What's for dinner, part three.

Thank you, Dustiin.

Agree with R1! THANK YOU, Dustin!!! (I was candidly wondering when the last thread was done...)

Tonight I made roast chicken with a dijon bechamel, mashed potatoes with smoked gouda, and peas sauteed with garlic, shallots, and diced pancetta.

Sounds delicious, R3

We had pan roasted salmon with a lime dressing, roasted potatoes, corn on the cob and our guest brought two pies from a greenmarket in NYC. They were incredible, from a place called Noble Pies in Tarrytown, NY. One was a peach/raspberry, the other was a pineapple cream pie.

Cod baked with cherry tomoatoes, scallions, lemon, olive oil and tarragon. Steamed corn and steamed asparagus.

Make that tomatoes. It was WF 365 frozen cod fillets and quite good as well as economical.

Vegetarian night (early) - Zucchini and onion frittata, cauliflower gratin, and stuffed mini peppers.

The zucchini was one we grew! Four ingredients make the most delicious frittata. Cauliflower gratin topped with panko that I made yesterday and had ready to go today. Also, a couple of the stuffed mini peppers that I made yesterday also.

My partner said he doesn't miss animal flesh at all on vegetarian night!

Pasta puttanesca

Sautéed beet greens with parmesan and white pepper as a side for broiled Spanish mackerel with Old Bay seasoning.

[quote]Cod baked with cherry tomoatoes, scallions, lemon, olive oil and tarragon. Steamed corn and steamed asparagus.

No prunes? LOL

Sorry, couldn't resist. Your dinner sounds delicious.

My partner's handiwork. We're in the midwest, not Massachusetts. I just bought the fish. Dieting and giving up processed food and meat is a challenge.

Steak and mashed a baked potato. Not sure what kind of steak. It's just something my mom but in my freezer a while back. Probably a cheap cut, but it looks fine to me.

[quote]My partner's handiwork. We're in the midwest, not Massachusetts. I just bought the fish. Dieting and giving up processed food and meat is a challenge.

What meat are you giving up? Beef? Pork? Chicken? All of it?

Still eating poultry, fish and seafood. Gave up all meat when I had colon cancer last year. Partner has steaks and lamb chops every so often.

Pork schnitzel with cider-braised cabbage, apple, fennel, amd pomegranate seeds. Crispy duck fat potatoes with dill crème fraîche.

Salmon burgers, fresh cole slaw, corn/bean salad. Fruit and yogurt for dessert.

Me too, r15. It's been years. Have been eating red meat (I include pork in that category for some reason) one a month. Last week was half a roast beef sandwich. I don't miss it and it's hard to digest.

Wish I could find Tilapia or catfish that wasn't farmed in the polluted waters of a second-world country.

Agree on the farmed fish quandary. It is challenging to cook, even more so to try healthfully. That said, I judge no one and wish everyone well.

Think I need to add a yogurt dill sauce to the salmon burgers.

Sichuan shrimp and an eggroll. Traveling tomorrow - I generally don't cook the day before trip. You'll have to carry on without me for the next five days. LOL.

Of course, I'll check back.

[quote] Wish I could find Tilapia or catfish that wasn't farmed in the polluted waters of a second-world country.

FFS tilapia is full of mercury and contaminants wherever you find it. It's the worst fish you can eat along with tuna. You think farmed fish in first world countries is fine? Google for five minutes and you'll vomit. You're an ignorant racist.

ALL FARMED FISH IS SHIT. There is no such thing as 'wild-caught' Atlantic salmon either. It's farmed tumor-filled shit.

r21, this has nothing to do with race. The fact is that aquaculture intensive countries like Indonesia and Vietnam have fewer environmental regulations than we do in the US and Canada. I wouldn't trust today's USDA under Dump to be doing reliable inspections of imports.

Your vitriolic presumptions already make me nauseous.

Sounds like you've been consuming a lot of lead and mercury, yourself, along with cheap booze.

I can get sustainably farmed Rainbow Trout in California but it is expensive. Looking for alternatives.

The salmon burger recipe. They freeze well.

R22 I grant you I went too far with the racism insult but I fear you're the one consuming cheap booze. And fuck off with your sustainable shit, you don't know what you're talking about. You types love reading labels and congratulating yourself that you're saving the planet.

Tilapia is the least healthy fish no matter where you get it from. And you did imply that farmed fish is only suspect because it comes from Asia, as if the good ol' USA and developed countries are super-duper free of contaminants. Fucking dream on dear. Have you seen the videos of Scottish fish farms with the deformed creatures flailing around in murky liquid? Again, google. They will make you puke, unless your cheap American booze does it first.

Omelettes with gruyere, leeks, and asparagus.

I picked up a calzone on the way home.

I had a big mixed green salad with Thousand Island dressing and lots of shredded Cheddar cheese (as we do in the Midwest).

Grilled-out lamp chops, corn-on-the-cob, boiled Yukon Gold potatoes, boiled asparagus and a mixed green salad.

I made Lucy's goulash. It's very good.

R28 - yum

Roasted cauliflower topped with caramelized onions, gruyere, sharp white cheddar. Chicken sausage. Sauteed spinach with garlic and lemon.

A chicken pesto wrap from Kroger.

The plan is WF 365 squash ravioli, sage butter, parm. Steamed broccoli. Fresh cherries.

I had a bacon cheeseburger.

I cooked even though we're visiting - which is great!

Thursday night, my partner and I babysat, and let my son and DIL go on a date night. I made sausage, potatoes, peppers, and onions for dinner. My granddaughter LOVED it, especially the sausage (which she called chicken, "mo chicken!")

Then Friday night. I decided to make dinner for my son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, and my daughter-in-law's sister. Korean was the theme. I made six pounds of Korean chicken wings, and for banchan - cucumber, spinach, and kimchee. I made a shit-ton and it all got eaten! It was a big hit.

The Three Meat combo platter with Cole slaw and onion rings fed both of us.

And to answer their question? It was incredible.

Tonight I'm making miso-glazed pan-seared cod over a wasabi white sweet potato mash and maybe some kind of spicy Thai cucumber salad on the side.

Green smoothie. Falefel in a pita with tahini sauce.

Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, canned corn, boiled broccoli and a mixed green salad.

Mushroom basil pizzas from the Ooni oven, spinach salad with dried cranberries, toasted pistachios, cherry tomatoes, and avocado chunks. Ice cold watermelon balls in sparkling wine for no particular reason.

On the way back home from Publix this morning I stopped at a fruit/vegetable stand a farmer runs every summer. They only sell what they grow. I bought some of his Elberta peaches, tomatoes, Vidalia onions, cucumbers, okra, and some small red potatoes. They also had freshly boiled peanuts (I'm crazy for them) so I bought 2 1 lb. bags and have been noshing on them on and off all day. They are just heavenly. For dinner I decided to slice one of the tomatoes, a cucumber, and an onion and made a nice salad. Tomorrow I'm going to make 2 peach cobblers (one for my neighbors/friends across the road and one for me)

A Patty Melt on grilled sourdough, shoestring fries with garlic aioli and a mesclun/arugala side salad. With the “Evolution of Hip Hop” Festival going on next door.

And peaches are everywhere. We had them skinned, sliced, soaked in a brown sugar and rum syrup and served with cream.

Saturday night: A turkey burger with cheddar cheese on white bread - I add pickle slices and ketchup. Arizona sweet iced tea and Pepperidge Farms coconut cake.

I don’t know. I need veg and I have a freezer full of meat.

A classic tuna salad sandwich on white bread.

r44, did you win at the Meat Raffle down at The Elk's Lodge?

I get an auto delivery every three months and I’m only one person.

P.S. I had beans and franks.

Did you have gas afterwards, R47?

Currently in my oven I have a French onion pot roast with Gruyère sprinkled on top at the end.

Plus I’m making mashed potatoes and some broccoli.

Are you 12 years old, R48?

R50: I won't be 12 until next summer.

An Everything Bagel with jalapeño cream cheese and an ice cream drumstick.

Marinated boneless turkey tenderloins, mushroom gravy, whipped sweet potatoes, roasted broccoli.

Roast cod w/brown butter lemon sauce served on sizzling platters, steamed red potatoes and asparagus hollandaise.

More peaches, this time homemade peach ice cream.

Bake breaded pork chops, rice pilaf, sauteed squash and onions, green beans, and a mixed green salad with cherry tomatoes from our garden.

Sunday night: Simple ham and cheese sandwich on white bread w/mayo. Sweet iced tea and a slice of cake.

So the pot roast came out delicious. So, so tender and the Gruyère on top was amazing.

I also baked 4 different breads that I get from Wildgrain. Those are always good.

Oh - I forgot: our daughter made a spice cake for dessert. YUM!

No R47. But I’m jet propelled after dried fruit.

Grilled cheese and tomato soup.

Ina's easy roast chicken stuffed with lemons and rosemary sprigs because we keep forgetting to plant a thyme bush. Potatoes, carrots, and onions are in the pan with it. Going to make Stovetop stuffing "elevated" with sauteed onions, garlic, celery, and mushrooms. Have some peaches and nectarines that I could grill but not sure about wanting to clean the BBQ just for that. Also, the peaches were stolen from a neighbor's tree that's leaning into our back yard and don't want to draw attention from them.

What’s not moving!!!?

I had a Romaine salad with Thousand Island dressing and lots of onions.

