What's For Dinner? - 2021

[Winchester]

Boy, did I mess up dinner. And it was strictly my fault. I have the XL NFG. And a 7 pound whole chicken. I thought that it might fit if I spatchcocked the thing. It was fine, but really close to the splatterscreen. Baked it for 30 minutes. Took it out, put it on a plate. Added a bit of "lazy stuffing" that I just throw together with stale bread cubes, onions, celery, apples, etc. And then threw in some chunks of squash. And flipped the chicken and put it back inside the NFG. And it didn't fit, not with the squash under it. I had to maneuver things around to get it to work. Another 30 minutes. Removed chicken and the wings fell off, but the joints weren't done. Ick. Ended up having to cut the chicken into pieces. Another 20 minutes and it was done. The "stuffing" didn't taste bad. But it took forever to get that bird done. The splatterscreen was a complete mess. And I knew better. I knew it was going to be a problem, but did it anyway. The moral? Do not use a 7-pound chicken in the XL NFG. It is simply too big. And messy. Way, way too messy.

Tonight's dinner will be tuna pasta salad, with a couple of squash rolls from the freezer (I made them a couple months ago). Dessert will be an apple dumpling, also from the freezer.

 

[klunick]

Last night was "soup and sandwich" night. Tonight is "make your own pizza" night.

 

[game misconduct]

gf wants me to cook fried rice tonight

 

[artiemom]

Winchester You did not screw up dinner; you just made it more difficult for yourself!! I am sure it was delicious.. as is all your meals...

Tonight for supper: easy..
I ordered chicken piccatta, but it is not real picatta... it is a fake, I do not know what kind of version...
I am not sure I will eat it..

I still have the last of the cold cuts: rosemary ham and some cheese. I have one large slice of sourdough bread left, with a tiny one.. So I may have 1/2 a huge sandwich, with a teeny tiny 1/2 sandwich... with chips and pickles..

I have to start using up the stuff in the freezer.. for a couple of reason: one too long in there.. two, they are going to replace our electrical panel--circuit breaker, eventually.. Do not know when they wills tart on this or where.. but.... With Covid, I have stocked up incredibly... oh well...

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Spatchcocked roast chicken done in the NFG.

I'm just in awe that you can actually spatchcock a chicken. I have tried. OH HOW I HAVE TRIED! They look nothing like the pretty pictures. They look like a chased them down with a chainsaw, gave up, and finished them off with a sledge hammer. There is something in the process that I am not processing.

Tonight...hot pastrami sandwiches.

 

[rubysmama]

Oh good lord, that looks amazing.

It was delicious. And so easy.

Last night I wasn't hungry, so had toast with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top. Not very nutritious, but it did taste good.

Tonight I have to do something with the rest of the mushrooms. Don't want to make more rice, as even though it's delicious, I don't want to get tired of it. So maybe a mushroom omelet

 

[Kat0121]

Last night we had roasted chicken. I had salad with it. Tonight is steak with some kind of veggie on the side for me.

 

[maggiedemi]

just need to toast these cheese filled bread sticks

Well....Were they as tasty as you thought they would be?

had toast with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top. Not very nutritious,

I put half a sliced apple on top of mine, that makes it nutritious.

Breakfast: Nuts.com vanilla granola sample, half a diced Snapdragon apple, 1/3 cup 2% cow milk.

Lunch: Snack plate- the other half of that snapdragon apple, dried mixed berries, dried guava, finished up the Ritz toasted veggie crackers, diced mild Irish cheese, walnuts, Aldi baked bbq chips, pickled jalapenos, 1TB spicy brown mustard, 1TB Jiff natural peanut butter, 1TB Aldi blueberry preserves. Mustard tastes so good on crackers! I got the idea on Facebook, I never would have thought of it.

Dinner: Huge dinner plate salad again- lettuce, onion, orange bell pepper, dried strawberries, cottage cheese, vanilla yogurt, flaxseed/chia, walnuts, diced Aldi Asian veggie burger, diced Irish mild cheese, Aldi baked bbq chips, creamy Italian dressing.

 

[game misconduct]

yes they were really good

 

[rubysmama]

I put half a sliced apple on top of mine, that makes it nutritious.

Good idea. Must remember that for next time.

As planned, made a Mushroom Omelet for dinner tonight.

 

[lizzie]

Felt like comfort food tonight so we had sausage patties,buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy.Sure hit the spot!

 

[game misconduct]

change of dinner plans cause we took graycie to the vet for her nail trimming decided to pick up fake chinese food for dinner after dropping her off back homebut they couldnt get her front left paw so its back again next week. really like this vet and how they handle things they never try to force a nail trim or check up if or when the cat gets to stressed out and they wont charge for a failed attempt either. its probably cause the vet is a cat owner to i still dont feel guilty that i want to take his cats home when i see them

 

[maggiedemi]

decided to pick up fake chinese food for dinner

What makes it fake?

 

[game misconduct]

What makes it fake?

haha it didnt come from a real resturantlike if you were to go to a taco bell for mexican food

 

[Willowy]

American "Chinese" food is fake. It's all sugar sauce and veggies you can't get in China. Most Americans would be shocked if they saw real Chinese food.

I felt lazy so I had a can of vegetable beef soup with a packet of instant mashed potatoes mixed in so it's not liquid anymore. I don't know why I like it but yum.

 

[muffy]

haha it didnt come from a real resturantlike if you were to go to a taco bell for mexican food

There was a Chinese carry out near my office called The Chinese Quickie. The food was pretty bad but it was the only place we could get Chinese food that was near by.

Tonight I again had naan bread pizza. This time I added black olives. It was almost like eating real pizza. I didn't care for the fish they gave for dinner.

 

[Winchester]

Mamanyt1953 I never spatchcocked a chicken until we got the NFG. You need a really, REALLY sharp knife. I use meat shears for the bones to go along the backbone and then my knife to finish it off. Flip it over, break the breastbone, and you have a spatchcocked chicken.
artiemom The chicken was delicious. But boy, what a pain in the patootie!

I took a quart of crock pot beans out of the freezer for dinner tonight. To be served with a bit of salad. The beans have bacon and ground beef, so really they can be a meal, if I choose. And I choose.

 

[lizzie]

I heated up leftovers from last night and I still have some left!

 

[LTS3]

Most Chinese take out places sell food that is catered to an American palate and (white) American ideas of what Chinese food is, especially in areas with few Asian people. If you go to a Chinese restaurant in a area with a high Asian population, like NYC's Chinatown, you get real authentic Chinese and other Asian foods. Some restaurants have a separate menu with more familiar Americanized Chinese foods for people who aren't willing to try something new.

like if you were to go to a taco bell for mexican food

Chicken Pad Thai for dinner tonight and, no, not authentic. It's what I ordered for my subscription delivery this week.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Mamanyt1953 Mamanyt1953 I never spatchcocked a chicken until we got the NFG. You need a really, REALLY sharp knife. I use meat shears for the bones to go along the backbone and then my knife to finish it off. Flip it over, break the breastbone, and you have a spatchcocked chicken.

Yeah...I have the theory down pat. It's the execution (and I use that term in BOTH senses) that is lacking. I need someone who knows how to do it to stand over me and take me through it JUST ONCE!

SO...no pastrami and cheese last night. I was so tired I couldn't even face the broiler. I fixed one of those Hormel meals that take 1 minute in the microwave. Indifferent, but not actively bad, which is fine. I keep them on hand for when I'm having a lot of vertigo and cannot manage more than that. Going to go for the hot pastrami and cheese tonight, though. I really am hungry for it.