What's for Dinner?

[momtoAidenDeclan]

LEMON CHICKEN

serves 4

1  1/2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken thighs
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil plus more for pan
juice of 1  1/2 large lemons, plus 5-6 slices of lemon
1 medium onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried oregano
kosher salt & pepper
chopped Italian parsley for garnish
Preheat oven to 375F.  Lightly drizzle olive oil in a glass baking dish or enamel pan. Add chicken thighs and set aside. In a large measuring cup or bowl mix together olive oil, lemon juice, onion, garlic, thyme and oregano until well combined. Pour onion mixture over chicken thighs and toss to coat. Nestle lemon slices around the chicken and season with salt & freshly cracked pepper.  Place chicken into the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes (depending on the thickness of the chicken), until chicken is thoroughly cooked and the juice is bubbling. Cover the pan and let chicken sit for 5 minutes and sprinkle with fresh parsley. Serve on top of rice, making sure to spoon the juices on top.

[GoingNuts]

Yum - I make something similar with capers. 

Thanks for sharing!

[GingerPye]

oooh, that looks so good, and like something *I* can do!!  lol  Thanks for posting.

[Macabre]

Oh, I love a lemon caper sauce on chicken. That was my safe meal at a fave restaurant in our former town. They also baked their own bread and brought it out with a tapenade when you were seated. Wowza.

[berty]

tonight I'm gonna cook some spaghetti with seafood and white wine sauce

jummy 

[Macabre]

Eggplant with amazing green sauce (parsley, kalamatas, capers, olive oil, balsamic or red wine vinegar).

[CMdeux]

Tonight we had home-made build-your-own pizzas-- with black olives, WallaWalla sweet onions, red bell peppers, thin-sliced zucchini, baby 'bellas, and Canadian bacon for the non-veggie lovers. 

Teenagers LOVE this as a party food-- personal pizzas that they make themselves.  I just make the pizza dough, and leave it on parchment in flattened rounds for them to top and put into the oven on a peel.

[Macabre]

We've done that for a few of DS' birthday parties. Works great for Tweens, too.

[SilverLining]

Tonight we had home-made build-your-own pizzas-- with black olives, WallaWalla sweet onions, red bell peppers, thin-sliced zucchini, baby 'bellas, and Canadian bacon for the non-veggie lovers. 

Teenagers LOVE this as a party food-- personal pizzas that they make themselves.  I just make the pizza dough, and leave it on parchment in flattened rounds for them to top and put into the oven on a peel.

You do know in Canada there is no "Canadian Bacon".  Here, all bacon is Canadian.

Is what you call Canadian Bacon the same as what we call Peameal Bacon? 

Peameal bacon is a type of bacon originating in Toronto, Canada. The name reflects the historic practice of rolling the cured and trimmed boneless loin in dried and ground yellow peas, originally for preservation reasons. Since the war years it has been rolled in ground yellow cornmeal. It is low in fat, and slow cured.

[hedgehog]

Taco night at our house.   Actually, DS will have tacos.  I will have taco salad.  I have an avocado, ripe native tomatoes, a couple of ears of corn that I plan to grill, tortilla chips, lettuce, cheese, and if course I will season some meat.  That will be my salad, with a lime vinaigrette.  DS will have mostly the same plus some salsa in taco shells.  DH doesn't like tacos, so we only eat them while he is gone.  And I much prefer mine with good fresh local tomatoes, so summer is the time for them as far as I am concerned.

[GoingNuts]

Broiled cod, creamed spinach, basmati rice.

[becca]

GN, do you make your own creamed spinach?  recipe?  Please. 

[GoingNuts]

Yes, I'll post when I have desktop access. I hate typing on my phone.

[Macabre]

Stuffed giant party pan squash--stuffed with grated carrot, fresh chives, chopped fresh spinach, tarragon, Penzey's shallot, Penzey's Foxpoint, shredded cheddar, shredded parm, two eggs, crushed crackers, salt and pepper. Yummy!!

[hedgehog]

Roast pork loin topped with bacon and brown sugar, julienned rainbow carrots, corn on the cob, homemade apple sauce, roasted baby potatoes.  And for dessert, pumpkin cheesecake.