I bought some veg and fresh fruit to go with my freezer full of meat. And a baguette and Kaiser rolls.

Baked potato. Vegetarian chili. Lots of shredded Tillamook extra sharp cheddar. Cherries for dessert.

I had a craving for chicken paprikash today, no idea why. hardly a summer meal. Made it with chicken wings and leg quarters, it came out great. Used some smoked paprika as well as sweet Hungarian and all fat sour cream - so filling.

We got up at 5am Eastern to catch our flight home. We did make grilled chicken thighs with shawarma seasoning last night for my son and his family. My partner is really outstanding at grilling. They were perfectly grilled and so juicy. For some reason, I've been really tired the last couple of days. It might be too many carbs (pizza twice, birthday cake, cookies). Anyway, I'm just exhausted from doing nothing except some work today. We're getting Chinese - but kinda light, soup, potstickers, and egg rolls.

R66, OMG! I miss my Mom's chicken paprikash! Anyway, I went for comfort food today: Kraft macaroni and cheese, with real Cheddar cheese, cream, white pepper, nutmeg and Hungarian sweet paprika. And lots of Frank's Red Hot sauce.

Comfort food night. Thick pork chops stuffed with leftover "elevated Stovetop stuffing" and some canned smoked oysters, seared then baked, pan graxy, steamed broccoli, Toast R Oven baby New Potatoes tossed with rosemary, olive oil and lemon, "Black Magic Chocolate Cake".

Homemade chicken noodle vegetable soup and grilled cheese sandwiches - and spice cake for desert...

I got takeout Chinese food -- chicken w/broccoli and white rice, with an egg roll and wonton soup.

Lox, sesame bagel, cream cheese. Tomatoes and cucumbers. Peach rugulach. Carby,

Flounder meunière, crab cakes, vegetable soup, and fennel gratin Finally back in my kitchen. It seems I've gained ten pounds in two weeks. A lot had to do with trying to finish up stuff in the refrigerator before we left, and then a lot of carbs while up north. I'm trying to get back to our schedule of chicken (3), fish (2), meat (1), and vegetarian (1) - (days per week). My supermarket had fresh flounder that they scaled, filleted, and skinned for me.

I had an urge for soup after all the carbs. I made a big pot of vegetable soup, which included butternut squash, celery, carrots, onion, some chopped fennel tops, potatoes, turnip, tomatoes, romano beans, corn, spinach, and peas. Garnished with evoo, grated parmesan, pepper, and parsley. Very good, but I've got like two gallons of it.

Crab cakes - I never used canned crab before, but I wanted to try it. It wasn't bad. They were a little dry, but that might have been my adjusting the proportions of my recipe, which calls for a pound of crab, and the can had a net weight of four ounces.

Add the gratin to that, and it ended up to be a big dinner.

A salad tonight and a salad tomorrow night. I’m cleaning out the pantry this week.

I made nachos grande - ground turkey seasoned with cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, oregano, paprika. The cooked meat was scattered over tortilla chips, then some cheddar cheese. Heated in the oven for about 8 minutes and threw on some chopped tomatoes. I always make too much - my eyes are bigger than my belly as the saying goes. I toss the leftovers cause I'm sure reheat nachos are gross.

Dustin: you NEVER cease to amaze me. WOW! What a meal

R76 ProudPapa: Thanks - I enlisted my partner to help. He made a good part of the gratin, and helped chop vegetables for me for the soup. The big thing he helped with was dishes and pots, of which there were many. I don't often have him help as much as he did tonight, but I knew I was underwater - lol.

LOVE your follow up post, Dustin!

I made Shake-and-Bake pork chops with roasted carrots and ginger-soy green beans.

Veggie chili with shredded cheddar. Fruit salad.

[quote]Veggie chili.

"How to eat like a frau."

Neighbors are still harvesting tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash. Made Gaspacho, will be topped with hard boiled eggs, and Greek bean salad, to which I added grilled yellow squash and zucchini. Both are chilling now. Watermelon for dessert is also chilling. Looking for a low-sugar corn bread recipe and will spike it with a can of creamed corn, which I hate on its own but makes the cornbread moist.

Leftover baked ziti.

Grilled lamb rib chops, white bean salad (piyaz), creamy cucumber salad.

I went to the Middle Eastern store yesterday and bought thin-cut lamb rib chops. They sell halal meat, which tends to be tough. At $11.99/lb, my expectations were kinda low. I trimmed it up, bludgeoned it with the flat side of my meat pounder, and then hit it with some meat tenderizer and vermouth to get it edible. I let that sit for a couple of hours before hitting it with my za'atar blend, a bit of extra cumin, and olive oil.

Meanwhile, I made the white bean salad which I linked to, and added some roasted red peppers and pepperoncini...because they're tasty. She says it takes ten minutes, but it took me longer. The creamy cucumber salad recipe is on the same website.

My partner did a bang-up job grilling it. The salads were tasty. Everything came great.

I was candidly wondering if anyone would make mincemeat out of English by combining the words "candidly" and "wondering."

But I didn't have mincemeat for dinner, not out of that kitchen.

I had meatloaf (beef, veal, pork) with a baked potato and grilled vegetables.

Crabcakes, potatoes au gratin and roasted brussels sprouts. Delish.

R84 That sounds and looks absolutely amazing!

R69 Sounds delicious! Foreshadowing more Fall dinners I am sure.

Rib eye steak cooked under the broiler, with corn on the cob. Ginger ale and a piece of carrot cake. The corn was so good - perfectly sweet.

I had a BLT and made a carrot pound cake that came out beautifully. I put so many spices in it it actually tastes like pumpkin bread.

Caramelized zucchini sauce and spaghetti.

Roasted stuffed chicken thighs, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, tomato salad, potato and green bean salad.

[bold]tl:dr part[/bold]

Okay, I'm insane. I worked like hell today and we got a lot of shit knocked out for our business. At four o'clock, I decided to make a chicken dinner. I found some ground beef in the freezer from last year(!). I vacuum sealed it so it was perfectly fine. I had six chicken thighs And moo glue. I decided to take the bones out of the thighs and moo-glued them together. I had a bag of Pepperidge Farm stuffing cubes in the pantry. I made stuffing from the meat, the cubes, celery, onion, and a bit the chicken stock I made from the bones. I laid the stuffing out on the thighs, rolled it up, and tied it up with string. I roasted it, and made a gravy from the remaining stock.

I broke out a can of jellied cranberry sauce from the pantry also. Yeah, the jellied stuff. I like it. I posted the picture for the skeptics (I'd be skeptical too). It was like early Thanksgiving. The chicken didn't look the way I wanted it to. It stayed together, but it needed it bit more skin (I cut some off the thighs too soon). And while it browned on top, the skin was pale and a bit flabby on the bottom. Next time, I'll glue it together better using some of the extra skin, and I'll turn it over halfway through. But the taste was outstanding. Yes, I'm a fat whore. And obsessive too..

[bold]Carry on[/bold]

Thai ginger soup, Caesar salad, jerk chicken breast, dirty rice, green beans and crème brûlée for dessert.

Grand Cuvée Dining Room onboard Celebrity Silhouette off the coast of Maine last night.

I love a dinner that mixes different cuisines, R93!

Fish and chips (ATK recipe) and cole slaw.

BBQ chicken sandwiches, grilled asparagus, grilled corn.

A ham and mayo sandwich and some spicy gazpacho.

Last night I made an asiago roasted garlic cauliflower soup and panko poached eggs. First time making the eggs and I was worried they'd be a disaster, but they turned out perfectly crunchy with just the right amount of creamy yolk drip--delicious! Like a lighter scotch egg.

Here's the recipe, if anyone's interested. I grated some asiago and herbs into the panko crumb mixture before frying to tie it into the soup's flavor profile.

That looks awesome, R98

Grilled-out pork tenderloin, steamed rice, corn-on-the-cob, and boiled bok choy with just a little spicy soy sauce mixture sprinkled on it.

It was a record 96 degrees today so we cranked up the AC and baked! Husb make enchiladas with leftover roast chicken, black beans, sauteed onion and Bell peppers, canned olives. Canned red sauce, jack cheese. Survived without sour cream. Cucumber, tomoato, and basil salad. I made two batches of pate brisse, so easy in the food processor. Made a spinach, mushroom, onion quiche for tomorrow, and a French apple tart using apples from our tree for the first time. Haven't tried it yet. The apples are small and green. This is Gravenstein country, so that's probably what they are. Also baked a batch of snickerdoodle cookies. Yesterday I made base ice cream from a Salt and Straw recipe that's been chilling in the fridge. Will freeze the ice cream in the machine and add crumbled cookies (no - NOT right-wing Mormon outed Crumble Cookies) then let it set in the freezer for tomorrow.

Baked potato with homemade ranch dressing. Grilled asparagus. Strawberries

Well, oohkay. Snickerdoodles are the most boring cookies I've ever tasted. To the ice cream base I added a dash of nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and cardamom. I guess that's Pumpkin Pie Spice, which I want to hate. But it had to be done.

I have a feeling I posted this in the wrong thread, because I came back here and my post isn't here. Well, this was it.

Chicken Pizzaiolo - at least that's what my sister and I call it.

