What's for Dinner, Thurs., Oct. 28, 2021

[NJCher]

Quinoa fritters with Kale and Goat Cheese.

The kale is finely chopped and is in the fritters, along with the goat cheese, garlic, onion, cumin, paprika. I'm using dinosaur kale (AKA toscano) from my garden.

I have to keep my quinoa in the car due to the pantry moths. Pantry moths love quinoa. Imagine me opening my station wagon like a cupboard

I think they might be gone but not taking chances.

Pancakes are topped with cucumber yogurt sauce.

Also I have a fresh zucchini from the garden, so I'm making a salad with it using a Meyer lemon, basil, chives, and toasted pine nuts.

I will have fun tromping around my gardens this afternoon, getting some of my ingredients.

I have not figured out dessert yet. Maybe the last of the apple pie and a hot mug of ginger tea.

[comradebillyboy]

1. Last night I made shrimp and sausage gumbo, tonight

it will be pork blade steaks with roasted red potatoes.

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. Leftovers

Thursday is traditionally leftover night with us. It started when I had religious studies class on Thursday, which I do not now. I normally have my vet assistant class on Thursday night but my instructor has a conflict so I don't.

We have a choice of:
Lamb tagine with couscous
Chicken and dumplings
Ground Pork stir-fry with cabbage

[MontanaMama]

3. Grilled pork burgers with blue cheese compound butter

served on a brioche bun with sliced pears and arugula. Oven baked fries with basil oil and a sprinkle of cheese. Cucumber salad on the side.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. pork, noodles, vegetables

These are my string bean plants

They were planted in April. The deer ate their leaves just as they were blooming in late June. I moved them to a higher spot. They keep going. About every 10 days I get a few almost full size string beans.

[Diamond_Dog]

5. Garlic butter baked cod

Mashed redskins
Green beans
Chocolate ice cream for the guys

You reminded me Cher … when I was a child my mother used to pick up the fresh turkey from the butcher’s the day before Thanksgiving. It was usually too big to fit in our fridge so she would put it in our car overnight. Back in the days when we always had cold weather around Thanksgiving (before global warming that is) and it was always 30 degrees out in the garage.

[MissMillie]

6. In my neck of the woods, it's called American Chop Suey

It's elbow macaroni w/ ground beef, onions, and tomato sauce. I think I've seen other people call it "goulash."

simple side salad


Made some no-bake cookies for dessert. They're made w/ sugar, cocoa powder, peanut butter and oatmeal (w/ milk and vanilla extract). It was one of the first recipes I learned in Home Ec class back in junior high school... won't tell you how long ago that was.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. It sounds like a Greek dish called Pastitsio

aka Greek lasagne

[MissMillie]

8. Yeah, I've had that

this isn't baked though.

It's more like spaghetti w/ meat sauce, but elbows instead of spaghetti.

(To be fair, when I made it this time, I added mushrooms and peppers to the tomato sauce. This is the way Al likes it, but when I was growing up, my mom always made it w/ diced tomatoes, so it was broth-y rather than saucy.)

[lillypaddle]

9. Garlic & paprika chicken drums (in the IP)

with gravy, mashed potatoes, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers. The last of the banana bread for dessert.

[lillypaddle]

10. Never heard of pantry moths

in Kentucky we have fruit flies, but with the temp falling, I think they are at the end of their cycle, thank gawd! They are very aggressive and obnoxious.

[Yonnie3]

11. Sandwich

We had a late lunch of burritos so no cooked dinner tonight. Both TJ and FLFC (he ate leftover pork chop earlier) are sleeping.

I'm awake and eating a ham and Swiss cheese on toasted rye. Lots of iceberg lettuce and banana pepper rings plus deli mustard and mayo.

There will be more once I peruse the refrigerator, but who knows what it might be?

Pantry moths? We had an infestation of something that could bore into a box and plastic liner. It devoured many things. Cereals, oatmeal, flour, and pasta. We were certain it came in to the house in bird seed (sunflower seed). We didn't call it anything as nice as pantry moth.

[Luciferous]

12. Pot roast, mashed potatoes and gravy, and asparagus.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Chicken Curry

More Thai than Indian since I used coconut cream.
I don't use curry powder, preferring to use the same spices but give me the flex to accentuate those spices we like. (More coriander, lighter on cumin, etc.). Plenty of garlic. And I used sherry, which is not traditional.
I used pea pods, leeks, celery, onion, & chopped cilantro for veggies.
Served over saffron rice.