What's for Dinner, Sun., Oct. 16, 2022

[NJCher]

Eggplant parmesan made with ingredients all from the garden, from the tomato sauce to the eggplants, parsley, etc.

Cucumbers in sour cream.

Trilogy kombucha.

Dessert: watermelon and banana.

[Emile]

1. Set out of the freezer two tenderloins. Later will

have grilled tenderloin sandwiches, lays potato chips and french onion dip.

[hippywife]

2. Finally roasting that damned chicken! LOL

Getting ready to make the stuffing, which will go under the skin with pats of butter, as well as under the whole spatchcocked bird. Serving sweet potatoes baked in butter and brown sugar, cranberries, Brussels sprouts.

Sort of a mini turkey day dinner with chicken instead of turkey.

Always drinking water!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Stuffing under skin?

[hippywife]

18. Yep.

I do this with my holiday turkey, too. I always spatchcock the birds, so I can't really stuff them, so after dry brining, I put the stuffing up under the skin of the breast and thighs, and under the breast cavity of the whole bird. Bake at 475F (time depends on the size, this took about an hour) and you get a lovely brown and crispy skin and very moist and tender meat, even the breast.

Not a great photo, but...

[NJCher]

28. are you kidding?

That is a beautiful photo. I wish mine would turn out as good.

And thanks for the tip about the stuffing. Going to try that.

[hippywife]

30. It's sort of blurry...

looks like it has a filter on it. There wasn't much light left and what there was, was at the wrong angle.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. Looks great. Stuffing bread? Or bread with sausage

[hippywife]

40. Sage bread stuffing. No sausage. nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

35. Are those cherries?

[hippywife]

41. Cranberries.

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I stock my freezer with bags of them during the holidays so I'll have them all year round.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

45. Ok Martha!!! Lol.

[Polly Hennessey]

38. Looks good and filling.

[hippywife]

42. Thanks, Polly! nt

[Marthe48]

17. That sounds good.

I looked up spatchcocked awhile back. Don't usually prepare a whole bird for myself, but nice to know.

Hope dinner turned out yummy!

[hippywife]

19. Thanks, Marthe!

It really did. See above new post with blurry photo.

[Marthe48]

27. You can come over and cook for me!

[hippywife]

31. I used to love to cook so much...

and when I was single, had dinner parties just so I could. After I got married, I really threw myself into it. After over 25 years, I;m getting tired of doing it, but husband still loves to eat.

[Marthe48]

33. I have always enjoyed cooking and baking

trying recipes, making up my own. I cook for just me now, and I try to make one meal of the day nice. But I know what you mean!

[PJMcK]

3. Breakfast, sort of

Crab cakes Benedict. The cakes will be topped with bacon, Hollandaise sauce and black olives. Hand cut French fries and a green salad. Cold Chardonnay.

Rough weather is expected tomorrow so early to bed.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. That sounds really good

Did you make the crab cakes? We were just talking about how it's hard to get them with a lot of crab versus filling

[irisblue]

4. Burger & commercial perogies, fizzy lemon water

[Luciferous]

5. Baked fish, little red potatoes, steamed broccoli.

[mike_c]

6. frozen dumplings, most likely

I have a bunch of store bought dumplings and bao in the freezer. My wife has been dog sitting for some friends at night these last several days, so it's just me for dinner and I could live on Chinese dumplings and noodles with black vinegar and chili oil.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. I've never heard of black vinegar. What is it?

[mike_c]

37. it's a wonderful, flavorful aged Chinese vinegar.

Much milder than distilled white vinegar. The brand I'm currently liking is Shanxi Superior Mature Vinegar (three years aged). I add it to noodles and dumplings, along with homemade chili oil.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

39. Is it similar in flavor to soy? I'm gonna look for it. Thanks

[Marthe48]

7. Jalapeno chicken

Haven't made it for awhile, and really enjoying putting it back in the lineup

Had some ice cream earlier, so no dessert

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Sounds good! How do you make it?

[Marthe48]

21. Thanks for asking

I usually cut up 1 chicken breast, bite sized pieces, saute in olive oil with chunks of onion, minced garlic, jalapeno slices. After the chicken is cooked, I put it on a platter and use the same pan to saute more veggies. Kroger has a frozen Mexican style blend (corn, pepper, broccoli, cauliflower) that I like, and I add okra, more broccoli, bell pepper, and zucchini, if I have it. I use pepper flakes, black pepper, paprika, turmeric and Badia Complete seasoning, and a dash of hot sauce.