It's a dish my mother made. It's chicken and potatoes, braised in tomato sauce, water, garlic, olive oil, parsley, oregano, garlic, salt, and pepper - in a Pyrex baking dish (as she always did). My sister and I started adding peas at the end of baking to make it a one-pot meal. Of course, some Italian bread to sop up some of the delicious sauce. A lot of memories in this dish.

spaghetti with eggplant sauce. chopped salad. lemon sorbet with raspberries

Grilled Middle Eastern lamb rib chops, wheat berry salad, stuffed zucchini, and homemade pita bread.

I like the lamb chops I made a couple of weeks ago that I picked up some more. I'm linking to the wheat berry salad recipe. The only substitution I made was pomegranate seeds instead of dried currants. I had them in the refrigerator and had to use them up. It's pretty tasty. I only used some of the ground beef I defrosted the other day for the chicken stuffing, and I also had some Campari tomatoes that were past their prime. I mixed them with some rice, allspice, and ras el-hanout, and stuffed some hollowed out zucchini. I braised them in tomato sauce. I made that yesterday, so just heating them up. Homemade pita. Okay, the Middle Eastern market is nine miles away. Between gas, tolls, and time, it would cost more for me to go buy them than to make some. So I made some. Came fine.

Salsa Chicken: chicken breasts seasoned with taco seasoning, browned in skillet and covered with salsa. Simmer 20 minutes, then top with cheese. Side dish is garlic chili rice from a package. Beverage is ginger ale, then some chocolate pudding with Cool Whip.

Sunday evening: Brik w/shrimp, egg and harissa; spinach salad, roast cod, fingerling potatoes, broccoli and carrots, and three sorbets in a spun-sugar globe for dessert.

Lobster lunch yesterday ashore in Charlottetown PEI. Saw an emergency transfer from ship to shore for an elderly passenger very very early yesterday morning.

Onboard the Celebrity Silhouette in the St Lawrence River en route to Quebec City and awaiting the Aurora Borealis sighting tonight.

Pad Krapow Gai, aka Thai Basil Chicken, made with ground turkey because we have it. Steamed broccoli slaw. Peanut satay sauce. Raspberry sorbet.

Jamaican-style vegan stew/soup with a PB&J sandwich. My "Ital" is a bit more basic, more like a veg curry.

A box of frozen potato skins. It says you’re supposed to share with friends, but get serious.

Leftovers: spinach and mushroom quiche, Greek bean salad. Apple tart with snickerdoodle ice cream, iced coffee.

Leftover roast chicken, gravy, and stuffing, cranberry sauce, leftover wheatberry salad, leftover stuffed zucchini. I did make mashed potatoes.

Canary melon for dessert.

Monday night is homemade pizza night at our house: pepperoni and cheese with basil. Kids love it - we love it - and we get a big mixed salad: lettuce, cucumbers, corn, cherry tomatoes from the garden

I picked up a frozen burrito from Circle K when I was buying Powerball tickets earlier. I have some leftover Mexican rice to go with it.

Leftover kielbasa with potatoes, onions and peppers, and a lettuce/tomato salad with ranch dressing. Sweet tea to drink and some fresh cherries.

R115: enjoy your farting!

Home-made white bread, butter and cheese.

Spinach salad, veal piccata, vegetable platter and peach tart with raspberry coulis.

The Aurora Borealis was visible if not spectacular starting about 10 pm. Maybe it’s the destination, maybe it’s the time of year but even with a nightly LGBTQ gathering our presence is minimal but the old straight people are friendly enough and a good thing, too. The demographic skews old.

Docking in about an hour in Quebec City.

Omelets, asparagus soup

r119, that actually sounds wonderful, despite being on a cruise. We're going to Montreal in 3 weeks, then renting a car to drive through New England for leaf peeping. Had to ditch an excursion to Quebec City due to logistics. How far North were you to see the Aurora Borealis? Have only been on one cruise, years ago. It was an RSVP cruise. Loved the food and variety, but was mostly bored while at sea. Veal Picatta is now on my to-do list.

Scallops, white bean salad, and creamed leeks.

Central Market had U-15 scallops for $19.99/lb. They haven't put them on sale for a long time. And I had a $2 off coupon. A scallop feast. I seared them, and made a pan sauce from white wine, herbed butter, and lemon juice. I made the white bean salad (piyaz) and creamed leeks (my partner loves them). A glass of chardonnay - all was good.

My doctor said I have low sodium, so I got a Double Quarter Pounder from McDonald's.

Late diner after binge watching TV. Favorite salmon fillets poached in Vermouth, sliced onions, lemons, capers, and dill reduction. Potatoes Anna (a simple potato "cake" with Yukon Gold potatoes sliced with a mandolin), salad of shaved carrots, cucumber, red onion, bell peppers because tonight was mandolin madness.

Shrimp cocktail, mesclun salad (pronounced “mescaline salad” by more than one diner in earshot), lobster Savannah OM, mixed vegetable platter. Sacher torte for dessert. Because we don’t sail until afternoon, the Main Dining Room is closed for lunch so we’ll eat in the Cafe at noon. Old Country Buffet it ain’t.

R119 not sure exactly where we were @ 11 pm Monday night but about 150 miles east of Quebec City.

Macaroni and cheese, Romano beans salad, and stewed tomatoes.

I used my go-to mac and cheese recipe from Fannie Farmer. I used Gruyere and Costco Coastal cheddar instead of just cheddar. I cooked the Romano beans until tender, added toasted walnuts and crumbled feta, and dressed with EVOO. I also opened a can of stewed tomatoes. Does anyone know what one does with stewed tomatoes? The only thing I served them with is mac and cheese. The chef at my old work cafeteria served it with his mac and cheese and I always like it, so I now do the same. But that's the only thing I use them for. Anyone know what people do with them?

I bought another Canary melon, so that's dessert.

Grilled a lean, fresh made, small paddy of ground beef with spring onion. Boiled a serving of peas & carrots.

R126. In SC. Hot stewed tomatoes are served over cooked white rice. When heating the tomatoes, may add a little milk or butter.

I thought I was the only who liked tomatoes and white rice. Good to know I'm not alone.

Okay, I can see how that would be tasty, Thanks, R128

Vegetable and goat cheese tart, 4-bean salad, and lemonade. Tried (and failed) to make biscuits, so we had toast.

Smothered Pork Burritos with lettuce and tomato, emulating Denver's Curtis Street Cafe's (RIP, down by the train station when the area was sketchy) dish that I enjoyed in the early 1980s.l

My favorite memory was when a table of downtown work ladies looking smart were horrified to see a roach crossing their table. One screeched at the Mexican waitress, "THERE'S A COCKROACH ON THIS TABLE!!!!"

The waitress sauntered over, flicked it across the room with an index-finger snapping off her thumb, and said,

"And now there ain't."

Gemelli pasta with roasted red pepper sauce and chicken sauce. Broccoli slaw. Pistachio ice cream.

Make that chicken sausage.

Lemon cappellini and cauliflower with Hollandaise sauce. The Hollandaise was a new recipe for me from Youtube, and I'll be returning to my old Julia Child recipe.

I made Salmon Salad, oh and was it ever delicious.

Made just like you would Tuna Salad, served on top of a tomato from the garden with Town House crackers by the side.

I make Tuna Salad a lot but it hasn't seemed all that good lately so I thought I would try canned Salmon instead and I might never go back to Tuna.

Baked stuffed shells. YUM. I need to put on a few pounds before my physical exam next month so I don't hear "Boardering on severe underweight" again. Excuse me for not chowing down all day long.

I did some late shopping at Costco and I was ravenous. So against my better judgement, I had a Costco hotdog and a coke. I feel terrible tonight. Mostly guilt and some indigestion.

Maybe you're having a bad reaction because you were expecting to have a bad reaction, R138. Mostly guilt? Life is too short to feel guilty over a Costco hot dog.

It's been a while since I had one, maybe three or four years, and I remember them being much better than the one I had last night, R139. The guilt is because I have been trying to eat healthier and have been pretty successful, and the Costco hot dog was a lapse. And then it just didn't taste good. Sometimes if you go off your diet and something tastes good you savor it and enjoy it. But in t his case there was nothing to savor or enjoy. And the mustard was runny.

Lunch was carrot-cumin gazpacho, fried mozzarella sticks and teriyaki duck breast with sautéed leeks and white rice.

Still onboard the Silhouette en route to Sydney, Nova Scotia to see the Giant Fiddle.

For lunch, I'm having NYT Eric Kim's tuna rice bowl. The mayo in question is Kewpie. Broccoli on the side.

Better recipe

Grilled chicken thighs, tomato salad, roasted carrots, and leftover wheatberry salad.

My partner ordered dual-pronged grilling skewers that he was keen to try out. I bought skinless boneless thighs that I cut, pounded, and marinated in oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, rosemary, parsley, and some spicy red Thai chili that I grew. He skewered and grilled it. I reserved some of the marinade (before adding the chicken) and rested it in that after it came off the grill. Tomato salad was standard, oil, vinegar, oregano, garlic, basil, and a bit of green chili I also grew. I mixed the carrots with oil, honey, and a ton of spices (aleppo pepper, ground cloves, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, turmeric, paprika, just a bit of each) and roasted them. Topped them with a mix of parsley and mint. Typing this out, it sounds really busy, but it wasn't. It had an nice, pleasant, Middle Eastern flavor. I also had a half of a bazlama (Turkish bread, like a thick pita) to sop up the wonderful juices from the tomatoes.

