What Did We Eat Today?

[zxy556575]

Throwback Sunday, I guess, with pot roast, garlic mashed potatoes, and peas. Milk of course.

For better or worse, I still mostly eat the foods I grew up with in the American suburbs of the 50s and 60s.

Edited November 7, 2016 by lordonia

[JTMacc99]

1 hour ago, lordonia said:

For better or worse, I still mostly eat the foods I grew up with in the American suburbs of the 50s and 60s.

Slow cooker pot roast for me tonight. Which I think Pot Roast kind of fits that description.  Of course, I got the idea from an App on my phone that sends me suggestions of recipes I might like, which is very 2016.  But a big hunk of beef with potatoes and carrots is a throwback.

Yesterday was probably my last flank steak on the charcoal grill of the year. Getting pretty cold out to be grilling. ::sniff::  Although I'm hoping for a warm Thanksgiving so that I can put the Turkey breast outside on the smoker instead of traditional in the oven.

[BooksRule]

Baked chicken thighs (with Cajun seasoning sprinkled on top), Brussels Sprouts and maybe some green salad. 

[chessiegal]

Gin and tonics, lots and lots of gin and tonics.

[annzeepark914]

Comfort food needed tonight--Ina's Mac & Cheese with the tomatoes and breadcrumbs on the top.  

[BooksRule]

A little bit of comfort food here too (or as best I can do without going to the store).  Oven-BBQd chicken and some mashed potatoes.  I even have a few leftover peanut butter cookies from the Wal Mart bakery for dessert.  

[DeLurker]

Comfort food in the Delurker household is fried rice.  Last night's was chicken fried rice. 

Leftover's will be gone by lunch (and so required to be put in my daughter's lunch box so she doesn't get shorted).

[annzeepark914]

Ooohhh...I love fried rice!  Maybe tomorrow we'll have fried rice as tonight will be Deconstructed Chicken Parmegiana with thin spaghetti.

[PRgal]

21 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Ooohhh...I love fried rice!  Maybe tomorrow we'll have fried rice as tonight will be Deconstructed Chicken Parmegiana with thin spaghetti.

Deconstructed chicken parm?  I kind of get deconstructed lasagna, but how do you deconstruct chicken parm?  Seems very straight forward to do it normally?

[annzeepark914]

Well, I've always seen chicken parmegiana being prepared like eggplant or veal parmegiana, all together, quite a bit of sauce--almost like a casserole.  This new (to me) way is breading the chicken and frying it, placing it in a baking dish with some parmesan and fresh mozz on top, letting the heat melt the cheese, and then drizzling some sauce on it before serving.  It's not covered up by the sauce. 

[PRgal]

1 hour ago, annzeepark914 said:

Well, I've always seen chicken parmegiana being prepared like eggplant or veal parmegiana, all together, quite a bit of sauce--almost like a casserole.  This new (to me) way is breading the chicken and frying it, placing it in a baking dish with some parmesan and fresh mozz on top, letting the heat melt the cheese, and then drizzling some sauce on it before serving.  It's not covered up by the sauce. 

That sounds delicious!  And less...soggy so to speak.  You'll actually get the crisp.

[biakbiak]

We had some padron peppers that I had forgotten about so decided to do a tapas dinner that helped clear out the fridge: babaganoush (had a huge eggplant to use), blistered peppers, mushrooms in a sherry garlic sauce, tortilla espanola, chorizo with garbanzo beans, and sangria to wash it down.

Edited November 13, 2016 by biakbiak

[Quof]

America's Test Kitchen sausage meatballs.  Damn, they're delish.  Glad I made a big batch to put in the freezer.

[JTMacc99]

I made meatballs too! My version of Lidia's. 

[chessiegal]

Vegetarian chili. Several years ago, I started with a WW recipe that used soy crumbles, red beans and eggplant. Then I saw the Jazzy Vegetarian make a similar recipe with black beans, zucchini and frozen corn. I love Panera's turkey chili that includes edamame. So I keep the WW seasonings, and use soy crumbles, black beans, zucchini, edamame, and corn. My husband says it's the best chili he's ever had.

