What's for Dinner, Tues., Jan. 26, 2021

[NJCher]

Chinese dumplings.

Chicken soup with noodles

Sliced cucumbers with scallions in soy ginger dressing.

Dessert is sliced apple, Brie, and walnut raisin bread.

[soothsayer]

1. Chicken livers, red wine, thin thin thin slice of chocolate cake

Doesn’t sound quite as balanced as yours, unless the cake counts as a vegetable.

[Demsrule86]

8. Chocolate should be reclassified as a vegetable-IMHO

[soothsayer]

11. Definitely! It comes from a plant

[Irish_Dem]

2. Are dumplings home made or store bought? Fried or steamed?

[NJCher]

5. store bought

I once made them myself and it took all day! I said never again. So we buy them and have for years. Steamed and fried. Add water, then let it steam off and give them a golden brown exterior.

[Irish_Dem]

6. I agree, home made dumplings are a pain to make. And store bought can taste

just as good. Yes steam and then fried. So good.

Kind of like homemade sushi vs store bought.
Just buy at a good Japanese restaurant.

[Ohiogal]

3. Broiled salmon

Fresh green beans
Tossed green salad
Baked sweet potatoes

Breyers chocolate ice cream for the guys.

[MissMillie]

4. Lasagna

When I made it a couple of weeks ago, I froze the leftovers.

Side salad

Chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

[LAS14]

7. Pork loin, smashed potatoes and "The Magic of Three" cabbage.

The magic of three is almost any vegetable mixed with a mixture of cocoanut, garlic, and chiles de arbol.

[Demsrule86]

9. That sound great! The Magic of three...will remember that.

[LAS14]

14. Google NYT The Magic of Three. That's where I found the recipe. Dunno what you'll come up with.

Optionally add curry and or black mustard seed (dunno what that is).

[Demsrule86]

18. I don't know what Black mustard see is either.

[Demsrule86]

10. I actually cooked today...ground beef tacos, hard gluten free shells, lettuce, tomato,

pineapple, green onion, cheddar cheese and sour cream on top...It tasted great. Now I need a nap after that hard work... . Still recovering.

[PJMcK]

13. Cooking and naps are really good habits!

They work for me.

[Demsrule86]

19. Right...nothing nicer!

[PJMcK]

12. Seafood

The Landlady(!)'s beach house on Ocracoke Island needed some heavy-duty work so we're in a seafood capital.

Shrimp cocktails on iceberg lettuce with cherry tomato halves, lemon wedges and cocktail sauce.

Baked filets of flounder stuffed with crab meat topped with lemon slices and served with tartar sauce.

Steamed asparagus with flecks of red bell pepper.

Sliced apple, cheddar cheese and red wine for dessert.

[elleng]

17. SWEET, PJ!

[Demsrule86]

20. We don't get that much fresh seafood in Ohio...that sound lovely. I spent many

happy summers in North carolina...outer banks.

[spinbaby]

15. Short ribs

The short ribs cooked all day in the slow cooker. Carrots and baked sweet potatoes on the side. A bit heavy on the orange vegetables, but it was tasty and I’ve definitely met my vitamin A requirements.

[happybird]

16. Experimental meal

I really, really need to do a grocery order, lol!

I went with a mish-mash of whatever was on hand and could be chucked into a bowl: rice with diced ham and finely diced granny smith apple, seasoned with a little curry powder and a dash of cayenne. Green beans on the side, because why not?
I’ve had better, I’ve had worse.

For dessert: the last of the Chex Mix and nuts drizzled with white chocolate. Dang, it’s good, and I’m not a white chocolate fan.

[Wawannabe]

21. Leftover chicken noodle soup

And toasted rosemary bread. Hit the spot!

[pansypoo53219]

22. i made 2lbs of my grandma's meatballs. (1/4 for spaghetti sauce later). has a gravy/sauce.