When I stopped at the grocery today, the very nice cashier had a cough. She admitted she had had it for the last several days. So, I washed up carefully when I got home, and made an onion sandwich a la James Beard. I was lucky to have some nice white onions on hand, and I'm now reeking of onion (and cabernet sauvignon). In the old days, I would have planned for it and bought some Limburger cheese to go with the onions, and a nice beer..

Carpaccio w/shaved parm, wedge salad w/ blue cheese and bacon, chicken saltimbocca with ratatouille.

No dessert.

I made homemade minestrone. Hours of chopping. I thought I bought chicken Italian sausage but I couldn’t find it so I looked at the receipt from ALDIs and I was double charged for 2 items for a total of 10.00. Now I don’t know whether to go back, let it go, or wonder if this is something I have to worry about.

You made homemade soup. R147, but it wasn't homemade minestrone, which is a hearty Italian vegetable soup. Sausage? No.

Sorry that happened, R147. When that happens to me, it's usually because I left a bag at the register or in the cart when putting my bags in the car. It's also happened that something has rolled out of a bag and hid itself next to one of the doors (I have an SUV and often have the back seats down)

R147 - I forgot to thank you for the inspiration. I have everything to make a pot of sausage minestrone. I'll make a pot this weekend for lunches next week.

Grilled salmon with compound butter, steamed broccoli, and roasted baby potatoes.

The salmon got topped some compound butter - it's our new favorite way. The steamed broccoli was fixed very simply with crushed garlic, evoo, lemon juice and salt. I roasted the baby potatoes and added chopped fresh rosemary and garlic to them 10 minutes before they came out of the oven. I have a pear, some cherries, and a pumpkin spice cookie for dessert.

Sausages with mustaed, coleslaw, roast corn.

Well I like a little meat in my soup. But I didn’t buy it so it is tru minestrone

R148 - I'm Italian and I also make sausage minestrone. I have been for 40 years. It's called minestrone arricchito - enriched minestrone. I used two sausages, just some to enhance the flavor.

R147 - I made a huge pot this morning. I had some parmesan in the refrigerator so I added the rind. Also, I add Maggi seasoning to my minestrone. Is it Italian? No, but it bumps up the umami along with the parmesan rind.

I put a rind in mine too but it was fresher so it melted into a mass.

[quote]I put a rind in mine too but it was fresher so it melted into a mass

I love the molten mass. Treat for the cook!

Fish tacos

Grilled jerk chicken thighs, roasted sweet potatoes, and Italian zucchini bake.

I used my go-to jerk marinade recipe, which I would link to if I got it online. This recipe has all the ingredients, but in different proportions. One pepper? I use four to five. I roasted the sweet potatoes using the same warm spices, oil, honey, a touch of cayenne, and lime juice. I was amazed I never made the zucchini bake. I've had a similar recipe in a church cookbook I've had for 40+ years (my sister has had hers for 60+years!). The reason is probably because it called for Bisquick, which I never buy. However, the combination of flour, oil, baking soda, and salt made up for that. That gets mixed with eggs, shredded zucchini, onion, garlic, Romano cheese, and black pepper. It had a nice flavor and came kind of light and puffy. My partner really liked it.

Since Pizza Hut and Little Cesar’s are verboten in our household now, we continue to order Marcos Pizza.

It’s pretty good. The supreme is customizable so I add black olives.

That was dinner.

Vegan dogs with sauerkraut, onions, Dijon mustard, and sweet relish. Cole slaw. The condiments hide the fact that they are vegan dogs.

I treat myself to a steak every once in a while - usually a T-bone. As they were sold out, I opted for an Angus rib eye. It had 2-3 large areas of fat in the center and around the perime?ter, but I figured it would make the meat juicy. Those fatty areas didn't cook right and many mouthfuls were a mix of meat and gross chewy fat. D i s a p p o i n t e d.

A nice caesar salad, iced tea and carrot cake made it a little better.

R157: are you a lezzie?

I do like nut loaf. I'm someone who radically changed my diet post colon cancer. So while you have steak, I'll have vegetarian chili.

Lentil and pasta soup I made.

Homegrown cucumber, red onion, tomato, waxed pepper & feta salad,

Baked spanakopita from Greece.

Brined black olives

Some leftover buttermilk in my fridge kept staring at me and pissing me off.

This time I watched a Chef John video and did a second attempt at buttermilk biscuits due to boredom. They came out well. Had one with sugar-free apricot jam, partner had three with peanut butter (gross!) and I froze the rest. Took me an hour.

One of my last memories of my 81-year old mom was chatting with her when she was doing something in the kitchen, always hyper-kinetic, but stealing drags from my cigarette, which was shocking and funny. Just minutes later there were fresh biscuits on the breakfast table. She would have been 100 years old this November!

I bought some buttermilk for waffles but I haven’t made them yet.

Speaking of breakfast, I am making pozole. I just shredded the pork and am cooking the chicken breasts.

I’ll shred some lettuce and slice some radishes and key limes. I’ll go buy bolillos as soon as the store opens. 🤤

We're going to our Little Italy and getting takeout.. Meatball sandwich for partner, eggplant parm for me, grandmother pizza for later in the week. I'll make a chopped salad.

Friday: Shrimp cocktail, spinach salad, prime rib w/horseradish sauce, green beans, duchess potatoes, and Baked Alaska at the obligatory almost-farewell dinner with the staff marching, the band playing, and one of the dining-room captains singing “I Will Survive.” She was pretty and had a great voice, but it was an odd song choice, we thought. Survive the cruise? The food?

Saturday: Arugula salad with creamy vinaigrette, apple squash soup flavored with cumin and candied sunflower seeds, chicken Chiquita (deep-fried coconut crusted breast of chicken roulade with bananas and ham in a mango-chutney sauce) served with rice and sautéed spinach.

Back home this morning from the cruise to Quebec on Celebrity’s Silhouette. Stopped drinking during past-passenger free drinks happy hours (5-7 pm) last night in anticipation of today’s return to grim reality. I gained seven pounds in ten days and lost an inch off my waist in the gym and by walking five miles a day. Ozempic jab tonight.

Today is Sunday dinner: Home fried chicken breastesses and wings, mashed potatoes/gravy, and steamed broccoli. Dessert will be half the fucking container of Peanutbutter cup ice cream.

Grilled NY strip, halushki, and an eggplant/pepper/tomato dish.

[bold]Useless chatter[/bold] The NY strip is a prime one I bought when they were on sale which I pulled out of the freezer yesterday. We made some compound butter to top it.

I linked to the eggplant/pepper/tomato dish, which was quite good. I had two small eggplant that we grew that needed to be cooked. I also had a bunch of yellow/red/orange bell peppers that were already cut and cleaned (you'll see why), and I used some of the 50lbs of Campari tomatoes I bought (they were $.49/lb, I'll make passata). I added some herbs (fresh parsley, thyme, and basil, dried oregano, ground fennel, and crushed red pepper) because the recipe as written seemed a little bland. It came out great. Mine was also prettier because our eggplant was bright yellow.

I made haluski (cabbage, onions, egg noodles) because I also had a lot of leftover thin sliced cabbage. Why, you may ask. Because I bought a couple of fermentation jars with an airlock. I made sauerkraut earlier, but sliced too much cabbage. As for the peppers, I made giardiniera in the other jar, and I used red, orange, and yellow peppers in it so it would be pretty. Thus, I also had pieces of unused colorful peppers. Yeah, I was busy in the kitchen today. [bold]end of useless chatter[/bold]

I made pork chops and salted potatoes. Salt Potatoes—NY regional food where you boil baby potatoes in super salty water which infuses them with flavor and turns them creamy inside.

Saturday we went to a birthday party where the hosts made a bunch of delicious heroes and salads all with stuff from this fantastic salumeria in Brooklyn. They own a wine store so we drank as well as we ate.

A touch hungover, we had burgers and roasted broccoli at our local pub where we watched the Open. Perfect end to a fun weekend.

Zucchini spinach basil soup. Omelets with ch8icken asiago sausage. Brioche croutons for the soup

These are the NYT featured recipes for today. Go have a good laugh.

lemony pasta with chickpeas and parsley. An earthy, bright take on the classic Italian pasta con ceci, it’s a perfect use for those canned chickpeas in your pantry. Simmered in olive oil with garlic, onions and rosemary, and tossed with your favorite short pasta shape (whole wheat rigatoni is nice), the chickpeas offer a soft and earthy foundation for the bright counterpoint of lemon juice and red pepper flakes. Serve it with the simplest of tomato salads, and ease on into fall.

Featured Recipe

Lemony Pasta With Chickpeas and Parsley

More food for thought: One-pot za’atar chicken and rice: Za’atar-spiced chicken thighs achieve a beautiful crispness in Andy Baraghani’s lively new recipe, as sweet golden onions and fragrant basmati rice cook underneath to soak up the savory drippings. A dollop of yogurt supplies a cool, creamy contrast.

Smoky tomato soup: Back-to-school makes me think of bowls of tomato soup with gooey grilled cheese sandwiches on the side. Alexa Weibel’s spicier, more adult version of the soup adds the complex flavors of ancho chile and smoked paprika, while retaining its inherent sweet and velvety allure. You can adjust the heat by either puréeing the ancho chile into the soup, or removing it first. The grilled cheese sandwiches on the side, however, are nonnegotiable.

