what's for dinner - saturday, april 11
one of my besties is going to be in town (unfortunately for a funeral), so we're going to meet up at the french-vietnamese restaurant we love so much. i'll either get the spicy peanut beef or their grilled chicken spring roll bowl unless something jumps out at me.
happy weekend! 
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Sweet potatoes, cauliflower, asparagus, strawberries and ice cream.
Enjoy that French-Vietnamese dinner (and the weekend that goes with it)!
that sounds too good to not share 
I am the official eater of good cooking but, alas, when it comes to my own attempts to feed myself...if it can't be eaten cold out of a can I would probably starve to death. 
She'll be back in a couple of hours. 
My sweetie left me her recipe card with the following note attached:
"Here is the recipe. I don't really measure, and I always use at least twice as much balsamic vinegar. It is good with Cherry or Mixed Berry jam too. I usually use chicken breast tenders."
I am assuming you will know what she means by "chicken breast tenders."
RECIPE:
Sauté together:
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 small, mild onion, chopped
2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme (or 1 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme)
Add:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 lb.)
Cook 4 minutes at medium, turning once
Add:
1/3 cup seedless blackberry jam
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
STIR UNTIL JAM IS DISSOLVED
Reduce heat to low.
Cover, and cook approx. 10 minutes, or until chicken is just cooked through.
Serve chicken drizzled with pan juices.
i can't wait to make this
Sweet potato fries, green beans with almonds, and tossed salad.
Your visit to the French Vietnamese restaurant sounds like so much fun; I know you will have a great time.
Cher
I bought a jar yesterday there for 1.29. Of course I went for one item (cat vitamins) and ended up with twenty.
i'm still ridiculously excited that we have one now
I used to live near a very upscale French-Vietnamese restaurant. It was a special occasion place because of the prices, but the food was incredible. Enjoy!
this place has great lunch specials, i just never think to go. i'm excited
Getting ready to go offshore, so eating out will be a treat that won't be repeated for a bit.
with roasted garlic mashed Yukon golds, and roasted asparagus with grated parm.
particularly tuna, but I'm betting your cod will be delicious. Enjoy!
it's just not something i can get all that fresh here. i wish i weren't so squeamish about the thought of cleaning fish because i'd totally have my husband catch them to eat. i love trout.
but i am jealous of your meal
and not even in the mood to eat, let alone cook. But, of course, husband insists he must eat, something about being hungry. (He started to fix it himself but I kicked his noisy self outta the kitchen.)
We took a break Thursday night and had take out from local, family owned burger joint (He had burger, I had fried fish sandwich and we split an order of their really good crinkle fries, because all of their servings of everything are just huge.) and last night had Chinese take out.
Tonight is back to the pork tomato sauce. Out of angel hair, so tonight it's Soba buckwheat noodles. Fixed it for him that way Wednesday night and he like it. Good thing. 
Picked up a couple of new library books, so one of them will be my repast for this evening.
the husband would rather starve than cook for himself most nights, so i still wind up cooking just so i don't have to hear about how hungry he is 
it's a good thing he's damned good looking.
But I can't stand all the noise. It's faster, easier and less painful if I just go ahead and do it myself.
I'll probably just have a bowl of cereal later if I end up wanting anything.
