We're having steaks on the grill, baked potato, sweet corn (probably), and salads with fresh Thousand Island dressing, with Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake for dessert. Oh, and probably some Crenshaw melon.
On Sunday, I made black-eyed peas, which I mixed with brown rice, sauteed celery and red bell pepper, 1 Tbs. dehydrated onion, 1/2 tsp. thyme, black pepper, fresh parsley, and a package of chopped ham.
I made my husband hamburger steak and fries, I had leftover sloppy Joe on bread and fries..
I used half of the hamburger to make a small pot of chili for later on maybe tomorrow. My husband isn't crazy about chili unless it's cold outside so it might be mine if so I'll freeze it in small containers for the freezer.
It's been a while since I've made Thousand Island dressing, starting with freshly made mayonnaise, of course.
We've been buying whatever cut of steak was on sale, tonight the cut was ribeye. I think I like NY strip better, but it was pretty good. My wife prefers filet mignon.
Dinner was pork shishkebobs with peppers, onions, and cherry tomatoes, plus brown rice, and summer squash sauteed in butter with lots of fresh herbs from the deck. Everything tasted better because it was picked and/or cooked in the rain!
The eggplant/zucchini lasagna was great, I had two servings of it, my wife had a small serving to go with her eggs, but also dished out some to take for lunch tomorrow. I portioned what was left into 5 containers and put them in the fridge. Eggplant isn't supposed to freezer very well, but I may wind up freezing one or two of them anyway, though I'm planning on having it for lunch the next few days. I've frozen ratatouille in the past and it seemed to be OK when it was defrosted.
I'm not sure in what cookbook or recipe I first saw tomatoes, onions and sweet peppers referred to as piperade, it's somewhat of a simplification of a Basque dish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piperade
It was probably in a recipe for ratatouille, because that's about the only thing I make it for.
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