Baked fish with slow-cooked peppers: David Tanis gives you something special to do with the array of sweet peppers at the market right now. For the prettiest dish, choose a multi-colored mix of bell peppers, Jimmy Nardellos and Italian frying peppers. Then stew them slowly with olive oil and onions, letting them practically dissolve into a sauce. A meaty variety of fish — striped bass, swordfish or halibut — pairs well here, offering a delightfully dense bite next to those vivid, silky peppers.

Vietnamese-inspired cabbage salad with tofu:

Last dinner on my cruise. shrimp and scallops cocktail. Prime rib with Yorkshire pudding, green beans and a baked potato. Cherry sorbet and a hazelnut cheesecake. I feel so bloated.

[quote]I feel so bloated.

That could prove inconvenient if a rogue wave turns the ship upside-down and you have to climb up a Christmas tree to escape through the ship's bottom.

R175 I'm feeling bloated just reading your post. I do not get why cruise ships or certain restaurants think they have to put you in a coma with all these courses and servings. It's ridiculous. You may say, "well I don't eat like this every day" and that is precisely the point. People actually eat themselves sick.

Nothing! I'm currently 22 hours into a 36 hour fast. Huge breakfast plate 10 am tomorrow though! Baccon, sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, handful of grapes, and two slices whole grain toast w/strawberry jam

[quote]These are the NYT featured recipes for today. Go have a good laugh.

What's funny. Some of it sounds good.

Tonight's dinner: Orange chicken, Asian dumpling soup, and vegetarian Pakistani eggroll.

I had boneless/skinless thighs from the package I opened for Saturday's dinner. Something about General Tso's chicken turned up on my feed, but it didn't sound good to me. Then I remembered my partner like orange chicken, so I was off and running. I used Brian Lagerstrom's recipe, but of course I changed it up a little. As for the soup, some water, chicken broth, ginger, white miso paste, soy, shaoxing wine, and green onion. I just winged it. The dumplings came out of a bag from Trader Joe's. The eggrolls came out of a box I got from the Middle Eastern market, but it made sense since I had the oil already, and I had the time because the chicken went into the orange sauce.

I had a bacon and fried egg sandwich, with lots of Tabasco.

Corkscrew pasta salad with garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, cherry tomatoes, red onion, chopped black olives a jar of artichoke hearts , bell peppers, chopped basil, and feta cheese, made yesterday. It needed something, so this morning I dumped in some red wine vinegar. Much better now. We had it with tuna and cucumber sandwiches on sprouted wheat toast. There's nothing for dessert. Might make microwaved chocolate cakes in mugs.

I've got half a kielbasa in the fridge that I need to do something with, so I'm thinking a skillet dinner of the sausage with potatoes and onions/peppers. I did not grow up eating kielbasa - I bought it on a whim and had to look for recipes using it. I made a similar dinner a few weeks ago and was surprised how much I liked it.

I had a salmon salad sandwich.

Do not feel like cooking at all tonight, and the BF is taking some frustrating on line course and keeps grumbling..... so I just Door Dashed Thai food. I'm starving!

I had a mixed greens salad, a small baked redskin potato and a baked salmon filet. Now I am having my tea.

R185: You sound precious

Sliced cold roast chicken on mixed greens with artichokes, olives, bacon, mushrooms, tomato, croutons, red peppers, capers, croutons and blue cheese crumbles; ranch dressing. Toasted Asiago cheese bread, San Pellegrino blood orange soda cut with soda water.

Grilled Swordfish Steaks with Lemon Oregano Marinade, cauliflower and potato gratin, and wheatberry salad. I posted the link the wheatberry salad recipe at R106, so I'm posting the swordfish recipe here. Both were excellent.

I'm not precious, I'm just trying to get my glucose levels down. I do not want my body to fall apart from the Diabeets.

Not to take up too much time. Got stuck with some tough chicken thighs and have read about the 20 min baking soda soak to tenderize chicken. Has anyone tried this?

Buttermilk would work as well, no?

A&W bacon and cheddar burger with fries and an apple pie.could not finish it. I’m in Quebec City. Too bad I can’t get A&W in Pennsylvania.

Had a slice of cheese pizza with a roasted caulifower salad.

Costco's Chili is back. So are their stuffed peppers. I highly recommend them. Throw a salad together or steam some vegetables and you have a meal!

I did see the chili on sale. Is it really good?

I bought the bbq chicken with the Mac and cheese.

The Mac n cheese was good but the chicken was sort of hard. You could tell it was past its prime.

The stuffed peppers suck. Way too much filler.

Is it too much to hope that r185 is the Christmas Mouse?

More of a late lunch. Chicken breast stuffed with ham & mozzarella and a garden salad with Olive Garden Italian salad dressing from Costco.

A whole baguette with butter and a bottle of Yellow Tail Merlot.

Brioche french toast.

I know it's not dinner yet, but I made a hummus and a loaf of bread (pagnotta). I made a smaller loaf and kept the 75% hydration. I actually made the dough yesterday and baked it off today. It came quite good. But I'm a fat whore🤣🤣🤣

Tonight's dinner is mushroom ragout with polenta, and borani kadoo with yogurt mint sauce (Afgani pumpkin dish but using butternut squash).

Chic-fil-A grilled chicken club, waffle fries and diet Coke.

Protein shake. I indulged myself on my cruise and now I’m getting back into my routine.

Let’s meet for dinner R199.

I made fresh peach and cream cheese bread. I googled these two things to find a sweet to make as I had both. Apparently this is a big frau thing and no wonder. It is Fantastic. I ate half the loaf and nothing else yesterday.

Broke out the stand mixer on my own for the first time. It came with my husband. Oh, that didn't sound right. He calls it "Goliath". Anyway, made Let's Roll(tm) Cinnamon Rolls for dessert tonight because it's 9/11 (elder, longtime DLers will get this). Used The Preppy Chef's recipe and instructions because he's so cute. And whoa - just thought we'd each try one fresh out of the oven. Amazing! We've each had three. Am feeling sick now. They weren't even frosted.

If we ever regain our appetites, dinner will be salmon fillets with sliced lemon and dill over asparagus spears, baked in foil pouches from a random online recipe. Electric Stove Steamed White Rice a la Dustin. Iced tea. I think we won't be having dessert.

Chicken cutlets, steamed spinach with golden raisins, TJ’s vegetarian fried rice, and a salad of sliced avocados with an orange-peanut satay dressing.

Candied ginger and a fig for dessert.

OK. off on a tangent: I bought some fresh figs and I want to use them in a recipe. I'm thinking a small piece of pork loin? But I have no idea how to begin.

r208, figs and a pork loin sounds nice. Figs are ripe now in my neighborhood and am getting tons. Am Greek - we cook a lot with figs - when we're not cooking with lemons. I use this recipe for chicken thighs often. It's important to keep the skins on, then you can discard them. Instead of "fig jam" I just smash the extra ripe ones and remove the skins. I also make chicken or lamb tagine with figs instead of apricots in the Crock Pot. The pork loin idea sounds wonderful. Kali orexi! Bon appetit!

Hami melon with prosciutto, chicken fricassée, a few bites of the fermented giardiniera, sauteed spinach with garlic, chili pepper, and lemon, and a piece of the pagnotta I made yesterday. And a piece of pistachio candy I got at the ME market. I believe it was Iranian nougat.

I love the "Let's Roll" cinnamon bun reference . I am that old. It was an imaginary business opportunity for a 9-11 widow who was constantly on TV cashing in. Now I need a cinnamon bun.

I was craving vegetables, so I had a plateful of fried zucchini.

Homemade chicken and cheese enchiladas, Mexican rice, chopped Iceberg lettuce. MUY BUENO!

1 lb of chicken wings with blue cheese dipping sauce, celery and carrots.

Ham & Cheese Club w/coleslaw.

Shrimp scampi, wheatberry salad, and fennel gratin. More Iranian nougat and hami melon for dessert.

Stouffer's Turkey Tetrazzini casserole, with a Pepsi and a couple of Chips Ahoy cookies.

Fried livermush sandwiches and grits.

I had never heard of livermush. In case anyone else hasn't,

A livermush sandwich is a regional specialty from western North Carolina, featuring pan-fried slices of livermush, a loaf made from pork liver, other meat parts, and cornmeal. The sandwich is traditionally served on soft white bread and topped with mustard, though many variations exist. What is livermush? Livermush is a Southern staple with roots in German immigration to the Appalachian Mountains. It is a cousin of Pennsylvania scrapple but contains a higher proportion of cornmeal, giving it a coarser texture. The ingredients are cooked, pureed, and formed into a loaf. When pan-fried, the livermush develops a golden, crispy crust while remaining tender on the inside.

Sounds like Spam 🫣

Sounds like scrapple too.

Sounds like shit.

Frozen cheese ravioli with leftover meat sauce from the freezer

Angel hair pasta with Roquefort cheese.

Going out for sushi.

Fish tacos with Trader Joe’s frozen, fried halibut, hard shells, Greek yogurt/mayo sauce, baby spinach, baby San Marzano tomatoes and vinegar’ed cucumbers from my garden.

I'm too ashamed to post this but microwaved chicken.

Get an air fryer, R227!

I got McDonald's... Big Mac meal (includes fries and a drink) and an apple pie. This was my second choice - I was ready to try a new burger place called B. Steiny's that opened nearby - their item is smash burgers, which I never had. When I saw that my Seamless order for a combo meal (cheeseburger, fries, drink) came to $40 after they tacked on a service fee and a $7 tip, I went for the more reasonable McD's.

