Pot & Cover

We eat a lot of salads.  I love romaine with cherry or grape tomatoes halved, a little cheese of your choice.  Nuts and dried berries are great too.  We use either our favorite balsamic, blue cheese or chinese version dressing....my grandma loves it so much she just calls it Sisa dressing AKA Wanda's favorite dressing, Sisa being my family nickname.  It's really my mom's recipe, but I'm the one making it now. Cowboy Ribeye with blue cheese, caramelized mushrooms and fresh sauteed corn. Cowboy Ribeye! The blackberries at Costco were so delicious...so we muddled some in our wine glasses. We don't window shop at the mall...we window shop at the meat counter!  Here are some inspiring short ribs...which Scott loves.  Didn't cook it this time, but still a beautiful sight.  And Costco prices are hard to beat.

on the 17th we did it with a gravy over seared chicken on the 19th…with beef tips and mashed taters

I must say...and scott said it first...this chowder was even better than the mussels the night before. we used a recipe from america's test kitchen for fish chowder and used mussels instead and added fresh corn kernels we had on hand. we had to find another excuse to use the new pot and we'd never made chowder before. it was so yummy. i only wish it had been colder so the hot soup was even more cozy...its almost thanksgiving and its barely cold...no white Christmas here. i'll have to add the recipe later, 'cause we're moving this week and all my cookbooks are in boxes in our new garage. but you can google any quality recipe for fish or clam chowder, or even corn chowder...enjoy with crispy crackers, crusty bread, fresh parsley, and someone you love. this was even better the next night over rice pilaf (see other blogs for recipe)...sounded weird to me, but scott insisted and it was really good. i think we had bill m.- our friend over to watch the game that night...