I've been using 1/2 bag of the Mexican blend, and another cup or so of additional vegetables and get about 2-3 meals for me. You can be very flexible and add vegetables and seasonings of your choice, as much or little as you want. And you can leave the chicken out, just make jalapeno stor fry

If I want a little treat, I top it with bleu cheese crumbles, a drizzle of ranch dressing, a sprinkle of sharp shredded cheddar, and bacon bits. With or without the toppings, I look forward to this for dinner

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. Yummy. Do you serve it over something? Rice. Love spicy!

[Marthe48]

36. I have been eating low carb for 3 years this month

For myself, I don't make rice. Once in awhile, I'll heat up a burrito shell and have it on the side. I like to roll the shells up and just take a bite with a forkful of the other stuff. And I sometimes cut an avocado, add some salt, pepper, cayenne, and Badia Complete. I just like the avocado out of the rind.

I think I've had rice with this a couple of times, but I'm happy to have it on its own.

[Yonnie3]

8. Pork Steak

Pork Steak seasoned overnight with a rub of cayenne, paprika, garlic and more. Then baked covered for 3+ hours in a 250 oven. A light brushing of BBQ sauce for final hour, then uncovered in a 375 oven for 10 minutes to set the sauce. There were more steaks than room in the pan so they were stacked. They were flipped and stacked again about every 45 minutes. I bought these because they were 1.48 per pound, but I wasn't sure how to cook. They turned out great with just enough heat from the cayenne.

Baked sweet potato

Salad with a low carb Italian dressing.

If I have an afterward it will be yogurt and blueberries.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Don't think I've ever heard of pork steak

Is it like a pork chop?

[Yonnie3]

16. Similar

I looked it up because I didn't know. It is sliced pork but from elsewhere on the animal.

from Google search:

Pork steaks and pork chops are both popular cuts of pork, but they are quite different. Pork steaks are taken from the shoulder area of the pig and are usually thicker and tougher than pork chops. Pork chops, on the other hand, are taken from the loin area and are typically more tender and leaner.

These were bone-in and sliced about 1/2 inch thick. They were about twice as long as pork chops I buy and the same width. Noting the comment about "tougher than pork chops" is why I decided to slow cook them. They ended up very tender and were not very much fatter than chops. These were from a local butcher in a small independent store and marked down 50%. They cut daily and when it has been out for a day or two they put it a freezer for 1/2 price.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. Sounds good. Especially cut by butcher!! Love pork!.

Think it'd be interesting to see a list of the best tasting meals you could make for low cost. Always thought whole chicken

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. We should have a contest here.. best meal under? $15?

[Nanuke]

9. Simple dinner

Grilled cheese
Tomato soup
Sliced Honeycrisp apple
Hot Good Earth tea

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Spinach Gnocchi with meatballs & sauce

Labor intensive but fun. My sister had this in an Italian restaurant in Sarasota the other day and looked and tasted delicious! Hope it all works

Basically flour, riced potatoes, blanched spinach salt. Form dough, roll into ropes, cut, roll against fork to form ridges. Boil. Serve with organic san marzano sauce and meatballs.

L

[hippywife]

22. Gocchi are labor intensive...

which is why I've never made them. I can remember my mom and aunt doing it, tho. Your sauce looks really good, too.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. Thanks! Wouldn't be so hard if you didn't have to

Put the #$ ridges in

Ask your family how you keep them from puffing up so ridges disappear.

Thanks on sauce.. been trying for years to create my Aunt Connie's sauce. I can still remember the smell walking into her apartment. It was like heaven to me. Plus my two cousins had Roy Rogers bedspreads. Lol

[hippywife]

43. Sadly, that is a generation of my family

that has all passed.

[AKwannabe]

20. It is my birthday.

We went out in Edinburgh

Ciao Roma. Authentic Italian. I had half bottle of Chianti imported from Italy with all the pertinent sticker of validation. Was good too

I had a seafood pasta and a hazelnut ice cream sundae.

[hippywife]

25. Happy Birthday!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. Happy Birthday! Edinburgh Scotland??? Yikes. One time

I was on a plane and asked guy next to me his favorite place on earth since he traveled everywhere. He said it was a tie between Edinburgh and Northern Thailand.

[AKwannabe]

44. Yep Scotland

My first trip.
Has been great!

We have also stayed in Glasgow.
Heading back to the states in the morning.