I had a lot of peppers in the freezer, and this year's crop looks great, so I decided to make pepper jelly with the frozen ones. Worked great.

Need to make bread today, but I probably will not. The plan for dinner tonight is mahi mahi cooked in the air fryer, a garlic mushroom rice pilaf cooked in the Instant Pot, chilled asparagus, and sliced tomato.

Well it’s Friday, pizza day. Unfortunately, after buying a hundred-fifty pounds of flour my wife and I have decided to go on a low carb diet. I’ll make pizza for the kids though. Me, I see halibut is on sale at Whole Foods. I see some piccata in my very near future.

Marilyn Sue - cauliflower salad? Do tell....

Lemon grilled chicken breasts...so juicy and tender...the secret is to use just the rind of the lemon, not the juice which "cooks" the chicken and makes it tough.

Getting very HOT here in SoCal. Thinking of Caesar salad tossed with strips of grilled tri-tip for tonight.

There's a nice, easy caesar in the nyt times today--looks good.

Hubby is making "Daddy's chicken," as our kids used to call it, as I type. He's playing (internet) bridge with buddies for the rest of the day and doesn't like the way I make it. Lucky me!

Bacon Cauliflower Salad

1 head of lettuce broken into pieces

1 onion sliced int0 rings

1 pound of bacon, fried and broken

1/2 to 1/3 head of cauliflower broken into pieces

1/4 cup sugar

1 cup mayonnaise

1/3 cup parmesan cheese

Salt and pepper to taste if you like

The night before serving, lay lettuce, onion, bacon, cauliflower in layers in bowl with tight fitting lid. Over that sprinkle the rest. At serving time toss all together.

Today I am making dilly beans. There are also two small avocados in the fridge that need to be used and I plan to make guacamole later.

Dinner is going to be leftover bbq chicken, veggie stand corn on the cob and a salad. I may also slice up some watermelon to go with our meal.

I'd never tried Jennie O ground turkey "Taco". It's pretty good! Made tacos. ☺

Yesterday I cooked 30 lbs of chicken breasts to have ready for the dogs. We might eat some, too, added into lentils or pasta. When I can get boneless/skinless chicken breasts for .99/#, I buy about 50# worth. It will last a few months. Also made a big batch of red beans and sausage, as well as lentil soup in the Instant Pot.

A cold dinner for us today, roast chicken, salad, rolls and key lime pie for me for dessert and chocolate cake for DH. Our dessert is single-serve pieces that we purchase to save us from having to consume a whole pie or cake. ;-)

Cold dinner for us tonight too! Cold asian noodle salad with thin sliced tri tip steak on top. We eat meat/fish only one day a week, and this is our favorite "meat meal". Sometimes I'll make a couple of fresh Vietnamese summer rolls to go with.

Nothing too exciting in the main or veggie departments. I made a dessert called "Whipped Jelly Traybake." Shortbread crust baked in an 8x8 inch pan. When completely cooled, dissolve a 3 oz package jello (any flavor) in 4 oz boiling water (this is much less water than normal). Set jello aside for 20 to 30 minutes. Then the fun part: add 1/4 cup powdered sugar to the jello and whip it until foamy and lighter in color, about 8 minutes if using a stand mixer. Spread over the shortbread crust, sprinkle with coconut if desired, refrigerate overnight. The cut bars were nice looking, the jello texture was like a sticky marshmallow. I think kids would enjoy making them. I'm thinking of a lime jello & coconut shortbread version next time.

I have been hungry for beans. So I have the instant pot loaded with Cranberry beans and ham hocks and a little ham. I might cook rice to go with it or some French bread. I have some fresh Nectarines and peaches for dessert with a little scoop of yogurt.

I made an omelet for breakfast this morning with a summer squash from the garden. A very small one. I'm going to pick two more that are out there tomorrow for breakfast again since I'll be leaving the next morning and I don't want to come home to any giant squash.

Tomorrow will bake some banana nut muffins to take on our trip and probably freeze some.

Salmon cooked like this https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/the-ultimate-grilled-salmon. It was strange at first because it's a little sweet but each bite got better. Next time I'll serve it cold with a spicy lime mayo.

I have a pork roast for dinner tonight. Two daughters and their families are with me at the riverhouse, so the roast should feed everyone in one fell swoop. I also want to make one of the bacon pasta salad recipes included in another thread. The grands will like it.

For dinner last night, I cooked mahi mahi seasoned with lemon pepper in the air fryer, garlic mushroom rice in the Instant Pot, sliced tomato and chilled asparagus. It was wonderful.

Grilled cheese sandwiches made with seasoned french bread and sharp cheddar and tomato. I may make the dough for the cookies I am supposed to bake tomorrow.

