After traveling, just want something nice and easy ...

My flight home from Cincinnati was supposed to have me back in Richmond by 4.45 on Friday ... it arrived in Richmond at 9.45pm.  After 4 days of restaurant meals, followed by a day of meals in airports (yes, they are different things) I had that special feeling and I was looking forward to cooking a nice meal at home.  For those of you who also travel frequently, you know the feeling I am talking about ... that feeling where the large quantity of salt and preservatives you've consumed ultimately overwhelms you in a feeling of general malaise.

Tonight I wanted something easy, and tasty, that would allow me to start getting the salt out of my system and the cleansing to begin.  I didn't quite get to the level I had intended, but it was tasty none the less.

I went with a French Rack of Lamb, cut in to two bone pieces, that was sprinkled with truffle salt and then encrusted with crushed, dried, hedgehog mushrooms.  The lamb pieces were grilled on a hot grill for for about 5 minutes each on the top and bottom, and two minutes per side.

I added a sauteed mixed veg combining rainbow chard, english peas & rough chopped shiitake mushrooms and a flat bread of Michelle's design that was cooked on a flat cast iron pan.

I head back out on the road on Wednesday, so look for some fun recipes the next few days from me ... followed by a couple of quick hits from Shells.