What's for dinner tonight?

[Errata]

Originally Posted by Sue

We went to a friend's birthday party tonight. It was...different. All they served were sliders*.

Must be a trend. My friend's upcoming birthday party will have a build your own burger bar, with buffalo, beef, and turkey.

I love sliders. I'd rather have a few little things than one big thing, and I hate the trend toward oversize burgers that I can't fit in my mouth.

[cehrriins]

Originally Posted by Lainie

I made a variation on Greek salad: cukes, red bell pepper, red onion, green olives, feta cheese. Mmmmm.

I'm turning into cave-cehrriins thinking about this meal, Lainie. Me want yummy Greek salad. Did you dress it with anything? I'm imagining just a drizzle of olive oil. . .*drool*.


Supper here: Marinated and roasted pork tenderloin and steamed mixed vegetables (peas, carrots, corn, green beans). Using this marinade would have been better suited to grilling the pork, but it was still pretty darned tasty.

At the store today, DD2 mosied a little farther down the frozen vegetables aisle from me, just staring into the cases. After 2 or 3 minutes, her face lit up and she wrenched open a door, grabbed a few bags of something and ran back to me. With a triumphant smile, she carefully placed 4 bags of edamame into the buggy. I said, "To go with your leftover tenderloin at lunch tomorrow?" She said, "Yup. I love edamame. If they didn't have to stay frozen, I'd sleep with them under my pillow."

DD1 looked at her and said with total sincerity, "And that's why I love that you're my sister."

[Avril]

Eggs, cheese, avocado, and tomato on toast.

[Dropbear]

Tonight we shall have burgers, and burgers shall be what we have tonight. And the burgers shall have cheese, and the cheese will be melty upon the face of the burger. And there shall also be bacon, and relish shall there also be. But the burger will not be alone for there shall be hash browns too. And the hash browns will accompany the burger. And two shall be their number. And they will be golden and crisp. And lo, there will be wine also. And the wine will be white and crisp - but not crisp like the hash browns, more crisp like a cool breeze on a summers day.

And it shall be good.

Here endeth the reading of the menu.

Dropbear

[Cervus]

A light and slightly odd dinner tonight: Wasa bread with a tahini spread; leftover cheesecake; and a glass of Bolthouse Farms' Green Goodness smoothie.

(I had a big late lunch at work.)

[Errata]

Tiradito de atun - Hawaiian albacore seared rare, watermelon radish, Asian pear, pickled green papaya, cilantro habanero-passion fruit sauce.
Sopesitos de Costilla - Crispy corn mini boats, Negra Modelo guajillo-braised short rib, black beans, avocado, cotija cheese, tomato broth.
Fresh made chips, fresh guacamole, and fresh salsa.
Lemon cream pudding with berry compote and shortbread.

[tagurit]

Tonight we're having fried chicken, mashed potatoes and pan gravy, and Cream Cheesy Cubed Zucchini with Lemon and Oregano. ETA: Oops! And banana pudding with real whipped cream for dessert. You know, the one with nilla wafers. My sister is recovering nicely and this is her last dinner with us. I'll drive her home tomorrow.

This morning I made rangerdog's loaded baked potato soup and we had it for lunch. It's amazingly good! Thank you rd!

[Errata]

For dessert: fresh fig and lemon zest sorbet.

[Pinecone]

Last night was chilli-marinated chicken, stir-fried onion and bell peppers, and mashed potato with chilli soft cheese, Peppadew peppers and shredded steamed leek mixed in.

Tonight I'm making chilli - a big enough batch to freeze a couple of meals worth.

[Dropbear]

One large iced-coffee and painkillers.

Post removal of my left wisdom tooth.

Dropbear

[Tzarina]

Chicken-bacon-ranch sandwiches with fresh veggies on the side.

[Morgaine]

Tonight shall be fried fish with cheesy potatoes, peas & green salad.

Considering Tandori Chicken for tomorrow. We shall see.

[tagurit]

Tonight it's beer brats on buns with mustard and a side of Pringles.

[ThistleS]

Quinoa pasta in pink sauce with capers with steamed broccoli.

I love quinoa pasta; it doesn't make me feel as bloated and sleepy as wheat paste.

[Errata]

I went to that party, and had lamb and bison sliders with heirloom tomatoes and brioche buns. Gazpacho, white beans, grilled corn on the cob, Jameson, beer, homemade caramels, and warm cookies. Their drunk musician friends put on an impromptu live performance.

[Tabbyclaw]

Garam masala chicken pot pie.

Oh. Mygod. This was amazing. My parents fought over the last little bit in the dish. The secrets, I think, are pre-baking the frozen vegetables (I used a plain carrot, corn, pea, and green been mix) so they don't get soggy and using chicken thighs that retain more moisture than breasts. At any rate, I think this is going next to the pork chops on my "things I have to make again if I want to live" list.

-Tabby
the princess with claws

[tagurit]

That looks yummy, Tabbyclaw. I bookmarked the page because there are other recipes on it that look interesting, plus links to sites I'll peruse later. Thanks!

[Morgaine]

Loose meat sliders made with buttermilk biscuits, potato chips & whatever fruit or veggie you could find in the fridge.

[Cervus]

I took inspiration from this recipe and made spaghetti with lentils and spinach in a homemade miso-tahini sauce. I never thought of combining those two, but it came out very tasty. My sauce didn't come out in the consistency I wanted, though -- next time I'll water down the miso first, then add that to the tahini in the pan.

[Lainie]

A salad of red bell peppers, cucumber, red onion and fat-free feta cheese, with a dressing of lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, oregano and basil.

Oh, and sourdough bread.