Vinegar in smoothies never thought of that one.

I drink vinegar as well and have to restrain myself in the vinegar aisle. I spotted an enticing basil vinegar today.

Indeed, the beauty of a rainy night in and a long weekend! I have finally had the time to work on the weekend menu plan and it seems a little much :) I sure know how to take advantage of an extra day off it seems with...more eating!

I am so jealous of this dinner.

I just picked up this cheese tonight based on a quick taste test at the store alone. I know it's probably great alone or with wine but do you have any other favorite uses for cooking? I thought about chicken or eggs but the flavor is subtle I wasn't sure what heat would do to it. Sorry if this is a crazy question, the cheese novice.

I'm excited for dinner tonight although I'm not sure what we're having - I picked up a two new cheeses - Midnight Moon goat cheese and Agour Ossau-Iraty Brebis Pyrenees cheese and shiitake mushrooms. The cheese and shrooms might find itself either in a pork tenderloin or some poultry breasts or a wonderful looking grass-fed sirloin. I think the sirloin might be tonight and we'll save the stuffage effort for tomorrow, but it's up in the air. Maybe I'll let SO flip a coin.

Wow that sounds fabulous although I have no idea what it is. Do you have a recipe to share?

Great, thanks for the tip.

Happy Birthday!

If striped bass is coming on board I'll be there too

No plan to grill whole but didn't know if anything else should be done before that, I'm kind of a grilling novice but assume it's the same as roasting.

This is one of my favorite preps for fish. I pack it all in parchment and steam in the oven.

Wow, that looks wonderful!

I agree, we are swamped in rain too although perhaps that'll mean I'll actually follow through on relaxing.

I use water as well or broth. I actually like ground turkey, even the breast.

I plan to make this this weekend, I'm so excited! I found great portabellos.

Oh wow, I found the biggest portabella ever today...well ever that I've seen! I planned to broil them but grilling sounds nice. Do you just coat in oil and plop them on?

Wow my local grocerys tore really stocked up for the holiday. I found so many wonderful things this morning including the most ginormous portabello caps which I could not resist. I think I will either stuff with blue cheese or "stuff" them with roasted turkey breast seasoned in some sort of way. I guess I could always roast them and serve as a side dish.

This sounds like my dinner last night which was fantastic! Your combination is quite creative and sounds like a winner. I might actually plan a dinner of prosciutto wrapped mozzarella with balsamic it's such a tasty sounding combination.

Cult = best of kind of team :) particularly for sports. Some of my best memories are with sports teams. It's a shame that many kids never have that experience.

or your local Whole Foods. My store has lots of bread from different local bakeries as well as their own in-house selections which are HFCS free.

Wow, you are indeed quite lucky! There are a few great restaurants around Harvard. I spent a few summers there but of course it was so long ago that I can't remember any of them. There was also a very good ice cream place as well. which I'm sure someone on the Boston board will hit on. As an alumna of an Ivy league a little bit more South I think you're wonderful son should make a trip to the fabulous Garden State :)

I am pondering a feasting weekend as well. We have no plans so why not?

Thanks you rock!

Yea, that's unfortunate but your idea is quite creative.

I'm glad the mushrooms worked out for you this time. "Hen of the woods" is that the same as maitake? I tried them a few weeks ago and for some reason wasn't in to them although as my rule I should try them again - I try to give everything a second try.

Nope, you sound like a well-designed recipe :) I've given up on them but maybe I'll keep trying. What temp? Since butterflied and folded back together I imagine they are like 1.5 inches thick?

Not crazy, sounds like a good idea. The fat alone doesn't give you tummy issues? I'll take the ground beef. I can throw some hot sauce and cheese on it and have a great lunch

It seems like my local Whole Foods has dried morels and I really might find it hard to resist tomorrow. I'm only familiar with grinding dried mushrooms for my favorite mushroom salt. Do you just plop them in water to rehydrate? How long? Any difference you notice between dried and fresh?

Wow you sure are into the pork recently, which is awesome! I've only recently realized how great many of the cuts are although I have to force myself to branch out from tenderloin, it's so tasty. Your chops sound great. Since I love to make them into hockey pucks, any more specifics on how you plan to cook them?