What's for dinner ( or lunch )

Tonight I had chicken in tempura batter... and beans.. then I had these for supper...
JNR636
 
I made what I call "faux chili". As I lived for a short while in Texas, I learned that actual, authentic chili in Texas NEVER has beans. Chunk beef, usually chuck, slow-cooked with any number of chili peppers -- serrano, Anaheim, poblano (yum), jalapeno, whatever-you-have, fired over a flame to char the skin. For me, definitely some onion and garlic. Some beef stock. NEVER any beans or tomato product.

But with the price of beef that's become absolutely stupid, I cheat sometimes. So I'll use ground beef and powdered chilis. And, yes, I'll use Rotel or some kind of diced tomato with jalapeno. And, God forbid, canned beans, usually kidney beans or even generic "chili beans" which is usually great northern beans. Along with the usual aromatics. It ain't authentic, but it fills the hole in my belly.
 
Tonight I cooked a Chicken Chow Mein from scratch...

It had chopped Chicken thighs, Chestnut mushrooms Sugar snap peas.. Beansprouts, Noodles.. with soy, light and dark, rice wine vinegar, and Hoisin ...all delicious :p..and enough left over for another meal...
 
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Baby back ribs! Applied a self-made dry rub, dotted with butter, and wrapped in heavy-duty foil. Refrigerated for about 3 hours, then pre-heated my Weber natural gas grill to nuclear. Shut down one side of the grill, then parked the rib package on the "cool" side for an hour. Flipped then grilled for another 30 minutes. Opened the package and parked the naked ribs on the grill after adjusting to about 350 deg. F. and smearing with bbq sauce. Another 20 minutes. Let rest, then ate half the rack, which filled me up. No sides.
 
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