Week of July 27th

Saturday:

• Grilled chicken breasts with fresh cheese and honey-roasted cherry tomatoes:  my plan for this chicken is to coat the breasts with finely grated Parmesan cheese, then grill and top with a slice of fresh cheese (mozzarella, burrata or Camembert are all good choices), then spoon the tomatoes over the top.
• Caponata

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Sunday:

• Watermelon & peach gazpacho with blue cheese & tarragon
  
• Coffee-marinated steaks
• Fresh Maryland corn on the cob with Old Bay butter: simply grill fresh-as-can-be corn and top with softened butter mixed with a good douse of Old Bay. Baltimore summer on a plate!
• Lemonade jelly with basil: this should be interesting.

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Monday:

• Indian butter chicken (also known as chicken tikka masala): this recipe comes from my favorite Indian cookbook — Indian Home Cooking  by Suvir Saran. This is one of the few recipes in the book I have yet to try, so I am looking forward to tasting this classic dish.
• Mint raita: a riff on the classic cucumber raita with yogurt and lemon juice
• Grilled farmer’s market vegetables

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Tuesday:

• We are taking advantage of Baltimore’s summer restaurant week and are headed out to dinner this evening

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Wednesday:

• Leftover chicken with honey-roasted tomatoes
• Shaved zucchini salad with pine-nuts and pecorino romano cheese

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Thursday:

• Leftover Indian
• Green salad

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Friday:

• Date Night!