This is what I had for dinner last night.
In the top left corner is the main dish, a grilled Portabella burger. I grilled the mushroom with very little olive oil, garlic pepper and kosher salt. I also grilled the bun with a little olive oil (this stops it from burning and I think it’s better than butter) Alex caramelized onions in a cast-iron skillet on the grill and I added those, lettuce, fresh avocado and a little sauce. I’ve always wanted to try this and I have to say… it was delicious and I will surely make it again.
On the top right is a fresh spinach salad (Alex’s idea) with a little goat cheese and cooked Panchetta. Alex made a sweet apple vinegar and honey vinaigrette to go with it.
The dish on the bottom is grilled asparagus with a tangy asian sauce. The only part of this meal that came from a recipe was this sauce which can be found here. The recipe calls to boil the asparagus, which I grilled instead and to serve the dish cool with the sauce. I added more honey than it called for because I like my asian sauces on the sweet side and I warmed it up in a pan on the stove before I served it over the asparagus.
Alex and I prepped the sauces and salad an hour or so before we started cooking. This meal was especially good because nothing took very long to cook. The whole process probably took us less than 30 mins.
