.seriouseats.com/creamy-cole-slaw) and hamburger buns (storebought).

Baked pinto beans with bacon (winged it, my usual bean prep).

Cream puffs (https://preppykitchen.com/passionfruit-cream-puffs/#recipe). I am not sure why passionfruit is in the address, there is none in the cream puffs.