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NJCher

(35,804 posts)
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 12:57 PM Feb 2024

What's for Dinner, Fri.,, Feb. 9, 2024

Posting early because I'll be gone all day and then I have to work late afternoon/early evening.
I'll either pick up some Japanese noodles at the town I'm going to or take a turkey meatloaf out of the freezer.

I fixed Japanese noodles last night but didn't cook them the right way. They were still good, just not as good as they could have been. BTW, avocado and toasted coconut is a good combo, especially when lime is involved.

I overcooked them.

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What's for Dinner, Fri.,, Feb. 9, 2024 (Original Post) NJCher Feb 2024 OP
BBQ ribs with homemade BBQ sauce, Callalily Feb 2024 #1
I'm going to have to try the avocado/coconut with lime! pandr32 Feb 2024 #2
sounds heavenly!! nt Trueblue Texan Feb 2024 #4
That combo caught my attention too... 2naSalit Feb 2024 #7
Flavor melding NJCher Feb 2024 #11
Mahalo! pandr32 Feb 2024 #12
marinated and roasted tofu with... Trueblue Texan Feb 2024 #3
That sounds amazing! pandr32 Feb 2024 #5
OKAY!!! elleng Feb 2024 #6
LOL! 2naSalit Feb 2024 #8
Leftover spareribs, green beans and Emile Feb 2024 #9
Chili Retrograde Feb 2024 #10

Callalily

(14,900 posts)
1. BBQ ribs with homemade BBQ sauce,
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 01:37 PM
Feb 2024

Best Broccoli Salad, oven roasted potatoes and homemade butter fan rolls. We'll be having quite the feast tonight.

pandr32

(11,637 posts)
2. I'm going to have to try the avocado/coconut with lime!
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 01:42 PM
Feb 2024

We have three varieties of avocado trees and they drop ripe fruit at slightly different times, so avocado season stretches for several months. We also have lime and a couple coconut palms. Life is pretty good to us here on Hawaii Island.
Noodles are best fresh for sure, but I wound up stopping a curry dish midway because there wasn't enough time and so I stuck it and the naan batter in the fridge. Thankfully the next day, yesterday, it all worked out and we had a curried red lentil dish with roasted cauliflower, potato and onion. The spices and flavors worked beautifully with the long delay and the naan was so awesome I'm going to have to do it that way again. I also fashioned a quick chutney from some pear and ginger jam I made last summer.
I can't wait to try the avocado/coconut/lime combo. No avocados for a few more months, though.

2naSalit

(86,900 posts)
7. That combo caught my attention too...
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 06:56 PM
Feb 2024

I don't have access to much produce at this time of year, in Montana, but we do get avocados and limes and coconut in a variety of forms. I'm having kabobs tonight but I'll be thinking of a way to put that together.

NJCher

(35,804 posts)
11. Flavor melding
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 02:25 AM
Feb 2024

I did something like you did with the curry dish/naan bread a week or so ago and was so impressed with how much better it was that I vowed to work ahead to allow that flavor blending.

Wow, are you ever lucky to have that avocado season!

pandr32

(11,637 posts)
12. Mahalo!
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 07:09 AM
Feb 2024

It is pretty great. We have mango and papaya, too.
I enjoy cooking well and get no complaints! Also, so much better for health.

Trueblue Texan

(2,451 posts)
3. marinated and roasted tofu with...
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 01:57 PM
Feb 2024

...black rice, greens, pickled, shredded cruciferous veggies and cucumber spears...so, so good!

Emile

(23,110 posts)
9. Leftover spareribs, green beans and
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 07:00 PM
Feb 2024

a toss salad. Three tangerines before bedtime.

Good Evening 🌌

Retrograde

(10,175 posts)
10. Chili
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 01:21 AM
Feb 2024

We're hosting the gaming group today, and chili is something that can be made ahead of time and kept warm in the slow cooker until people decide they want to eat.

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