[BooksRule]

I'm really reining in the calories today (and for the next few days), so tonight's dinner is a mess of sauteed onion (lots of onion), brown rice, and steamed broccoli all mixed up with a little stir fry sauce.  I sometimes put grilled chicken in it, but I'm going vegetarian tonight.

[DeLurker]

Last night was modified Szechuan Black-Eyed Pea Salad for me.   I leave out the jalepeno and green bell peppers.  This stuff is so so good!

[JTMacc99]

It's cold. It's rainy. It's exactly the reason I made a batch of chicken soup over the weekend and stashed it in the fridge.  

[ariel]

Spaghetti & meatballs tonight with crusty bread on the side. Tomorrow I will use the leftover meatballs, sauce & bread for meatball sandwiches.

Edited November 15, 2016 by ariel

[BooksRule]

Something I have a couple of times a week:  Baked chicken thighs with Cajun seasoning.  Also a baked sweet potato with a little butter and salt and green salad (and iced tea).

[biakbiak]

Lamb burgers with arugula and feta on pita and an isreali couscous, cucumber, tomato salad.

[Lisin]

Tonight my husband has requested grilled cheese and tomato soup, so I suppose I will comply. 

[biakbiak]

Bean soup with sausage and spinach and cornbread.

Grilled cheese and tomato soup will have to make that next week.

[ariel]

I need to clean out the fridge before the Holidays. Tonight I'm using odds & ends to make a quiche. On the side will be a simple green salad with a vinaigrette made with Penzeys Country French dressing base.

[JTMacc99]

2 hours ago, ariel said:

Penzeys Country French dressing base

I've never purchased that one. I really like the Italian one, so I just stick with that. 

What are you using for the rest of the vinaigrette?  

[ariel]

1/3 cup of red wine vinegar &  1/2 cup of olive oil.  

I love the Italian one.  I just got the frozen pizza seasoning as a free sample & I'm liking it too.

Edited November 18, 2016 by ariel

[BooksRule]

For some reason, I started craving black-eyed peas (maybe a mineral or vitamin deficiency?), so I picked up a bag of dried peas at the store.  Then, I started thinking about making a batch of 'Hoppin' John' with them.  I decided to 'change peas' and I put the black-eyed peas away to cook for New Year's Day.  I now have a pot with some bacon browning and onion softening in it and will add a bag of field peas.  I'm going to serve them over rice.  It's not really Hoppin' John, but I think it'll do.  It's for lunch, but I'm sure I'll have it for dinner too.

[biakbiak]

Buttermilk fried chixken, potato salad, and greens.

[Sandman87]

Tonight it's cold and rainy, an excellent time for "Clean-Out-The-Fridge" Chicken soup; a baked boneless chicken breast, some broth, a packet of Lipton soup (because there's only one can of broth in the pantry), some rigatoni, and all the odds & ends of vegetables that are left over in the fridge. In this case, the veggies are a carrot, two celery stalks, two lonely little broccoli florets, a quarter onion, part of a garlic clove, a small zucchini that needed to be used, and the dregs of a bag of frozen peas.

In cold weather, I like to season my personal bowl of soup with black pepper, cinnamon, and exactly two drops of Tabasco sauce. Makes it warmer.

[JTMacc99]

Given that I got hit with a surprise three inches of wet snow last night, it feels like today needs some sort of winter food. Not sure what as of this moment. 

[biakbiak]

Eggs baked in eggplant and tomato sauce with crusty bread to sop it up and a simple salad.

[DeLurker]

Since it was grey, damp and a bit chilly, it was perfect weather for seafood chowder. Went to market to buy fresh seafood and headed home. By the time I pulled in, it is sunny and mild at best. No longer perfect chowder weather so need to rethink plan. Phooey.

