What's For Dinner? - 2023

[maggiedemi]

Dad made a vegetarian spaghetti dish in his instapot with various veggies. I know it had carrots and peas in it. I had that for both lunch & dinner. I added half a fresh habanero each time, 1TB Hot Sauce, 1/8 Tsp Garlic Parley Salt, Cheese, Grated Parmesan Cheese, Crumbled Ritz Crackers, 1/4 Cup Cannellini Beans.

 

[neely]

I'm still on a soft foods diet so I had a large sweet potato with Oatly, (oat milk), yogurt. I love the Oatly milk and didn't know they made yogurt now. DH and I went out for coffee and dessert at a restaurant that has squash pie during the winter months - so delicious.

 

[muffy]

I've noticed lately that nobody puts spices in their pasta sauce anymore, both the jarred kind & at restaurants. I guess they are afraid with all the allergies & food preferences nowadays. But it's so bland compared to the old days!

I've been wanting to try some shredded carrots in my salads & stir fries. I love rolls. Are you watching your carbs? I never do. I can't help it. I love my carbs. But I don't eat dessert, so I think I'm okay. Do you like dessert?

They usually have good sauce here but what they had the other night was taste less. I like garlic and oregano in the sauce.

I don't think shredded carrots have much taste but I do like the small carrots you can buy and eat right out of the bag. No, I'm not watching my carbs. I just don't like hamburger or hot dog rolls. I love good bread. Being vegetarian I would starve if I could not eat bread, pasta, rice, beans and potatoes. Eating here I get way to much potatoes and rolls.

 

[Winchester]

C catapault Very nice haul from the Asian Food market!

Our dinner was good last night, but the tri tip was already marinated and the pepper taste was too much. And I think Rick had it too done for me; I like my beef to be red and there were a few slices that were barely pink. The rest was too done. I wanted to do it in the NFG, but Rick said he wanted it done in the oven and he'd be in the house to take care of it. (But not when golf is on tv!)

Anyway, leftovers tonight. I think I'm going to make a few pickled onions, slice the beef into thin strips, reheat a bit, and have it in wraps with the onions. And then the rest will be frozen for another meal. I kept some of the crock pot beans out for tonight, too; the rest went into the freezer. And we each have one apple dumpling left. It works.

 

[lizzie]

Hasselback potatoes,grilled pork chops with honey mustard and a kitchen sink salad for 2...delish!

 

[neely]

Steamed broccoli and cauliflower with falafel. Apple sauce for dessert.

 

[maggiedemi]

I've just been eating that vegetarian spaghetti dish dad made in the instapot. Man, this is so economical. It makes so much food, that it could feed us for like a week!

 

[catapault]

Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables (you know, the freezer package mix of corn, green beans, peas, carrots)

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Lunch was waffles. Dinner will be chicken strips, mac and cheese, and corn. Obviously, "Mom's Meals Week" is over for another month.

 

[Winchester]

Filled pork chops with peach BBQ sauce, melting potatoes, and Harvard beets. Bread pudding for dessert.

 

[neely]

Because I'm still on a soft food diet I decided to make veggie chili for dinner but less spicy than I usually prepare it. DH likes when I make brown rice and have the chili over it. Chocolate and vanilla pudding for dessert.

 

[lizzie]

I braised the 2 leftover chops in seasoned broth and when they were fall apart tender I made gravy,heated up the potatoes and made a curry butter for some steamed cauliflower.

 

[maggiedemi]

For Lunch I had a veggie sammich with chickpeas on it on dad's homemade bread.

For Dinner I had frozen snap peas, 1TB Creamy Horseradish, frozen marinated bbq tofu, slice of dad's homemade bread toasted with 2TB cherry fruit spread on it. Melted 2 mozzarella cheese sticks on the snap peas. Mom left behind a lifetime supply of cheese sticks in the freezer, so I've just been melting them on everything. I really like melted mozzarella. Yum!

Tip: Don't microwave tofu. Yuck! Tastes like a soggy sponge.
Another Tip: Preserves taste much better than fruit spread!!!!

 

[neely]

I really like melted mozzarella. Yum!

Just like on a pizza.

Another Tip: Preserves taste much better than fruit spread!!!!

I agree. My favorite is raspberry preserves.

 

[catapault]

Broiled Premio sweet and hot sausages. Sliced into coins when done. Reheated rice from our stir fry (I always cook double what's needed, refrigerate half - plain - and do something else with it.) Carrots and pearl onions. Looked attractive when plated up. Tasted good too.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Lunch was French toast. Dinner will be...um...a chicken and sausage and rice thingy. Cajun seasoning.

 

[Winchester]

Our chops were pretty good last night. They weren't thick enough to fill; got the wrong ones out of the freezer. And I made parsley potatoes instead of melting potatoes. But dinner was still good. Still have a couple containers of the peach BBQ sauce in the freezer. It's excellent on pork.

Pizza tonight. Digiorno's from the freezer.

 

[Lari]

Another Tip: Preserves taste much better than fruit spread!!!!

I spluge on the Bonne Maman brand. I like the strawberry.

 

[artiemom]

I spluge on the Bonne Maman brand. I like the strawberry.

I really like the blueberry one; but difficult to find..

 

[Kat0121]

I roasted a turkey thigh last night. The girls and I ate about half of it. We will finish it tonight. More stuffing and cranberry sauce for me on the side.