chicken with tomato pan sauce; dulce de leche dessert

I pan roasted a boneless chicken breast half, then made a pan sauce with fresh herbs and roasted cherry tomatoes to top it. Dessert is molten dulce de leche cakes!

beer braised brats

You can't even see the brat in this sandwich, it is covered up by corn, avocado slices, and the red onion that was also braised in the beer. There is also a slice of Muenster cheese on this roll. I paired it with a fresh sliced tomato sala.

lamb 'sloppy joe' & blueberry cobbler

I've used many ground lamb recipes this year - this is an open face lamb 'sloppy joe' that included goat cheese and fresh spinach on the bun. I had some last garden tomatoes to make a caprese salad on the side. A lovely and tasty blueberry cobbler was our dessert.

fancy french toast

I love to start the weekends with a delicious breakfast. Here you see banana streusel French toast, and thick cut bacon. I find it easiest (and cleanest) to simply bake the bacon in a sheet pan, 400 degree oven, until it is the crispiness we desire. Then you can drain it on paper towels and pour off the bacon drippings to refrigerate for other uses (sometimes we fry our eggs in bacon drippings - decadent!).

steak salad & an eggplant rice bake

I have a great love for cheeses of almost any kind. Here I made a steak salad with some leftover grilled steak by adding in some green beans, tomato, blue cheese and a balsamic vinaigrette. The other dish is a layered casserole of eggplant, marinara sauce, rice cooked with saffron, and plenty of fresh mozzarella.

bacon-chard pasta, apple tarts

It seems that a bit of bacon enhances everything! These fusilli pasta are tossed with sliced Swiss chard, cooked bacon, and cheese. It also seems that anything on puff pastry is mighty tasty. The dessert is apple-goat cheese-honey tartlets.

tuna burger

Here you see a delicious spicy tuna burger - I love to chop up a piece of fresh tuna to make these. Even more spice is added from the Sriracha mayonnaise topping! The side dish was a baked zucchini stuffed with ricotta and topped with fresh bread crumbs.