[BooksRule]

Not a healthy dinner, but a delicious dinner.  New York Strip steak, niblet corn with butter, biscuits (with butter) and a mini Marie Calendar apple pie for dessert.  

[DeLurker]

Made the seafood chowder last night, but the taste just wasn't quite right.  Figured out at bedtime that I forgot to put the clams in.  Duh.

[Sandman87]

Wouldn't that just be Food Chowder?

[DeLurker]

I remembered the shrimp and cod.

With my taste expectations lowered, it made a lovely lunch today.

[biakbiak]

Was sick on Friday as Saturday so finally got around to making turkey jook. 

[BooksRule]

Baked pork chop and roasted Brussels sprouts.

[JTMacc99]

14 hours ago, BooksRule said:

Baked pork chop and roasted Brussels sprouts.

I think I'll roast some Brussels sprouts tomorrow. Of all things, my kids dig them. They poo-poo things like the melted mozzarella in chicken parm or a stray black bean when I use a southwestern corn mix in some sort of tex-mex dish, but they scarf down roasted Brussels sprouts. 

And as long as the oven is going to be fired up, I should try to think of something else to go with them.  I've probably got some sort of roasted chicken breast dish or casserole in my repertoire I can slap together on a weeknight. 

ETA: Oh! Wait, I have a tube of Pillsbury biscuits I didn't make on Thanksgiving. I'll make those and now I just have to figure out some sort of lean protein. Maybe ham. I think I've got ham steaks in the freezer.

Edited November 29, 2016 by JTMacc99

[annzeepark914]

Oh yum!  I tried a new recipe tonight and it was delicious.  Easy Sheet Pan Chicken from the New York Times. I used boneless skinless chicken breasts and marinated them in buttermilk with a little sambal oulek overnight.  Then you smear a mix of whole grain mustard, Dijon mustard, garlic, thyme, & a little butter all over the chicken and roll in breadcrumbs (I used Panko), drizzle w/ olive oil and bake (or would that be roast in a 425 oven?)  I've made something similar in the past called Pork Medallions.  

[biakbiak]

Used the last of the turkey for turkey and vegetable potstickers and a cold peanut noodle salad with turkey.

[Qoass]

@annzeepark914, I used this variation on Nigella Lawson's buttermilk marinade for chicken last week and loved it.  Full disclosure, I added vinegar to some milk that was past its prime instead of actual buttermilk.  Still great.

[DeLurker]

I'm going to have to try that - thanks @Qoass!

[DeLurker]

Damn it @forumfish!  Now I want brownies too!

Maybe for dinner.

[DeLurker]

Resisted brownies for dinner, but they are cooling down now!

I make them in cupcake pans to maximize edge goodness. Yeah!

[annzeepark914]

It was so cold out yesterday that on the way home I thought:  it's a great night for chili!  And it turned out delicious.  Even Mr. P914 had several bowls (he who prefers his own vegetarian chili).  

[BooksRule]

I was going to have chicken gumbo.  I boiled a hen, strained the broth and took the meat off the bones when it cooled.  However, I found out that I have no flour in the house so I can't make the roux to finish it.  So, I'm going to fix something else for tonight and have the gumbo tomorrow after I've made a quick run to the store for flour.  

[MargeGunderson]

I planned to make chicken pot pie with biscuit topping but seeing as I just ate a huge amount of toasted corn (aka corn nuts), I don't think that's going to happen.

[BooksRule]

I realized when I got up this morning that I had cake flour in the pantry, so I used that to make my roux.  It turned out really good, dark and rich.  My gumbo was good--I had a big bowl for lunch and plan to have more for dinner, over rice.   

[MargeGunderson]

2 hours ago, BooksRule said:

I realized when I got up this morning that I had cake flour in the pantry, so I used that to make my roux.  It turned out really good, dark and rich.  My gumbo was good--I had a big bowl for lunch and plan to have more for dinner, over rice.   

Yum! I love a good gumbo. Did yours have okra?