Mini Ravioli.

R228 actually I baked it in the oven.

I got Popeyes Chicken

A friend spent the day with us at our local pool. I left early and made a spinach and mushroom quiche, this time with Dijon mustard and fresh thyme. Gonna keep that recipe. Threw together a mixed salad. Using the same dough, I made a blueberry pie-crisp. I usually keep some disks of pate brisee in the freezer, then just thaw in the morning. They came in handy today. Served it with vanilla ice cream I'd already made using a recipe from the bougie Salt and Straw chain. Took only two hours. Partner is cleaning up the kitchen carnage now, lol. The total cost was maybe 25 bucks to feed three people and we have leftovers.

Sausage and pepper pizza, Caesar salad. WhoFoo chocolate chip cookie, infused San Pellegrino blood orange soda.

I'm making Chef John's stuffed pepper casserole. It smells amazing. Hope it tastes as good. We were out all day today, this was easy to throw together.....

I had Costco's stuffed peppers. I LOVE them. and a salad.

Connie's tavern cut cheese pizza. Chopped salad with cream garlic dressing. Lazy day.

Supermarket fried chicken with coleslaw.

Grilled out hot dogs, baked beans, steamed rice, corn-on-the-cob and homemade coleslaw.

I cut up iceberg lettuce and threw some canned tuna with it -- topped with ranch dressing. Pepsi to drink. My dessert was going to be the fresh pineapple I set to ripen on my counter... unfortunately, it had spots that showed signs of rot. I cut away the bad parts but it tasted off. Damn.

Kind of a lamb tagine, baked sweet potato with compound butter, and couscous.

I had the rest of the halal lamb rib chops that I picked up a few weeks ago from the Middle Eastern market. I decided rather than grill them, I'd braise them. I seasoned with salt and pepper, gave them a hit of meat tenderizer, coated them in flour, and seared them. I put them aside, and sauteed chopped onion, garlic, cumin, ras el-hanout, and ground coriander, I added some romano beans, green olives, raisins, preserved lemon, white wine, and chicken stock, and stuck it in the oven.

I put the sweet potatoes in the oven at the same time, and mixed up some butter with cumin, ras el-hanout, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Also made some couscous.

It all turned out great, considering I didn't have a recipe, and just winged it. I don't have a tagine, but I cooked all in my braiser, which is essentially the same thing. But I guess it's not officially a tagine unless it's cooked in a tagine.

An odd combo, but we had cravings. Chef John's Sweet and Sour soup with half the ginger and white pepper, and more shrooms and carrots. Skin-on chicken thighs baked over carrots, sliced potatoes, onion, and celery, with layers of sliced lemons and fresh thyme on each side. It was OK. Liked the veggies more than the chicken (not really a meat and poultry fan) but need more protein and fat in attempt to gain back the 3 lbs I lost this week.

Leftover blueberry pie and vanilla ice cream. Damn, it was good.

Turbot, corn, broccolini, carrot cake.

Beef lo mein. Horrendous work day (so fuck off to the poster who said I didn't have a real job) so we ordered Chinese. It was bad enough today that I went high carb.

You GO, Dustin!

Spaghetti and meatballs.

I have a beautiful piece of pork loin I intend to cut up in chunks and marinate for sweet and sour pork. With vegetable fried rice

Made zucchini spinach soup with onions, garlic and cheddar. It's pureed. Dinner is flat bread pizza with chicken sausage, caramelized onions, mushrooms.

Baked breaded pork chops, rice noodles with a spicy soy sauce, bok choy and a mixed green salad.

I had leftover spaghetti and meatballs. I took a page from my African-American friends and cooked the spaghetti in the tomato sauce, then added extra virgin olive oil and fennel seeds, and it was really rich and delicious. I know Italians and their nonnas would be shocked, but I'm not even a little bit Italian.

I had a chicken dinner from the local Guyanese takeout place. It's boneless chicken cooked like a stew, with carrots, and the meat/sauce/gravy is served over Caribbean style rice and peas. You also get a spoonful of cooked spinach as a side. It's very good.

Roasted vegetable sauce (cherry tomatoes, garlic, eggplant, red bell peppers, garlic, zucchini), whole wheat bucatini, burrata

I just made coconut custard without the crust so it’s diet food!

Shepherd’s pie.

I fasted until 6p (currently 6:08p). I'm about to have a huge garden salad in a huge bowl with cheese and chicken breast.

Chicken club sandwich with small amount of fries and some coleslaw.

Something with sodium and fat that requires an air fryer.

It's still hot. So probably sliced cold green grapes and full-fat cottage cheese. My summer go-to.

Korean dinner - Grilled chicken thighs, cucumber salad, broccoli salad, kimchee, and jasmine rice.

I also managed to make five pints of salsa for canning. I had to use up the last 10 lbs of tomatoes. And the Latino market had beautiful, large avocados 2 for $.97. I couldn't pass that up, so I made some guacamole for my partner. Crazy day - busy work day too. I was up at 5:30, so I did my walk and was back home by 7:30. I got a lot done, except a shower. I haven't made it in yet.

That Korean dinner sounds FAB, Dustin!

Feeling stoopid. Stonefruit season is pretty much over. It's the beginning of grape harvest time. We walked across the road and helped ourselves to bunches of red grapes from the corporate vineyard. Washed then chilled some. Yuk! I forgot that wine grapes have bitter seeds. I then read that the seeds provide tannins and unique flavors to each variety. And they're small. I smashed a bunch, strained out the seeds and skins. The juice is very sweet. Can't tell if they're Merlot or Cab or what. Tastes like Welch's, lol.

Made a summer vegetable tart with eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash, and tomatoes, olive oil, bread crumbs, fresh thyme and sheep's milk cheese. It's cooling now. I have some strawberries and blueberries. Thinking of simmering them in some of the grape juice with corn starch. We binged all of the remaining vanilla ice cream I made before bed last night. Karma's a bitch.

Angel hair pasta with Roquefort cheese. I bought half a wheel of Roquefort from Costco, so it's been featuring in my meal choices.

Lundberg wild rice mix, cod cooked in cream, some decent frozen green beans with shallots from France, hashbrowns.

Made my 2nd favorite sandwich: thin sliced deli ham, Muenster cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayo, dijon mustard on pumpernickel bread. Okay, I couldn't find pumpernickel around here, so I had to settle for a rye/pumpernickel swirl loaf that Pepperidge Farm makes. Had a Pepsi, then tried a new flavor of ice cream that was on sale - Friendly's Vienna mocha chip. It was not bad. The carton says "premium" ice cream, but is nowhere near as creamy as Haagen Daz. It would be a ripoff for the usual price of $8, but on sale for $4... I don't feel so cheated.

Spam

[quote]That Korean dinner sounds FAB, Dustin!

Hi ProudPapa (R260) It came pretty good.

It was pretty easy actually for me. I made the cucumber yesterday ( by mistake) so it was ready to go. I just pulled kimchee out of the refrigerator. The only thing I had to do is mix up the marinade, then trim, cut, and pound the chicken thighs, and add them to the marinade. And I steamed some broccoli and dress that. My partner made the rice, and skewed and grilled the chicken.

The way I wrote this sounds like a lot of work, but it really wasn't.

Grilled halibut, corn/tomato/black bean salad . collard slaw.. Raspberry sorbet.

Sausage and peppers in a creamy garlic and red pepper sauce, garlic Parmesan bread, green salad. Candied ginger and cherry ice cream in dark chocolate cups for dessert.

I ate like a pig. Sweet and sour pork, and vegetable fried rice. All homemade from scratch. I feel awful now. But it was really good.

Salisbury Steak and mashed potatoes frozen dinner.

Marinated chicken thighs in good seasons dressing with 3T soy sauce instead of the water - love it that way (still add 1/4C evoo and 1/3 C cider vinegar). Have white sweet potatoes wrapped in foil on the grill (they need another half hour), then will grill the chicken. Also made Kale braised in beef stock with garlic and onions and hot peppers. Have left over Mexican grilled corn salad from last night.

Good takeout pizza!

This is easy and really good. Butternut squash ravioli from Whole Foodossed with bite-size grilled asparagus, butter, garlic, toasted walnuts and parm.

Vermont turkey pepperoni sticks, a sumo orange, pumpkin bars for dessert.

Make that "tossed"

Crepes filled with spinach and cheese sauce.

Shrimp with penne pasta in Alfredo sauce and broccoli.

Grilled salmon with compound butter, creamed leeks, roasted cauliflower and broccoli with garlic and romano cheese, and roasted radishes with tahini, yogurt, and honey sauce.

I had 1/2 of a Kirkland Frozen Pizza Supreme with Diet Coke. It was pretty good. I doctored it up with extra tomatoes and some mushrooms.

I had a meat lovers personal pizza.

Tater tot casserole, with a side of blue cheese brie, grapes, raspberries, apple and blueberries and a nice Cabernet. (Had to fancy-up my Minn-e-SNOW-da tater tot hotdish since I moved to California.)

Sunday dinner will be split pea soup with smoked pork neck bones. Lots of fresh dill in it, too

Sunday dinner: Meatloaf, either baked mac/cheese or mashed potatoes/gravy, cob corn

Sunday dinner: Stuffed peppers and some other vegetable side. Oooh. I'm making the peppers with tomato sauce. Maybe we'll have some pasta! Now I'm excited.

