Friday: Date Night.

Date #4 with this dude. He's super fun. Good name too - Wade. I'm going to make him dinner. Haven't decided what yet.

Grilled Cheese and Soup.

'Cause sometimes you have to.

Tuna Melts.

Fuggedaboudit.

Indian Eggs

I've been craving eggs lately, and when I do, this is what I usually have, if not a classic egg salad sandwich or an omelette of some kind.

Essentially, it's just tons of aromatics, like ginger, garlic, red chile, shallot - sauteed for a mo', and I usually add a bit of coriander powder, crushed cumin seed, and some chile powder, then tip in some beaten eggs. Season well, then when just about cooked, take off the heat, plate 'em, and top with a squeeze of lime juice and some fresh cilantro.

Scoop up with chapati. Delish! (this particular one had more veggies cause I chopped up some leftover stirfry and just tipped it in).

Prawn and Asparagus Black Pepper Stirfry

Prawns, Veggies, loadsa garlic/ginger/lemongrass, black pepper sauce, and crispy shallots over rice. What could be tastier?

Didn't cook much on the weekend.

Instead, went to JBar with this dude (Shelby) and had beers and artichoke dip and chili chicken. Super tasty.

Greek Awesome-ness

Shirley came over and brought spanikopita from the farmer's market. Literally, it was the best spanikopita I've ever had. No, I'm serious.

Had that warm with a quickie greek-ish salad of just cucumber, onion, red bell pepper and tomato with the usual dressing. Didn't put in olives or feta because of the Spanikopita.

Quick roasted a pork tenderloin and had that with a 5 second tzatziki of yogurt, lemon, cucumber, mint, and salt/pepper.

It was sooooo good. JUST what I wanted.

Craving for Escargot Mushroom Caps

I was hugely craving these for some reason. I make them here and there for guests to have with wine and cocktails sometimes, but for some reason I wanted a tray of them for dinner. They're actually pretty healthy and they taste soooooo good.

Essentially, hollow out mushrooms, chop fine, and saute with olive oil and garlic and lots of chopped shallot. Let that become delish, season very heavily (it will be seasoning the entire thing) and add some fresh herbs or in my case - a dollop of very herby butter that I found in the crisper!. Then, fold in some bread crumbs, and I used a bit of clam juice to soften it all up. Stuff the mushrooms, top with a couple escargot each, and then top with just a few shreds of parm.

Bake until you can't wait any longer. Yes, I ate all 16 of them.

Quickie Asianesque Salad

I made this spicy little number to go with some leftover pork tenderloin a little while ago. Super fast, but oh my god so good. Bean sprouts, grated carrot, scallion, crispy shallot, cucumber and I think some red chile with a nuoc nam dressing. Basically just fish sauce, sesame oil, some regular oil, lime juice, garlic, salt, sugar, and tada.