What are you cooking for dinner this weekend?

[maunahaole]

I like to bake it uncovered so the onions and garlic brown a bit and caramelize, which is wrong I suppose.

If you like the result there is nothing wrong with that. That looks really good...

[RIHans]

I do this...

[Too Tall]

Drool. 10-4. I'll post a pic of some late season tomatoes this weekend. It's been the best growing season ever. Am going to make fried green tomatoes this weekend.

Shino, that's a keeper.

[Shinomaster]

Hans you read my mind, although your is way more artfully arranged.

[Too Tall]

Pics from today.

[rydesteel]

some of that good sausage from the hill, dried porcini mushrooms, tomato and herbs, topped with some parma cheese. Yumm

[turd ferguson]

This spring the fam went to PR to visit our good friends. We stayed a few days in their family's beach side house, where living is simple. Small fridge, two hot plates to cook with, no hot water and a shower that just drains through the floor onto the sand.

When the view from the porch is like this though, who cares, right?

So one night we sauted some peppers, black beans, onions and pork sausage, seasoned it with sazon goya and served it mixed with arroz amarillo. It was incredible.

Here's the New England version before the join to the rice. We had to use Jasmine rice as the local market's hispanic food section is lacking. It was just as good, although the scenery isn't quite the same around here.

[Shinomaster]

Turd, that looks really yummy.

[robin3mj]

We had people over for beer/wine and pintxos (tapas) today:

- (home) roasted red peppers stufed with chicken chili, and with crabmeat
- stuffed mushrooms
- bread slices with: goatcheese/honey/tomato, basil/manchego/chorizo, prosciutto/tomato/(home) roasted green pepper, sardines/pepper/tomato
- olives
- spanish almonds roasted w/ mashed chili flakes
- pears cooked in red wine

Good times. Had to pace myself so as not to be hungover or too stuffed for the race tomorrow.

Every day I am thankful my wife is such a tremendous cook, and then thankful again that I ride enough to not put on so much weight that she'd leave me :)

[turd ferguson]

If you've never had an early season New England macintosh fresh off the tree you're missing something special. Add those apples to a pie made with my wife's homemade crust and it is beyond description.

Some day we will all die. You should spend a portion of every day between now and then trying to figure out how to get yourself a slice of what you see pictured below.

[Too Tall]

T.F., perfect crust. Hey if you get the chance and she's willin' put pen to paper and describe her crust method. I'm a lousy baker and only because my sister is a princess learned how to make a very decent fruit tart. Yer a lucky boy.

[SpeedyChix]

No photo, but this was really good last night
Had the fresh eggplant, tomatoes, basil ... found this recipe to use em with

Eggplant and Pine Nut Pasta
1-2 Onions, chopped
2-4 cloves of garlic, minced
Olive Oil
1 Italian Eggplant (use whatever you've got), peeled and cubed
Pine Nuts, to taste
1 quart of Tomatoes, cored and chopped roughly
1 can of Chickpeas, drained
20 leaves of Basil, chopped
Goat or Parmesan cheese
Salt
Any favorite pasta that would stand up to a chunky sauce

Saute the onion and garlic in olive oil. Add a peeled and cubed eggplant. When eggplant starts getting soft, add a bit of salt and some handfuls of pine nuts. Let the pine nuts toast a bit and then add the choppped tomatoes and chickpeas. Stir, add basil. Put it over the pasta. Top with goat cheese or parmesan cheese.

[maunahaole]

Saw an article a while back on grilled cactus. This intrigued me, since we have a large prickly pear growing in the front yard. I twisted a few pads off of the plant and grilled them up according to instructions found on the interweb. I tried it first just by itself. Not bad. I then made up a dressing for it out of balsamic, olive oil, lemon juice and shiracha. Pretty good. This is a make again - I think the next round will be in a salad with other grilled vegetables, like bell pepper, eggplant, sweet onion, etc.

[dave1215]

baked falafel balls with lemon tahini sauce - tasty, healthy and fun to eat

BAKED FALAFEL BALLS

3/4 cup water
1/2 cup bulgur
1 tbsp olive oil
1 medium red onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp crushed red chili flakes
1 1/4 tsp cumin
1 1/4 tsp coriander
1 1/2 cups cooked chickpeas
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp dried bread crumbs
1/8 cup minced fresh cilantro
1/8 cup minced parsley
salt to taste
olive oil for spraying falafel

bring the water to a boil and remove from the heat. mix in the bulgur. cover well with a lid or plate. allow the bulgur to sit until all the water is absorbed, about 20 minutes. heat the olive oil in a small saute pan. saute the onion and garlic over medium heat until the onion is translucent. add the red chili flakes, cumin, and coriander, and saute for 1 minute. combine with the chickpeas and bulgur in the bowl of a food processor; add the lemon juice, bread crumbs, cilantro, parsley, and salt, and process until just mixed. preheat the oven to 400 degrees. allow the mixture to rest for 15 minutes before forming into 2" balls. place the balls onto a lightly oiled sheet pan. spray the balls with olive oil. bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until golden, turning the pan once during baking. serve the falafel with the lemon tahini sauce.

LEMON TAHINI SAUCE

1 cup tahini
1/2 cup water
2 cloves garlic
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup finely minced parsley
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp hot sauce
salt and pepper to taste

place the tahini, water, garlic, lemon juice, parsley, cumin, hot sauce, and salt and pepper in the bowl of a food processor or in a blender. pulse for 1 minute until the sauce is smooth and well balanced. add a bit more water if the sauce thickens too much.

[Too Tall]

Dave, awesome recipe for falafel. Instant household hit. My crew likes cold sliced radish.

Hey! Thought I'd show you folks what REAL hardshell crabs look like. These are jumbos or what locals call #1 Jimmys. Local Silver Queen Corn too is outtasight. We'll be cleaning crab bits from the ceiling tonight.

[rwsaunders]

TT....don't be so shellfish with that crab......

[Too Tall]

TT....don't be so shellfish with that crab......

Very finny.

T.F. thanks for the inspiration. Hey, my crust does not look very good but I'll reckon the pie eats real fine. Local apples natch :) My sister is in town, she and hubby have lived in Paris last 25 yrs. and she's a d@mn fine cook. I challenged her to an apple baked goodness throw down tonight this is my entry. She is making an apple tart tatin. USA USA USA hehe.

[SpeedyChix]

Imam Bayildi (swooning Imam) It's so good the guy fainted after he ate it, or so the legend goes. It's hella tasty! In Turkey and other enlightened places they don't let eggplants grow to be the size of soft balls. Eggplants that large taste like sh*t and are full of large seeds. These are from our garden.

What's the recipe for this one??

[Too Tall]

Followup for the apple goodness throwdown.

BURP.

It as a no contest. Her Apple Tart Tatin was so good and very different with the butter crust and carmelized apples and mine so very American with two apples and a soft crust..well we just made peace and pigs of ourselves.

Dessert was the big winner and I'm a few lbs heavier.

[turd ferguson]

Chili is on the menu for this weekend at the Northampton cross races. This morning is the practice run. Hope they like meat.