The Chesson's red beans and rice

The Chesson's red beans and rice
Sauteed sunburst squash with green beans

Velvet chicken lo mein with choy sum

Happy birthday to me!

Velvet chicken lo mein with choy sum
Redux: bittersweet chocolate cake and strawberry ice cream

Oven-fried chicken

Oven-fried chicken
Salad of sugar snaps, endive, and mixed lettuces
Tortilla chips* with tomato salsa and guacamole
Bittersweet chocolate cake
Redux: strawberry ice cream

Made by: Maxime and Norbert (chicken); Anja and Norbert (cake); and Norbert (salad)

New: oven-fried chicken (on eatingwell.com). Notes: We all enjoyed the recipe, which we modified. The meat was tender and juicy, and the spices we added gave a nice kick. Marinated the chicken in buttermilk mixture for approximately 7 hrs. Added 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper to the flour mixture and substituted oregano for the thyme because that's what we had in the house. Baked for 35 minutes. Spray oil on each piece carefully; only the areas that are sprayed turn brown, crisp, and crunchy.

Pizza

Pizza...
with pepperoni; sausage green, bell pepper, and mushroom; or, sausage, green bell pepper, and black olives
Salad
Strawberry ice cream

Made by... Norbert (salad); Maxime (ice cream); Norbert, Anja, and me (pizzas)

Regular: pizza

Steak

Steak
Caesar salad with croutons
Latkes with apple sauce*
Judy's Country Crackers* with white bean dip with roasted garlic and anchovies

Made by... Anja, Maxime, and me (latkes), Maxime and me (salad)

New: white bean dip with roasted garlic and anchovies (based on Creamy White Bean Dip, Bon Appetit, July 2003, on epicurious.com)

Chicken, green bean, corn, and farro salad with goat cheese

Chicken, green bean, corn, and farro salad with goat cheese
Broccoli pancotto

New: chicken, green bean, corn, and farro salad with goat cheese (Bon Appetit, August 2009, on epicurious.com); broccoli pancotto (Bon Appetit, February 2003, on epicurious.com)

Spaghettini ai frutti di mare

Spaghettini ai frutti di mare
Artichokes