I've collected several orange based recipes ( Elegant Orange) and plan to give some of them a shot this weekend...

While I have non-cooking weekend projects & still need to do Cure week 2, I'm looking for a good recipe for baked buffalo chicken for Sunday night.

The cabinets directly above my non-vented stove would prefer that I don't deep-fry, and I loathe chicken skin, so I want to do something with boneless, skinless chicken parts in the oven.

Frankly, I have had a hell of a week, and I'm ready to have fun! My honey's birthday party is tomorrow, so I'm cooking a bunch of easy party food--cheese straws, stuffed shrooms, samosas, chocolate cake--and getting ready to drink and relax with friends.

Ok it's not Halloween themed, but I have surplus of radishes and I need to find solutions. I envision a quick pickling - buttered bread - grilling kind of weekend. Very challenging for a vegetable that has the color of fruit but the taste of root.

@eilonwy ... i have a simple baked buffalo chicken recipe I like to use.

marinate the chicken in hot sauce and spices like Emerils southwest or a blen of your own spicy spices. marinate for about two hours

remove chicken from marinade and coat with a mixture of breadcrumbs and panko crumbs. Bake on a raised baking rack until cooked (a raised rack will allow the chicken to cook on all sides and get crispy.

it's simple and tastey... enjoy.

as for me...my sister's bday is tomorrow so i baked her a halloween cake this morning: chocolate cake with orange frosting with dark chocolate shavings on top. i'm definately not a baker but it's the thought that counts, right? :o)

i'm thinking of throwing some ribs in the slow cooker for tomorrow... haven't decided yet.

Thinking about making a monster cake to take to work. Also going to roast some fall vegetables for various uses this week.

I wasn't really planning on cooking anything on this lazy weekend, but the wet, windy weather has me itching to make 101 Cookbooks' comforting Mushroom Casserole and this apple custard tart that a commenter posted about here a few weekends ago. I can't get it off my mind! I won't be making her no-roll crust though, as I have a single Trader Joe's frozen crust I need to use up before it gets freezer burned.

I'm making a mummy-looking vegetarian stromboli and kitchen sink cookies for dessert (cuz there's nothing scarier than *my* kitchen sink...)

@lasicilliana -- Thank you! I'll try the chicken that way. It sounds like exactly what I'm aiming for.

Hmmmm...let's see.
Meatloaf Muffins from Cooking Light, Pumpkin Cake from Epicurious, barbecue chicken pizza for snackage during the Patriots/Vikings game. (GO PATS!)

Cooking/baking for a new Mom and Dad: roasted veg lasagna, crusty no-knead bread, chicken noodle soup, lemon/apple muffins and cranberry/pecan ones too. Of course we'll keep a bit for ourselves, but the smell wafting through our apartment right now is payment enough for this "work" - what a wonderful fall day!

We smoked a chicken to make BBQ chicken before the trick or treaters came around and served it with homemade macaroni and cheese and cream braised brussel sprouts!