What's for Dinner, Sat., Jan. 21, 2023

[NJCher]

Soba noodles with tofu and kimchi.

If I can't get the kimchi at the Korean greengrocer, I'll do chicken salad with baby arugula, scallions, cilantro, avocado, lime, garlic, and olive oil.

[Runningdawg]

1. Oven BBQ ribs, potato salad and baked beans.

[Yonnie3]

2. Cabbage

with onions and kielbasa. Just a simple boil up.

[Emile]

3. Chili with pork rinds for crackers! 😋

[hippywife]

4. Leftover meatloaf.

Decided at the last minute not to do the mushroom gravy last night. So we had meatloaf sandwiches on wheat buns, which will be the same as tonight. No more mashed potatoes, so making tater tots and peas.

Almost forgot: I made an ambrosia salad today, just because I hadn't had it in decades. Had to divide it in half and add the coconut and pecans to my half as husband won't eat them.

[Callalily]

5. I love kimchi.

There's an Asian store in my area that has the best kimchi on earth! I always purchase a large jar and snack on it during the day.

[hippywife]

7. I've never had kimchi.

Tell me why you like it.

[Retrograde]

12. It's great on grilled cheese sandwiches

My own invention - although I've subsequently come across published "recipes" for this. I'm sure they were using these notorious space lasers to copy my idea

[Callalily]

17. First off, it tastes good!

But kimchi has many health benefits too.

1. It’s good for your gut.
2. Kimchi might boost your immune health.
3. It may help lower your cholesterol.
4. Kimchi can improve your heart health.
5. It may help with inflammation.
6. Kimchi can support brain health.
7. Kimchi might even help with weight loss.
8. Kimchi supports eye health.
9. It may help prevent yeast infections.
10. Kimchi can potentially lower your blood sugar.

The kind I get is spicy, which I like. Of course, you can always make it yourself to control the spice level.

[hippywife]

19. I guess I should have been more specific.

I was really wanting a description of the flavor, texture, is it similar to any other food, etc.

[Retrograde]

21. Think of it as highly spiced sauerkraut

Kim chi is made by fermenting cabbage with salt and a lot of very hot Korean pepper. Basically, a paste made from the dried peppers is rubbed on the cabbage leaves, then they're allowed to ferment. The end result is crunchy, slightly sour and tangy, and depending on the amount of chiles used, spicy hot.

[Callalily]

6. I lucked out again today!

Friends are having us over for homemade burritos, and the appropriate accoutrements. Can't wait.

[MissMillie]

8. We're cleaning up all the leftovers.

We sill had quite a few different things in there leftover from meals this week, despite eating leftovers for lunches and a couple of dinners.


I think what happened is that all of the proteins we got from the food pantry came frozen. So as soon as I thawed anything, I had to cook it all. I'm used to buying a package of meat and then breaking it down into meal-sized portions before freezing (then defrosting what I need when I need it).


It's a learning process to be sure. Maybe (just maybe) I'll have it all figured out by the time the vet bill is paid and we don't have to rely on the food pantry.

[elleng]

9. Finally opened can of Progresso Split pea soup w ham, and

watching Zimmern who just left Boston and saga of Choc Chip cookies, like THIS: https://www.thecookiemonstah.com/ NOTHING like it near here, but glad I got a few ice cream pints today.

[littlewolf]

10. Lol made potato soup for other youth group

They are having a progressive dinner
We did the soup course..
The parents in charge have 5;kids under 7
So we watched them while they did the dinner
A good time was had by all..
So we had potato soup n pizza.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Chicken Pot Pies

The recipe estimated preparation time to be 90 minutes. I just put those suckers into the oven and I started at 6.

I don't know what compelled me to make this dish except that chicken breast was on sale for $1.99 a pound this week.

I didn't have ramekins, so I used the Onion Soup Bowls.

First and last time even if I love it. Just finished washing the last bowl.

[Retrograde]

13. Pizza night

pizza with poblano chile and kalamatta olives.

[Retrograde]

15. I make pot pies frequently

and aside from the resting time for the crusts it's no where near 90 minutes! Of course it helps that I delegate the gravy to my handy sous-chef!

BTW, I'm on PST: your post here is dated 6:34, so that's pretty quick - unless you're on East Coast time

[no_hypocrisy]

16. It was time-consuming

30 minutes to bake chicken breasts.

20 minutes to let them cool to cube.

15 minutes to make chicken base with all but pie shell ingredients.

15 minutes to make pie dough.

30+ minutes to let dough chill.

20 minutes to roll out dough and assemble pies.

60 minutes to bake.

30 minutes to wash bowls and utensils.

[Tracer]

18. I make chicken pot pies often ..... in about 1/2 hour.

-- Saute onions, then make a roux. Add chicken broth and cream.

-- Use frozen peas and carrots

-- Use already made grocery pie crusts

-- Use rotisserie chicken

-- Bake.


Little work and tastes just fine!!

[Retrograde]

20. Ah, I see

I make pot pies with leftover meat, so that cuts off almost an hour. I also don't count idle time, so that leaves out the time the dough rests and the baking time, since I could be doing something else them. And the dishwasher can do a day's worth of dishes at a time.

[mike_c]

14. linguine with red sauce and meatballs from the freezer, fried eggplant, and Caesar salad

I think we'll get one more meal out of those meatballs. A grocery trip draws nigh.