Green salad with blue cheese dressing
Fried zucchini with panko parmesean crust
Sautéed zucchini
Green bean casserole
City Chicken (Cook’s Country Dec/Jan 2013) with peach sauce, dill sour cream, ranch, and fry sauce
Peach cobbler with store-bought ice cream
Green salad with roquefort dressing
Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza (Cook’s Country April/May 2023) with “cup-n-crisp” pepperoni.
Creamy Potatoes and Leeks (Cook’s Country April/May 2023)
Green salad with blue cheese dressing
Sautéd brocolli
Corn on the cob
Chicken thigh sandwiches (used Chicken Tenders recipe for coating)
Banana splits (homemade vanilla, strawberry, chocolate ice cream with homemade strawberry, chocoloate, caramel, and pineapple sauces, with whipped cream and maraschino cherries
Green salad with blue cheese dressing
Fried wontons (some filled with cream cheese), with sweet and sour sauces (lemon and ketchup)
Cashew Chicken (Cook’s Country June/July 2020) with white rice
Raspberry Tarts (https://preppykitchen.com/raspberry-tarts/, note this recipe gets lost at the end, switching to strawberries and saying you should have left over purée) from backyard raspberries
Green salad with blue cheese dressing
Fresh buttered peas from garden
Homemade linguine with wild morels and alfredo sauce
Roasted pork tenderloin (with onion and garlic powder)
Churros (https://preppykitchen.com/churros/, note this recipe made very messy churros. Batter was way to runny for the churro maker. It might have worked okay with a standard piping bag. Still tasty of course) with lemon curd
Green salad with blue cheese dressing, baby corn, feta, and palm hearts
Cheesy garlic bread
The Best Barbecue Beans (https://www.seriouseats.com/best-barbecue-beans-recipe) (way too sweet)
Scalloped potatoes (America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook)
Tuscan style rosemary/garlic/lemon pork loin roast with vinegrette (From The Best of 2017, America’s Test Kitchen)
Lemon cheesecake (https://preppykitchen.com/lemon-cheesecake/)
Green salad with blue cheese dressing
Carbonnade Flamande (Flemish Stew): A chuck roast gets charred on the grill with some onions, then braised on the grill for several hours with some carmelized onions, bacon, beer, broth, and spices.
Egg noodles (store bought)
Corn on the cob (boiled)
Cherry/nectarine Clafoutis (https://www.seriouseats.com/cherry-clafoutis-french-dessert-recipe, but with some cherries replaced with nectarines) and whipped cream
Cucumber-Ginger Salad (Cook’s Country, Apr/May 2021)
Grilled Chicken Souvlaki (Cook’s Country, Aug/Sep 2021)
Pitta Bread (https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pitta_bread_97296)
Angel Food Cake (The Complete America’s Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook) with strawberries and whipped cream
Green salad with blue cheese dressing
Brussel sprouts with garlic and lemon
Bierocks (Cook’s Country Jun/July 2012) with black garlic mayo
Strawberry pretzel salad Strawberry pretzel salad (Cook’s Country, Aug/Sept 2013)
Margaritas (https://www.patrontequila.com/cocktails/patron-silver/patron-perfect-margarita.html). It was Cinco de Mayo after all.
Green salad with blue cheese dressing
Onion rings (https://www.seriouseats.com/foolproof-onion-rings-food-lab-recipe)
Nightshade free chicken tenders (this time I salted the chunks overnight ahead of time (about 1/2 tablespoon of salt for three pounds of chicken, then continued with the regular recipe. Did not notice much of a difference)
Lots of sauces (creamy pesto, blue cheese, lemon sweet and sour, regular sweet and sour, smoky special sauce, and probably a few others I am forgetting).
Angelfood cake (The Complete America’s Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook) with cherry sauce and fresh mango and whipped cream
