July 9, 2014 Dinner Grilled lamb chops with Sautéed potatoes, onions, garlic green bell pepper and Japanese sweet peppers and steamed asparagus

July 9, 2014 Dinner Grilled lamb chops with Sautéed potatoes, onions, garlic green bell pepper and Japanese sweet peppers and steamed asparagus

Yesterday I went to Costco and bought a package of nine fresh Australian lamb chops ($6.99/lb.).

The day before I had gone to Sprouts and bought asparagus ($1.98/lb.) and 5 lbs. of russet potatoes for $1.99/lb.)

We also had one patty pan squash left from those we bought at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday, as well as, a bag of dried sweet Japanese peppers ($1.00/bag).

So I sliced four russet potatoes and the patty pan squash and 2.3 of an onion and two large cloves of fresh garlic from our garden and we sautéed/sweated them covered with a wok cover in some of the PPI sauce and oil used to cook the chicken thighs several nights ago.  The sauce and flavored oil gave the potatoes extra flavor, sautéing the potatoes gave them crispness and browned them and covering them allowed them to cook more quickly and softened them, thus producing an interesting merger of soft with flavorful with crisp and browned.  When the potatoes were ready to serve, I sprinkled a handful of chopped fresh mint on the potatoes.

Suzette grilled the lamb chops to rare and they were really delicious, evenly pink throughout. 

I decided to open a bottle of 2009 Eguia Reserva, Spanish Rioja.  This is one of my favorite bottles of Rioja, because the reserve is smoother and more aged and the Costco price of $7.99 is the best price for a really good Spanish Rioja in town.

The combination of the sautéed/sweated potatoes with the fresh mint and the moist delicious lamb chops was really terrific, which also tasted great with the Rioja wine. 

We loved dinner.  Suzette gave it one of her greatest compliments, “No matter how badly things are going, at least we eat well.”

Actually things are going very well both for Suzette and me and the kids, Willy and Luke.  I am very thankful for all the wonderful things in my life.

Yesterday I also ordered a case of Mohrhardt Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon from Wellington Vineyards today for approximately $23.00/bottle delivered by cold storage freight from Glen Ellen, CA.   

Wellington's Mohrhardt Ridge is as good as good as Stags Leap District in Napa Valley, in my opinion, a very smooth wine with an elegant finish. 

Bon Appétit