-Steaks on the grill tonight to celebrate the sunshine and spring like weather-paired with artichokes and mushrooms with red wine (thank you Pioneer Woman!)
-Fritatta in the morning with banger sausages, goat cheese and spinach
-Chili leftovers

Still working on my list of what I want to bake this weekend. Right now Im leaning towards mini cranberry cheesecakes and garlic herb bread. That may change since I've been to busy to read the recipes all the way through yet...

Sandwiches with the roast beef that I made last night--roast beef, horseradish cream, arugula on artisanal multi-grain loaf.

Asparagus Lasagna from Giada's Kitchen cookbook with asparagus I'll get from the farmer's market on Sunday.

After cocktail hour (dirty martinis) when we'll be snacking on crudite with edamame 'hummus', it will be poached eggs over roasted asparagus with pugliese bread; tomorrow will be homemade pizza and Sunday will be pork posole.

I like the idea of making a pi for Sunday, I may just do that.

Baking bread for dinner club tomorrow & some kind of dessert. Thinking about pie for pi day, too. But what flavor? Lemon chess? Shaky egg? Hmmmm... maybe one of both!

I'm hosting an appetizer party Saturday (finally get to have a bonfire!) so tomorrow is going to be busy - ricotta stuffed mushrooms (thanks Tasty Kitchen!), creole gumbo, bruschetta, & P-Dubs pico/guac.

Nothing! I'm headed for a week in London, as of tomorrow.

I've got mac and cheese in the oven for dinner, probably leftovers tomorrow and then Sunday it'll be Asian chicken soup. I wanted to make my own wontons, but I'm fighting a cold and it might be more than I can manage. Maybe more no knead bread tomorrow.

Because it's almost not the season anymore, tonight I'm baking up a leftover Williams Sonoma mix of Pumpkin Pecan Bread, healthified with applesauce. Tomorrow, if this awful NYC weather continues, I'm going to make a big pot of Heidi's Lentil soup: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/lively-up-yourself-lentil-soup-recipe.html

I'd really like to make Jamie Oliver's chicken in milk, but the chicken I have is significantly larger than the recipe calls for (5lbs compared to 3.5), and have no clue how to adjust the cooking time for the bigger bird. I'm a novice in the realm of whole-bird cooking and I'd be super grateful if any you have some wisdom you could share with me. :)

I'm also hoping to make my first ever batch of Rancho Gordo beans (ayacote morados), some sort of noodle casserole and maybe some vegan cupcakes.

@onebravegirl, you know, I find that my chicken is almost always done faster than Jamie's alotted cooking time. I think that's partly because keeping it covered helps it cook more quickly. Plus, I think the chicken is cooked pretty quickly with this method -- the longer time just helps it get tender. So, I would start by just following his instructions, and covering for the first hour. Then check it.

Ultimately, you're looking for the chicken to hit 165 degrees when you insert a thermometer in the thickest part of the thigh. So, use a thermometer, check after the alotted time, and leave it in for 15 minute increments after that, if it hasn't hit that temp yet.

We're celebrating St. Patty's day on Sunday with the fam so corned beast and cabbage and all the fixins' plus a pie since it's Pi day :} I've been meaning to make a chess pie so I might try that vinegar pie recipe instead.

Wonderful! Thanks so much for your advice, Faith. I'll definitely give this a go tomorrow night.

Trying to make a tart crust for the first time ever for a lemon curd tart with blueberry sauce. It is in the oven right now so we'll see. *fingers crossed*

Also, looking for a slow cooker recipe to use the beef shoulder I bought today with. It was so cheap, I couldn't pass it up.
Any good recipes out there?

I am cooking dinner for my family on Saturday: Carnitas with pork shoulder, local corn tortillas, onions, avocados (yes, I know, but what better to fill a 747 with?) and sour cream.

Oddly enough, between the CI overkill version and the simpler "put it in a dutch oven" and boil version, there really isn't much difference in end results.

Tonight: the first fresh halibut of the season, with a local organic store's pre-made veggie/farro salad (it is Friday after all).

Easy pi day--I've got frozen pumpkin pie filling leftover from Thanksgiving and it's high time that gets used. I'm not a big pumpkin pie fan, but my husband will be thrilled.

Panisce (red risotto) for sure, buckwheat pancakes for the little one, and I have no idea what to make for Sunday dinner. With this cold rain, soup sounds like a good idea. Maybe something rich and potato-y. I've been wanting to figure out a vegetarian white chili, though. That works with the rain, too.

Sweet potato and sage lasagna.

Plantain chips with garlic and lime.

Toasted rosemary polenta with creamed kale.

Grilled romaine and bacon salad with avocado and tomato.

Dinner with friends on Saturday, and I have no idea what they're making...
Sunday I think I'll do savory mushroom hand pies. I'll make a bunch and freeze them for weeknight dinners.

just baked my first loaf of bread!!

From-scratch biscuits (with milk gravy), bacon and eggs in the morning and crab salad for lunch and a chess pie sometime this weekend. :)

We're having 12 people over tonight to share stories and photos from our recent ski trips. Yesterday I made a massive batch of tartiflette, plus a lardon-free version with extra mushrooms for my veggie friend. Green salad and grated carrot on the side. Pot au chocolat for dessert. Friends are bringing the cheese board. Can't wait!

