What's for Dinner, Fri., April 16, 2021

[NJCher]

Stuffed red peppers using chorizos, rice, grated cheese, and vegetables such as freshly cooked corn. Toppings will be mashed avocado, chopped scallions, sour cream, and hot sauce. I have freshly chopped cilantro from the garden to sprinkle on top, too.

I am cooking the chorizos in my small slow cooker. They come out so tender.

I also advance cook my peppers in the oven by brushing the inside of each half with mashed garlic and olive oil. Then I fill them.

Pudding for dessert: vanilla with sliced banana and chopped mint leaves on top. Mug of hot tea ('cuz it's cool here and I've been working outside).

Here's a pic of a head of Simpson lettuce that I planted last fall. It's in the greenhouse, and it's also planted with leeks which now should be set out. Out the window you'll see raised beds which I've planted with mustard spinach. MY FAVORITE GREEN!

[MissMillie]

1. well, we got snow, so I made.... Stew!

homemade chicken stew (using the leftover roast chicken from the other night) with homemade drop-dumplings. The stew has potatoes, carrots, onions and broccoli. (I would have used peas, but Al does not care for them.)

Simple side salad: iceberg, tomato, celery, carrot, onion and yellow bell pepper. Choice of bottled salad dressings.


There's ice cream and creamsicles if we want dessert.

[Demsrule86]

5. we had flurries in Ohio.

[lkinwi]

2. Bacon wrapped chicken breast, roasted potatoes, sugar snap peas, Chardonnay

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. Pork fried rice, topped with an over-easy egg

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. Vegetarian stir-fry

I was at the international market the other day and got some baby bok choy and some bottled Lee Kum Kee vegetarian stir-fry sauce. It would be vegetarian anyway, since it's Friday. So....baby bok choy, carrots, onions, and peppers in sauce, served over Ming's "house rice" (half brown rice, half white rice...soak the brown rice for an hour and then cook them together just like regular white rice; I use a rice cooker and make a big batch and we eat it over a week in various guises).

[Retrograde]

6. Leftover short ribs and dry-braised green beans

with rice. The ribs were made in a slow cooker with cinnamon, star anise, and Sichuan pepper. I've been able to make a close approximation of the beans I get/got at my local Chinese restaurants: simply stir-fried with dried chiles and a little sesame oil.

[locks]

7. 38 degrees

and 6 inches of snow. Winter is getting old. So it's soup and hot cocoa Our Rockies are used to being the Boys of Winter but had to come from warm LA to snow and ice and had to postpone. Planning on a doubleheader tomorrow LOL. Hope they have enough hot dogs and coffee.