What’s for dinner?

04 April 2020, 12:43 AM

AdagioM

What’s for dinner?

Friday/Saturday edition, because it’s late.

Quinoa bowl with brussels sprouts, eggplant, tahini by pianomom2001, on Flickr

We had Quinoa bowls with brussels sprouts, eggplant, tahini. So good. Also, veggies were in our first Imperfect Produce box! Really happy with this new-to-us delivery service.

Recipe here.

So delicious!

04 April 2020, 08:18 AM

You make everything look so special...so delicious.

04 April 2020, 08:19 AM

For me, left over roast chicken. No complaints.

04 April 2020, 08:31 AM

Mikhailoh

That bowl looks delicious.

Italian night at Chez Mik. We had Chicken Milanese with Roman Spinach. Turned out very well.

I made gnudi this week and they should be ready to cook tonight, so it'll be Italian Night Redux. Probably serve them with brown butter and sage leaves, with some grilled shrimp on top and a simple green salad with vinaigrette.

04 April 2020, 02:05 PM

AdagioM

quote:
Originally posted by LL:
You make everything look so special...so delicious.

Mr. AM knows to wait until the picture is taken!

You’re actually supposed to roast the sprouts and eggplant separately, for different times. I just mixed them all together and did a time average til they were done. Then realized I was suppposed to drizzle eggplant only with something but I drizzled it all and it was fine.

As my mom used to say, “It all gets mixed up in your stomach!”

04 April 2020, 02:06 PM

Steve Miller

Pot roast. Plenty of time, doing it in the oven.

With "Little Creamer" potatoes. Have you tried these things?

04 April 2020, 03:08 PM

Mary Anna

We're doing a lot of cans and frozen stuff. It's like we've time-traveled back to the mid-twentieth century. We're being uber-careful, virus-wise, so I stopped my fresh veggie deliveries from the CSA. I can't get myself motivated to do much cooking without them. Ah, well, my garden will be generating fresh veggies before this is all over.

I do think I'll bestir myself to do something more special next week for Easter. We have some whole chickens in the freezer, so I can roast one, haul out one of my mother's mid-century casserole recipes, and bake a cake. Heck. I may bake some bread.

And speaking of processed food of our youth: I found some Hamburger Helper in the pantry. Do I know where it came from? No. Presuming it looks edible (and do such things ever truly go bad?), I'm making it tonight, with a side of canned green peas.

04 April 2020, 07:17 PM

AdagioM

There’s no evidence (so far) that it’s food borne, so we are keeping up with our delivered veggies and fruits. I feel safe if I’m cooking these items. I don’t know that I want to eat raw grapes any more. Apples can be washed, and things that are peeled are allowed to be eaten raw, too.

My house, my rules! Your mileage may vary.

04 April 2020, 07:27 PM

Mary Anna

I'm more worried about just handling something someone else has recently handled--the person who carried the bag I have to handle, the person who packed the food, the person who cooked the food.

We've been bringing packaged food into the house, which carries similar risks, but we've been washing the packaging in soapy water. You can wash veggies in soapy water, but I just decided to cut the risk since I'm the only one who eats them.

The garden is coming on, though bit by bit. I've eaten some radishes and a teeny bit of arugula and some onions. Lettuce, carrots, and peas are still a few weeks away, I think.

04 April 2020, 08:04 PM

jodi

Homemade pizza for us tonight.

04 April 2020, 08:11 PM

wtg

All prepared stuff here. Been cooking a lot lately but got lazy tonight

I bought some individual packages of frozen wild salmon with a marinade at Costco on one of my last trips. Baked a couple of those fillets.

Plus a package of Tasty Bites Ancient Grains.

Plus a bag of organic mixed veggies from TJ's - green beans, corn, peas, and carrots. Enough left over of these to add to a Paneer Tikka Masala (another Costco buy) just to make it more interesting.

Very colorful and quite tasty!

Made chicken stock in the Instant Pot yesterday, so we'll have homemade chicken noodle soup tomorrow for lunch.

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When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

04 April 2020, 08:21 PM

Mikhailoh

Gnudi were not ready yet so went with a pasta. Dang.

04 April 2020, 08:21 PM

wtg

What the hell are gnudi?

Why do I feel like the straight man.....

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When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

04 April 2020, 11:30 PM

Amanda

Well, I bought a year's supply of non-perishables but all I seem to be eating is cheese and salmon (turns out it's awseome baked with gourmet mustard and soya sauce - all carb-free!)

The result of combining keto with not cooking much for myself. Treated myself to magret duck breast au poivre last week - lasted me many days, and was exquisite. I only mourned being unable to use any of the sweet touches and/or red wine most of the "real" recipes specify.

04 April 2020, 11:49 PM

AdagioM

Lentil and spinach soup tonight, and a bagel not of my making. Going to try another bagel recipe tomorrow, just for fun.

Lentil and spinach soup by pianomom2001, on Flickr

Recipe here

This one’s a favorite at our house. Love Instant Pot soups!