Then tomorrow we're making brunch for my Mum (it'll be Mother's Day here in the UK) which will be cottage cheese pancakes with blueberries, fried pancetta and maple syrup. And hot coffee.

Baking Chunky Monkey Cupcakes (from Buttercup Bakes at Home Cookbook) and Rooster's Firecrackers (from the Bakewise Cookbook) for book club this afternoon.

Making sausage gravy from one of my Gooseberry Patch cookbooks and Buttermilk Biscuits from Ad Hoc At Home for tomorrow's breakfast.:)

Pi Day Cooking! My boyfriend voted for "chocolate pi" (which I'm not 100% convinced counts as pie), but after seeing A CUP of heavy cream in all of the recipes, I decided I like him and his arteries too much. Now the plan is trusty old "apple pi."

I'm making the cheater pulled pork today. Going to have that with some coleslaw.

Tomorrow I'm having friends over for pi day. Everyone is bring a pie. A couple of folks are bringing savory pies (shepherd's pie and a quiche) and the rest of us are doing sweet pies. I'm making a cherry pie with an almond crumble topping.

-Pot roast in the slow cooker I got as a early birthday present yesterday.

-Homemade sweet potato pasta with ricotta filling tomorrow.

It's raining and cold - homemade chicken soup with homemade noodles and home-canned chicken and broth; also tried a really yummy lemon mousse from Martha's cookbook "Dinner at Home". I think I'll try freezing the leftovers for ice cream tomorrow. We got farm eggs from my brother-in-law yesterday - so noodles and the lemon curd for the mousse are extra good.
Tomorrow we're making cabbage and ham au gratin - got St. Patrick's day sale cabbage for 1¢ per pound. We'll have cole slaw with homemade dressing on Monday.

karahoover, I'm going to make a chocolate pie for tomorrow, but I'm going to make it with tofu - no clogging of the arteries!

Making P-Dub's shrimp pasta- the kind with white wine and lots of parsley that you bake in a foil package- and SK's Irish Car Bomb cupcakes!

@LAFoodist Asparagus Lasagna sounds divine!!!

Study break batch of cookies = Deb's choc chip oatmeal pecan http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/11/oatmeal-chocolate-chip-and-pecan-cookies/. Very tasty. Tomorrow probably put together a quiche or savory tart of some kind, in honor of Pi day and also to sustain myself during the week while my darling cook (aka the boyfriend) is traveling for work.

This weekend I'm being ambitious, but foregoing the Pi(e) and attempting the cheesecake! I StumbledUpon a great-looking cookies 'n cream recipe to be made as soon as the ingredients are at room temperature and using the "perfect guide".

Tonight I'm roasting chicken using a basic recipe and using mixed fingerling potatoes and pearl onions in the pan for dinner.

Tomorrow is a dinner party at the folks and I'm putting together the apple tart from David Tanis' "A Platter of Figs". I can't wait to try it!

I have been wanting chess pie, so I am making the Momofuku crack pie because it looks similar but is probably more delicious. I made the cookie for the crust today and was worried that I ate too much of it, but then I discovered that it makes enough for two crusts, so even with munching I should have enough for at least one pie. Yay! I did have to go ahead and crumble it, even though I am not making the pie until tomorrow, so I would stop eating it.

3 pies for an early pi(e) day party tonight- strawberry rhubarb lattice, a broccoli ham quiche (close enough) and a pizza....pie! :)

Then made some broccoli soup with the leftover broccoli, and trying my hand at some homemade gnocchi tomorrow.

healthy dinner party on monday! zuni chicken and roasted broccoli.
yesterday was tomato soup with cheezy toasts, with a spinach salad with gorgonzola and apple. (obviously my obsession with immersion blender has not yet subsided.)
tonight was poached halibut with lemon, quinoa with portobello mushrooms, and that same go-to spinach salad.
who am i kidding-- we'll probably also have the salad for the dinner party... i'll get bored with it eventually, i swear!

I know it's pi day but we have a birthday in the family so we're eating chocolate cake and going to our favorite pizza place tonight.

http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/recipes/detail.asp?id=4276&top10=13

not pi day related, but we celebrated the approach of spring and the start of artichoke season by steaming one for the first time!
http://theweekendgourmande.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/kitchen-firsts-steaming-an-artichoke/

beef stew with tendon, banana muffin

Bit late, but we hosted a small impromptu dinerparty with hare stewed in red wine, red cabbage with apple and garlic roast potatoes.

Managed to squeak in a pie for 3.14 just before it became 3.15. Going to enjoy pie for breakfast for the next few days.

I made Compost Cookies on Saturday after cleaning out my pantry and getting rid of a lot of things that needed to be salvaged. They taste amazing! Yay for spring cleaning.

I took a couple of ideas from Smitten Kitchen and baked her chocolate yougurt muffins, and also made the baked tomato with eggs. Both got two thumbs up, and a few mouth-stuffed "yums".

I made homemade jams, pickles and roasted a chicken.

had a lot of chickpeas lying around so made a spinach and chickpea curry and some cilantro hummus.