I'm going to rifle through my recipe cards and do something interesting with, say, prunes.

Maybe some cod, R285?😁😁😁

I know we joke about it because Gerg announced it as a revelatory dish he made, but cod and prunes is a classic combination.

I was thinking of a beef pruneau stew.

While I can still afford the BAD cuts of beef.

Baked Cod, steamed broccoli, potato, cheese, and green onion Pirogi's from TraderJoe's because I've never had them. Strawberry and blueberry compote over vanilla ice cream.

Crawfish pasta.

Chinese food from a really good place on Long Island

Salmon salad (Market Basket precooked salmon filet, mustard, mayo, lemon juice, capers, celery chopped and flaked) on a toasted croissant with lettuce and tomato, plantain chips. And an end-of-summer Bloody Mary with Clamato juice.

r291, you misspelled Mahkit Bahskit.

Chinese fried chicken, pork dumplings and spring rolls.

Homemade chicken vegetable soup, grilled cheese sandwiches, and a small tossed green salad

Butternut squash risotto. Broccoli on the side.

Left over Pizza. Ugh

Beef pruneau sounds great. I'll have to try it. I'll probably go with the Moroccan version.

I did make the stuffed peppers in tomato sauce, and made pasta on the side. I used a jar of the tomato sauce I made last weekend, and they were pretty good. A nice sweetness to it. I finished cooking the pasta in the sauce the peppers cooked in. It was exceptionally good. I cant remember the last time I made stuffed peppers, and I really enjoyed it.

My partner pulled out a bottle of ketchup, which surprised me. His mother would make stuffed peppers, but not in tomato sauce. They had ketchup on the side, like meatloaf. He had a bite or two with ketchup to remind himself of his childhood.

Me too, R296. Plus a leftover piece of Popeyes chicken from about a week ago.

It was that or a quesadilla. But I chose to clean out the fridge a little bit instead. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I haven’t been in the cooking mood for some time now.

Hope you don't get the runs, R298.

Steak, fries, sautéed cabbage. Lemon crunch bars.

Just finished making a tomato onion goat and Parmesan cheese tart for lunch with a vegetarian friend tomorrow who will be cat sitting while we're gone for two weeks. It looked weird. Covered it with chopped basil and now it looks great. Will serve it with a salad and a bottle of prosecco, ripe pears poached in red wine, cinnamon, and cloves. The house smells great.

Shrimp and grits with cornbread muffins is scheduled for tongiht. Chopped salad too

Oh, no, we have entered The CINNAMON SEASON!

I made gingerbread biscotti.Mmmmm. I need to get some white chocolate for dipping.

Ate too much. Had a 5 ounce filet of Salmons baked with fresh green beans sauteed in olive oil and garlic and a baked redskin potato.

Fried shrimp, smoked paprika aioli, carrot and green bean salad, and a nice thick piece of pita.

The shrimp goes in just egg, then flour, and the shallow fried. I made homemade aioli. The dressing for the green beans and carrots was Good Seasons, to which I added a bit of evoo, minced garlic, and fresh basil. The pita came out of the freezer, but originally from the Middle Eastern market.

Next time, Dustin, try the shrimp with egg and cornstarch.

Watched America’s Test Kitchen. Good ideas and they're very thorough and detailed. Recipes online. Maybe you already knew that.

Livermush?

It gets that way after a week or two.

I'll try, R307. Thanks. Not necessarily looking for crispiness though. After getting it all on the plate, I decided it needed something else, so I broke out the fermented giardiniera I made last week.

Two fried eggs and a buttered slice of bread.

Kielbasa on multi grain bread with extra sharp cheddar and mustard. I really want to get up to Northeast Philly and get some real kielbasa and not the supermarket stuff.

SInce I had beef brisket and succotash last night, tonight I made a salade niçoise.

Tomorrow, bratwurst and a hot German potato salad.

cracker crust cheese pizza.

Having some friends over for bagna cauda with fresh veg and crusty bread! It's the only way to get these heathens to eat their vegetables.

It's HOT AS HELL here in the Bay Area, so we're not cooking at home Going to the local air-conditioned In-n-Our Burger!

Popcorn. It's too late too cook anything, but I haven't eaten much today.

Peach yogurt

Chicken tajine and couscous.

I threw together the pork chop, rice, cream of chicken soup thing. I hated to turn on the oven but must needs.

Ugh, anytime I see a recipe with cream of anything, I skip right over it.

So. Much. Fucking. Salt.

Fuck it.

Economy service on a 5.5 hr Air Canada flight was surprisingly good, with free meals, snacks, beer, and wine. Partner and I shared a fruit and cheese plate, vegetables and hummus, a pastrami sandwitch, and a few glasses of Rot Gut Red. Finished with a generous bag of "Made Good" chocolate chip cookies, which reminded me of Famous Amos, which I haven't heard aboout in a long time.

Slow cooked chicken wings with spices and garlic bread.

American chop suey (surprisingly good: they use brisket), a green salad with tomatoes, black olives, artichoke hearts and a balsamic vinaigrette, and a slice of Costco pumpkin pie. Anybody hungry? I have at least ten more slices - it’s enormous.

Roast spatchcoked chicken and a caramelized onion, cheese-topped cauliflower dish.

It is clear from these responses that we are not eating enough vegetables. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I made uove in purgatorio for lunch, with those thick pitas that I need to find what they are called.

I'm not making dinner tonight of for the next 13 days. Leaving tomorrow morning for vacation, and I generally don't cook the night before we leave.

A Cheddar cheese omelet.

Hope you're going someplace fun for vacation, Dustin! Safe travels!

I like salt.

I’ve never seen “chicken thighs” mentioned as much as in this thread. I like white meat myself.

[quote]It is clear from these responses that we are not eating enough vegetables.

Vegetables are boring. And calling them "veggies" in a frau-ish attempt to make them seem "fun" doesn't help at all.

Roasted Cornish hen with mashed potatoes and green beans, with a bit of cranberry sauce cause I like it with poultry. Pepsi and 1-2 mini Portuguese tarts.

Wegman’s Beer-battered cod with tartar sauce, TJ’s microwaved Spanish rice, MB steamed broccoli and ratatouille.

I had a frozen pizza - Celeste Pizza for One. Don't recommend - terrible cardboard crust, minimal cheese and the only taste was salt.

Angel hair pasta with Roquefort and........Sara Lee Strawberry Cheesecake!

Candy. Reese's, some Brac's.

Brach's

Coconut shrimp with Thai chili sauce, vegetable fried rice, green salad, sliced tomato.

I usually avoid beef but I was exhausted tonight, and just grilled a hamburger patty, a large one, maybe 7 ounces, in olive oil, and added a slice of cheddar cheese at the end. No bun, no potatoes or veggies. Just the patty with cheese and ketchup. I had an oatmeal cookie for dessert. With two extra strength Tylenol.

Mustard chicken, cauliflower in caramelized onions and cheese, spinach salad.

Cocoa fudge. How in hell did fudge get invented? Who boiled sugar and milk together to precisely 232 degrees, then left it alone for 1 1/2 hours to cool to 110 then beat it til it loses its “sheen”. Mine simmered for 45 minutes and never got to 232. This fancy thermometer has never reached that temp ever. After it’s cool you had a 1/2 stick of butter to it. How’s it gonna lose its gloss with that in it?

I had a BLT on white Keto bread. It was so good that I had another sandwich with just lettuce, tomato and mayo. I will mourn the end of tomato season.

Hope my stomach doesn’t blow up after so much fiber.

I made pineapple-ginger-garlic chicken, with jasmati rice and chopped cilantro.

But my visiting sister wanted fried fish/seafood, so she and eldest sister went out and picked up fried catfish, popcorn shrimp, fried rice and salad at a local spot.

Womp-womp.

Had tacos al pastor from a street vendor in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. My best friend and his twin brother rented this huge six-bedroom house for a month. Friends and family rotating in and out. We're leaving Sunday for the rest of our trip. Beautiful

Thanks, ProudPapa (R329)

A “deluxe” stuffed clam and a green salad with tomatoes, mushrooms, artichokes, olives and Russian dressing.

And a slender slice of Dolly Parton’s Decadent Chocolate Pie with whipped cream and raspberries for dessert.

Jasmin or basmati, pick one.

😬

Bean tacos.

Chicken salad on a croissant.

Homemade chicken enchiladas, Mexican rice, sliced avocado, shredded iceberg lettuce, and pico de gallo...and we had gin martinis to start things off - it's my birthday.

Happy Birthday, ProudPapa!

HBD!

Multigrain bread, toasted, with banana and peanut butter.

Happy Birthday, ProudPapa!

I'm making scotch broth from scratch using chicken rather than lamb. The stock is dark because I browned the chicken dark meat bones along with root vegetables, garlic, onions and mushrooms. It's a substantial soup with a lot of roast chicken added so I don't know whether I need anything besides salad and crusty bread.

Happy Birthday, Proud Papa. We miss you, Dustin.

A ham sandwich with a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon.

All - thanks for the kind birthday wishes!

A shrimp Caesar salad and a garlic-parmesan breadstick.

And two Costco/Kirkland "Belgian Luxury Chocolates" for dessert.

Swiss cheese dipped in vegan cheese dip, because it was so bad.

