Friday, November 8, 2013

Weekend Dinner Ideas

Quick rundown, with my focus turned back to Sprouts and Whole Foods, now that the Lucky's Market in Longmont seems to be calming down from its grand opening mode.

Wild sockeye salmon fillet will be on deck for tonight, since Sprouts has it for $12.99 a pound and Whole Foods has it for $14.99 a pound.  Sprouts specifies that it's previously frozen, while Whole Foods doesn't say in the flyer, but at this time of year, it has to be.  When it's super fresh, I like it straight off the grill with just a squeeze of lemon, but when it gets into previously frozen, I prefer to season it, as in something like pan-roasted salmon with ginger and curry from Gourmet magazine, which also keeps us inside for the cooking during these dark evenings.

The darkness won't stop the intrepid family griller from going outside tomorrow night with some of the bone-in country style pork ribs that are just $1.29 a pound during Sprouts' 72 hour sale through Sunday.  They are great on the grill and even better in a smoker.  After several weeks of particularly ascetic dining as the runner in the family prepared for a major race, this will be a welcome indulgence, now that the race is over.

For Sunday, I'm thinking about the previously frozen wild Alaskan cod at Sprouts for $7.99 a pound to return to a comfort food, cod, potato, and fennel casserole from Gourmet magazine.  Sprouts also has five pound bags of organic red, russet or Yukon potatoes for $3.99 each through Wednesday for the potatoes.

Which quickly gets us through the weekend, which looks to be lovely, although possibly a bit breezy today.

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