It's hot here, but we have good A/C, and so I made whole wheat lasagna.

Here a photo of the pasta, showing how I rolled the dough out to fit the shape of the pan:

This time I rolled out each sheet of pasta just before putting it into the pan. The last time I dried the pasta, and it became too brittle. This way was easier, since it eliminated the drying step.

Annie, when I make lemon chicken, I also use the rinds, but I save the juice and add it after the chicken is cooked.

I "cheated" yesterday and made individual pizzas for us - mushroom for DH and fresh cherry tomato/olive/basil for me, using puff pastry for the crusts. I hardly ever watch the Cooking Channel but was so bored the other day I watched a Pioneer Woman episode where she made some. Well ... It works! If one is truly craving pizza and not enough time to make a traditional dough, give it a try. 1/2 sheet per pizza, brush with a bit of olive oil, top & bake on parchment paper-lined sheetpan at 425° 15 - 16 minutes.

I use flour tortillas to make quick pizza, or else ciabatta bread that I slice horizontally. The tortilla pizzas are more like a pizza quesadilla.

Fruit Pizza last evening for a get croquet get together!

Today was chicken and dumplings. Peach cobbler and ice cream for dessert.

It's been so long since I have made copper pennies, and since I had just bought fresh carrots, I decided to make some. They won't be ready to eat though until tomorrow. ☹️ Love them!

I just made some elbow macaroni salad to have with BBQ ribs for supper. We have some fresh, sweet watermelon, too. There will be enough leftover for tomorrow. I don't like to cook on Sundays. We usually go out for a nice, leisurely lunch (but that's become hard to do).

Tonight is Ribeye steaks from our Hereford herd, grilled teriaki shrimp, and from the garden we'll have some baked French Fingerling potatoes and a grilled veggie medley with onions, cauliflower, broccoli, various peppers, garlic, beets, and eggplant.

Tonight will be grilled chicken thighs, and green beans with new potatoes. Cantaloupe for dessert. The cantaloupes have been excellent this year, not sure where they are from but hope the trend continues.

skibby, me too!! :-)

We're having grilled colossal shrimp this evening with Romaine lettuce & tomato salad - sushi for lunch. Tomorrow we are having grilled sockeye salmon with asparagus and Monday we will have grilled turkey breast with potatoes, mushrooms, and spinach. I also bought some spicy Italian turkey sausage to have later, but we will smoke it on Monday with the turkey breast.

I would also like to visit Lone Jack!

OK, everyone is invited but you have to get here by 7:00 pm CDT. I'll go out and dispatch another steer.

Lars - bring some of that colossal shrimp! How big are colossal? Are they like 4-6 count to the pound (ie. Prawns)?

Lone Jack, how long do you hang your beef? (Serious question as there is a lot of debate around here as to proper hanging time!)

Ediej - this last time (late April) it was only 2 weeks because the Amish butcher was overbooked with people wanting to bring in their animals. In normal times it is 3-4 weeks dry aged.

Fresh tomatoes are coming in, so lots of tomato sandwiches and I eat a lot of salad tricolore these days. Tonight is a chicken kabob with red peppers and onions and a side of grilled squash. Last week I made a fresh peach cobbler. It was wonderful with a crispy cookie like topping. Believe it or not I have lost almost 5 lbs.

Lone Jack, thanks. I always thought 3 - 4 weeks but my son's FIL who used to raise beef says 2 weeks is long enough. I don't think it fully bleeds out properly in that short a time.

It is National Mojito Day so I'll bring those.

To get this thread back on track, tonight we are having chicken & dumplings accompanied by a Magda Squash from the garden.

Will be putting up a bushel of corn next week, should make about 8 quarts.

Cold dinner tonight. I made a large salad and diced a previously cooked pork chop and an egg for the top. That doesn't mean I didn't cook today. I heated up the kitchen by decarboxylating 8 cups of cannabis, then simmering it for several hours in coconut oil to make a large batch of balm for my hubby. It really does help with the back pain.

Speaking of colossal shrimp

Rocky Point shrimp

The colossal shrimp I bought were 15 shrimp per pound. I bought six, and so it was 0.4 pounds. I cooked them with cayenne, garlic, butter, lemon juice, and Cajun seasoning. I sliced open the back before grilling them, but I left the shells on so that they would not dry out.

My brother recommended the no knead yeast bread, so I will make it mid week when the weather cools down. I actually found yeast in the store today!

Tonight's dinner will be the first BLTs of the year from a home grown tomato. I picked a 3/4 lb. Chocolate Stripes yesterday. Served with the last of the Provider green beans.