Having heaps of meat-y leftovers turned out to be the perfect way to compromise on dinner!
Why did we have heaps of meat-y leftovers? We went out to South in Sac, which serves comfort food like you’d find in the heart of the South. And since we went with Kyle’s parents, it was being judged by people who know the cuisine (they lived in Georgia for several years and they have roots in Alabama).
This lil buddy zonked out on the way there after a day jam packed with action. We celebrated an early Christmas since Kyle’s parents were staying with us for the weekend and Mr. P was in LEGO paradise for much of the day.
We waited in a loooong line to order, after which they found us a table and we got to wait yet again for our food to arrive, but at long last it came!
We all got different things, which just goes to show you how stellar the menu is. Kevin got fried chicken which came with kale and a biscuit. Beverly got a rack of ribs which came with Brussels sprouts and potatoes. I got the BBQ platter, which came with a side (I chose slaw which was fine but not great) and so much meat I didn’t even know what to do with myself.
Kyle got shrimp n grits with a side of hush puppies.
And the kids split the fried catfish which came with red beans and rice.
Oh, and I also got cornbread and a biscuit to share with Kyle, but we wound up doing a 90/10 split of each (me getting 90% of the cornbread and him getting 90% of the biscuit). Both were stellar and the honey butter on top was my favorite thing of the night.
Look at these two southern gentlemen! My buddy’s first hush puppy got two thumbs up!
Needless to say, we had QUITE a lot of leftovers. I think Kyle was the only one who cleaned his whole plate.
I decided a veggie side dish would be plenty to supplement the ribs and tri tip and and pulled pork leftover, and settled on this roasted radicchio and fennel dish with lemon basil sauce from my ATK vegetarian cookbook.
I already had lemons galore from both our friends’ gardens and imperfect produce box, and picked rosemary, thyme, and chives from the garden (plus leftover basil from this dish), which meant I was already half way there.
I subbed in yellow carrots for the parsnips since I got some in my imperfect produce box.
Yummy lemon basil sauce.
Guess how the fennel and radicchio went over with the kids…
NOT WELL B!TCH.
Oh well…more for me. You win some, you lose some. They enjoyed the rest of their rice and beans and some of my pork.
And I got down with the rest of this cornbread. Oooooo yeah.
And a little somethin somethin for dessert.
That restaurant sounds insane…! And like everyone was very pleased with their meals :)) i think i have tried hush puppies once or twice- not something i seek out but would definitely order! And considering how many adults who love vegetables arent fans of radicchio or fennel (i love fennel, radicchio in certain preps, it can be too bitter sometimes) i would be more surprised if the kids did like it.
Btw, i just ordered myself the Noma fermentation book as an xmas gift to myself!! Very excited to try making more fermented condiments and beverages… :))
Yum! Looks like a great restaurant. Seems strange that you often focus on your son more in posts than you do your daughter. Do you think that because P has had so many health issues that you are a bit closer to him/spend more time with him? The only reason I ask is because I am the younger child in my family AND my brother had health issues growing up and I always felt less important than him because my mom spent more time with him and focused her attention on him. (If that makes sense) I just wonder if maybe you don’t even notice that you seem to place more attention on P’s activities than V’s. Either way, hope you have a very MERRY Christmas! Look forward to many more posts in the New Year! 🙂
Interesting observation. I don’t pay any attention to how much I post about each child, so unlike in real life, it may be very skewed here on hhh. And yes, he is the one who would require the most food related commentary, which is what this blog is all about anyway, so perhaps he gets more face time? I don’t know? I never paid attention to it. I think in real life I’m very disciplined about making everything fair, but for the blog, I don’t make any effort to keep things even. I can assure you, Kyle and I get special time with each kiddo. V and I have Mondays and Fridays alone together while P is at school and we fill them 🙂
Oooohhhh…let me know how it is!!