Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers

I bought 4 beautiful red peppers to make this recipe.

Curried Carrot Soup

I asked my son to pick up my favorite carrots with tops from Costco.  They're in a 1.5 lb bag.  I was going to roast them, like I've done before in the picture below...aren't they beauties?

German Potato Salad

I have never made this before and I'm not even sure if I've tasted it either.  I'm sure I probably have at some point in my life, but I can't recall.  Anyway, since I saw it pop up somewhere on social media, I've been obsessing over it.  Today was the day I decided to make it.  I looked at a lot of different supposedly "authentic" recipes and in the end, I liked this one best.  I pretty much followed the recipe exactly.  I used chives and parsley because my son detests dill.  If it were just for me, I would have used dill.  I even had German mustard at home!

Meatless “Meat” Sauce with Chickpeas and Mushrooms

I got this recipe from Cook's Illustrated.  It looked worth a try.  I was going to use my Trader Joe's brown rice quinoa fusilli pasta for this.  I started dinner really late this evening as I was watching the "Survivor" finale on t.v., and my son worked late so wasn't home anyway...The finale was 3 hours long, so I did my mise en place during commercials.  It worked well actually.  I had everything ready to go when I was ready to cook.

Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Thighs

This is an easy way to get that "fried chicken" fix without all the work or fat.  I marinated some bone-in, skin on chicken thighs in some buttermilk, hot sauce and seasonings for 6 hours in a Ziploc bag, in the fridge.

Homemade French Onion Soup

I saw Vidalia onions from Georgia while out shopping and bought a bag of them.  They are my favorite of all onions.  I thought about making French Onion soup.  I decided to try caramelizing them in my crockpot overnight so I wasn't stuck stirring at the stove for hours.  I've done that many times but have never tried the crockpot method. I used 3 really large ones, probably about a pound each.  I peeled them, halved them and then cut them in thin slices.  I added 3 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of kosher salt.  I stirred until all the onions were coated and then put the crockpot on low for 12 hours.