I desperately want pigs in a blanket.

Seared foie gras* with carmelized pears, rack of rosemary infused lamb, potatoes sarladaise, mixed vegetables, raspberry cheesecake with a toasted hazelnut butter crust. Partner had duck confit. Frontenac Noir wine from Quebec which was...interesting. The meal and restaurant atmosphere were fabulous!

*illegal in California.

Avocado bot with coleslaw and a pickle. Tres leches for dessert.

Blt, not bot damnit!

Went out to dinner and had grilled red snapper. Delicious.

Baked breaded chicken breast and chutney, broiled carrots with rosemary and brown sugar, boiled green beans, rice pilaf, and a mixed green salad.

I had chicken and basmati rice with white sauce that is sold out of those gyro/souvlaki trucks. Every time I order I tell myself to try the lamb instead but something about the look of the meat they have give me the icks. Is the lamb usually decent or some manufactured mystery protein?

A microwaved chicken/jalapeno/mac & cheese bowl and a salad. We’re eating out of the freezer this week.

More chicken barley soup, a croissant and a turmric latte.

Roasted eggplant and huitlacoche (corn smut) soup, topped with corn and chorizo crumble. It tastes better than it sounds..

I’m making a rib eye steak and I have a macaroni and cheese with bucatini pasta in the oven.

Wow, R369. Color me impressed.

I’ve never tasted huitlacoche before, let alone cooked it. Y soy Mexa 😯

R371, it looks disturbing as an ingredient, but it's so good. Earthy and smoky. "Mexican truffle" is not a bad descriptor.

I air fried some chicken wings with flour, salt and garlic powder.

I do a low carb vegetable roast on Mondays as a meal prep for the week. I'm in the office 3 days a week so its easy to take to go.

It's a nice time of year to add a sweet potato or two.

I eat it with a side of feta or on its own.

The plan: Asparagus soup already made. Omelets with gruyere, caramelized onions and leeks. Pan-fried rosti, a first for me.. Decaf lattes.

I made salmon croquettes, and topped with lots of cocktail sauce.

Sunday dinner leftovers - shake/bake pork chops, potatoes, peas, cornbread. I'm looking forward to Autumn and Winter so that I can prepare all my soups, eat some ramen, and have grilled cheese and tomato soup!

I got some ready-to-eat BBQ ribs - precooked ribs with sauce heating in the oven right now. My go-to brand was Plumrose but they seem to have disappeared from local stores. I got the brand Lloyd's... hope they're worthy. Will also have some green beans and apple juice.

Sirloin strip steaks, hash browns, asparagus hollandaise and tres leches cake for dessert.

Protein Cheerios with 2% milk and a banana.

R378 here: Can't recommend the Lloyd's ribs too much. Even though the meat was still on the bone, it has a weird texture... maybe they put some kind of tenderizer shit on it? The sauce is not smoky or very BBQ-y, just kinda salty.

Potato leek soup,

Nicoise salad only made with salmon fillets because that's what we have.

Shrimp Jambalaya.

I baked some breaded Chicken cutlets. First I drizzled olive oil over them, then some garlic powder. When they were done I sprinkled some grated Parmesan cheese over them, and I had that with a delicious mixed green salad.

More wings for me.

Yesterday, a crispy chicken sandwich made by the lovely Costa Rica folks.

Can I just say. Lately I have discovered Nectarines and I have been chopping them up and adding them to my green salads along with red onions tomatoes and avocadoes. They really add something wonderful to the salad. Highly recommend them.

I love nectarines, but it seems they weren't very good starting a few weeks ago where I live.

Recently, my partner and I would be sitting around watching TV and I'd get a nectarine. Of course he wanted some, but would never eat a piece of fruit he had to work for. I ended up cutting pieces off the pit with my grandma knife and presenting it to him on the edge.

Yes, I've turned into my mother.

Della nonna....o Dustino

Grilled salmon filet with steamed broccoli and island style rice and peas from a Caribbean takeout place. They include a little container of garlic butter sauce that's to die for.

We're planning red sauce, chicken meatballs, spaghetti. Salad. Blueberries and greek yogurt for dessert.

Leek pizza bianca.

Miso grilled salmon, grilled zucchini, steamed corn.

Chicken of the Sea tuna with just mayo, on the last 2 slices of bread in the bag. Apple juice and red grapes.

Vertical roasted chicken, roasted carrots and potatoes, boiled green beans and a mixed green salad (with cherry tomatoes from our garden)

Two protein shakes with half a ham and cheese sandwich.

Angel hair pasta with Classico tomato pesto.

A bag of Birdseye microwaveable rice with carrots and some other shit dumped into a pan and fried with onion and smoked sausage. A few egg rolls.

Whole Foods 4-cheese ravioli with pesto, pine nuts and parm. Steamed asparagus and tomato salad. Figs for dessert.

Baked cheese tortellini in a marinara sauce with grilled Italian sausage and homemade garlic knots. I had a banana with coffee this morning and a salad for lunch, so throwing caution to the wind tonight.

Friday night dinner was a deli turkey on a Kaiser roll with mayo, lettuce/tomato and sweet peppers from the corner bodega. I got a Pepsi and a pint of Haagen Dazs (chocolate).

Feeling cute and autumnal tonight. Gonna surprise my boyfriend with dinner and a new butt plug when he gets off work. Butt plug first.

Making brown butter pumpkin pesto pasta with sweet Italian sausage and fresh sage. Maple cardamom pear tart for dessert. Apple cider Moscow Mules.

I can’t decide. I did IF for 18 hours straight today and I had a donut. I still haven’t eaten anything for dinner. But wait, I’ve got cold cuts.

I'm having a big bowl of creamed spinach.

Potato leek soup.

Homemade ground beef tacos with all the fixin's - and frozen margaritas to start!

Lobstah roll with melty buttuh, not mayo, and cole slawr, at Woodman's of Essex. Then apple cidah doughnuts. To be honest, am getting homesick and want a veggie super burrito.

We're making tomato basil soup and gruyere leek omelets.

I'd make leek soup with gruyere, and tomato basil omelets, but that's just me.

I got my bi-weekly grocery delivery and I'm sitting here deciding what I'm in the mood for on this balmy Saturday. My choices are: T-bone steak that I would broil in the oven, salmon filet which I pan roast with just light salt/pepper, or using the ground turkey to make a burger. I also got boneless chicken thighs, but I haven't decided how I want to cook them so I'm saving them for tomorrow. Maybe braised with lemon and garlic....

Side dish today will be steamed broccoli, with Arizona sweet tea and a slice of carrot cake for dessert.

I've got an upset stomach. Maybe chicken rice soup and crackers.

Nigella Lawson's sausages with lentils.

I was slicing potatoes on my mandolin, forgot to use the guard and sliced a chunk of my thumb off. It just stopped bleeding and the pain has turned into a slight throbbing. But the potatoes were fine…crispy and delicious with garlic powder and Parmesan cheese. But my thumb 🤕

Takeout chicken tikka masala and naan - with homemade basmati rice, green beans, breaded fried eggplant and sliced cucumbers in a creamy sauce.

I can only shop at one place at a time. Last night it was Dollar Tree. Mostly staples but not real food. Im too beat to go anywhere today so I’m making Suddenly Salad pasta salad with extra veg.

Arancini from an Italian bakery, homemade red sauce, broccolini, garlic breead. Pumpkn ice cream

Deli roast beef, brown gravy. Poor man meal.

Cauliflower crust pizza with three cheeses, caramelized onions and Italian chicken sausage.

Last night I cooked for today: mixed Collard and mustard greens with smoked neckbones, purple hull peas, candied sweet potatoes, Jasmine rice, sliced vine tomatoes, and cornbread muffins.

Down home Southern cookin' at its best!

Cooked a stuffed turkey breast for Sunday. Plenty of meat left. Will be preparing my first soup of the seasons tomorrow. Turkey noodle soup!

Pork tenderloin medallions with a Caesar salad. I had been searing the whole tenderloin on the stove top and finishing in the oven, but it too easily dries out, I now just sautee medallions in a skillet, quick and easy dinner.

R421, what'd you stuff your turkey breast with?

R420, I used to cook collards that way, but now I sear them with bacon fat, onions a bit of garlic, cider vinegar and crushed red pepper. It's faster too. Delish.

Ordered Chinese food. Spring rolls, pork dumplings and fried chicken wings.

Bread stuffing, R423

Next time you make bread stuffing, sautee' some chopped pecans in butter and include them in t he mix. OMG.

We each had an Ativan appetizer with cans of Archer Roos sparkling wine. I had the Turkey Havarti sandwich, partner had the "Mediterranean Inspired" snack box and the cheese and crackers plate. Three free drinks are now given in JetBlue Extra Space seats and my liver is on vacation! The Twink Qween Stew gave us handfuls of Biscoff cookies that sort of taste like ginger snaps. Cuz she's wearing Sassy Pants today!

As one person, when I buy fresh fruits and veg I can’t eat them fast enough and I am thrifty. Will cut up and freeze what I can. Summer squash: followed advice to cut into rounds, par boil briefly, spread on parchment paper and freeze . Then put in bags. What can you do with these thing. Soggy and soft and watery. Can I bake and eat them in a casserole?

Check out Stanley Tucci's zucchini pasta sauce recipe.

We had brunch for dinner last night--bagels, bialys, lox, cream cheese, tomatoes, cukes.