Homemade Meatball Sliders

We keep homemade meatballs in our freezer. The last two meatballs from the container that we'd just opened made two delicious sliders on English muffins for lunch today. I topped both with a little fresh mozzarella.

Dinner Last Night & Lunch Today

Last night, I roasted a couple of salmon fillets in the oven. Very simple. Just salmon, salt, pepper, olive oil, and heat. With it, I roasted a brochette of onions and two colors of summer squash.

Today, I had leftover roast salmon served chilled. Still delicious! We finished the squash and onions last night, so, for a side, I sliced radishes and topped them with a yogurt/za'atar/lemon sauce.

Al Fresco Lunch

What a couple of days of heavy rain we've had! Thank goodness we were spared the tornadoes and heavy flooding they got in other parts of the U.S. Many roads in our area were closed and, in nearby Maryland, the floodgates on a dam were opened.

Today, is wonderful here, though. It's sunny and 75°F. The birds are singing. The air smells fresh and clean.

Our son's cat and I are having lunch outdoors in the screened porch. My main course is the little bit left from last night's roasted salmon fillet, served chilled, with fruit chutney on the side. Beverage is iced tea and dessert is butterscotch pudding.

The cat had a can of whitefish catfood.

Enjoy the spring!

Tomato Rice With Egg for Lunch

Another episode of cooking by just riffing with what I find around the house.

We had some fresh medium-sized tomatoes, so I cored, seeded, and diced one. Then, I added some salt and pepper, and sautéed the pulp down in some olive oil. Two cloves of minced garlic were mixed in and softened up. The pan was deglazed with white wine. In the rice cooker, I cooked up some Carolina gold rice. The tomato sauce and rice were mixed in a rice bowl. I had (poorly) poached an egg, with which I topped the mix. Then, a drizzle of olive oil, and basil. Very tasty!

Tomato Lunch

Sorry, but no photos. I had a pretty carby breakfast, so I opted for a veggie lunch. I cut up a big fresh tomato into big chunks. I made a dressing from 3 tbsp. chili oil, 2 tbsp. red wine vinegar, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, and a dash of Mrs. Dash -- all shook up. Delicious with soft challah and unsweetened iced tea. (P.S. I brought the Taiwanese chili oil back from Hong Kong.)

Spicy Chicken

Chicken with spicy  tomatillo sauce over a bean purée, with pinto beans on the side. At the Gristmill Restaurant, in Greune, TX.

Shrimp Lunch

I steamed shrimp with oregano from our herb garden, garlic, and freshly ground black pepper. Sides were bean salad and dry whole wheat toast. With an apple for dessert, this is a pretty low-cal lunch.

Father's Day Luncheon

I used our Weber kettle and charcoal to grill a Father's Day luncheon for my wife, mother-in-law and me. (Our sons are in Tennessee, Texas, and California, but they called and sent cards.) 

Greek lamb chops, yellow squash, corn, onion, & tomato.

Nice, simple lunch

I had a nice simple lunch today. My wife's cousin sent us a 5-pound bag of genmai, Japanese short-grain brown rice. I put a cup in my rice cooker this morning, set it for noon, and at 12 o'clock spooned it out into two bowls. My wife added a little milk to hers to loosen it up. I just diced up some smoked Nova Scotia style salmon and mixed it in. Nice, simple lunch.

Only 51 more servings left in the bag of genmai. Any suggestions?